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Dr Nehal Hassan

Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacy

  • Email: nehal.hassan@ncl.ac.uk
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  • Address: School of Pharmacy,
    King George VI Building,
    Queen Victoria Road,
    缅北禁地 Upon Tyne
    NE1 7RU
Background

I am a registered Specialist Pharmacist in Egypt and a registered Pharmacist Independent Prescriber in the United Kingdom with area of specialisation in Cardiology. I practised in Egypt as a specialist Clinical Pharmacist (Cardiology Pharmacotherapy) for nine years before coming to the UK. I have clinical experience in different care settings (primary, secondary and tertiary care) through my clinical practice in Egypt and the UK. I am a member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, a Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health, a visiting Research Fellow at King's College London and a visiting research in HDRC 缅北禁地 City Council. Currently, I am a Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacy and Stage 2 Lead at the 缅北禁地 School of Pharmacy and a Post-doctoral Researcher at the Population Health Sciences Institute, working in the area of using Digital Health Technologies (particularly Artificial Intelligence predictive models) to support clinical decision-making. My PhD was in the area of data science, clinical machine learning and digital health based at 缅北禁地 School of Pharmacy and the Population Health Science Institute (PHSI), with a thesis titled " Reducing Post-Operative Infections: The Development and Validation of Artificial Intelligence Predictive Model to Inform Shared Decision Making". My Masters was in Clinical Pharmacy from the Faculty of Pharmacy Cairo University with a thesis around conducting a prospective, randomised, controlled study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of nebulised Amikacin as adjunctive therapy in hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated multi-drug resistant bacterial pneumonia in surgical patients, which was published in Critical Care Medicine Journal.



Research

My current research focuses on clinical machine learning, developing prognostic AI-predictive models to help predict the risk of a patient developing a particular condition or complication, which in turn can inform the shared decision-making process between clinicians and patients through mixed-method study approaches. I also work on developing Predictive tools that could inform public health policy making. I work with my research group at the School of Pharmacy on multiple NIHR and UKRI-funded projects, collaborating with varying organisations and universities all over the UK. These projects address the use of AI and predictive analytics to tackle urgent environmental threats to health, especially to the most vulnerable populations. Additionally, I have an interest in using AI to optimise healthcare utilisation among multimorbid patients from deprived communities.


Milestones and Achievements:

  • I was picked as one of the top ten Early Career Researcher projects nationally in STEM for Britain, 2021. I also presented my research virtually at both UK Houses of Parliament.
  • I won best oral presentation at the Annual Conference for the Faculty of Clinical Informatics in 2021 and 2023.
  • I was the winner of the Insights Doctoral Thesis Prize (public vote) held by the Faculty of Medical Sciences, 缅北禁地, 2021.


Funding and Grants:

  • 2026: NIHR Development and Skills Enhancement Award. (61,000)
  • 2025: Research Excellence Development Award at the Population Health Sciences Institute. (£940)
  • 2024: Summer Research Internship at the School of Pharmacy, 缅北禁地. (£10,080).
  • 2024: Co-developed Environmental Solutions to Mitigate the Impact of Temperature Extremes on the Health of Vulnerable Populations. PI: Prof. Justin Sheffield. (£2,551,954).
  • 2023: Summer Research Internship at the School of Pharmacy, 缅北禁地. (£10,080).
  • 2023: 缅北禁地 School of Pharmacy Fund towards Conference registration and travel fees (£350). 
  • 2023: Co-applicant on an NIHR Programme Development Grant on using AI to tackle the impact of air pollution on health (£150,000). PI: Prof. Sarah Slight, Dr. Robert Slight.                           
  • 2023: Doctoral College Enhancement Fund towards Conference registration fees (£512),02/23.                
  • 2019: 缅北禁地 Overseas Research Scholarship (NUORS) for three years (£17,000 to £19,000/year), 缅北禁地, UK.        

                                                                                                                                                

Research Profiles:

Google scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=84FQNg0AAAAJ&hl=en&inst=15472968769537443516

Research gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nehal-Hassan-3

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8302-5769


Postgraduate Supervision:

I currently supervise MPharm students and PhD students.

Teaching

I feel passionate about helping the next generation of pharmacists and researchers. Throughout my career in Egypt, I mentored many undergraduate and post-graduate pharmacy students and taught infectious diseases and Cardiology Pharmacotherapy courses through different programmes over seven years. In the UK, I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA). I contribute to undergraduate teaching, and I lead stage 2 at 缅北禁地 School of Pharmacy. I also supervise MPharm students dissertations and PhD students.


Publications

  • Articles

    • Tolley CL, de Nazelle A, Wilson S, Hassan N, Slight RD, Slight SP. . Frontiers in Public Health 2026, 14, 1763393.
    • Wilson, S, Morrison, L, Maromo, N, Ward, K, Abayomi, V, Walker, D-M, Hosseini, K, Hassan, N, Vaz Monteiro, M, Koch Esteves, N, Filingeri, D, Sheffield, J, Slight, R, Slight, S, Tolley, C. Vulnerable groups’ engagement with interventions to mitigate the health impacts of exposure to extreme temperature events: a qualitative systematic review. BMC Public Health 2026. In Preparation.
    • Wilson S, Tolley C, Mc Ardle R, Hassan N, Slight R, Slight S. Under-served groups’ perspectives on mitigating digital exclusion within healthcare in the North East of England. npj Digital Public Health 2026.
    • Hassan N, Mohamed L, Wilson S, Tolley C, Ahmed A, Baxter C, Slight R, Namdeo A, Slight SP. . Frontiers in Medicine 2026, 12, 1704117.
    • Hassan N, Slight R, Morgan G, Weiand D, Vellinga A, Fekry H, Gallier S, Sapey E, Slight S. . International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents 2026, 67(6), 107768.
    • Hassan N, Slight R, Wang Y, Slight SP. Primary healthcare utilisation among individuals with multimorbidity in deprived communities; a modelling study. British Journal of General Practice Open 2026.
    • Dahil A, Pinn C, Smith L, Hassan N, Esteves N, Simpson G, Dambha-Miller H. . Journal of Climate Change and Health 2026, 28, 100667.
    • Wilson S, Hassan N, Chan D, Slight S. . Alzheimer's & Dementia 2025, 21(S6), e100753.
    • Dahil A, Pinn C, Smith L, Hassan N, Esteves NK, Simpson G, Dambha-Miller H. . medRxiv 2025, 28:2025-08. Submitted.
    • Wilson S, Beswick E, Morrell R, Bhogal S, Tolley C, Whitfield T, Wing K, Mc Ardle R, Hassan N, Walker Z, Slight S. . BMC Digital Health 2025, 3, 55.
    • Hassan N, Slight R, Bimpong K, Bates DW, Weiand D, Vellinga A, Morgan G, Slight SP. . npj Digital Medicine 2024, 7(1), 332.
    • Hassan,NA,Awdallah,FF,Abbassi,MM,Sabry,NA. Nebulized versus IV amikacin as adjunctive antibiotic for hospital and ventilator-acquired pneumonia postcardiac surgeries: A randomized controlled trial. 2018.

  • Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

    • Dhillon G, Hassan N, Wilson S, McArdle R, Su L, Slight S. . In: Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC 2024). 2024, Philadelphia: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
    • Hassan N, Wilson S, Marley K, Slight R, Slight S. . In: Health Services Research and Pharmacy Practice Conference. 2024, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland: Oxford University Press.
    • Rawi AA, Hassan N, Mc Ardle R, Slight S. . In: Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC 2023). 2023, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: AAIC.
    • Wilson S, Tolley C, Mc Ardle R, Beswick E, Lawson L, Slight R, Slight S, Hassan N. . In: Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC 2023). 2023, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: AAIC.
    • Hassan N, Slight R, Weiand D, Morgan G, Vellinga A, Mamdouh H, Gallier S, Sapey E, Slight S. . In: The Royal Pharmaceutical Society Annual Conference. 2023, Oxford University Press.
    • Hassan N, Slight RD, Slight SP. . In: Faculty of Clinical Informatics Annual Scientific Conference 2022. 2022, Online: BMJ Publishing Group.
    • Hassan N, Slight R, Weiand D, Vellinga A, Morgan G, Aboushareb F, Slight SP. . In: Health Services Research and Pharmacy Practice Conference (HSRPP 2021). 2021, Reading: Oxford University Press.
    • Hassan N, Slight RD, Bimpong K, Weiand D, Vellinga A, Morgan G, Slight SP. . In: Public Health Science 2021. 2021, Online: The Lancet Publishing Group.
    • Hassan N, Slight R, Slight SP. . In: Health Services Research and Pharmacy Practice Conference (HSRPP 2021). 2021, Reading: Oxford University Press.

  • Reviews

    • Wilson S, Tolley C, Mc Ardle R, Lawson L, Beswick E, Hassan N, Slight R, Slight S. . npj Digital Medicine 2024, 7(1), 173.
    • Hassan N, Slight RD, Morgan G, Bates DW, Gallier S, Sapey E, Slight SP. . BMJ Health & Care Informatics 2023, 30(1), e100784.
    • Hassan N, Slight R, Weiand D, Vellinga A, Morgan G, Aboushareb F, Slight SP. . International Journal of Medical Informatics 2021, 150, 104457.