Rate My Professor Ian Heslop

Associate Professor Ian Heslop is Associate Professor - Pharmacy in the School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy at the University of Newcastle. He holds a Doctor of Public Health from James Cook University, a Master of Science in Clinical Pharmacy from Queen's University Belfast, a Bachelor of Science (Honours) from the Council for National Academic Awards, and a Graduate Certificate in Business and Technology from the University of New South Wales. Originally qualifying as a pharmacist in the United Kingdom, he began his career as Clinical Pharmacist at Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle, England (1988-1990), followed by Senior Clinical Pharmacist at Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary in Scotland (1990-1996). He then served as Deputy Director Pharmacy - Clinical Services at Townsville Hospital and Health Service (1996-2003). In academia, Heslop was Associate Professor - Pharmacy at James Cook University (2004-2020). From 2020 to 2022, he acted as Deputy Head/Director of Pharmacy Education at the University of Lincoln, United Kingdom, and subsequently as Acting Head of the School of Pharmacy until 2023. He currently serves as Program Convenor for the Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours) at the University of Newcastle.

Heslop's academic interests encompass travel health, infectious diseases, antimicrobial stewardship, pharmaceutical public health, pharmacovigilance, and the development and evaluation of expanded pharmacist roles in multidisciplinary settings, with a primary focus on clinical pharmacy and pharmacy practice. In 1993, he received the Evans Medical Award for Scottish Hospital Pharmacists from the Scottish Hospital Pharmacists Association. His notable publications include 'Evaluating pharmacist prescribing education programs: Insights from a realist synthesis - FIP Congress' (2025), 'Psychosocial distress in rural palliative care: Preliminary longitudinal findings using the DADDS' (2025, Palliative and Supportive Care), 'Identifying public health competencies for Australian pharmacists: A modified Delphi study' (2025, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health), 'Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of Australian oncology health professionals on complementary medicines' (2023, Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research), 'Perspectives of Complementary and Alternative Medicine use by cancer patients in a regional hospital in North Queensland, Australia' (2022, Complementary Therapies in Medicine), 'Australian Pharmacists' Perceptions and Practices in Travel Health' (2018, Pharmacy), and 'Pharmaceutical care model to assess the medication-related risks of travel' (2014, International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy).