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| Name: |
Dr Nazrul Islam |
| Position: |
Senior Lecturer |
| Qualifications: |
B.Pharm (Hons), M Pharm (Thesis), Ph.D |
| Organisational Area: |
School of Life Sciences |
| Teaching Discipline: |
Pharmacy |
| Phone: |
+61 7 3138 1899 |
| Fax: |
+61 7 3138 1534 |
| Email: |
nazrul.islam@qut.edu.au |
| Postal Address: |
School of Life Sciences, QUT, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane Qld 4001 |
Teaching Areas
- Pharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics
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Areas of Expertise
- Pulmonary delivery of drugs
- Formulation development of stability studies of poorly water-soluble drugs or new drugs
- Respiratory delivery of cardioactive and CNS drugs.
- Characterization of micronised powders for dry powder inhaler (DPI) formulations
- Stability of drugs in dose administration aids (DAAs).
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Professional Associations
- Member of the Society of Hospital Pharmacist of Australia
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Selected Research Projects
- Maximization pulmonary delivery of drugs
- Pulmonary delivery of cardioactive and CNS drugs
- Charactirization of micronised particles for respiratory delivery
- Stability of drug products in compliance aids
- Preformulation studies and design of dosage forms
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Selected Publications
- Islam, N, Stewart, P., Larson, I. and Hartley, P. (2006): Measurement of Surface Roughness of Lactose powders by AFM and Confocal Microscopy, Conference Proceedings, CHEMECA, 1-6
- Islam, N, Stewart, P., Larson, I. and Hartley, P. (2005): Surface Roughness Contribution to the Adhesion Force Distribution of Salmeterol Xinafoate on Lactose Carriers by Atomic Force Microscopy, Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 94(7), 1500-1511
- Islam, N, Stewart, P., Larson, I. and Hartley, P. (2004): Studies on the effect of carrier size on drug dispersion from dry powder inhalation formulations, Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 93(4), 1030-1038
- Islam, N, Stewart, P., Larson, I. and Hartley, P. (2004): Lactose surface modification by decantation - are drug-fine lactose ratios the key to better dispersion of salmeterol xinafoate from lactose interactive mixtures? Pharmaceutical Research, 21(3), 492-499.
- Stewart, P., Islam, N., Adi, H., Larson, I. and. Hartley, P. (2003): Key surface characteristics of lactose carriers in the dispersion of salmeterol xinafoate from mixtures for inhalation. Aerosol Society: Drug Delivery to the Lungs, XIV, 10-13
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