Dr Hafiz Abdul-Aziz

Research Fellow

UQ Centre for Clinical Research
Faculty of Medicine

Overview

Dr. Hafiz Abdul–Aziz is currently the Clinical Dosing Studies and Knowledge Translation Workstream Lead within the Antimicrobial Optimisation Group and Centre for Research Excellence for Personalising Antimicrobial Dosing to Reduce Resistance (CRE RESPOND) at University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research (UQCCR), Australia. Hafiz is a clinical pharmacist with a strong interest in clinical research, particularly those involving multi-centre and multi-national collaborations. Hafiz received his Bachelor of Pharmacy and Master of Clinical Pharmacy degrees from Malaysia, prior to completing his PhD at the University of Queensland in 2016. Hafiz’s doctoral thesis was on pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD)-optimised beta-lactam dosing in critically ill patients.

His main research theme is primarily centred on finding novel solutions to optimise and personalise antimicrobial dosing in special patient populations, particularly in critically ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). Hafiz believes that precision-based antibiotic dosing in the ICU can be achieved by integrating the use of dosing software and therapeutic drug monitoring into daily clinical practice. Hafiz has extensive experience in designing and conducting multi-centre/multi-national clinical pharmacokinetic studies in ICUs across Australia, Belgium, France, Greece, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, South Korea and Switzerland. In the last 5 years, Hafiz has either led or coordinated 8 multinational antimicrobial pharmacokinetic studies including the ASAP ECMO, BLING 3 PK/PD, and PNEUDOS study.

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland

Publications

  • Shekar, Kiran, Abdul-Aziz, Mohd H, Cheng, Vesa, Burrows, Fay, Buscher, Hergen, Cho, Young-Jae, Corley, Amanda, Diehl, Arne, Gilder, Eileen, Jakob, Stephan M, Kim, Hyung-Sook, Levkovich, Bianca J, Lim, Sung Yoon, McGuinness, Shay, Parke, Rachael, Pellegrino, Vincent, Que, Yok-Ai, Reynolds, Claire, Rudham, Sam, Wallis, Steven C, Welch, Susan A, Zacharias, David, Fraser, John F. and Roberts, Jason A (2023). Antimicrobial exposures in critically ill patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 207 (6), 704-720. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202207-1393oc

  • Roberts, Jason A., Bellomo, Rinaldo, Cotta, Menino O., Koch, Birgit C. P., Lyster, Haifa, Ostermann, Marlies, Roger, Claire, Shekar, Kiran, Watt, Kevin and Abdul-Aziz, Mohd H. (2022). Machines that help machines to help patients: optimising antimicrobial dosing in patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and renal replacement therapy using dosing software. Intensive Care Medicine, 48 (10), 1338-1351. doi: 10.1007/s00134-022-06847-2

  • Abdul-Aziz, Mohd H., Alffenaar, Jan-Willem C., Bassetti, Matteo, Bracht, Hendrik, Dimopoulos, George, Marriott, Deborah, Neely, Michael N., Paiva, Jose-Artur, Pea, Federico, Sjovall, Fredrik, Timsit, Jean F., Udy, Andrew A., Wicha, Sebastian G., Zeitlinger, Markus, De Waele, Jan J., Roberts, Jason A., the Infection Section of European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM), Pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic and Critically Ill Patient Study Groups of European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID), Infectious Diseases Group of International Association of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Clinical Toxicology (IATDMCT) and Infections in the ICU and Sepsis Working Group of International Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (ISAC) (2020). Antimicrobial therapeutic drug monitoring in critically ill adult patients: a Position Paper#. Intensive Care Medicine, 46 (6), 1127-1153. doi: 10.1007/s00134-020-06050-1

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Supervision

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Publications

Featured Publications

  • Shekar, Kiran, Abdul-Aziz, Mohd H, Cheng, Vesa, Burrows, Fay, Buscher, Hergen, Cho, Young-Jae, Corley, Amanda, Diehl, Arne, Gilder, Eileen, Jakob, Stephan M, Kim, Hyung-Sook, Levkovich, Bianca J, Lim, Sung Yoon, McGuinness, Shay, Parke, Rachael, Pellegrino, Vincent, Que, Yok-Ai, Reynolds, Claire, Rudham, Sam, Wallis, Steven C, Welch, Susan A, Zacharias, David, Fraser, John F. and Roberts, Jason A (2023). Antimicrobial exposures in critically ill patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 207 (6), 704-720. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202207-1393oc

  • Roberts, Jason A., Bellomo, Rinaldo, Cotta, Menino O., Koch, Birgit C. P., Lyster, Haifa, Ostermann, Marlies, Roger, Claire, Shekar, Kiran, Watt, Kevin and Abdul-Aziz, Mohd H. (2022). Machines that help machines to help patients: optimising antimicrobial dosing in patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and renal replacement therapy using dosing software. Intensive Care Medicine, 48 (10), 1338-1351. doi: 10.1007/s00134-022-06847-2

  • Abdul-Aziz, Mohd H., Alffenaar, Jan-Willem C., Bassetti, Matteo, Bracht, Hendrik, Dimopoulos, George, Marriott, Deborah, Neely, Michael N., Paiva, Jose-Artur, Pea, Federico, Sjovall, Fredrik, Timsit, Jean F., Udy, Andrew A., Wicha, Sebastian G., Zeitlinger, Markus, De Waele, Jan J., Roberts, Jason A., the Infection Section of European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM), Pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic and Critically Ill Patient Study Groups of European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID), Infectious Diseases Group of International Association of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Clinical Toxicology (IATDMCT) and Infections in the ICU and Sepsis Working Group of International Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (ISAC) (2020). Antimicrobial therapeutic drug monitoring in critically ill adult patients: a Position Paper#. Intensive Care Medicine, 46 (6), 1127-1153. doi: 10.1007/s00134-020-06050-1

Book Chapter

  • Kirk, Christa Jefferis, Abdul-Aziz, Mohd H., Roberts, Jason A., Valencia, Eleonore, Watt, Kevin, MacLaren, Graeme and Shekar, Kiran (2022). Pharmacology. Extracorporeal life support: The ELSO red book. (pp. 643-654) edited by Graeme Maclaren, Daniel Brodie, Roberto Lorusso, Giles Peek, Ravi Thiagarajan and Leen Vercaemst. Ann Arbor, MI, United States: Extracorporeal Life Support Organization.

  • Cheng, Vesa, Abdul-Aziz, Mohd H. and Shekar, Kiran (2022). Challenges of antimicrobial therapy in ECMO patients. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: an interdisciplinary problem-based learning approach. (pp. 191-200) edited by Marc O. Maybauer. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/med/9780197521304.003.0018

  • Jamal, Janattul-Ain, Abdul-Aziz, Mohd-Hafiz, Levkovich, Bianca and Roberts, Jason A. (2019). Clinical Pharmacy Considerations in ICU. Encyclopedia of Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Pharmacy: Volumes 1-3. (pp. V3A-849-V3A-865) Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-812735-3.00576-8

  • Jamal, Janattul-Ain, Abdul-Aziz, Mohd-Hafiz, Levkovich, Bianca and Roberts, Jason A. (2019). Clinical pharmacy considerations in ICU. Encyclopedia of pharmacy practice and clinical pharmacy. (pp. 849-865) edited by Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar. Oxford, United Kingdom: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-812735-3.00576-8

  • Abdul-Aziz, M. H., Shekar, Kiran and Roberts, Jason A. (2018). Antibiotic dosing during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Antibiotic Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Considerations in the Critically Ill. (pp. 151-171) edited by Andrew A. Udy, Jason A. Roberts and Jeffrey Lipman. Gateway East, Singapore: Springer . doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-5336-8_8

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Other Outputs

PhD and MPhil Supervision

Current Supervision

  • Master Philosophy — Associate Advisor