Dr Janet Sluggett is an Enterprise Fellow, NHMRC Emerging Leadership 2 Fellow and Senior Research Fellow with UniSA Allied Health & Human Performance. She is an Affiliate Post-doctoral Researcher at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI).
Janet is a pharmacist and her research focuses on using ‘Big Data’ to maximise the benefits and reduce the risks relating to medicines use among older people receiving community and residential aged care services. Janet also conducts research to support new models of pharmacy practice. She collaborates closely with the Registry of Senior Australians (ROSA) at SAHMRI and aged care providers.
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About me
Dr Janet Sluggett is an Enterprise Fellow, NHMRC Emerging Leadership 2 Fellow and Senior Research Fellow with UniSA Allied Health & Human Performance. She is an Affiliate Post-doctoral Researcher at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI).
Janet is a pharmacist and her research focuses on using ‘Big Data’ to maximise the benefits and reduce the risks relating to medicines use among older people receiving community and residential aged care services. Janet also conducts research to support new models of pharmacy practice. She collaborates closely with the Registry of Senior Australians (ROSA) at SAHMRI and aged care providers.
Janet has been nationally recognised for excellence as an early career pharmacist researcher. She recently received a 2020 SA Young Tall Poppy Science Award from the Australian Institute of Policy and Sciences for excellence in research and community outreach. Janet was acknowledged as one of South Australia’s most innovative women when she received the Winnovation 2019 Social Impact Award for her research leadership to develop a new service to simplify medication regimens in SA residential aged care homes. She discussed her research, and medication management in residential aged care, as an invited expert witness at a public hearing of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety in July 2019.
Janet is a Fellow of the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia and she is accredited to perform medicines reviews. She is an invited member of the New Drugs Advisory Group for the Australian Pharmaceutical Formulary and Handbook. Janet is an active member of the Editorial Board for Drugs-Real World Outcomes and Assistant Editor for the Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research. She received the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia SA/NT Pharmacist of the Year Award 2017 in recognition of her significant contributions to pharmacy research, community engagement and professional development.
Janet is a Non-Executive Director of the Australian MedicAlert Foundation and Southern Cross Care SA, NT & VIC. She has previously been a visiting research fellow at the Kaiser Permanente National Implant Registries in San Diego and the Kuopio Research Centre for Geriatric Care, University of Eastern Finland.
Janet is interested in supervising research students who are interested in aged care, pharmacoepidemiology, pharmacy, quality use of medicines or health services research.
About me
Fellow of the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia
Graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD)
Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (member, and accredited to conduct medicines reviews)
Australasian Pharmaceutical Science Association (member)
Australasian Society of Clinical & Experimental Pharmacologists & Toxicologists (member)
Australian Association of Gerontology (member)
About me
Doctor of Philosophy University of South Australia
Graduate Diploma in Clinical Epidemiology The University of Newcastle
Bachelor of Pharmacy with Honours University of South Australia
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
The Australian Consortium for Aged Care-Quality Measurement Toolbox (ACAC-QMET), MRFF - Dementia Ageing and Aged Care, 01/06/2022 - 30/09/2025
Scoping review of medical safety in mental health, Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Patient Healthcare, 15/12/2014 - 30/12/2015
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
Year | Output |
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2022 |
4
|
2022 |
Open access
3
1
|
2021 |
Open access
7
3
31
|
2020 |
Open access
25
24
75
|
2020 |
14
12
42
|
Year | Output |
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2023 |
|
2023 |
|
2023 |
Open access
|
2022 |
Open access
|
2022 |
|
2022 |
1
1
11
|
2022 |
Open access
1
1
|
2022 |
4
|
2022 |
Open access
3
1
|
2022 |
Open access
2
1
|
2021 |
Open access
5
5
|
2021 |
4
6
10
|
2021 |
Open access
4
4
2
|
2021 |
Open access
3
3
8
|
2021 |
Open access
4
3
7
|
2021 |
Open access
7
4
22
|
2021 |
Open access
23
25
153
|
2021 |
5
5
|
2021 |
Open access
3
3
6
|
2021 |
Open access
5
4
28
|
2021 |
Open access
14
15
32
|
2021 |
Open access
4
4
8
|
2021 |
Open access
4
4
22
|
2021 |
Open access
3
4
5
|
2021 |
Open access
7
3
31
|
2021 |
Open access
5
5
13
|
2020 |
Open access
25
24
75
|
2020 |
Open access
4
6
|
2020 |
Open access
6
3
6
|
2020 |
14
12
42
|
2020 |
Open access
14
13
10
|
2020 |
Open access
42
39
29
|
2020 |
Open access
10
11
22
|
2020 |
Open access
6
6
20
|
2020 |
Open access
8
9
16
|
2020 |
3
3
3
|
2020 |
Open access
2
1
|
2020 |
2
2
10
|
2020 |
Open access
18
18
29
|
2019 |
Open access
16
16
10
|
2019 |
Open access
39
37
28
|
2019 |
Open access
10
10
13
|
2019 |
4
2
1
|
2019 |
6
8
14
|
2019 |
8
8
5
|
2019 |
Open access
8
7
10
|
2019 |
8
8
4
|
2019 |
|
2019 |
Open access
5
5
10
|
2018 |
Open access
6
|
2018 |
Open access
22
22
17
|
2018 |
12
10
6
|
2018 |
Open access
6
14
|
2018 |
13
12
|
2018 |
12
10
|
2018 |
Open access
22
23
11
|
2018 |
5
3
|
2018 |
Open access
4
5
|
2018 |
13
13
1
|
2018 |
Open access
29
29
18
|
2018 |
47
39
28
|
2017 |
26
23
|
2017 |
Open access
7
8
|
2017 |
Open access
6
6
2
|
2017 |
9
|
2017 |
Open access
18
17
18
|
2017 |
|
2017 |
|
2017 |
57
56
1
|
2017 |
3
|
2016 |
4
4
7
|
2016 |
72
61
5
|
2016 |
|
2016 |
Open access
14
13
7
|
2015 |
5
6
1
|
2015 |
|
2015 |
3
2
|
2014 |
1
1
|
2014 |
|
2014 |
Open access
6
5
2
|
2013 |
Open access
7
1
|
2012 |
2
2
4
|
2011 |
Open access
|
Year | Output |
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2019 |
Open access
|
2017 |
Open access
|
Research
External engagement & recognition
Organisation | Country |
---|---|
Alfred Health | AUSTRALIA |
Alzheimers Australia | AUSTRALIA |
Australian Association of Consultant Pharmacists | AUSTRALIA |
Australian Association of Consultant Pharmacy | AUSTRALIA |
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart | ITALY |
Central Adelaide Local Health Network Incorporated | AUSTRALIA |
Clinical IQ | UNITED STATES |
CPIE Pharmacy Services | AUSTRALIA |
CriticalPoint | UNITED STATES |
Curtin University | AUSTRALIA |
Deakin University | AUSTRALIA |
Dementia Australia | AUSTRALIA |
DR Pharmacy Consulting | AUSTRALIA |
Drug & therapeutics Information service: DATIS | AUSTRALIA |
East Adelaide Healthcare | AUSTRALIA |
Eastern Health Pharmacy | AUSTRALIA |
Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
Griffith University | AUSTRALIA |
Helping Hand Aged Care | AUSTRALIA |
Higher Institute of Health | ITALY |
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
Kaiser Permanente | UNITED STATES |
Karolinska Institute | SWEDEN |
La Trobe University | AUSTRALIA |
Local Sydney Health District | AUSTRALIA |
Macquarie University | AUSTRALIA |
Manya Angley Research and Consulting (MARAC) | AUSTRALIA |
Melbourne Health | AUSTRALIA |
Melbourne Medical School | AUSTRALIA |
Monash University | AUSTRALIA |
National Health and Medical Research Council | AUSTRALIA |
National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia | AUSTRALIA |
Northern Adelaide Local Health Network | AUSTRALIA |
Queen Elizabeth Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
Repatriation General Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
Resthaven Inc | AUSTRALIA |
Resthaven Incorporated | AUSTRALIA |
Royal Adelaide Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
SA Health | AUSTRALIA |
Sir Charles Gardiner Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia | AUSTRALIA |
South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) | AUSTRALIA |
Southern Adelaide Local Health Network (SALHN) | AUSTRALIA |
Southern California Permanente Medical Group | UNITED STATES |
St Vincent’s Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
Stockholm University | SWEDEN |
University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
University of Antwerp | BELGIUM |
University of California | UNITED STATES |
University of Eastern Finland | FINLAND |
University of Hong Kong | HONG KONG |
University of Liverpool | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Melbourne | AUSTRALIA |
University of Milan | ITALY |
University of New South Wales | AUSTRALIA |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | UNITED STATES |
University of Oslo | NORWAY |
University of Queensland | AUSTRALIA |
University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
University of Southampton | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Sydney | AUSTRALIA |
University of Tasmania | AUSTRALIA |
University of Western Australia | AUSTRALIA |
UNSW Sydney | AUSTRALIA |
Victoria University | AUSTRALIA |
Western Sydney Local Health District | AUSTRALIA |
Western University of Health Sciences | UNITED STATES |
Women's and Children's Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
Engagement/recognition | Year |
---|---|
Editorial Board MemberBMC Geriatrics |
2022 |
Invited Guest EditorInternational Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health |
2022 |
Non-Executive DirectorAustralia Medic Alert Foundation |
2022 |
Editorial Board MemberBMC Geriatrics |
2021 |
Invited Guest EditorInternational Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health |
2021 |
Non-Executive DirectorAustralia Medic Alert Foundation |
2021 |
Assistant EditorJournal of Pharmacy Practice and Research |
2020 |
Co-Lead and MemberOptimising Pharmacotherapy Through Pharmaco-Epidemiology Network (OPPEN) |
2020 |
Editorial Board MemberDrugs - Real World Outcomes |
2020 |
Elected Committee Member SA/NT Branch (Secretary/Branch Executive and previously Continuing Education Coordinator)Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) |
2020 |
Invited MemberNeuropsychiatric Diseases Global Epidemiology Network (NeuroGEN) |
2020 |
Invited Member 23rd-25th edns of the Australian Pharmaceutical Formulary and HandbookNational New Drugs Advisory Group |
2020 |
Invited Oral Presentation Aged and Extended Care Research MeetingQueen Elizabeth Hospital |
2020 |
Invited Oral Presentation, Joint Research DayPharmaceutical Society of Australia/Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia SA/NT Branch |
2020 |
MemberPharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) |
2020 |
MemberSociety of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) |
2020 |
MemberAustralian Association of Gerontology (AAG) |
2020 |
MemberAustralasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists (ASCEPT) |
2020 |
MemberInternational Society for Pharmacoepidemiology (ISPE) |
2020 |
MemberAustralasian Pharmaceutical Science Association (APSA) |
2020 |
MemberAustralian Association of Consultant Pharmacy (AACP) |
2020 |
Non-Executive DirectorAustralia Medic Alert Foundation |
2020 |
SAHMRI High Impact Publication AwardSouth Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) |
2020 |
South Australian Young Tall Poppy AwardAustralian Institute of Policy and Science |
2020 |
Young Tall Poppy Science AwardAustralian Institute of Policy and Science |
2020 |
Assistant EditorJournal of Pharmacy Practice and Research |
2019 |
Best Early Career Researcher Oral PresentationAustralian Dementia Forum, Hobart |
2019 |
Co-Lead and MemberOptimising Pharmacotherapy Through Pharmaco-Epidemiology Network (OPPEN) |
2019 |
Editorial Board MemberDrugs - Real World Outcomes |
2019 |
Elected Committee Member SA/NT Branch (Secretary/Branch Executive and previously Continuing Education Coordinator)Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) |
2019 |
External Reviewer Annual Funding RoundsHealth and Research Council of New Zealand |
2019 |
Invited MemberNeuropsychiatric Diseases Global Epidemiology Network (NeuroGEN) |
2019 |
Invited Member 23rd-25th edns of the Australian Pharmaceutical Formulary and HandbookNational New Drugs Advisory Group |
2019 |
Invited Member for Development of a National Decision Support Tool for Reducing the Burden of OsteoporosisModel Building Advisory Committee, Sax Institute |
2019 |
Invited Oral PresentationUniversity of Liverpool, Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease |
2019 |
Invited Oral Presentation Registry Centre Scientific SymposiumSouth Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) |
2019 |
Invited Oral Presentation, Public Seminar SeriesCentre for Medicine Use and Safety |
2019 |
Invited Oral Presentations and Workshop FacilitatorPharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) |
2019 |
Invited Oral Presentations Penola Regional SeminarPharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) |
2019 |
Invited Oral Presentations Table Top SessionsCentre of Research Excellence in Frailty and Healthy Ageing |
2019 |
MemberPharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) |
2019 |
MemberSociety of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) |
2019 |
MemberAustralian Association of Gerontology (AAG) |
2019 |
MemberAustralasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists (ASCEPT) |
2019 |
MemberInternational Society for Pharmacoepidemiology (ISPE) |
2019 |
MemberAustralasian Pharmaceutical Science Association (APSA) |
2019 |
MemberAustralian Association of Consultant Pharmacy (AACP) |
2019 |
Non-Executive DirectorAustralia Medic Alert Foundation |
2019 |
Winner, Winnovation Award for Social ImpactWomen in Innovation SA |
2019 |
2017 Robert Penhall Early Career Research Award Winner Plenary AddressSA Gerontology Conference |
2018 |
Assistant EditorJournal of Pharmacy Practice and Research |
2018 |
Best Contributed Oral Paper PrizePharmaceutical Society of Australia PSA18 Conference, Sydney |
2018 |
Certara New Investigator AwardAustralasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists (ASCEPT) |
2018 |
Co-Lead and MemberOptimising Pharmacotherapy Through Pharmaco-Epidemiology Network (OPPEN) |
2018 |
Editorial Board MemberDrugs - Real World Outcomes |
2018 |
Elected Committee Member SA/NT Branch (Secretary/Branch Executive and previously Continuing Education Coordinator)Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) |
2018 |
External Reviewer Annual Funding RoundsHealth and Research Council of New Zealand |
2018 |
FellowSociety of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) |
2018 |
Invited MemberNeuropsychiatric Diseases Global Epidemiology Network (NeuroGEN) |
2018 |
Invited Member 23rd-25th edns of the Australian Pharmaceutical Formulary and HandbookNational New Drugs Advisory Group |
2018 |
Invited Member Data Governance CommitteeThe University of Melbourne, Department of General Practice |
2018 |
Invited Member for Development of a National Decision Support Tool for Reducing the Burden of OsteoporosisModel Building Advisory Committee, Sax Institute |
2018 |
Invited Member Research Governance CommitteeMonash University Accident Research Centre |
2018 |
Invited Oral PresentationNeuropsychiatric Diseases Global Epidemiology Network (NeuroGEN) |
2018 |
Invited Oral Presentation GP Education SessionNorthern Health Care |
2018 |
Invited Oral Presentation Mental Health Leadership Committee Medicines Management Preconference SymposiumSociety of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) |
2018 |
Invited Oral Presentation, School of Pharmacy Seminar SeriesUniversity of Eastern Finland |
2018 |
Invited Oral Presentations Table Top SessionsCentre of Research Excellence in Frailty and Healthy Ageing |
2018 |
MemberPharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) |
2018 |
MemberSociety of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) |
2018 |
MemberAustralian Association of Gerontology (AAG) |
2018 |
MemberAustralasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists (ASCEPT) |
2018 |
MemberInternational Society for Pharmacoepidemiology (ISPE) |
2018 |
MemberAustralasian Pharmaceutical Science Association (APSA) |
2018 |
MemberAustralian Association of Consultant Pharmacy (AACP) |
2018 |
Member Scientific SubcommitteeNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre |
2018 |
Outstanding Young Investigator AwardBritish Pharmacological Society (BPS) and Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists (ASCEPT) |
2018 |
Plenary Presentation, Certara New Investigator AwardAustralasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists (ASCEPT) Scientific Meeting |
2018 |
Assistant EditorJournal of Pharmacy Practice and Research |
2017 |
Co-Lead and MemberOptimising Pharmacotherapy Through Pharmaco-Epidemiology Network (OPPEN) |
2017 |
Editorial Board MemberDrugs - Real World Outcomes |
2017 |
Elected Committee Member SA/NT Branch (Secretary/Branch Executive and previously Continuing Education Coordinator)Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) |
2017 |
Invited Member 23rd-25th edns of the Australian Pharmaceutical Formulary and HandbookNational New Drugs Advisory Group |
2017 |
Invited Member Data Governance CommitteeThe University of Melbourne, Department of General Practice |
2017 |
Invited Member Research Governance CommitteeMonash University Accident Research Centre |
2017 |
Invited Oral PresentationOptimising Pharmacotherapy Through Pharmaco-Epidemiology Network (OPPEN) Colloquium |
2017 |
Invited Oral Presentation Accredited Pharmacists Special Interest Group ForumPharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) |
2017 |
Invited Oral Presentation Frailty and Healthy Ageing Research ShowcaseCentre of Research Excellence in Frailty and Healthy Ageing |
2017 |
Invited Oral Presentation Pharmacoepidemiology Special Interest Group SymposiumAustralasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists (ASCEPT) and Australasian Pharmaceutical Science Association (APSA) |
2017 |
MemberPharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) |
2017 |
MemberSociety of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) |
2017 |
MemberAustralasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists (ASCEPT) |
2017 |
MemberInternational Society for Pharmacoepidemiology (ISPE) |
2017 |
MemberAustralasian Pharmaceutical Science Association (APSA) |
2017 |
MemberAustralian Association of Consultant Pharmacy (AACP) |
2017 |
Member Scientific SubcommitteeNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre |
2017 |
Robert Penhall Early Career Research AwardAustralian Association of Gerontology (AAG) SA Division |
2017 |
SA/NT Pharmacist of the Year AwardPharmaceutical Society of Australia |
2017 |
Best Poster PrizeNational Home Infusion Association 25th Annual Conference, New Orleans |
2016 |
Editorial Board MemberDrugs - Real World Outcomes |
2016 |
Elected Committee Member SA/NT Branch (Secretary/Branch Executive and previously Continuing Education Coordinator)Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) |
2016 |
Invited Member 23rd-25th edns of the Australian Pharmaceutical Formulary and HandbookNational New Drugs Advisory Group |
2016 |
Invited Member Expert PanelMonash University |
2016 |
Invited Oral PresentationCognitive Decline Partnership Centre (CDPC) Annual Meeting |
2016 |
Invited Oral Presentation, Public Seminar SeriesCentre for Medicine Use and Safety |
2016 |
MemberSociety of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) |
2016 |
MemberAustralasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists (ASCEPT) |
2016 |
MemberInternational Society for Pharmacoepidemiology (ISPE) |
2016 |
MemberAustralasian Pharmaceutical Science Association (APSA) |
2016 |
MemberAustralian Association of Consultant Pharmacy (AACP) |
2016 |
MemberPharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) |
2016 |
Editorial Board MemberDrugs - Real World Outcomes |
2015 |
Elected Committee Member SA/NT Branch (Secretary/Branch Executive and previously Continuing Education Coordinator)Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) |
2015 |
Invited Member 23rd-25th edns of the Australian Pharmaceutical Formulary and HandbookNational New Drugs Advisory Group |
2015 |
Invited ObserverDrug Utilisation Sub Committee |
2015 |
MemberSociety of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) |
2015 |
MemberInternational Society for Pharmacoepidemiology (ISPE) |
2015 |
MemberAustralasian Pharmaceutical Science Association (APSA) |
2015 |
MemberAustralian Association of Consultant Pharmacy (AACP) |
2015 |
MemberPharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) |
2015 |
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
Thesis title | Student status |
---|---|
Improving diabetes outcomes through optimal use of glucose lowering medicines and health services among older Australians with diabetes in residential aged care facilities | Current |
Older Persons Use of Antidepressants in Residential Aged-Care Facilities - Closing the Quality Use of Medicines Gaps | Current |