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Senior Lecturer in Therapeutics and Pharmacy Practice, University of Tasmania

Employed as the unit coordinator for fourth year Therapeutics and Pharmacy Practice in the Bachelor of Pharmacy program at the University of Tasmania.
Outside of academia, I provide medication reviews as a consultant pharmacist.

Experience

  • 2024–present
    Senior Lecture in Therapeutics and Pharmacy Practice, University of Tasmania
  • 2016–2024
    Lecturer in Therapeutics and Pharmacy Practice, University of Tasmania

Education

  • 2020 
    University of Tasmania, PhD
  • 2020 
    University of Tasmania, Graduate Certificate in Research
  • 2012 
    University of Tasmania, BPharm(Hons)

Publications

  • 2023
    Physical restraint in older people: a statement from the Early Career Network of the International Psychogeriatric Association, International Psychogeriatrics
  • 2023
    Deprescribing medications among patients with multiple prescribers: A socioecological model, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
  • 2021
    Clinical impact of antipsychotic and benzodiazepine reduction: findings from a multicomponent psychotropic reduction program within long-term aged care, International Psychogeriatrics
  • 2018
    Clinical and Economic Outcomes of Interventions to Reduce Antipsychotic and Benzodiazepine Use Within Nursing Homes: A Systematic Review, Drugs & Aging

Grants and Contracts

  • 2024
    Geriatric Antipsychotic Stewardship (GApS) Program for Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia and Delirium: a pilot study
    Role:
    Chief Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation
  • 2024
    From Reduction to Optimisation: Integrating an Alert System for Anticholinergic Medication in the Elderly
    Role:
    Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation
  • 2022
    Intervention to lessen anticholinergic drug burden in hospitalised older adults
    Role:
    Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation

Professional Memberships

  • Pharmaceutical Society of Australia
  • Australian Association of Consultant Pharmacy
  • Australian Deprescribing Network
  • Canadian Medication Appropriateness and Deprescribing Network

Research Areas

  • Clinical Pharmacology And Therapeutics (111502)
  • Aged Health Care (111702)