Biosketch
Samuel Allemann is a clinical pharmacist and assistant professor of pharmaceutical care at the University of Basel. He obtained his PhD in 2017 and in the same year, completed his postgraduate training as clinical pharmacist at the cantonal hospital Baselland with Dr. Markus Lampert. In 2018, he joined the Health Services and Performance Research Lab (HESPER) in Lyon, France, for a postdoctoral fellowship where he worked on the development of AdhereR, an R-package to analyze complex medication adherence data. Afterwards, he was working as expert and project leader for the Swiss Pharmacists Association, where he led the development, implementation and evaluation of (digital) pharmacy services. Since August 2021, he is Assistant Professor at the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Basel and leads the Pharmaceutical Care Research Group (PCRG). He works with his research group on optimising the use of medicines, with a focus on pharmacogenetics, medication adherence and interprofessional collaboration. To develop and evaluate pharmaceutical care services, the group uses a diverse set of quantitative and qualitative health services research and implementation science methodologies. For their research projects, the group routinely collaborates with community pharmacies, other national and international research institutions and companies providing services for pharmacists, e.g. health informatics providers. In addition to research, his team is active in teaching in the Master Pharmacy and provides services to non-university institutions and individuals.