Education
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PhD in Clinical Pharmacy and Practice/Queen's University Belfast/UK/ 2008
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B Pharm in Pharmacy. The University of Jordan. 2000
Research Interests
- Designing and implementing Randomized Controlled Clinical Trials to evaluate the impact of pharmaceutical care interventions on health outcomes in patients with different chronic diseases including diabetes, hypertension, CAD, CKD and COPD
- Exploring community pharmacists’ knowledge, attitudes, practices and the barriers to provide different health services and techniques in the community pharmacy setting, and their role in patient counseling on disease and medicine management of different chronic diseases
- Utilization of technology and AI in the community pharmacy setting
- Patterns of drug-related problems and dispensing errors in the community pharmacy setting
- Public knowledge, attitudes, practice of different health-related topics such as screening for different type of cancers, drug-food interactions, expectations from community pharmacy service, AI utilization in healthcare settings, .
- Investigating the factors associated with blood pressure, blood glucose and lipid control among patients with different cardiovascular diseases.
- Investigating the factors associated with poor disease control in patients with different chronic diseases, such as dyslipidemia, type 2 diabetes, asthma, COPD and rheumatoid arthritis.
- Investigation of variables associated with medication non-adherence in patients with different chronic diseases including diabetes, hypertension, CHD, CKD and COPD
- Investigation of variables associated with health-related quality of life in patients with different chronic diseases including diabetes, hypertension, CHD, CKD and COPD
- Identifying different drug therapy problems (DTPs), the variables associated with such DTPs and its effect on clinical outcomes in patients with chronic diseases including diabetes, hypertension, CAD, CKD and COPD.
- Evaluating patterns of antibiotics use in patients with different infectious diseases.
Selected Publications
- Jarab AS, Alqudah SG, Mukattash TL, Shattat G, Al-Qirim T. A Randomized Controlled Trial of Clinical Pharmacy Management of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in an Outpatient Diabetes Clinic in Jordan. J Manag Care Spec Pharm. 2012;18(7):516-26.
- Jarab AS, Alqudah SG, Khdour M, Shamssain M, Mukattash TL. Impact of pharmaceutical care on health outcomes in patients with COPD. Int J Clin Pharm; 2012;34(1):53-62.
- AS Jarab, W Al-Qerem, KH Alzoubi, N Almomani, SR Abu Heshmeh. Role of Community Pharmacist in Asthma Management: Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, 2024; 17: 11–19
- AS Jarab, SR Abu Heshmeh, AZ Al Meslamani. Biosimilars as antivirals: opportunities and challenges. Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy. 2024 Jan 30:1-3. doi: 10.1080/14787210.2024.2313064.
- AZ Al Meslamani, AS Jarab. The economic impact of Pharmacist intervention during pandemics. Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research 2024 (3), 323-326
- AS Jarab, WA AlQerem, SR Abu Heshmeh, YNA Hamarneh, S Aburuz, Factors associated with anxiety and depression among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine, 2024 Mar 7:1-7.
- AS Jarab, W Al-Qerem, KH Alzoubi, S Abu Heshmeh, AA Alzoubi, Public perception, satisfaction and expectations from community pharmacy services and the barriers to consult the community pharmacist. International Journal of Environmental Health Research. 2024. 3493):1627-163
- AS Jarab, SR Abu Heshmeh, AZ Al Meslamani. Examining the impact of biosimilar-to biosimilar transition on effectiveness and safety. Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy. 2024Feb 28:1-4. doi: 10.1080/14712598.2024.
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AS Jarab, W Al-Qerem, KH Alzoubi, S Alqudah, SRA Heshmeh. Prevalence of proteinuria and its associated factors in hypertensive diabetic patients. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2024. 28 (1), 155-162
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W Al-Qerem, A Alassi, A Jarab, AQ Al Bawab, A Hammad, F Alasmari. Examining Influenza Vaccination Patterns Among Young Adults with Asthma: Insights into Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices. Patient preference and adherence 2023(17): 2899-2913
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AS Jarab, SR Abu Heshmeh, AZ Al Meslamani. Artificial intelligence (AI) in pharmacy: an overview of innovations. Journal of Medical Economics. 2024. 26 (1), 1261-1265
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AS Jarab, SI Al-Azzam, S Al-Mutairi, SA Heshmeh, TL Mukattash, Community pharmacists’ knowledge and awareness about isotretinoin therapy and its dispensing practice in Jordan. Heliyon. 2023. 9 (11)
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AS Jarab, W Al-Qerem, KH Alzoubi, S Abu Heshmeh, TL Mukattash, Health-related quality of life and its associated factors in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Plos one. 2023. 18 (10), e0293342
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A S. Jarab, WA Al-Qerem, H Hamam, S Abu Heshmeh, S Al-Azzam. Glycemic control and its associated factors among diabetic heart failure outpatients at two major hospitals in Jordan. Plos one. 2023. 18 (10), e0285142
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AS Jarab, W Al-Qerem, N Almomani, S Abu Heshmeh, TL Mukattash. Colorectal cancer screening among the public: Knowledge, attitudes, and the perceived barriers. International Journal of Environmental Health Research. 2023. 1-15
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AS Jarab, W Al-Qerem, KH Alzoubi, M Tharf, SA Heshmeh, A Al-Azayzih. Patterns of drug-related problems and the services provided to optimize drug therapy in the community pharmacy setting. Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal. 2023. 31 (9), 101746
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AS Jarab, W Al-Qerem, SA Heshmeh, TL Mukattash, R Beiram, S Aburuz. Factors associated with poor health-related quality of life among patients with asthma: A hospital-based study from Jordan. Electronic Journal of General Medicine. 2023. 20 (5)
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AZ Al Meslamani, AS Jarab, DH Abdel-Qader, O Mohamed Ibrahim. Adoption of electronic patient medication records in community pharmacies in the United Arab Emirates: A cross-sectional survey. Health Information Management Journal. 2023. 18333583231190744
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AS Jarab, W Al-Qerem, KH Alzoubi, H Obeidat, SA Heshmeh. Artificial intelligence in pharmacy practice: Attitude and willingness of the community pharmacists and the barriers for its implementation. Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal. 2023. 31 (8), 101700
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W Al-Qerem, A Jarab, Y Shawabkeh, J Ling, A Hammad, B Alazab. COVID-19 Vaccination Booster Dose: Knowledge, Practices, and Intention among Pregnant/Planning to Get Pregnant and Lactating Women. Vaccines. 2023. 11 (7), 1249
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AS Jarab, HW Hamam, WA Al-Qerem, SRA Heshmeh, TL Mukattash. Health-related quality of life and its associated factors among outpatients with heart failure: a cross-sectional study. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. 2023. 21 (1), 73
- Ahmad Z Al Meslamani, Anan S Jarab, Derar H Abdel-Qader, Osama Mohamed Ibrahim, Nadia Al Mazrouei. Adoption of electronic patient medication records in community pharmacies in the United Arab Emirates: A cross-sectional survey. Health Information Management Journal.
- Anan S Jarab, Walid Al-Qerem, Ghassan Shattat, Shrouq Abu Heshmeh, Tareq L Mukattash, Salah Aburuz. Adverse-drug reaction reporting by Pharm D students during hospital training. Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal. Accepted May, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsps.2023.05.012.
- Anan Jarab, Hanan Hamam, Walid Al-Qerem, Shrouq Abu Heshmeh, Tareq Mukattash. Blood pressure control and its associated factors among patients with heart failure in Jordan. Journal of Human Hypertension. 2023.1-8
- Anan S Jarab, Walid A Al-Qerem, Hanan Walid Hamam, Karem H Alzoubi, Shrouq R Abu Heshmeh, Tareq L Mukattash, Eman Alefishat. Medication Adherence and Its Associated Factors Among Outpatients with Heart Failure. Patient Preference and Adherence. 2023,17: 1209–1220
- Anan S. Jarab, Walid Al-Qerem, Hanan Hamam, Shrouq Abu Heshmeh, Tareq L. Mukattash,, Eman A. Alefishat. Factors Associated with Lipid Control in Outpatients with Heart Failure. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. Volume 10 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2023.11533102023.
- Anan S. Jarab, Walid Al-Qerem, Salam Alqudah, Shrouq Abu Heshmeh, Tareq L. Mukattash,, Salah Aburuz. Glycemic control and its associated factors in hypertensive patients with type 2 diabetes. Accepted for publication in the European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences in February 2023.
- Anan S Jarab, Walid Al-Qerem, Salam Alqudah, Shrouq R Abu Heshmeh, Tareq L Mukattash, Karem H Alzoubi. Blood pressure control and its associated factors in patients with hypertension and type 2 diabetes. Electronic Journal of General Medicine. 2023. 20(3)
- A Jarab, TL Mukattash, B Nusairat, M Khdour Appropriateness of antibiotic prescription among hospitalized patients with urinary tract infection in Jordan. Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science. 2023. 13 (1), 109-114
- Alefishat E, Jarab AS, Muflih S, Aqeel AW. Community pharmacists’ attitudes toward practice-based research and their perceived utilization of scientific evidence. PLOS ONE. 2022;17(3): e0264193. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264193
- TL Mukattash, AS Jarab, RK Abu-Farha, R Itani, S Karout, RZ Mansour. The effect of the emerging omicron variant on the willingness to take or continue with COVID-19 vaccination in the Middle East. Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science. 2023. 12 (10), 049-054.
- AS Jarab, W Al-Qerem, TL Mukattash, D Al-Hajjeh, A Al-Azayzih, ...Impact of Distance Learning on Pharmacy and Pharm. D Undergraduates’ during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Jordan. Jordan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 2022. 15 (3), 355-364
- AS Jarab, W Al-Qerem, TL Mukattash. Information technology in pharmacy practice: Barriers and utilization. Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science. 2023.13 (1), 150-155
- MB Nusair, TL Mukattash, S Abuhammad, AS Jarab, A Hanatleh, ..A qualitative assessment of barriers and facilitators to antiretroviral therapy adherence among human immunodeficiency virus patients in Jordan. Electronic Journal of General Medicine. 2022 19 (5)
- Anan S. Jarab,WalidAl-Qerem,Tareq L.Mukattash,Shorouq R. Abuhishmah,Sojoud Alkhdour. Pharmacists’ knowledge and attitudes toward Medication Therapy Management service and the associated challenges and barriers for its implementation. Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal. Available online. 2022. 30(6):842-848.
Conferences
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26th Congress of the EAHP. European Association of Hospital Pharmacists 2022. Hospital pharmacists changing roles in a changing world
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7th PCNE Working Symposium 2020, Right questions, valid answers at Egmond aan Zee, the Netherlands, 7-8 February 2020.
- The 48th Symposium of European Society of Clinical Pharmacy (ESCP 2019) “The Digital Revolution: Supporting clinical pharmacy through e-health, digital support systems, big data and more” in Ljubljana, Slovenia, 23 to 25th October 2019.
- The 11th PCNE Working Conference Targeting patients and tailoring Pharmaceutical Care: How to be outstanding. Egmond aan Zee, the Netherlands. 6-9 February 2019.
- The 47th European Society of Clinical Pharmacy (ESCP) Symposium on Clinical Pharmacy. Personalized Pharmacy Care. Belfast, UK. October, 2018.
- The 15th International Primary Care Diabetes Europe (PCDE) Conference. Barcelona, Spain. April, 2018.
- The 46th European Society of Clinical Pharmacy (ESCP) Symposium on Clinical Pharmacy Science meets practice – towards evidence-based clinical pharmacy services Heidelberg, Germany. October, 2017.
- Updates in Therapeutics. American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) Meeting. Chicago, USA. April 2015.
- Randomized controlled trial of clinical pharmacy management of patients with type 2 diabetes in an outpatient diabetes clinic in Jordan. Research abstract and poster presented at the European Association of Hospital Pharmacists (EAHP) in Paris, France. March, 2013.
- Impact of Pharmaceutical care on Health outcomes in patients with COPD. Research abstract and poster presented at a conference entitled: ASHP Summer meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. June, 2012.
- Pharmaceutical care for type 2 diabetes patients attending outpatient clinic in Belfast. Oral presentation at the Royal Medical Services Conference, Dead Sea, Jordan. May, 2010.
- Factors predicting medication adherence in patients with type 2 diabetes. Research abstract and poster presented at the Jordan Pharmaceutical Association; Amman, Jordan. April, 2010.
- Developing and evaluating the impact of an integrated disease and medicines management program on type 2 diabetes patients attending an outpatient clinic at Whiteabbey Hospital in Northern Ireland. Research abstract and poster presented at American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) Conference in Los Angeles, California, USA. 2009.
Factors which influence diabetes care in patients with type 2 diabetes- A qualitative study. Research abstract and poster presented at a conference entitled: toward better diabetes management in Northern Ireland. May, 2007
Teaching Courses
- Pharmacotherapy of Cardiovascular system
- Pharmacotherapy of Infectious disease
- Biostatistics and Rsearch methods for master students
- Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience
- Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all.
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Memberships
- Jan 2022~present: Member in the Medical and Pharmaceutical Committee of Scientific Research Support Fund at the Ministry of Higher Education and a member of Higher Education Accreditation Commission.
- July 2021~August 2022: Clinical Consultant at the Technical Committee of Drug Registration at the Jordanian Food and Drug Administration (JFDA)