Dr Heba Ghazal
Faculties, deparments and locations
- Faculty of Health, Science, Social Care and Education
- Department of Pharmacy
- School of Life Sciences, Pharmacy and Chemistry
- Penrhyn Road
Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy
- Email:
- h.ghazal@kingston.ac.uk
About
I am senior lecturer in pharmacy and a pharmacist prescriber registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council in the UK (GPhC), specialised in chronic heart failure. I teach in the MPharm course, and I am year lead of level-four pharmacy students. My educational background includes pharmacy degree, PGCert in Independent Prescribing, a master's degree in drug delivery and a PhD in biopharmaceutics.
My current research activities focus on the elimination of pharmaceutical residues/contaminants from the environment, water treatment and sustainability in waste management. Specifically, I am investigating the potential of the pyrolysis process as a mean to address these challenges. I have published peer-reviewed articles in high impact journals and conferences.
Throughout my career, I have worked in academia, industry, and community pharmacies. This diverse background has allowed me to develop expertise in research, pharmacy practice and academic teaching.
In the industry, I have been a scientific consultant for Flint Engineering Limited since 2015, within this role I have been working on several projects in areas related to the vaccine storage, stability of food preserved in open refrigerators and enhancing food processing for better food safety. I actively collaborate with national and international universities on various projects related to pyrolysis, drug stability and the detection of carcinogens in herbal drinks. I supervise MSc in pharmaceutical sciences and chemical analysis in Kingston University and PhD students and other UK universities.
I am also a community pharmacist and I was a relief pharmacist manager with Lloyds Pharmacy and since 2022, I have the privilege of being under honorary contract at St George's Hospital that enables joint supervision of research students and enhancement to my prescriber experience. In addition, I am currently pharmacist under Epsom and St Helier Hospital pharmacists' bank.
In addition I contribute to the peer review process in academic journals as an editor of the following journals:
- Editor in "Science Talks" journal by Elsevier
- Editorial board member in "Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering" by Elsevier.
- Managing Guest Editor for special issue in "Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology" by Elsevier, impact factor 5.78.
Qualifications
- PhD in Biopharmaceutics, Liverpool John Moores University
- Master's degree in Drug Delivery, The University of Manchester
- Diploma in Pharmaceutical Quality Control and Analytical Methods
- Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy
- PGCert Independent and Supplementary Prescribing for Pharmacists, University of Reading
- Aurora Advance HE
- Orcid 0000-0002-1176-2241
Domains
I am committed to delivering high quality teaching and aspire to motivate students to achieve excellent results. I teach a range of topics including clinical pharmacy and pharmacy practice. Given the significant role of pharmaceutical calculations in the pharmacy profession in ensuring patient's safety, I lead on teaching calculations within the MPharm course. I have a keen interest in teaching pharmacy calculations using blended teaching methods and videos that facilitate student comprehension.
I am also interested in incorporating pharmacogenomics teaching into the MPharm curriculum. I conducted three projects gathering the views of pharmacy students, community and hospital pharmacists regarding the teaching of pharmacogenomics and the potential implementation of pharmacogenomics service.
I also bring my research activities to my teaching to ensure the students have access to real life experience. This was demonstrated through joint supervision for MPharm projects "audits in prescribing for heart failure" at St Georges Hospital (abstracts have been published in international heart failure specialised conferences) and industrial support to my PhD students from industrial contacts.
Qualifications
- Fellow in the Higher education academy (HEA)
Courses taught
Grants
Innovate UK: Active refrigeration shelf with thermal storage. Grant Number: 102330. Grant Value: £412,572. Duration: 18 months from 2015 to 2016 Role: PI (under Flint Engineering Limited).
Research and projects
- The occurrence and removal of pharmaceuticals from aquatic environment.
- The use of biochar obtained from the pyrolysis of municipal solid waste to remove pollutants from water, in particular pharmaceutical contamination such antibiotics and contraceptives.
- "Recycling the non-recyclable", a new project concerned with recycling and re-use of pharmaceutical packaging's and blister packs.
- Through collaboration with Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Environmental Engineering, Poland, projects including waste tyres pyrolysis and hydrothermal carbonisation of sewage sludge.
- Pharmacy practice topics such as pharmacogenomics testing service, pharmacists' views, and training needs.
- Conducting clinical audits in heart failure prescribing in St George's hospital, London.
- Evaluating the safety of food, the effect of storage conditions on the oxidative stability of lipids in food products. This is a part of a project in collaboration that aims to evaluate new supermarket shelves that provide a consistent cooling in supermarket fridges.
- Comparing the levels of carcinogenic substances polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in herbal drink -Yerba Mate- dried using traditional method versus samples dried using the novel drying system.
- Through collaboration with Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland, a project concerned with air quality, toxicity and genotoxicity assessment of particulate matters suspended in urban areas.
- Through collaboration with SANZI, evaluation of non-alcoholic antibacterial hand sanitisers to demonstrate that an alcohol-free hand sanitiser can be as effective as an alcohol-based antiseptic.
- The development and validation of stability indicating methods for the analysis of medicinal substances such as rivaroxaban, sitagliptin and terbinafine in bulk drug substance and pharmaceutical preparations.
- Developing teaching materials that help student students ‘visualize' the calculation problems using short illustrative videos showing the practicals steps involved in working the question.
Scholarly affiliations
- Higher Education Higher academy (FHEA)
- General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) member
Executive Editor for Science Talks, by Elsevier.
Conference Organising committee
I have been part of the organisational boards for the following major academic conferences:
- Water, Energy & Climate Change conference (2021) Sharja University, UAE leading on a theme on pharmaceuticals in aquatic environment.
- International Conference on Sustainable Energy & Environmental Protection (SEEP 2021 & 2022).
- Currently, a member of the international advisory board SEEP September (2024), Vienna, Austria.
- Currently, local organising committee MSSM, May (2024), Athens, Greece.
University responsibilities
- First year pharmacy (MPharm) year lead
- Calculations teaching and assessment lead
Publications
Cutaneous cryosurgery in dermatology : evolving principles and clinical applications for benign, premalignant, and malignant lesions
MOKBEL, RAMIA, KODRESKO, ALEVTINA, MOKBEL, KEFAH, GHAZAL, HEBA, TREMBLEY, JON and JOUHARA, HUSSAM, 2025, In Vivo (39), 2, pp 577-612
Hydrothermal carbonisation products energy properties : the role of digested sludge type and operating conditions
Kossińska, Nina, Krzyżyńska, Renata, Grosser, Anna, Kwapińska, Marzena, Ghazal, Heba, Jouhara, Hussam and Kwapiński, Witold, 2025, Thermal Science and Engineering Progress
Technical assessment of green hydrogen production in Kuwait
Alhajeri, Abdulrahman, Ghazal, Heba, Olabi, Valentina and Jouhara, Hussam, 2025, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Exploring the preparedness of hospital pharmacists practising in Southwest London for implementing pharmacogenomics testing
Mason, Thuy, Ní Dheasmhúnaigh, Éirne and Ghazal, Heba, 2024, Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice (17), 1, pp 2432460
Co-hydrothermal carbonization as a potential method of utilising digested sludge and screenings from wastewater treatment plants towards energy application
Kossińska, Nina, Grosser, Anna, Kwapińska, Marzena, Kwapiński, Witold, Ghazal, Heba, Jouhara, Hussam and Krzyżyńska, Renata, 2024, Energy
Evaluating the effectiveness of videos for teaching pharmaceutical calculations to pharmacy students
Ghazal, Heba, Haq, Marrium, Crilly, Philip, Harrap, Nicola and Kayyali, Reem, 2024, Pharmacy (12), 1, pp 22
Cryogenic media in biomedical applications : current advances, challenges, and future perspectives
Mokbel, Kefah, Kodresko, Alevtina, Ghazal, Heba, Mokbel, Ramia, Trembley, Jon and Jouhara, Hussam, 2024, In Vivo (38), 1, pp 1-39
Are community pharmacists ready to deliver pharmacogenomics testing services?
Ghazal, Heba, Tahal, Ayaz and Mason, Thuy, 2023, Pharmacy (11), 6, pp 170
The use of biochar for the removal of erythromycin residues from aqueous environment
Ghazal, Heba and Ramroop, Nadia, 2023, Key Engineering Materials (962), pp 149-154
The evolving role of cryosurgery in breast cancer management : a comprehensive review
Mokbel, Kefah, Kodresko, Alevtina, Ghazal, Heba, Mokbel, Ramia, Trembley, Jon and Jouhara, Hussam, 2023, Cancers (15), 17, pp 4272
Pharmaceuticals contamination in the environment
Ghazal, Heba, 2023, Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology, pp 104251
Hydrothermal carbonisation of sewage sludge and resulting biofuels as a sustainable energy source
Kossińska, Nina, Krzyżyńska, Renata, Ghazal, Heba and Jouhara, Hussam, 2023, Energy, pp 127337
Experimental investigation of waste tyres pyrolysis gas desulfurization through absorption in alkanolamines solutions
Czajczyńska, Dina, Krzyżyńska, Renata, Ghazal, Heba and Jouhara, Hussam, 2022, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Insights into current physical, chemical and hybrid technologies used for the treatment of wastewater contaminated with pharmaceuticals
Ghazal, Heba, Koumaki, Elena, Hoslett, John, Malamis, Simos, Katsou, Evina, Barcelo, Damia and Jouhara, Hussam, 2022, Journal of Cleaner Production (361), pp 132079
The removal of tetracycline from water using biochar produced from agricultural discarded material
Hoslett, John, Ghazal, Heba, Katsou, Evina and Jouhara, Hussam, 2021, Science of The Total Environment (751), pp 141755
Seasonal variability of chemical composition and mutagenic effect of organic PM2.5 pollutants collected in the urban area of Wrocław (Poland)
Trusz, Agnieszka, Ghazal, Heba and Piekarska, Katarzyna, 2020, Science of the Total Environment (733), pp 138911
Synthesis of pH-responsive hydrogel based on PVP grafted with crotonic acid for controlled drug delivery
Ajji, Z., Maarouf, M., Khattab, A. and Ghazal, H., 2020, Radiation Physics and Chemistry (170), pp 108612
Removal of methylene blue from aqueous solutions by biochar prepared from the pyrolysis of mixed municipal discarded material
Hoslett, John, Ghazal, Heba, Mohamad, Nour and Jouhara, Hussam, 2020, Science of the Total Environment (714), pp 136832
Removal of copper ions from aqueous solution using low temperature biochar derived from the pyrolysis of municipal solid waste
Hoslett, John, Ghazal, Heba, Ahmad, Darem and Jouhara, Hussam, 2019, Science of the Total Environment (673), pp 777-789
Patients' and prescribers' perception of contact lenses as a potential ocular drug delivery system
Ghazal, Heba, Ahmadouk, Judy, Dhanji, Sumayya, El-bushra, Amani, Kayyali, Reem and Elshaer, Amr, 2019, Contact Lens and Anterior Eye (42), 2, pp 190-195
Surface water filtration using granular media and membranes: A review
Hoslett, John, Theoni, Massara, Malamis, Simos, Ahmad, Darem, Boogaert, Inge Van Den, Katsou, Evina, Ahmad, Balsam, Ghazal, Heba, Simons, Stefaan, Wrobel, Luiz and Jouhara, Hussam, 2018, Science of the Total Environment (639), pp 1268-1282
Experimental investigation on the chemical characterisation of pyrolytic products of discarded food at temperatures up to 300[degrees]C
Jouhara, Hussam, Ahmad, Darem, Czajczynska, Dina, Ghazal, Heba, Anguilano, Lorna, Reynolds, Alan, Rutkowski, Piotr, Krzyzynska, Renata, Katsou, Evina, Simons, Stefaan and Spencer, Nik, 2018, Thermal Science and Engineering Progress (5), pp 579-588
Stability-indicating method for the determination of Rivaroxaban and its degradation products using LC-MS and TLC
Arous, Basima, Al-Mardini, Mohammad Amer, Ghazal, Heba and Al-Lahham, Fida, 2018, Research Journal of Pharmacy and Technology (11), 1, pp 212-220
Heat pipe based municipal waste treatment unit for home energy recovery
Jouhara, H., Nannou, T.K., Ghazal, H. and Spencer, N., 2017, Energy (139), pp 1210-1230
Municipal waste management systems for domestic use
Jouhara, H., Czajczynska, D., Ghazal, H., Krzyzynska, R., Anguilano, L., Reynolds, A.J. and Spencer, N., 2017, Energy (139), pp 485-506
Potential of pyrolysis processes in the waste management sector
Czajczynska, D., Anguilano, L., Ghazal, H., Krzyzynska, R., Reynolds, A.J., Spencer, N. and Jouhara, H., 2017, Thermal Science and Engineering Progress (3), pp 171-197
Potentials of pyrolysis processes in the waste management sector
Czajczynska, Dina, Nannou, Theodora, Anguilano, Lorna, Krzyzynska, Renata, Ghazal, Heba, Spencer, Nik and Jouhara, Hussam, 2017, Energy Procedia (123), pp 387-394
Temperature and energy performance of open refrigerated display cabinets using heat pipe shelves
Jouhara, H., Nannou, T., Ghazal, H., Kayyali, R., Tassou, S.A. and Lester, S., 2017, Energy Procedia (123), pp 273-280
A validated HPLC stability indicating method for the determination of sitagliptin in bulk drug substance and tablets
Qassas, Mohamed Karam, Al-Mardini, Mohammad Ameral-mardini and Ghazal, Heba, 2015, International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Review and Research (32), 1, pp 194-198
The impact of food components on the intrinsic dissolution rate of ketoconazole
Ghazal, Heba, Dyas, Mark A., Ford, James L. and Hutcheon, Gillian A., 2014, Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy (41), 10, pp 1647-1654
In vitro evaluation of the dissolution behaviour of itraconazole in bio-relevant media
Ghazal, Heba S., Dyas, A. Mark, Ford, James and Hutcheon, Gillian A., 2009, International Journal of Pharmaceutics (366), 1-2, pp 117-123
Management of Iron deficiency in heart population treated in Heart Failure Unit and the outlier setting, A comparison study
Kakhi, Sorayya, Baig, Muminah, Ali Abdullah, Muminah, Alalawi, Mohammed, Eltahir, Aya, Bijman, Laura, Ray, Robin, Shanmugam, Nessam, Anderson, Lisa, Ghazal, Heba and Jouhra, Fadi(2024). In: American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2024, 16–17 Nov 2024 :Chicago, U.S.
7α-ethinylestradiol (EE2) : wastewater treatment methods and challenges
Odeh, Sarah and Ghazal, Heba(2024). In: 16th International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Protection conference (SEEP) 2024, 09-12 Sep 2024 :Vienna, Austria
Exploring pharmacy students’ views and knowledge on pharmacogenomics
Mason, Thuy, Hussain, Mohammed Abid and Ghazal, Heba(2024). In: Pharmacy Education Conference 2024, 24 Jun 2024 :Manchester, U.K.
Characterisation of bio-oil produced from spent ground coffee through low temperature pyrolysis
Ghazal, Heba and Abdul Salam, Arsala V.(2024). 15-17 May 2024 : Athens, Greece
Outcomes for heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction attending emergency department and discharged within 24 hours versus those admitted patients in heart failure unit
Alalawi, Mohamed, Begum, Tahiba, Eltahir, Ava, Peterzan, Mark, Knott, Kristopher, Ray, Robin, Shanmugan, Nessam, Anderson, Lisa, Ghazal, Heba, Jouhra, Fadi and Macken, Elizabeth Lilly(2024). In: American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2024, 16–17 Nov 2024 :Chicago, U.S.
Role of specialised heart failure unit in optimisation of guideline-directed medical therapy with focus on renal function - real world data
Macken, Elizabeth L, Ferrari, Marco, Virxinia Pol, Salia, Mandanrano, Lilly, Ghazal, Heba, Ali, Omar, Ray, Robin, Shanmugam, Nesan, Anderson, Lisa, Rosano, Giuseppe, Metra, Marco, Banerjee, Debasish and Jouhra, Fadi(2023). In: American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2023, 11-13 Nov 2023 :Philadelphia, U.S.
Role of specialised Heart Failure Unit in optimisation of guideline-directed medical therapy : real world data
Macken, Elizabeth Lilly, Ferrari, MF, Danso-Dapaah, RD, Ahmed, FA, Mandanrano, LM, Bocchio, GC, Ghazal, HG, Ray, RR, Shanmugam, NS, Anderson, LM, Rosano, GR, Metra, MM and Jouhra, FJ(2023). In: Heart Failure 2023, 20-23 May 2023 :Prague, Czech Republic
Biochar utilisation in erythromycin residues removal from aqueous environment
Ghazal, Heba(2023). 13-16 Mar 2023 : Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Systematic review on the occurrence of contraceptives in the aquatic environment
Ghazal, Heba(2023). 13-16 Mar 2023 : Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Yerba-mate herbal drink
Nwankwo, Christian, Barton, Stephen and Ghazal, Heba(2019). In: International Conference on Advances in Energy Systems and Environmental Engineering (ASEE19), 09-12 Jun 2019 :Wrocław, Poland
Potentials of pyrolysis processes in the waste management sector
Czajczynska, D., Nannou, T., Anguilan, L., Krzyzynska, R., Ghazal, H., Spencer, N. and Jouhara, H.(2017). In: 1st International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Resource Use in Food Chains, 19 - 20 Apr 2017 :Windsor, U.K.
Temperature and energy performance of open refrigerated display cabinets using heat pipe shelves
Jouhara, H., Nannou, T., Ghazal, H., Kayyali, R., Tassou, S.A. and Lester, S.(2017). In: 1st International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Resource Use in Food Chains, 19 - 20 Apr 2017 :Windsor, U.K.
The intrinsic dissolution rate of ketoconazole in proteinaceous biorelevant media
Ghazal, H., Dyas, A. M., Ford, J. L. and Hutcheon, G. A.(2007). In: British Pharmaceutical Conference (BPC), 10 - 12 Sep 2007 :Manchester, U.K.
Morphological changes observed during intrinsic dissolution rate testing of itraconazole
Ghazal, H., Ford, J. L. and Dyas, A. M.(2006). In: British Pharmaceutical Conference (BPC), 04 - 06 Sep 2006 :Manchester, U.K.