Zahid Hussain

Dr. Zahid Hussain

Lecturer, Pharmacy

Details

  • College: School of Health and Biomedical Sciences
  • Department: Health and Biomedical Sciences
  • Campus: Bundoora West Australia
  • zahid.hussain@rmit.edu.au

Open to

  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision
  • Collaborative projects

About

Dr Zahid Hussain is a registered Australian pharmacist and a lecturer in pharmacy. Zahid is a course coordinator of third-year Clinical Therapeutics courses. His primary research interests are in the area of Quality use of Medicine in hospital, community, and aged care settings.

Before joining RMIT University, Zahid worked as a lecturer at the University of Canberra (part-time), and as a Clinical Pharmacist at North Canberra Hospital (part-time).

Zahid's research interests are:

Drug Dosing in Obesity
Rationale Use of Antibiotics
Extended Community Pharmacy Services
Geriatrics Polypharmacy

Research fields

  • 321403 Clinical pharmacy and pharmacy practice
  • 321402 Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics

UN sustainable development goals

  • 3 Good Health and Well Being
  • 4 Quality Education

Academic positions

  • Lecturer in Pharmacy (Part-time)
  • University of Canberra
  • Discipline of Pharmacy
  • Canberra, Australia
  • 2019 – 2023
  • Teaching Assistant (Casual)
  • University of Tasmania
  • School of Pharmacy
  • Hobart, Australia
  • 2017 – 2019

Non-academic positions

  • Clinical Pharmacist (Part time)
  • North Canberra Hospital
  • Canberra, Australia
  • 2022 – 2023

Teaching interests

 

Course coordinator: Clinical Therapeutics B (PHAR014)

Course coordinator: Clinical Therapeutics C (PHAR1046)

Initiatives and links

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