Narges Hadjesfandiari PharmD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Teaching
Dr. Hadjesfandiari earned her PharmD from Tehran University of Medical Sciences with top honours and has worked as a pharmacist in a Provincial Health Network and community and hospital pharmacies. She moved to Canada to pursue her PhD in chemistry at UBC in the fields of biopolymers and biomaterials and her research focused on developing antifouling and antimicrobial coatings for platelet storage bags. She served as a teaching assistant for general chemistry and organic chemistry labs during her PhD.
After completing a postdoctoral fellowship in the Devine laboratory at UBC in transfusion science, she accepted a research associate position at the Canadian Blood Services Centre for Innovation and began teaching in the Department of Pathology. She was a course coordinator and instructor in various third- and fourth-year pathology courses and actively worked to update course content and incorporate active learning methods into her classes.
Working with undergraduate and graduate students in research laboratories and classroom settings deepened Dr. Hadjesfandiari’s passion for teaching and led her to join the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2024 to focus on teaching full time. In this new role, she is most excited about designing class content and laboratory experiments, sharing her enthusiasm for science, and supporting students as they set their career goals.
Courses: PHAR 307 and PHAR 470
Hadjesfandiari, N.; Serrano, K.; Richardson-Sanchez, T.; Barakauskas, V.; Yi, Q. L.; Murphy, M.; Devine, D. V. Measurement of lead, mercury and cadmium in blood donors in Canada. Transfusion, 2024, 64, 1243-1253
Uy, R. J.; Serrano, K.; Hadjesfandiari, N.; Shih, A.; Devine, D. V. The effects of pen ink and surface disinfectants on red blood cells stored in plasticized polyvinylchloride transfusion bags Transfusion, 2024, 64, 141-149
Navidpour, L.; Lima, M. L.; Milne, R.; Wyllie, S.; Hadjesfandiari, N.; Choudhary, M.; Khan, S.; Yousuf, S. Antileishmanial activities of (Z)-2-(nitroimidazolylmethylene)-3(2H)-benzofuranones: synthesis, in vitro assessment, and bioactivation by NTR 1 and 2. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 2022, 66, e00583-22
Hadjesfandiari, N.; Serrano, K.; Levin, E.; Johal, P.; Feenstra, S.; Shih, A. W.; Devine, D. V. Effect of modern infusion pumps on RBC quality. Transfusion 2022, 62, 797-808
Ma, Y.; Hadjesfandiari, N.; Doschak, M.; Devine, D. V.; Tonelli, M.; Unsworth, L. Peptide-modified surfaces for binding carbamylated proteins from plasma. Langmuir, 2021, 37, 12335-12345
Hadjesfandiari, N.; Khorshidfar, M.; Devine, D. V. Current understanding of the relationship between blood donor variability and blood component quality. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2021, 22, 3943
Hadjesfandiari, N.; Weinhart, M.; Kizhakkedathu, J. N.; Haag, R.; Brooks, D. E. Development of antifouling and bactericidal coatings for platelet storage bags using dopamine chemistry. Advanced Healthcare Materials, 2018, 7, 1700839 (PhD Thesis)
Hadjesfandiari, N.; Schubert, P.; Toosi, S.; Chen, Z.; Culibrk, B.; Ramirez-Arcos, S.; Devine, D. V.; Brooks, D. E. Effect of texture of platelet bags on bacterial and platelet adhesion. Transfusion, 2016, 56, 2808-2818 (PhD Thesis)
Hadjesfandiari, N.; Parambath, A. Stealth coatings for nanoparticles: Polyethylene glycol alternatives. Engineering of Biomaterials for Drug Delivery Systems, Woodhead Publishing Series in Biomaterials, 2018
Moradi, S.; Hadjesfandiari, N.; Toosi, S.; Kizhakkedathu, J. N.; Hatzikiriakos, S. Effect of extreme wettability on platelet adhesion on metallic implants: from superhydrophilicity to superhydrophobicity. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2016, 8, 17631-17641
Hadjesfandiari, N.; Yu, K.; Mei, Y.; Kizhakkedathu, J. N. Polymer brush-based approaches for the development of infection-resistant surfaces. J. Mater. Chem. B, 2014, 2, 4968-4978
Hadjesfandiari, N.; Navidpour, L.; Shadnia, H.; Amini, M.; Samadi, N.; Faramarzi M. A.; Shafiee. A. Synthesis, antibacterial activity and quantitative structure-activity relationships of new (Z)-2-(nitroimidazolyl methylene)-3(2H)-benzofuranone derivatives. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2007, 17, 6354-6363 (PharmD Thesis)
Contact Details
Office 3510, Pharmaceutical Sciences Building