Dr Mehrnaz Keyhanfar
Senior Lecturer (Teaching Specialist (Acad))
College of Medicine and Public Health
Dr Keyhanfar received her PhD from The University of Adelaide in Biochemistry/Biotechnology in 2005 and held academic positions at Bu-Ali Sina University and University of Isfahan, where she was an Associate Professor with the Department of Biotechnology. She is a Senior Lecturer at the College of Medicine and Public Health (CMPH), Flinders University since 2019. Her expertise lies in biochemistry, protein chemistry, protein structure/function, pharmaceutical biotechnology, drug delivery, and plant secondary metabolite production.
2005 PhD, Biotechnology, Biochemistry Department, The University of Adelaide
1998 Pharm D (Pharmacy Doctorate), Department of Pharmaceutics, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan
- Undergraduate teaching in Medical Biochemistry and Pharmacology
- Postgraduate teaching in Medical Biochemistry, Anatomy, and Histology
- Flinders learning and teaching academy leadership member
- Teaching Specialist Community of Practice (CMPH TS CoP) member
- Australian Institute of Medical Scientists (AIMS) Accreditation Working Group leadership member
- Early and mid-career academic (EMCA) network, member
- Learning Coach in the Doctor of Medicine (MD) program
- Academic Integrity Officer College of Medicine and Public Health
- Topic Coordinator
- MMED3933: Biochemistry of Human Disease
- MMED9150: Medicine 1A-Human Homeostasis
- Topic Lecturer
- MMED3933: Biochemistry of Human Disease
- MMED9150: Medicine 1A-Human Homeostasis
- MDSC3000 Skills for Medical Sciences
- MMED9151 Medicine 1B
- MMED3936 Human Pharmacology and Therapeutics
- MMED3940 Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics
My teaching interests are in Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Pharmacology, Cell Biology and Protein Chemistry. I am particularly interested in inspiring students in the field of molecular basis and biochemistry of human disease and targeting the underlying cause of disease at the molecular level for diagnosis and personalised targeted therapy of the diseases.
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