Mr Stefan Kowalski

Senior Lecturer, Clinical Pharmacy Practice

School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences

College of Health


Welcome to my home page.
I am the Program Director for the post graduate suite of clinical pharmacy programs and teach in many undergraduate and postgraduate pharmacy courses.

My main clinical and research interests are in the fields of pharmacy practice, neurological and geriatric pharmacotherapy. I look forward assisting you with your studies.

Geriatric Pharmacotherapy,Pharmacy Practice

Year Citation
2022 Tantiongco, M., Dettwiller, P., & Kowalski, S. (2022). Antimicrobial Prescribing in a Regional Hospital: Impact on Prescribing Through Collaboration with an On-Site Clinical Pharmacy Service. Clinical Audit, Volume 14, 31-39.
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2022 Ng, C. C. C., Kowalski, S., Mu, W. L., Tan, P. T., Leong, E. Y. L., Goh, P. L., . . . Lim, H. C. (2022). Evaluating smoking cessation service at an emergency department clinical observation unit. American Journal Of Managed Care, 28(10), e388-e391.
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2017 Wahab, M. S. A., Othman, N., Kowalski, S. R., Zulkifly, H. H., Ali, A. A., Ming, L. C., & Majeed, A. B. A. (2017). Pharmacy students' and pharmacists' perceptions about geriatric pharmacotherapy education. Pharmacy education, 17(1), 100-108.
Scopus7 WoS5
2017 Chang, W. T., Kowalski, S. R., Sorich, W., & Alderman, C. P. (2017). Medication regimen complexity and prevalence of potentially inappropriate medicines in older patients after hospitalisation. International journal of clinical pharmacy, 39(4), 867-873.
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2017 Pandya, K. H., Eaton, V., Kowalski, S., & Sluggett, J. K. (2017). Safety of continuous antibiotic infusions administered through an Australian hospital in the home service: A pilot study. Journal of pharmacy practice and research, 47(5), 333-339.
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2016 BinDhim, N. F., Alanazi, E. M., Aljadhey, H., Basyouni, M. H., Kowalski, S. R., Pont, L. G., . . . Alhawassi, T. M. (2016). Does a mobile phone depression-screening app motivate mobile phone users with high depressive symptoms to seek a health care professional's help?. Journal of medical internet research, 18(6, article no. e156), 1-10.
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2016 Shaman, A. M., & Kowalski, S. R. (2016). Hyperphosphatemia management in patients with chronic kidney disease. Saudi pharmaceutical journal, 24(4), 494-505.
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2015 Mohamed, H., Sorich, M., Kowalski, S., McKinnon, R., Proudman, S., Cleland, L., & Wiese, M. (2015). The role and utility of measuring red blood cell methotrexate polyglutamate concentrations in inflammatory arthropathies - a systematic review. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 71(4), 411-423.
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2013 Alssageer, M. A., & Kowalski, S. R. (2013). What do Libyan doctors perceive as the benefits, ethical issues and influences of their interactions with pharmaceutical company representatives?. Pan African medical journal, 14, 1-9.
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2012 Alssageer, M. A., & Kowalski, S. R. (2012). Doctors' opinions of information provided by Libyan pharmaceutical company representatives. Libyan journal of medicine, 7(1 article no. 19708), 1-6.
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2012 Abd Wahab, M., Nyfort-Hansen, K., & Kowalski, S. (2012). Inappropriate prescribing in hospitalised Australian elderly as determined by the STOPP criteria. International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, 34(6), 855-862.
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2012 Alssageer, M. A., & Kowalski, S. R. (2012). A survey of pharmaceutical company representative interactions with doctors in Libya. Libyan Journal of Medicine, 7(1), 1-19.
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2012 Kua, C. H., Ng, S., Lhode, R., Kowalski, S. R., & Gwee, K. A. (2012). Irritable bowel syndrome and other gastrointestinal disorders: Evaluating self-medication in an Asian community setting. International journal of clinical pharmacy, 34(4), 561-568.
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2011 Widagdo, I. S., Nyfort Hansen, K., & Kowalski, S. R. (2011). Prevalence of potentially inappropriate medication use in elderly hospitalised patients. Journal of pharmacy practice and research, 41(2), 122-125.
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2010 Mustafa, A. A., & Kowalski, S. R. (2010). A comparative analysis of the Libyan national essential medicines list and the WHO model list of essential medicines. Libyan journal of medicine, 5(1), 1-9.
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2010 Mustafa, A. A., & Kowalski, S. R. (2010). A need for the standardization of the pharmaceutical sector in Libya. Libyan journal of medicine, 5(1), 7 pages.
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2010 Kowalski, S. R., & Tan, M. F. (2010). Plasma potassium concentration changes associated with trimethoprim used for urinary tract infections. Journal of pharmacy practice and research, 40(3), 180-183.
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2008 Sorich, W., Stranks, S., Kowalski, S. R., Kuruvila, M., & Sorich, M. J. (2008). Vitamin B₁₂ deficiency in the elderly using metformin long term: prevalence and relationship to putative risk factors. Journal of pharmacy practice and research, 38(2), 111-113.
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2001 Nyfort-Hanseh, K., & Kowalski, S. (2001). Geriatric Pharmacy Specialisation: The CCGP Pathway to Australian Accreditation. Australian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy, 31(1), 41-43.
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1990 Kowalski, S. R., & Gourlay, G. K. (1990). Stability of fentanyl citrate in glass and plastic containers and in a patient-controlled delivery system. American Journal of Hospital Pharmacy, 47(7), 1584-1587.
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1990 Gourlay, G. K., Kowalski, S. R., Plummer, J. L., Cherry, D. A., Szekely, S. M., Mather, L. E., . . . Cousins, M. J. (1990). The efficacy of transdermal fentanyl in the treatment of postoperative pain: a double-blind comparison of fentanyl and placebo systems. Pain, 40(1), 21-28.
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1989 Gourlay, G. K., Murphy, T. M., Plummer, J. L., Kowalski, S. R., Cherry, D. A., & Cousins, M. J. (1989). Pharmacokinetics of fentanyl in lumbar and cervical CSF following lumbar epidural and intravenous administration. Pain, 38(3), 253-259.
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1989 Gourlay, G. K., Kowalski, S. R., Plummer, J. L., Cherry, D. A., Gaukroger, P., & Cousins, M. J. (1989). The transdermal administration of fentanyl in the treatment of postoperative pain: pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamic effects. Pain, 37(2), 193-202.
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1988 Gourlay, G. K., Kowalski, S. R., Plummer, J. L., Cousins, M. J., & Armstrong, P. J. (1988). Fentanyl blood concentration-analgesic response relationship in the treatment of postoperative pain. Anesthesia and Analgesia, 67(4), 329-337.
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1987 Kowalski, S. R., Gourlay, G. K., Cherry, D. A., & McLean, C. F. (1987). Sensitive gas liquid chromatography method for the determination of fentanyl concentrations in blood. Journal of Pharmacological Methods, 18(4), 347-355.
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Courses I teach

  • MATH 5028 Research Methods and Biostatistics (2025)
  • PHAR 5050 Medicine Management Clerkship (2025)
  • PHAR 5054 Clinical Pharmacy Research Project (2025)
  • PHAR 5057 Applied Clinical Pharmacy (2025)
  • PHAR 5067 Pharmacy Practice Research Project (2025)
  • HLTH 5146 Negotiated Study 2H (2024)
  • NURS 5141 Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Nursing Practice (2024)
  • PHAR 2025 Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics for Midwives (2024)
  • PHAR 5044 Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics 2 (2024)
  • PHAR 5050 Medicine Management Clerkship (2024)
  • PHAR 5052 Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics for Advanced Nursing Practice (2024)
  • PHAR 5054 Clinical Pharmacy Research Project (2024)
  • PHAR 5056 Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics (Mental Health) (2024)
  • PHAR 5057 Applied Clinical Pharmacy (2024)

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