Dr Mehrnaz Keyhanfar
Senior Lecturer (Teaching Specialist (Acad))
College of Medicine and Public Health
Dr Keyhanfar received her PhD in Biochemistry/Biotechnology from The University of Adelaide in 2005 and has held academic positions at various universities both nationally and internationally. Since 2019, she has been a Senior Lecturer at the College of Medicine and Public Health (CMPH), Flinders University. Her expertise lies in biochemistry, protein chemistry, protein structure and function, pharmaceutical biotechnology, drug delivery, and the production of plant secondary metabolites.
- 2022 Graduate Certificate in Clinical Education, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University
- 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
- Graduate 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
- Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) member
- Learning Coach in the Doctor of Medicine (MD) program
- Academic Integrity Officer College of Medicine and Public Health
- Topic Coordinator
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- MMED3933: Biochemistry of Human Disease
- MMED9150: Medicine 1A-Molecular Foundations of Medicine Block
- Topic Lecturer
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- MMED3933: Biochemistry of Human Disease
- MMED9150: Medicine 1A-Molecular Foundations of Medicine
- MDSC3000 Skills for Medical Sciences
- MMED9151 Medicine 1B
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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