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Staff Profile

Dr Ogochukwu Offu

Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacy

Background

Ogochukwu is a Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacy in the School of Pharmacy at Newcastle University. She is a pharmacist by background, with experience across academia, hospital practice, and the pharmaceutical industry. She has held several senior academic and professional leadership roles, including Acting Dean and Head of Clinical Pharmacy, Production Pharmacist, and Academic Advisor in Nigeria. She holds a PhD from the Faculty of Medical Sciences at Newcastle University, UK, a Master of Medical Science in Public Health from Universiti Malaya, Malaysia and a Master of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Management from Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria. She is a Fellow of the West African Postgraduate College of Pharmacists (FPCPharm), an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA), and a member of the Society for the Study of Addiction, UK.

Research

Her work is strongly interdisciplinary, with research interests spanning clinical pharmacy, community pharmacy, public health, safe medication use, prescription and opioid misuse, and the development of intervention strategies aimed at improving pharmacists' role in opioid misuse and other drugs/substances of abuse. She serves as a reviewer for peer reviewed journals such as Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, Substance abuse and Rehabilitation, Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare and has an established record of publications in peer-reviewed journals. 


See Ogochukwu's Research:

Research Gate link: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ogochukwu-Offu-2/research


Google Scholar link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=iMf4eBMAAAAJ&hl=en

Publications

  • Articles

    • Ajagu N, Pete PO, Kalu BA, Offu O, Abiahu JA. Protocol on Community Pharmacists’ Knowledge on the Appropriate use of Insulin Pen in South East Nigeria: A Mixed Method Approach. International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation 2025, 12(5), 1410-1413.
    • Offu OF, Okeowo D, Visram S, Rathbone AP, Lindsey L. How can community pharmacy teams prevent prescription and over-the-counter opioid misuse in North East England? A qualitative study using the Capability, Opportunity and Motivation Behaviour (COM-B) model. BMJ Open 2025, 15(5), e099801.
    • Ajagu N, Anetoh M, Offu O, Abiahu JA, Kalu BA, Ugwu AA, Nduka Sunday. Home Delivery of Antiretrovirals as an Option for Mitigating Challenges in Accessing HIV Medication in Anambra State, Nigeria. 2025.
    • Offu OF, Visram S, Rathbone AP, Lindsey L. Factors influencing pharmacists’ roles in preventing prescription and over-the-counter opioid misuse: a systematic review and narrative synthesis. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice 2024, 32(2), 133-145.
    • Kwokori CO, Ogbonna BO, Anetoh MU, Mbagwu S, Offu OO. Socioeconomic impacts of drug and substance abuse on secondary school students in Nigeria from 1980 to 2023: A narrative review of the extent of published studies. Journal Of Community Medicine And Health Solutions 2023, 4, 030-035.
    • Oluigbo, K, Ogbonna, BO, Kosarachi, JO, Ejim, C, Onwuchuluba, E, Eze, U, Achi, CJ, Egere, E, Osuafor, NG, Omuta, M, Ovwighose, O, Nwafor, M, Amala, CO, Ohiaeri, GI, Onwumah, M, Nnamani, M, Izuchukwu, E, Umeh, I, Adenola, U, Anetoh, M, Ezenekwe, L, Uzodinma, S, Maduka, A, Okoye, I, Okpalanma, NN, Nwanneka, HM, Okoye, I, Okeke, A, Ajagu, N, Offu, O, et, al. Retrospective Study of the Prescription Pattern of Antidiabetic Drugs and Their Outcome in a Tertiary Hospital in Southeast Nigeria. CPQ Medicine 2023, 14(4), 01-11.
    • Ajagu, N, Offu, O, Oluigbo, EK, Ani, NI, Okolo, KO, Nduka, S, Ekwunife, IO. HIV client’s satisfaction with home delivery of antiretrovirals in Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria: A pilot study. Journal of Clinical and Medical Images Case Report 2021.
    • Offu, OF, Eze, UIH, Adeaga, DE. Assessment of Knowledge and Attitude of Pharmacy students towards Pain Management in South-West Nigeria. INOSR Applied Sciences 2020, 6(1), 89-98.
    • Offu, O, Offu, P, Oluigbo, K, Nwosumba, V, Ezeani, E. A Delphi Study of the Practice of Public health Activities by Community Pharmacists: Implication on Nigeria Healthcare Development. International Journal of Biology Pharmacy and Allied Sciences 2020, 9(12).
    • Offu, OF, Ndu, DI, Ejim, CE. The impact of National Health Insurance Scheme on Clinical Parameters of Diabetic and Hypertensive civil servants and retirees in South-East Nigeria. Indo-American Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 2019, 6(10), 13532 –13542.

  • Book Chapter

    • Offu, PO, Ukeje, IO, Offu, O. Service: The Matrix of Good Governance in Nigeria-Africa. 2023.

  • Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)