1. Hazel Bradley

Dr Hazel Bradley

B Pharm (Hons) (Bath), MPH, PhD (UWC)

Senior Lecturer
E: hbradley@uwc.ac.za

Hazel Bradley, is a registered pharmacist and leads the area of specialisation of Pharmaceutical Public Health within the MPH.

She was instrumental in the development of short courses and online semester modules in Rational Medicines Use, Medicines Supply Management, and Pharmaceutical Policy and Management offered to MPH students and to health practitioners as continuing education options. Hazel’s current research areas include systems approaches to investigate and improve medicines management and access; pharmaceutical human resources and district level services; pharmacovigilance; and pharmaceutical and public health education and training. She has a number of international collaborations including with the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp and Boston University; and with the East African Regional Centre of Excellence in Health Supply Chain Management, and other partnerships in Sub-Saharan Africa which link academia and pharmaceutical services.

Projects


Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance via Community-based Responsive Dialogues

This project, funded by ICARS (International Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance Solutions)  through a grant from Wellcome from February to December 2023, developed guidelines to facilitate Responsive Dialogues to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in LMIC settings.

In the news


Launch Webinar: Responsive Dialogues For Addressing Antimicrobial Resistance And Enhancing Community Engagement

Please join the launch of the modular Responsive Dialogues Guidelines developed by The School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape in collaboration with ICARS and funded by Wellcome.

Pharmaceutical Public Health

In 2024 we will offer Pharmaceutical Policy and Management and Rational Medicines Use as online semester modules from July-November 2024. These modules may be taken as individual stand-alone modules or as part of the Master of Public Health. The Pharmaceutical Policy and Management Module will introduce participants to pharmaceutical policy and management issues within health systems. It will provide a foundation for pharmaceutical policy analysis, policy development and implementation skills at country and local levels. Selected areas include quality of medical products, pharmaceutical procurement and supply, human resources, and antimicrobials.

SPaRCS Strengthening Clinical Trials Oversight Workshop

The SPARCS Project hosted a workshop to support increased collaboration and networking between national regulatory authorities (NRAs) and national ethical committees (NECs) on the regulation of clinical trials in Southern Africa and identify priority areas for a framework for effective clinical trial oversight in the region.