Fields of Research

Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice
Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Expert Systems
Public Health and Health Services
Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Preventive Medicine
Basic Pharmacology
Health Information Systems (incl. Surveillance)
Virtual Reality and Related Simulation
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Image Processing
Health Care Administration
Community Child Health
Technical, Further and Workplace Education
Higher Education
Information Systems Management
Health Informatics
Aged Health Care
Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing
Infectious Diseases
Respiratory Diseases
Paediatrics
Health and Community Services
Tumour Immunology
Clinical Nursing: Tertiary (Rehabilitative)
Nursing
Geriatrics and Gerontology

Research Objectives

Health Related to Ageing
Health and Support Services
Expanding Knowledge in the Information and Computing Sciences
Evaluation of Health Outcomes
Teaching and Instruction Technologies
Health Education and Promotion
Health Policy Evaluation
Preventive Medicine
Human Pharmaceutical Treatments (e.g. Antibiotics)
Computer Software and Services
Child Health
Application Software Packages (excl. Computer Games)
Neurodegenerative Disorders Related to Ageing
Blood Disorders
Substance Abuse
Allied Health Therapies (excl. Mental Health Services)
Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences
Health
Ageing and Older People
Information and Communication Services
Clinical Health (Organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions)
Infectious Diseases
Learner and Learning Processes
Carer Health
Skin and Related Disorders
Computer Gaming Software
Education and Training Systems
Nursing
Diabetes

Career Best Publications

A comparison of prescribing criteria when applied to older community-based patients; Drugs and Aging
Development of an intelligent decision support system for medication review; Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics
DOCUMENT: a system for classifying drug-related problems in community pharmacy; International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy
Drug-Related Problems Detected in Australian Community Pharmacies: The PROMISe Trial; The Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Research Publications

A clinical knowledge measurement tool to assess the ability of community pharmacists to detect drug-related problems; International Journal of Pharmacy Practice
A comparison of prescribing criteria when applied to older community-based patients; Drugs and Aging
A computer simulation of community pharmacy practice for educational use; American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education
A methodological framework for estimating the clinical and economic value of community pharmacists' clinical interventions using expert opinion; Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics
An intelligent decision support system for medication review; National Medicines Symposium 2006 - Quality use of medicines: balancing beliefs, benefits and harms
An internet-based method for extracting nursing home resident sedative medication data from pharmacy packing systems: descriptive evaluation; Journal of Medical Internet Research
An investigation into drug-related problems identifiable by commercial medication review software; Australasian Medical Journal
An investigation into the types of drug related problems that can and cannot be identified by commercial medication review software; Second Australian Workshop on Artificial Intelligence in Health: AIH 2012
Applying Feature Extraction for Classification Problems; International Journal of Signal Processing, Image Processing and Pattern Recognition
Applying MCRDR to a Multidisciplinary Domain; AJCAI
Applying Multiple Classification Ripple Round Rules to a Complex Configuration Task; AI 2011: Advances in Artificial Intelligence - 24th Australasian Joint Conference
Can software assist the home medicines review process by identifying clinically relevant drug-related problems?; Ascept-APSA 2012
Clinical and economic outcomes of interventions to reduce antipsychotic and benzodiazepine use within Nursing Homes: a systematic review; Drugs and Aging
Clinical impact of antipsychotic and benzodiazepine reduction within residential aged care facilities: Findings from a multicomponent sedative reduction program; 17th National Conference of Emerging Researchers in Ageing
Clinical interventions in community pharmacies in Australia: Value for money; National Medicines Symposium 2010
Clinical outcomes and cost-effectiveness of a pharmacy-led post-discharge warfarin management service; Australasian Pharmaceutical Science Association Annual Conference 2010 Focus on the Future: Research and education for a healthier community
Clinical outcomes of reducing the use of sedatives in residents of aged care facilities; Tasmanian Health Science HDR Student Conference
Computer system to support medication reviews: a good but not new concept; International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy
Development of a flexible and extensible computer-based simulation platform for healthcare students; Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
Development of an intelligent decision support system for medication review; Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics
DOCUMENT: a system for classifying drug-related problems in community pharmacy; International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy
Does Clinical knowledge influence rates of interventions by community pharmacists? Findings from PROMISe III; Australian Pharmacist
Does involvement in continuing professional development influence rates of interventions by community pharmacists? Findings from PROMISe III; Australian Pharmacist
Does workload influence intervention rates?; Australian Pharmacist
Drug-Related Problems Detected in Australian Community Pharmacies: The PROMISe Trial; The Annals of Pharmacotherapy
eHealth solution to RedUSe the use of sedatives in aged care
Expansion of the reducing use of sedatives (RedUSe) project to Australian nursing homes; Bmc Health Services Research
Expansion of the Reducing Use of Sedatives (RedUSe) project to Australian nursing homes; 2nd biannual Australian Implemntation Conference
Expansion of the Reducing Use of Sedatives (RedUSe) Project to Australian Nursing Homes; American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
Expert-driven knowledge discovery; Information Technology: New Generations (ITNG)
Feature extraction for classification from images: a look at the retina; International Symposium on Ubiquitous Multimedia Computing (UMC)
Game jams as an opportunity for industry development; 1st International Joint Conference of DiGRA and FDG (DiGRA/FDG '16)
How patients use repeat antibiotic prescriptions: the impact of dosing directions; Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research
Impact of sedative reduction, via a multifaceted intervention, on long-term care facility residents; International Psychogeriatric Association Annual Congress 2016
Intelligent decision support for medication review; PKAW
Knowing when to stop antibiotic therapy; Medical Journal of Australia
Multimodality Simulation Workshop; AACP Annual Meeting 2016
Multiple classification ripple round rules: a preliminary study; PKAW
Multiple Classification Ripple Round Rules: Classifications as Conditions
Outcomes of a decision support prompt in community pharmacy dispensing software to promote step-down of proton pump inhibitor therapy; British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
Pharmacy Simulator: A 3D computer-based virtual patient simulator for training community pharmacists; Pharmacy Simulator: A 3D computer-based virtual patient simulator for training community pharmacists
Pharmacy Simulator: A 3D computer-based virtual patient simulator for training community pharmacists; 2015 Joint APSA-ASCEPT Annual Conference
Problems detected by a ripple-down rules based medication review decision support system: are they relevant?; 13th Pacific Rim Knowledge Acquisition Workshop: PKAW 2014
PROMISe III Clinical interventions: The perils of prescriptions; Pharmacy Practice Research Summit 2010
PROMISe III community pharmacy interventions: consumer satisfaction and opinions; National Medicines Symposium 2010
PROMISE III: Can pharmacists stomach a PPI prompt?; Pharmacy Practice Research Summit 2010
PROMISe III: The value of an electronic PPI stepdown prompt; National Medicines Symposium 2010
PROMISe results: common drugs and their problems in community pharmacy interventions; Australian Pharmacist
PROMISe to secure future of community pharmacy; Australian Pharmacist
Quittr: the design of a video game to support smoking cessation; JMIR Serious Games
Reducing the Use of Sedative medication in aged care facilities: Implementation of the ‘RedUSe’ project into everyday practice
Reducing the Use of Sedative medication in aged care facilities: Implementation of the ‘RedUSe’ project into everyday practice
RedUSe: reducing antipsychotic and benzodiazepine prescribing in residential aged care facilities; Medical Journal of Australia
Simulated Assessment of Ripple Round Rules; PKAW
Simulated Learning Experiences; University of Newcastle Simulation Centre Launch
Simulation and feedback in health education: A mixed methods study comparing three simulation modalities; Pharmacy
Simulation Platform Enabling the Rapid Development of Immersive 3D Simulated Learning Experiences; Australasian Simulation Congress 2016
The impact of psycholeptic reduction in residential aged care facilities: Preliminary findings; 2015 Joint APSA-ASCEPT Annual Conference
The impact of psychotropic reduction within aged care facilities; 48th AAG National Conference
The impact of reducing sedatives on residents: the rationale for translating sedative reduction into clinical outcomes; 2015 Joint APSA-ASCEPT Annual Conference
The impact of sedative reduction on agitation and falls in aged care facilities: preliminary findings; 14th National Conference of Emerging Researchers in Ageing
The potential for intelligent decision support systems to improve the quality and consistency of medication reviews; Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics
Using principles from serious games to boost engagement with a smoking cessation app; SRNT Europe 2016 - 17th Annual Conference
Validation of decision support software for home medicines review; Graduate Research Conference (SEIR) 2012
Validation of decision support software for identification of drug-related problems in home medicines reviews; Making an Impact: 11th National Conference of Emerging Researchers in Ageing
Why 'RedUSe'? Rationale for studying the clinical outcomes of sedative reduction in the residential aged care setting; 13th National Conference of Emerging Researchers in Ageing
Why 'RedUSe'? Rationale for studying the clinical outcomes of sedative reduction in the residential aged care setting; 13th National Conference of Emerging Researchers in Ageing

Research Projects

Development and evaluation of a flexible and extensible computer-based simulation platform for healthcare students; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Pharmacy Simulator; CSIRO-Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Quittr: A game that wants you to quit; National Heart Foundation (NHF)
Reducing the use of sedative medication in aged care facilities (Implementation of the 'RedUSe' project into everyday practice); Department of Health and Ageing (DHA)
Wound Registry; Wound Management Innovation Cooperative Research Centre (CRCWMI)
Medicines Australia Continuing Education Program
Professional Practice Standards and Practice Guidelines for Clinical Interventions

Research Candidate Supervision

A Clinical and Economic Evaluation of Medication Reviews Conducted by Pharmacists for Community-Dwelling Australians
Evaluation of Clinical Decision Support Provided by Medication Review Software
Factors Influencing the Performance and Documentation of Clinical Interventions by Australian Community Pharmacists