Mr Timothy Tanzer
Secondee Lecturer
School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Researcher biography
Tim is a clinical pharmacist and lecturer working at the School of Pharmacy and the Princess Alexandra Hospital. He graduated with a Bachelor of Pharmacy at the University of Queensland in 2014. After working as mental health pharmacist at the Princess Alexandra Hospital, he became interested in schizophrenia and psychopharmacology. He began his PhD with the School of Clinical Medicine in 2021 and his research interests include clozapine, treatment-resistant schizophrenia, and the safe use of antipsychotic medicines. He is the team leader of mental health pharmacy at the Princess Alexandra Hospital. Tim teaches into the Bachelor of Pharmacy and the Masters of Clinical Pharmacy programmes at the University of Queensland, and supervises research project placements.
Journal Articles
Tanzer, Timothy, Rutland, Emilie, Warren, Nicola, Barras, Michael, Kisely, Steve and Siskind, Dan (2026). Smoking, plasma concentration, antipsychotic polypharmacy and adverse drug reaction burden in clozapine outpatients. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 00048674251412103. doi: 10.1177/00048674251412103
Siskind, Dan, Northwood, Korinne, Pillinger, Toby, Chan, Sherry, Correll, Christoph, Cotes, Robert O., Every-Palmer, Susanna, Hahn, Maggie, Howes, Oliver D., Kane, John M., Kelly, Deanna, Korman, Nicole, Lappin, Julia, Mena, Cristián, Myles, Nick, McCutcheon, Robert A., Siskind, Dan, McCutcheon, Robert A., Northwood, Korinne, Pillinger, Toby, Chan, Sherry, Correll, Christoph U., Cotes, Robert, Every-Palmer, Susanna, Hahn, Margaret, Howes, Oliver, Kane, John M., Kelly, Deanna L., Korman, Nicole ... Yung, Alison (2026). Absolute neutrophil count and adverse drug reaction monitoring during clozapine treatment: consensus guidelines from a global Delphi panel. The Lancet Psychiatry, 13 (1), 77-86. doi: 10.1016/s2215-0366(25)00098-7
Tanzer, Timothy, Hanisch, Rebecca, Yap, Chloe, Warren, Nicola, Barras, Michael, Kisely, Steve, Isoardi, Katherine, Kosari, Kiana and Siskind, Dan (2025). Reevaluating Clozapine-Induced QT Prolongation. Schizophrenia Bulletin sbaf114. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbaf114
McMahon, Laura, Giudice, Maddison, Wagner, Elias, Hasan, Alkomiet, Burrage, Matthew K., Amarena, John, Fox, Cooper, Winckel, Karl, Tanzer, Timothy, Smith, Lesley, Warren, Nicola, Siskind, Dan and Korman, Nicole (2024). Clozapine rechallenge following myocarditis: a systematic review and rechallenge protocol. CNS Spectrums, 29 (6), 585-592. doi: 10.1017/S1092852924002219
Winter, Sara, Lee, Kyung Rok, Fung, Edward, Kirkpatrick, Tara, Winckel, Karl, Tanzer, Timothy, Warren, Nicola, Siskind, Dan and Ellender, Claire Michelle (2024). The association between respiratory failure and psychotropic medications: A systematic review. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 180, 121-130. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2024.10.003
Winter, Sara, Kirkpatrick, Tara, Winckel, Karl, Honarparvar, Faraz, Robinson, Lewis, Tanzer, Timothy, Smith, Lesley, Warren, Nicola, Siskind, Dan and Ellender, Claire Michelle (2024). Antipsychotic medications and risk of respiratory failure in the respiratory high dependency unit. BJPsych open, 10 (6) e211, 1-6. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2024.773
Tanzer, Timothy, Pham, Betty, Warren, Nicola, Barras, Michael, Kisely, Steve and Siskind, Dan (2024). Overcoming clozapine’s adverse events: a narrative review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Expert Opinion on Drug Safety, 23 (7), 811-831. doi: 10.1080/14740338.2024.2362796
Tanzer, Timothy, Winckel, Karl, Isoardi, Katherine, Smith, Lesley, Andric, Teodora and Siskind, Dan (2024). Comments on “Prevalence and predictors of QTc prolongation in patients seen in a clozapine clinic in a real-world setting in Australia”. Schizophrenia Research, 264, 370-371. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2024.01.003
Tanzer, Timothy, Warren, Nicola, McMahon, Laura, Barras, Michael, Kisely, Steve, Brooks, Emily, Wong, Emily and Siskind, Dan (2023). Treatment strategies for clozapine-induced nocturnal enuresis and urinary incontinence. CNS Spectrums, 28 (2), 133-144. doi: 10.1017/S1092852922000050
Andric, Teodora, Winckel, Karl, Tanzer, Timothy David, Hollingworth, Samantha, Smith, Lesley, Isoardi, Katherine, Tan, Olivier and Siskind, Dan (2022). Estimation of cardiac QTc intervals in people prescribed antipsychotics: a comparison of correction factors. Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology, 12, 204512532211049. doi: 10.1177/20451253221104947
Tanzer, Timothy David, Brouard, Thomas, Dal Pra, Samuel, Warren, Nicola, Barras, Michael, Kisely, Steve, Brooks, Emily and Siskind, Dan (2022). Treatment strategies for clozapine-induced hypotension: a systematic review. Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology, 12, 1-16. doi: 10.1177/20451253221092931
Tanzer, Timothy, Warren, Nicola, McMahon, Laura, Barras, Michael, Kisely, Steve, Brooks, Emily, Wong, Emily and Siskind, Dan (2022). Treatment strategies for clozapine induced nocturnal enuresis and urinary incontinence: a systematic review. CNS Spectrums, 28 (2) PII S1092852922000050, 1-12. doi: 10.1017/s1092852922000050
Andric, Teodora, Winckel, Karl, Tanzer, Timothy, Hollingworth, Samantha, Isoardi, Katherine and Siskind, Dan (2021). Bazett's correction formula overestimates the corrected QT among patients with antipsychotic induced tachycardia. Schizophrenia Research, 231, 22-23. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2021.02.022
Tanzer, Timothy, Shah, Shelukumar, Benson, Catherine, De Monte, Veronica, Gore-Jones, Victoria, Rossell, Susan L., Dark, Frances, Kisely, Steve, Siskind, Dan and Melo, Catarina Drumonde (2019). Varenicline for cognitive impairment in people with schizophrenia: systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychopharmacology, 237 (1), 11-19. doi: 10.1007/s00213-019-05396-9
Conference Papers
Puris, F., Bodnar, N., Winckel, K., Smith, L., Siskind, D., McArdle, P. and Tanzer, T. (2025). Medicinal cannabis an mental health hospitalisation: an observational study. 36th CINP World Congress Neuropsychopharmacology - CINP-AsCNP 2025 Joint Congress, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 15-18 June 2025. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/ijnp/pyaf052.165
Andric, Teodora , Winckel, Karl , Tanzer, Timothy David , Hollingworth, Samantha , Smith, Lesley , Isoardi, Katherine , Tan, Olivier and Siskind, Dan (2022). Estimation of cardiac QTc intervals in people prescribed antipsychotics: a comparison of correction factors. Griffith Medical Student Conference, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 8 September 2022.
Andric, T., Winckel, K., Tanzer, T., Siskind, D., Hollingworth, S., Smith, L. and Isoardi, K. (2021). Inaccurate QT interval estimation in people taking antipsychotics: are we contributing to misinformed treatment decisions?. National Medicines Symposium, Online, 18 May 2021.