Dr Gazala Akram

Senior Teaching Fellow

Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences

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Personal statement

I have teaching commitments on the MPharm and PG degrees and I am the Course Drector for the MSc in Clinical Pharmacy. Until recently (Jan 2025) I also had a clinical commitment (0.3 wte) to the National Children's Psychiatric Unit based at the Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow.

I also hold a Masters degree in Public Health from the University of Nottingham (1997). 

My doctorate from the Univ of Strathclyde was concerned with clinical information provision for lay persons in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (2010)

My research interests largely stem from my clinical work and experiance of Mental Health service delivery. I am also interested in developing the role of the (Community) pharmacy team within mental health service delivery. 

I have recently become a registrant member of the GPhC Statutory Committee for Fitness To Practice (2024 - 

I was designated a Fellow of the Royal Pharmaceutcal Society in 2019. 

 

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Publications

Identifying and developing a Community Pharmacy Depression Service in the UK: a systematic review and multi-stakeholder eDelphi study
McFadyen Weir Natalie, Kernaghan David, Alshammari Hisham, Akram Gazala, Pratt Judith, Maxwell Margaret, Watson Margaret
Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy Vol 21, pp. e69 (2025)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2025.06.091
A qualitative exploration of how pharmacy professionals in primary care utilise planned protected development time
Cairns Fiona, Patrick Robyn, Calderhead Gillian, Forsyth Paul, Akram Gazala
Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy Vol 13 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcsop.2024.100417
Building the evidence base for community pharmacy depression services
Weir Natalie, Kernaghan David, Watson Margaret, Akram Gazala, Maxwell Margaret, Pratt Judith
Mental Health Care Futures (2023)
A scoping review of clozapine use in children aged 13 years and under
Akram Gazala
College of Mental Health Pharmacy (2022)
A scoping review of clozapine use in children aged 13 years and under
Akram Gazala, Stewart Kirsty
College of Mental Health Pharmacy Annual Conference (2022)
An exploration of the barriers and enablers to the initiation of clozapine in the community : a qualitative study using the Theoretical Domains Framework
Kelly Heather, Akram Gazala, Van-De-L'Isle Marianne, McLean Amanda, Miller Chris
Journal of Psychopharmacology Vol 35, pp. 6 (2021)
https://doi.org/10.1177/02698811211058657

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Professional Activities

Keynote and Panel Discussion: Mental Health
Speaker
5/6/2025
NORDIC Social Pharmacy Conference 2025
Organiser
4/6/2025
CMHP PRUK Research Award Building the Evidence Base for Community Pharmacy Depression Services: A Systematic Review and Multi-Stakeholder Consensus Exercise
Contributor
12/10/2024
Community Pharmacy Depression Service Project: Final Dissemination Event
Contributor
1/7/2024
Building the evidence base for community pharmacy depression services: a systematic review and multi-stakeholder consensus exercise
Speaker
7/10/2023
A systematic review on the community pharmacy-led depression services: outcomes and implementation success
Contributor
6/10/2023

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Projects

Building the Evidence Base for Community Pharmacy Depression Services: a Systematic Review and Multi-stakeholder Consensus Exercise (CMHP-PRUK CP Mental Health Services)
Weir, Natalie Mcfadyen (Principal Investigator) Akram, Gazala (Co-investigator) Pratt, Judith (Co-investigator) Watson, Margaret (Co-investigator) Alshammari, Hisham Abdulaziz M (Researcher) Kernaghan, David (Researcher)
16-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2024
COMMUNITY PHARMACY SCOTLAND: INVESTIGATING VALUE AS PERCEIVED AND EXPERIENCED BY SERVICE USERS
Akram, Gazala (Principal Investigator)
01-Jan-2018 - 31-Jan-2018
BTG: Developing effective interventions to promote safe administration of medicines mixed in foodstuff to children in hospital
Adair, Pauline (Academic) Akram, Gazala (Academic) Dixon, Diane (Academic)
This cross-disciplinary project addresses a key challenge in children’s health and directly addresses current Government initiatives to improve patient safety following the Francis report. This study is a new cross-faculty collaboration in the area of patient safety and medication use. Patient safety is a core research theme for Behavioural Medicine at Strathclyde (Adair & Dixon) and is a key research theme with the proposed Centre for Behavioural Medicine in HASS. It will initiate a planned programme of cross-faculty collaboration (SIPBS and School of psychological Sciences and Health) in the area of medication use. This programme of research fills a gap and directly addresses the third wave of improvements in health outcomes driven by behaviour change, which will drive many of the advancements in healthcare in the next ten years.
07-Jan-2014 - 06-Jan-2014
Macmillan Rural Palliative Care Pharmacist Practitioner Project
Dunlop, Emma (Researcher) Bennie, Marion (Principal Investigator) Akram, Gazala (Co-investigator) Newham, Rosemary (Researcher)
• Working in the Skye, Kyle & Lochalsh area, this project aims to establish the gaps and strengths of the end of life/palliative pharmacy-based services in this rural project area. Funded by Boots PLC, NHS Highland and Macmillan
01-Jan-2013 - 31-Jan-2014
Evaluation of the macmillan pharmacist facilitator project
Bennie, Marion (Principal Investigator) Akram, Gazala (Co-investigator) Hudson, Stephen (Co-investigator)
11-Jan-2010 - 31-Jan-2012
An investigation into the prescribing and adminstration of psychotropic ‘as required’ medication in secure in-patient facilities.
Akram, Gazala (Principal Investigator)
01-Jan-2010 - 31-Jan-2010

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Dr Gazala Akram
Senior Teaching Fellow
Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences

Email: gazala.akram@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 4980