Jack Janetzki

Jack is a Lecturer in Pharmacy and Pharmacology. He completed both a Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours) and a Doctor of Philosophy at Adelaide University's foundational University, University of South Australia. Jack is a practicing Pharmacist and has worked in several pharmacies spanning across rural Victoria and urban and rural South Australia. He is credentialed to provide Home Medicine Reviews and Residential Medication Management Reviews and is also a vaccinating and prescribing pharmacist.

Jack has a strong interest in improving medication safety which is evident in his clinical practice, research and education of future health professionals. Maintaining clinical practice allows him to draw on real world experiences and incorporate this into his contemporary teaching and research endeavours.

At Adelaide University Jack currently coordinates several courses including Fundamentals of Pharmacology, Pharmacy Practice Health Services Provision, Managing and Developing Pharmacy Operations, and Pharmacy Healthcare Services. He also teaches into other Pharmacy Practice courses across all year levels.

Jack is a member of the Quality Use of Medicines and Pharmacy Research Centre (QUMPRC) at Adelaide University where he is a pharmacoepidemiologist. Jack's research focuses on integrating methodologies to understand how adverse drug events happen at both a molecular-level and also at a population-level. To do this he uses molecular modelling strategies to predict how drugs may interact with a particular target and then uses big real-world data to investigate the risk of adverse events at the population-level. Jack also has a strong interest in researching medicine utilisation. In particular his research focuses on understanding sequential treatment patterns and understanding the complexities of medicine utilisation during shortages.

Jack's commitment to understanding and minimising adverse drug events extends beyond Adelaide University. He is a member of the Local Advisory Committee for Pharmaceutical Defence Limited, a not-for-profit organisation which support pharmacists with risk management advice.
Jack and his colleague Wern Chai (a/n Brian Chia) host a pharmacology educational instagram page where they post pharmacology related content. You can follow them by searching for "jbpharmacology".