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Dr S. S. Hasan obtained his Bachelor of Pharmacy from the University of Karachi. Soon after graduation, he underwent one year of training at Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) in Karachi. After training, he worked as a hospital pharmacist in AKUH before taking up Master’s in Clinical Pharmacy degree in Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), which he completed in August 2007. Soon after completion, he joined International Medical University, Malaysia as a Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice and worked there until 2011.

In 2011, he was awarded International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS) and UQ Centennial Scholarship for PhD by the University of Queensland, Australia. He completed his doctoral degree (PhD) in quality use of medicine/ pharmacoepidemiology from the University of Queensland, Australia. Between 2015 and 2017, he was a Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice at International Medical University, Malaysia. After that, he joined the University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom, as a Research Fellow in Pharmacy Practice. He is currently working as a Senior Research Fellow in Pharmacy Practice at the University of Huddersfield and a conjoint Senior Lecturer at the University of Newcastle, Australia.

He served as the Topic Editor of the MDPI Pharmaceuticals, Frontiers in Pharmacology, and Section Editor Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice. He is also an Editorial Board Member at Drugs and Therapy Perspectives and British Journal of Pharmacy. In addition, he regularly reviews articles for several journals in Medicine, Pharmacy, and Public Health (e.g., Journal of American College of Cardiology, The Lancet Haematology, BMJ Open, and PLoS One). His interest lies in research that addresses unanswered questions in patient care as well as questions related to medication and patient safety.