Fields of Research

Clinical pharmacy and pharmacy practice
Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics
Preventative health care
Pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences
Basic pharmacology
Pharmaceutical sciences
Health care administration
Rheumatology and arthritis
Primary health care
Patient safety
Health services and systems
Health informatics and information systems
Digital health
Paramedicine
Intensive care
Aged health care
Toxicology (incl. clinical toxicology)
Acute care

Research Objectives

Evaluation of health and support services
Other health
Evaluation of health outcomes
Clinical health
Health related to ageing
Diagnosis of human diseases and conditions
Prevention of human diseases and conditions
Health education and promotion
Health policy evaluation
Efficacy of medications
Expanding knowledge in the health sciences
Allied health therapies (excl. mental health services)
Public health (excl. specific population health)
Expanding knowledge in the information and computing sciences
Human pain management
Application software packages
Health system performance (incl. effectiveness of programs)
Treatment of human diseases and conditions
Provision of health and support services
Women's and maternal health

Career Best Publications

A comparison of prescribing criteria when applied to older community-based patients; Drugs and Aging

Research Publications

A comparison of prescribing criteria when applied to older community-based patients; Drugs and Aging
Actual drug-related harms in residential aged care facilities: a narrative review; Expert Opinion on Drug Safety
Adverse drug reaction-related hospitalisation in older patients - A prospective analysis in two hospitals; APSA Annual Conference 2016
Adverse drug reaction-related hospitalisations among people with dementia; APSA-ASCEPT 2022 Joint Conference
Adverse drug reaction-related hospitalizations in elderly Australians: A prospective cross-sectional study in two Tasmanian hospitals; Drug Safety
Adverse-drug-reaction-related hospitalisations in developed and developing countries: a review of prevalence and contributing factors; Drug Safety
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
Anaesthetists' drug dosing practices in class III obese surgical patients: A bi-national survey; Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
Aspirin therapy: how well do general practice medication profiles reflect reality; NPS MedicineWise Conference, National Medicine Symposium (NMS)
Assessing adherence to infusion-based biologic therapies in patients with inflammatory bowel disease; Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy
Assessing the quality of pharmacy journals accessible to community pharmacists; Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics
Assessment of knowledge attitude and practices of the hospital and community pharmacists in Saudi Arabia (Jeddah) towards inappropriate medication use in older adults; International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Australian pharmacists' opinions of their CPD requirements; OnShore Refresher Conference
Authors' Reply to Mona Kargar and Colleagues' Comment on 'Adverse Drug Reaction-Related Hospitalizations in Elderly Australians: A Prospective Cross-Sectional Study in Two Tasmanian Hospitals'; Drug Safety
Automated Screening of Look-Alike, Sound-Alike Medicine Names for Safety; Health Informatics Conference
Can software assist the home medicines review process by identifying clinically relevant drug-related problems?; Ascept-APSA 2012
Clinical interventions in community pharmacies in Australia: Value for money; National Medicines Symposium 2010
Clinicians’ attitudes and perceptions regarding stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation; 2015 Joint APSA-ASCEPT Annual Conference
Clinicians’ attitudes and perceptions regarding stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation; 2015 Joint APSA-ASCEPT Annual Conference
Community pharmacists’ knowledge and perspectives of reporting adverse drug reactions in Australia: a cross‑sectional survey; International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use in Cancer Patients in Rural Australia; Integrative Cancer Therapies
Computer system to support medication reviews: a good but not new concept; International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy
Denosumab - How can we optimise use?; NPS MedicineWise Conference, National Medicine Symposium (NMS)
Development and exploratory analysis of software to detect look-alike, sound-alike medicine names; International Journal of Medical Informatics
Development and implementation of venous thromboembolism stewardship across a hospital network; International Journal of Medical Informatics
Development of a Score to Predict Hospitalisation due to Adverse Drug Reactions in Older Patients; 2015 Joint APSA-ASCEPT Annual Conference
Development of a Score to Predict Hospitalisation due to Adverse Drug Reactions in Older Patients; 2015 Joint APSA-ASCEPT Annual Conference
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
Evaluation of clinical decision support provided by medication review software
Evaluation of medication dose omissions amongst inpatients in a hospital using an electronic Medication Management System; Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice
Exploring Australian pharmacists’ perceptions and practices towards reducing the risk of medicines-related harm in aged care residents; Frontiers in Pharmacology
Factors influencing oral anticoagulant use in patients newly diagnosed with atrial fibrillation; European Journal of Clinical Investigation
Impact of residential medication management reviews on anticholinergic burden in aged care residents; Current medical research and opinion
Impact of the pharmacist medication review services on drug-related problems and potentially inappropriate prescribing of renally cleared medications in residents of aged care facilities; Drugs and Aging
Intravenous iron sucrose and ferric carboxymaltose in pregnant patients: an observational study of maternal efficacy and tolerance; Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research
Intravenous iron use in pregnancy: comparison of ferric carboxymaltose and iron sucrose; 40th SHPA National Conference
Laxative use amongst Tasmanian aged care residents receiving controlled released (CR) oxycodone products and other opioids; National Medicines Symposium
Magnesium deficiency with proton pump inhibitors: is it more common than we thought?; NPS MedicineWise Conference, National Medicine Symposium (NMS)
Medication regimen complexity index prediction of adverse drug reaction–related hospital admissions; The Annals of Pharmacotherapy
Mortality from adverse drug reaction-related hospitalizations in south-west Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study; Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics
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
Outcomes of medication misadventure among people with cognitive impairment or dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis; The Annals of Pharmacotherapy
Peri-operative medication dosing in adult obese elective surgical patients: a systematic review of clinical studies; Clinical drug investigation
Pharmacist-led interventions to reduce adverse drug events in older people living in residential aged care facilities: a systematic review; British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
Pharmacist’s interventions to reduce the occurrence of drug-related harms in older residents: a systematic review; APSA 2021 Annual Conference
Prediction of hospitalization due to adverse drug reactions in elderly community-dwelling patients (The PADR-EC Score); PLoS One
Predictors of adverse drug reaction-related hospitalisation in Southwest Ethiopia: A prospective cross-sectional study; PLoS One
Preliminary results of Vitamin D supplementation in residents of aged care facilities; APSA ASCEPT Conference
Preventing adverse drug reactions after discharge: protocol for a randomised controlled trial in older people; APSA 2021 Annual Conference
Preventing adverse drug reactions after hospital discharge (PADR-AD): Protocol for a randomised-controlled trial in older people; Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy
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
Prophylactic cefazolin dosing and surgical site infections: does the dose matter in obese patients?; Obesity Surgery
Prospective identification versus administrative coding of adverse drug reaction‐related hospitalizations in the elderly: a comparative analysis; Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety
Qualitative exploration of the experiences of community pharmacists delivering the Diabetes MedsCheck service; Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics
Quality of claims and references found in Australian pharmacy journal advertisements; International Journal of Pharmacy Practice
Readmissions to hospital due to adverse drug reactions in elderly Australians; ISPOR 22nd Annual International Conference
Repeat adverse drug reaction-related hospital admissions in elderly Australians: a retrospective study at the Royal Hobart Hospital; Drugs & Aging
Repeat Adverse Drug Reactions-related Hospital Admissions in Elderly Australians; International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research 22nd Annual International Meeting
Review of computerized clinical decision support in community pharmacy; Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics
Risk of venous thromboembolism, use of enoxaparin and clinical outcomes in obese patients undergoing laparoscopic adjustable gastric band surgery: a retrospective study; Medicine
Serotonin toxicity: Implications for clinical practice; Australasian Journal of Paramedicine
Successful implementation of pharmacist-led VTE stewardship program: the road from reactive to proactive intervention; 2020 Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) Virtual Congress
Tasmanian hospital clinicians' attitudes regarding stroke prevention in atrial; Medicines Management 2015: The 41st SHPA National Conference
Ten-year trends in adverse drug reaction-related hospitalizations among people with dementia; Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety
Ten-Year trends in the use of oral anticoagulants in Australian general practice patients with atrial fibrillation; Frontiers in Pharmacology
Updating and validating quality prescribing indicators for use in Australian general practice; Australian Journal of Primary Health
Use of smartphone applications for diabetes management in Kuwait: a pilot study; Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet
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
Vitamin D supplementation in Tasmanian nursing home residents; Drugs and Aging

Research Projects

Preventing Adverse Drug Reactions in the Elderly; HCF Health and Medical Research Foundation (HCF)
Vitamin D and calcium supplementation amongst residents of aged care facilities in Australia: are guidelines being followed?; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Trial of Semi-Automation of Identification of Drug Name Similarity

Research Candidate Supervision