I am a Senior Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer of Pharmacy Practice (at UniSA since 2019). I am currently funded by an NHMRC Investigator Grant (EL2: 2021-2025). I am also a qualified pharmacist with experience working as a clinical pharmacist in a large tertiary teaching hospital. I completed my PhD at the University of South Australia in 2014 and was awarded the medal from the School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences for my thesis work. Following this I was a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Sydney with the NHMRC Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre. I also spent two months as a visiting researcher at the Brocher Foundation (Geneva, Switzerland) in 2014. I also previously held an NHMRC-ARC Dementia Research... Read more
About me
I am a Senior Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer of Pharmacy Practice (at UniSA since 2019). I am currently funded by an NHMRC Investigator Grant (EL2: 2021-2025). I am also a qualified pharmacist with experience working as a clinical pharmacist in a large tertiary teaching hospital. I completed my PhD at the University of South Australia in 2014 and was awarded the medal from the School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences for my thesis work. Following this I was a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Sydney with the NHMRC Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre. I also spent two months as a visiting researcher at the Brocher Foundation (Geneva, Switzerland) in 2014. I also previously held an NHMRC-ARC Dementia Research Development Fellowship. The first two years of this fellowship were undertaken in Canada with the University of Sydney and the Department of Medicine at Dalhousie University, with the final two years completed at UniSA. I hold affiliate status with the College of Pharmacy, Dalhousie University.
About me
Doctor of Philosophy University of South Australia
Bachelor of Pharmacy University of South Australia
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Optimal Medication Management in Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia, National Institutes of Health, 04/01/2019 - 31/01/2022
Consumer and clinician led priority setting for the NNIDR MEDicines and DEMentia (MEDDEM) National Research Action Plan, Australian Association of Gerontology Research Trust, 01/01/2020 - 21/12/2021
Development and implementation of evidence-based deprescribing guidelines to guide person-centred care for people with dementia, NHMRC - ARC Dementia Research Development Fellowship, 01/02/2016 - 28/02/2021
Use of antipsychotic medicines for people aged 65 years and over: A review undertaken for the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Northern Sydney Area Health Service, 15/04/2019 - 29/11/2019
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
Year | Output |
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2020 |
Open access
55
|
2019 |
Open access
54
30
|
2018 |
Open access
44
40
|
2016 |
Open access
117
101
|
2016 |
134
102
|
Year | Output |
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2020 |
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2019 |
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Year | Output |
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2024 |
Open access
2
|
2024 |
|
2024 |
Open access
|
2024 |
Open access
1
|
2024 |
Open access
|
2024 |
1
|
2024 |
Open access
|
2024 |
Open access
24
|
2024 |
Open access
|
2024 |
Open access
|
2023 |
|
2023 |
Open access
3
|
2023 |
Open access
14
|
2023 |
Open access
1
|
2023 |
Open access
5
1
|
2023 |
Open access
4
11
|
2023 |
Open access
5
|
2023 |
Open access
2
1
|
2023 |
2
|
2023 |
Open access
1
3
|
2023 |
2
|
2022 |
18
8
|
2022 |
17
8
|
2022 |
11
3
|
2022 |
Open access
32
15
|
2022 |
10
1
|
2022 |
2
|
2022 |
4
|
2022 |
Open access
13
3
|
2022 |
1
1
|
2022 |
19
|
2022 |
Open access
7
2
|
2022 |
3
2
|
2022 |
Open access
47
30
|
2022 |
Open access
3
|
2021 |
Open access
15
11
18
|
2021 |
Open access
29
17
|
2021 |
Open access
20
15
|
2021 |
Open access
13
5
|
2021 |
Open access
26
20
|
2021 |
Open access
7
6
|
2021 |
Open access
17
18
|
2021 |
Open access
9
5
|
2021 |
Open access
33
21
7
|
2021 |
Open access
|
2021 |
18
12
|
2021 |
Open access
12
11
|
2020 |
Open access
32
23
|
2020 |
Open access
27
19
|
2020 |
Open access
11
7
|
2020 |
Open access
5
4
|
2020 |
Open access
|
2020 |
Open access
15
|
2020 |
Open access
23
16
|
2020 |
Open access
|
2020 |
Open access
15
13
|
2020 |
Open access
10
7
|
2020 |
Open access
55
|
2020 |
Open access
61
35
|
2019 |
6
6
|
2019 |
Open access
24
17
|
2019 |
Open access
19
13
|
2019 |
Open access
26
15
|
2019 |
Open access
15
8
|
2019 |
7
3
|
2019 |
Open access
9
6
|
2019 |
Open access
18
11
8
|
2019 |
Open access
54
30
|
2019 |
69
57
|
2019 |
Open access
47
40
|
2018 |
Open access
22
20
|
2018 |
Open access
17
10
|
2018 |
Open access
34
25
|
2018 |
Open access
44
40
|
2018 |
Open access
142
119
|
2017 |
Open access
37
|
2017 |
Open access
16
14
|
2017 |
Open access
9
8
|
2017 |
1
1
|
2017 |
Open access
12
8
|
2017 |
Open access
116
82
|
2017 |
Open access
188
147
|
2017 |
Open access
55
43
|
2017 |
Open access
60
56
|
2017 |
Open access
5
|
2016 |
71
62
|
2016 |
1
|
2016 |
61
55
|
2016 |
69
60
|
2016 |
36
23
|
2016 |
Open access
117
101
|
2016 |
134
102
|
2016 |
24
18
|
2015 |
22
17
|
2015 |
14
13
|
2015 |
89
74
|
2015 |
Open access
9
|
2015 |
70
53
8
|
2015 |
87
57
|
2015 |
Open access
3
4
|
2015 |
Open access
445
318
|
2015 |
81
63
3
|
2015 |
Open access
1052
800
543
|
2015 |
22
21
|
2014 |
75
59
8
|
2014 |
Open access
251
198
54
|
2014 |
Open access
82
54
22
|
2014 |
Open access
30
32
|
2013 |
81
70
|
2013 |
Open access
358
298
|
2013 |
186
153
|
Year | Output |
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2020 |
Open access
|
2020 |
Open access
|
2018 |
Open access
|
2018 |
Open access
|
External engagement & recognition
Organisation | Country |
---|---|
Alzheimer’s Australia | AUSTRALIA |
Alzheimer's Australia | AUSTRALIA |
Ang Mo Kio-Thye Hua Kwan Hospital | SINGAPORE |
Bloomberg School of Public Health | UNITED STATES |
Bond University | AUSTRALIA |
Bruyère Research Institute | CANADA |
Catholic University of Louvain | BELGIUM |
CDPC | AUSTRALIA |
Central Adelaide Local Health Network Incorporated | AUSTRALIA |
Chemplus Pty Ltd | AUSTRALIA |
CHU de Limoges | FRANCE |
Cochrane Denmark | DENMARK |
Cochrane Sweden | SWEDEN |
Concordia University | CANADA |
Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown | IRELAND |
Curtin University | AUSTRALIA |
Dalhousie University | CANADA |
Dalhousie University, Faculty of Medicine | CANADA |
Dementia Australia | AUSTRALIA |
Duke University | UNITED STATES |
Durham VA Medical Center | UNITED STATES |
Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
Ghent University | BELGIUM |
Hammond Care | AUSTRALIA |
Harvard University | UNITED STATES |
Horizon Health Network | CANADA |
Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri | ITALY |
IWK Health Centre | CANADA |
John Peter Smith Hospital | UNITED STATES |
Johns Hopkins | UNITED STATES |
Johns Hopkins Community Physicians | UNITED STATES |
Johns Hopkins University | UNITED STATES |
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg | UNITED STATES |
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine | UNITED STATES |
Kaiser Permanente | UNITED STATES |
Karolinska Institute | SWEDEN |
Khoo Teck Puat Hospital | SINGAPORE |
Kolling Institute of Medical Research | AUSTRALIA |
Laval University | CANADA |
Laval University (Canada) | CANADA |
Leiden University | NETHERLANDS |
Limoges University | FRANCE |
Liverpool Hospital Elizabeth | AUSTRALIA |
Louvain Drug Research Institute | BELGIUM |
Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research | ITALY |
McGill University | CANADA |
McMaster University | CANADA |
Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences | AUSTRALIA |
Monash University | AUSTRALIA |
Monash University Malaysia | MALAYSIA |
National Healthcare Group Pharmacy | SINGAPORE |
National University Hospital | SINGAPORE |
Newcastle University, United Kingdom | UNITED KINGDOM |
Northern Adelaide Local Health Network | AUSTRALIA |
Nova Scotia Health Authority | CANADA |
NPS MedicineWise | AUSTRALIA |
NSW Health | AUSTRALIA |
Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico | ITALY |
Prince of Wales Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
Princess Alexandra Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
Private Individual | UNITED KINGDOM |
Queensland University of Technology | AUSTRALIA |
Repatriation General Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
Research Libraries UK | UNITED KINGDOM |
Resthaven Incorporated | AUSTRALIA |
Resthaven Limited | AUSTRALIA |
Royal Adelaide Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
Royal College of Surgeons | IRELAND |
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland | IRELAND |
Royal North Shore Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
San Francisco VA Health Care System | UNITED STATES |
Sensus Cognition | AUSTRALIA |
Singapore General Hospital | SINGAPORE |
Sydney Pharmacy School | AUSTRALIA |
Tan Tock Seng Hospital | MALAYSIA |
Trinity College Dublin | IRELAND |
University and University Hospital of Zurich | SWITZERLAND |
University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
University of Auckland | NEW ZEALAND |
University of Bari | ITALY |
University of Basel | SWITZERLAND |
University of Bern | SWITZERLAND |
University of Bristol | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of British Columbia | CANADA |
University of Calgary | CANADA |
University of California San Francisco | UNITED STATES |
University of California System | UNITED STATES |
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus | UNITED STATES |
University of Colorado Denver | UNITED STATES |
University of Geneva | SWITZERLAND |
University of Groningen | NETHERLANDS |
University of Huddersfield | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | UNITED STATES |
University of Ioannina | GREECE |
University of Kentucky | UNITED STATES |
University of Lausanne | SWITZERLAND |
University of Leeds | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Leicester | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca | ROMANIA |
University of Milan | ITALY |
University of Montreal | CANADA |
University of New South Wales | AUSTRALIA |
University of Newcastle | AUSTRALIA |
University of North Texas Health Science Center | UNITED STATES |
University of Otago | NEW ZEALAND |
University of Ottawa | CANADA |
University of Quebec | CANADA |
University of Queensland | AUSTRALIA |
University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
University of Southampton | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Southern California | UNITED STATES |
University of Southern Denmark | DENMARK |
University of Sydney | AUSTRALIA |
University of Tasmania | AUSTRALIA |
University of Technology Sydney | AUSTRALIA |
University of Texas Arlington | UNITED STATES |
University of Tokyo | JAPAN |
University of Toronto | CANADA |
University of Washington | UNITED STATES |
University of Waterloo | CANADA |
University of Western Australia | AUSTRALIA |
University of Wisconsin-Madison | UNITED STATES |
University System of Maryland | UNITED STATES |
US Department of Veterans Affairs | UNITED STATES |
Utrecht University | NETHERLANDS |
Veterans Affairs Medical Center | UNITED STATES |
Victoria University | AUSTRALIA |
Western Sydney Local Health District | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
Engagement/recognition | Year |
---|---|
Dementia Research Development FellowshipNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Australian Research Council (ARC) |
2020 |
Executive Committee Member and Chair of Public Engagement SubcommitteeAustralian Deprescribing Network (ADeN) |
2020 |
Invited SpeakerAustralian Association of Consultant Pharmacy (AACP) 16th Annual Consultant Clinical Pharmacy Seminar |
2020 |
Invited to provide input on: Baseline report on Quality Use of Medicines and Medicines Safety ¿ÛÒ Discussion paper for public consultationAustralian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care |
2020 |
MemberAustralasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists (ASCEPT) |
2020 |
MemberAustralasian Pharmaceutical Science Association (APSA) |
2020 |
MemberSociety of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) |
2020 |
MemberAustralian Association of Gerontology (AAG) |
2020 |
Member of the Investigator Development Core and Expert ConsultantUnited States Deprescribing Research Network (USDeN) |
2020 |
Steering Committee MemberGuidelines International Network (G.I.N.) Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) |
2020 |
Best 'Rapid Fire' Oral PresentationTheo Murphy Australian Frontiers of Science Redefining Health Ageing Together (Australian Academy of Science) Conference |
2019 |
Dementia Research Development FellowshipNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Australian Research Council (ARC) |
2019 |
Executive Committee Member and Chair of Public Engagement SubcommitteeAustralian Deprescribing Network (ADeN) |
2019 |
Founding MemberAustralian Deprescribing Network (ADeN) |
2019 |
Invited Speaker, Annual Scientific MeetingAmerican Geriatrics Society (AGS) |
2019 |
MemberSociety of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia |
2019 |
MemberAustralian Association of Gerontology (AAG) |
2019 |
MemberGerontological Society of America |
2019 |
MemberAustralasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists (ASCEPT) |
2019 |
MemberNHMRC National Institute for Dementia Research |
2019 |
MemberRoyal North Shore Hospital Scientific Staff Council |
2019 |
MemberSydney Dementia Network (dementia) |
2019 |
MemberAustralasian Pharmaceutical Science Association (APSA) |
2019 |
Member of the Investigator Development Core and Expert ConsultantUnited States Deprescribing Research Network (USDeN) |
2019 |
Plenary speakerHouston Medication Safety Symposium |
2019 |
Plenary Speaker, Annual MeetingAustralian Deprescribing Network (ADeN) |
2019 |
Early Achievement Award for Women: 2018Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists (ASCEPT) |
2018 |
Expert Consultant on National Report on Polypharmacy: Medication Overload: How the drive to prescribe is harming older AmericansLown Institute |
2018 |
Founding MemberAustralian Deprescribing Network (ADeN) |
2018 |
Invited SpeakerCanadian Frailty Network Conference, Canada |
2018 |
Invited SpeakerSwiss Society of Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, Switzerland |
2018 |
MemberSociety of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia |
2018 |
MemberGerontological Society of America |
2018 |
MemberNHMRC National Institute for Dementia Research |
2018 |
MemberAustralasian Pharmaceutical Science Association (APSA) |
2018 |
MemberAustralasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists (ASCEPT) |
2018 |
MemberRoyal North Shore Hospital Scientific Staff Council |
2018 |
MemberSydney Dementia Network (dementia) |
2018 |
Organising Committee Member, Invited Presenter, Panel Member and Workshop FacilitatorEvidence-Based Deprescribing Guideline Symposium, Canada |
2018 |
Dementia Research Development FellowshipNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Australian Research Council (ARC) |
2017 |
Founding MemberAustralian Deprescribing Network (ADeN) |
2017 |
Invited SpeakerNorthwood Research Symposium, Canada |
2017 |
Invited Speaker and Panel MemberPharmacy Association of Nova Scotia Annual Conference, Canada |
2017 |
MemberSociety of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia |
2017 |
MemberRoyal North Shore Hospital Scientific Staff Council |
2017 |
MemberGerontological Society of America |
2017 |
MemberAustralasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists (ASCEPT) |
2017 |
MemberAustralasian Pharmaceutical Science Association (APSA) |
2017 |
MemberNHMRC National Institute for Dementia Research |
2017 |
Symposium Chair and Presenter21st IAGG World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics |
2017 |
Best Oral Presentation (rapid fire presentations)Australian National Dementia Forum, Brisbane |
2016 |
Dementia Research Development FellowshipNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Australian Research Council (ARC) |
2016 |
Emerging Health Researcher Award Finalist: 2016Bupa Health Foundation |
2016 |
Founding MemberAustralian Deprescribing Network (ADeN) |
2016 |
Invited SpeakerAustralasian Pharmaceutical Science Association Annual Conference, Sydney |
2016 |
MemberRoyal North Shore Hospital Scientific Staff Council |
2016 |
MemberNHMRC National Institute for Dementia Research |
2016 |
MemberSociety of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia |
2016 |
MemberAustralasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists (ASCEPT) |
2016 |
MemberGerontological Society of America |
2016 |
MemberAustralasian Pharmaceutical Science Association (APSA) |
2016 |
Founding MemberAustralian Deprescribing Network (ADeN) |
2015 |
Invited Session ChairAustralian Pharmaceutical Sciences Association (APSA), Australian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology (ASCEPT) Joint Meeting |
2015 |
Invited SpeakerMedicines Management, 41st SHPA National Conference, Melbourne |
2015 |
MemberSociety of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia |
2015 |
MemberAustralasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists (ASCEPT) |
2015 |
MemberGerontological Society of America |
2015 |
MemberRoyal North Shore Hospital Scientific Staff Council |
2015 |
Workshop ConvenorAustralian Deprescribing Network Annual Workshop, Sydney |
2015 |
Early Career Research Award Presentation (Finalist)New Horizons (Kolling Institute, NSW) |
2014 |
Founding MemberAustralian Deprescribing Network (ADeN) |
2014 |
Invited SpeakerDeprescribing Workshop, Australian Deprescribing Network, Brisbane |
2014 |
MemberSociety of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia |
2014 |
MemberAustralasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists (ASCEPT) |
2014 |
MemberGerontological Society of America |
2014 |
MemberRoyal North Shore Hospital Scientific Staff Council |
2014 |
MemberSociety of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia |
2013 |
Invited SpeakerAustralian Association of Consultant Pharmacists meeting, Pharmacy Congress Australia |
2012 |
MemberSociety of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia |
2012 |
MemberSociety of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia |
2011 |
MemberSociety of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia |
2010 |
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
Thesis title | Student status |
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Comparison of different methods to assess adherence to weekly methotrexate and hydroxychloroquine | Current |
Developing strategies to promote the use of treat to target strategies with conventional synthetic disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis | Current |
Optimising outcomes for patients with rheumatoid arthritis via the use of parenteral methotrexate | Current |