Hanan Khalil

BPharm. Victorian College of Pharmacy (Monash University)
MPharm. Victorian College of pharmacy (Monash University)
PhD. School of Pharmaceutical, Molecular and Biomedical Sciences. (University of South Australia, Adelaide)
Accredited Pharmacist. (Australian Association of consultant pharmacists.) 

Senior Lecturer/Pharmacist Academic

1.  Evidence-based healthcare
2.  Medication management in aged care
3.  Diabetes management

Hanan’s position as the Pharmacist Academic at the School of Rural and Indigenous Health involves providing advisory, mentoring and developmental support to students, interns and pharmacists practicing in University Department of Rural Health (UDRDH) areas.

She is also the Director of the centre of Chronic Disease management, an affiliated centre of the Joanna Briggs Institute, specialising in evidence transfer and utilisation.

Hanan has been involved in teaching and mentoring students from various disciplines such as pharmacy, nursing and medicine. Her main areas of research include evidence based health care and medication management in aged care. Hanan is also a practicing accredited pharmacist involved in providing medication reviews to aged care facilities.

• Nicole, K, Savage, G. Khalil, H. (2011) Predictors of poor glycemic control during the initial five years post-diagnosis in rural adults with type 2 diabetes. Australian Journal of Rural Health.19:267-274.
• Khalil, H. Leversha A., Khalil, V. (2011). Drug allergy documentation- Time for change? International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy. 33(4):61-65.Khalil, H (2011). A review of pharmacist recommendations in an aged care facility. Australian Journal of Primary Health.17,35-39.
• Khalil, H (2011). Prescribing for the elderly: ethical issues. Australian Journal of Primary Health. 17,2-3.
• Khalil, H (2010). Review of pharmacy services to rural communities. Australian Pharmacist. 29(9): 752.
• Khalil, H (2010). Avoiding wastage when prescribing Insulin. Australian Prescriber.23(5): 145.
• Khalil, H., Leversha, A (2010). Rural Pharmacy Challenges: a Qualitative study. Australian Pharmacist. 29(3): 256-260.
• Khalil, H., Leversha, A. (2009) Medication Reconciliation Audit. Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research. 39(2):166.
• Khalil, H. (2009). Rural pharmacy workforce-where to go from here? Australian Pharmacist, 28(10):812.
• Khalil, H. (2009). Pharmacy Practice in Rural Gippsland. Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research. 39(4).329.
• Khalil, H. (2009). Quality in pharmacy Education. Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research. 39(4): 333-334.

Evidence based Health Care

• Khalil, H (2012). Coenzyme Q10 for Parkinson’s disease. Australian Pharmacist. 31(2). 110-11.
• Khalil, H (2012). Antidepressants for pain management in rheumatoid arthritis. Australian Pharmacist. 31(1).35-6.
• Khalil, H (in Press) Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis infection in HIV infected persons. Nursing Times.
• Khalil, H. (2011). The efficacy of anti-convulsants for tinnitus. Australian Pharmacist.30.09.742.
• Khalil, H (2011). Targeting intensive glycaemia control versus targeting conventional glycaemia control for type 2 diabetes. Australian Pharmacist. 30.08.646-647.
• Khalil, H (2011). Interventions for infantile haemangiomas (strawberry birthmarks) of the skin. Australian Pharmacist.30.07.557-558.
• Khalil, H (2011) Antioxidant supplementation for liver disease. Australian Pharmacist.30(6):462-3.
• Khalil, H (2011) Over the counter medications for acute sinusitis in children. Australian Pharmacist.30(5):371
• Khalil, H (2011). Reduction of salt intake for the prevention and treatment of diabetic kidney disease. Australian Pharmacist. 30(4):292.

Online evidence summaries published at the Joanna Briggs Institute library

• Khalil, H. Chambers, H. (2011). The use of oxygen therapy for the management of chronic heart failure patients.
• Khalil, H. (2011). Targeting intensive glycaemia control versus targeting conventional glycaemia control for type 2 diabetes mellitus.
• Khalil, H. Burley, M. Stothers, L. (2011). Coenzyme Q10 for lipids management.
• Khalil, H. Francis, K.(2011). Corticosteroids therapy for pneumonia.
  Khalil, H. (2011). Anticonvulsants for tinnitus.
• Khalil, H. (2011). Antioxidant supplements for liver disease.

Conference presentations
The percentage of patients whose current medications are reconciled by pharmacists within 24 hours of admission- an audit presented at The Society of Hospital Pharmacists Conference in Adelaide 4-8 September 2008.

The renal handling of gemfibrozil glucuronide Presented at the Perth meeting of the Australasian of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Australia. Proceedings of APSA 1999.

Functional parameters of the isolated perfused kidney with dextran Presented at the Hobart meeting of the Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists (ASCEPT) and The Australasian of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Australia. Proceedings of ASCEPT 1999.

Inhibition of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase activity as a target for enhancing cancer therapy. Presented at the 7th Federation of Asian and Oceanian Biochemists and Molecular Biologists Congress, Sydney, Australia 1998.

Synthesis and Biological evaluation of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitors. Presented at RACI division of Medicinal and Agricultural Chemistry, 12th National Conference, Cairns, Australia 1995.