Dr Zahraa Jalal

• PhD in Clinical Pharmacy UCL School of Pharmacy 2016
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy 2014
• MSc. Clinical Pharmacy University of London School of Pharmacy 2009
• Postgraduate Certificate Clinical Pharmacy 1997
• BSc. Pharmacy 1996

Zahraa graduated from Pharmacy School with a BSc. Pharmacy in 1996.  She enrolled in a one year Clinical Pharmacy training course in 1997. She worked as a Clinical Pharmacist in hospitals overseas.

Zahraa was Lead Clinical Pharmacist in three of the hospitals that she worked in and she became a Specialist Cardiac Pharmacist in 2003. After been granted a Chevening Scholarship (UK Government’s International Awards Scheme aimed at developing global leaders) to study for a Masters Degree. She enrolled onto the Clinical Pharmacy International Practice and Policy course at University of London School of Pharmacy, where she finished her MSc. in Clinical Pharmacy in 2009 with Distinction; during this course she had the opportunity to develop her research skills at The Harley Street Clinic in London.

In 2010, Zahraa taught Clinical Pharmacology to Medical Students and also worked to develop and implement a collaboration project (secured funding from UK Department for International Development) between Higher Education Institutions. This programme led to the development of a Clinical Pharmacy Diploma in a developing country.

In 2012, Zahraa commenced her PhD in Clinical Pharmacy at UCL School of Pharmacy and graduated in 2016. During her PhD she designed and executed a pilot randomised trial of a novel intervention in community pharmacy (collaborative work UCL School of Pharmacy, The London Chest Hospital and North East London Local Pharmaceutical Committee).

During her time at UCL, Zahraa taught on the MPharm programme and delivered lectures on Cardiovascular Medicine, she helped support the MSc.CPIPP in OSCEs and PBLs. She designed and delivered workshops on primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases to London Postgraduate Pharmacists as CPD courses. Zahraa also worked at UCL Research Department of Practice and Policy as a Researcher from 2011-2016.  

In 2016, Zahraa joined the team at College of Medical and Dental Sciences as a Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacy. 

• Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics
• Cardiovascular Medicines
• Post Graduate Pharmacy teaching 

Zahraa is interested in supervising research projects in the following areas:

- Clinical Pharmacy
- Pharmacy Services Development
- Pharmaceutical Care (Chronic Diseases)
- Pharmacy Consultations
- Adherence to Cardiovascular Medicines

Zahraa’s main research interests include:

• Safe and effective use of medicines and reducing medicines waste, adherence to medicines and medicine optimisation
• Prescribing and patient safety
• Pharmacy care and pharmacy services
• Cardiovascular diseases
• The rational use of antibiotics

• Developed and helped design a course on Motivational Interviewing for Pharmacists (collaboration work between UCL-School of Pharmacy, University of Buckingham and the London Chest hospital) for UK postgraduate pharmacists 2015.
• Zahraa was invited to speak as an Expert Speaker at several conferences in the UK (NELLPC -2014) and abroad on Cardiovascular Medicines (2010).
• In collaboration with NELLPC workshops for development of SelfCare Pharmacy. 
• Zahraa gained funding in 2010 from DelPHE-DIFD for development of higher education- £44,600.00 and in 2013 funds from Marjorie Moss funding- £8,000.00.
• Reviewer for BMJ group journals.