Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacometrics
Title: Developing, evaluating, and embedding cultural competence in healthcare
Contact: Dr Jasmina Fejzic
Title: Can Pharmacy Practice research be transformational as well as translational – pharmacists' perspectives
Contact: Dr Jasmina Fejzic
Title: Optimal patient and health professional education for optimised treatment adherence
Contact: Dr Jasmina Fejzic
Title: Developing pharmacokinetic models for immunosuppressants in solid organ transplant patients
Contact: Dr Christine Staatz
Title: Improving the use of immunosuppressant agents in solid organ transplant patients
Contact: Dr Christine Staatz
Title: Adherence and its relationship to patient beliefs towards their medicines
Contact: Associate Professor Neil Cottrell
Title: Exposure and absorption of bioactive alkaloids during farming of Duboisia for scopolamine production
Contact: Associate Professor Kathryn Steadman
Title: Pharmacodynamics of antibiotic dosing regimens against multi-drug resistant bacteria
Contact: Professor Jason Roberts, Dr Fekade Sime
Title: Pharmacodynamic interactions of antibiotics and non-antibiotic drugs
Contact: Professor Jason Roberts, Dr Fekade Sime
Medication Use, Safety and Health Services Research
Title: Developing, evaluating, and embedding cultural competence in healthcare
Contact: Dr Jasmina Fejzic
Title: Can Pharmacy Practice research be transformational as well as translational – pharmacists' perspectives
Contact: Dr Jasmina Fejzic
Title: Optimal patient and health professional education for optimised treatment adherence
Contact: Dr Jasmina Fejzic
Title: Developing pharmacokinetic models for immunosuppressants in solid organ transplant patients
Contact: Dr Christine Staatz
Title: Improving the use of immunosuppressant agents in solid organ transplant patients
Contact: Dr Christine Staatz
Title: Establishing pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic models for antibiotics used in special paediatric populations
Contact: Dr Christine Staatz
Title: Patient and practitioner beliefs, decisions and use of complementary medicines
Contact: Associate Professor Kathryn Steadman
Title: Lubricants and devices to improve oral medication swallowing and compliance
Contact: Associate Professor Kathryn Steadman
Title: Adherence and its relationship to patient beliefs towards their medicines
Contact: Associate Professor Neil Cottrell
Title: Pharmacy and oral healthcare
Contact: Dr Meng-Wong Taing
Pharmacoepidemiology, Pharmacovigilance and Pharmacoeconomics
Title: Medicines use in Australia and other countries
Contact: Dr Sam Hollingworth
Title: Real world outcomes with the use of high cost medicines in hospital treatments (e.g. cancer)
Contact: Dr Sam Hollingworth
Title: What is the quality of evidence to support medicine use in Australia and other countries?
Contact: Dr Sam Hollingworth
Title: Health technology assessment (HTA) in low and middle income countries
Contact: Dr Sam Hollingworth
Biotherapeutic Delivery and Diagnostic Solutions
Title: Computer-aided design, synthesis and evaluation of targeted drug delivery systems
Contact: Dr Ben Ross
Title: Engineering peptides and proteins as therapeutics
Contact: Dr Peter Moyle
Title: Improving the delivery characteristics of protein / peptide drugs
Contact: Dr Peter Moyle
Title: Deciphering the roles of post-translational modifications
Contact: Dr Peter Moyle
Title: Recombinant, semisynthetic and synthetic vaccines
Contact: Dr Peter Moyle
Title: Targeted delivery systems for RNAi and DNA delivery
Contact: Dr Peter Moyle
Title: Enhancing the activity of antimicrobial agents
Contact: Dr Peter Moyle
Title: Compounding and compunded medicines: issues and quality
Contact: Associate Professor Kathryn Steadman
Title: Australian native plant sources of nicotine: Dubiosia and Nicotiana
Contact: Associate Professor Kathryn Steadman
Title: Engineering nanostructures and nanomedicines using supercritical fluid technology
Contact: Dr James Falconer
Title: Improving delivery of challenging to formulate bioactives using advanced delivery systems
Contact: Dr James Falconer
Title: Discovery of new drugs from indigenous Australian plants using supercritical fluids
Contact: Dr James Falconer
Title: Design, construction, and development of supercritical fluid technology
Contact: Dr James Falconer
Title: Characterisation of high pressure spray behaviour and bioactive
Contact: Dr James Falconer
Title: Delivery of therapeutics to the posterior eye
Contact: Dr Harendra Parekh
Title: Gene delivery in obesity & diabetes
Contact: Dr Harendra Parekh, Dr Ganesh Kokil
Title: Development of bioresponsive drug/gene carrier systems
Contact: Dr Harendra Parekh, Dr Karnaker Tupally
Title: Development of ultrasound-responsive formulations for diagnostic and therapeutic application
Contact: Dr Harendra Parekh, Assoc Prof Peter Cabot
Title: Formulation of delivery systems for cannabinoid-based therapeutics
Contact: Dr Harendra Parekh, Dr Juliana M Torres
Title: In silico led design, synthesis and evaluation of peptide/small molecule therapeutics
Contact: Dr Harendra Parekh, Dr Ajit Kandale, Dr Rink-Jan Lohman, Assoc Prof Peter Cabot
Title: Bioresponsive porous silicon-polymer composite nano- and micro-particles for oral protein delivery
Contact: Dr Amirali Popat
Title: Mesoproous silica nanoparticles synthesis and application in drug delivery, diagnosis and therapeutic protein delivery
Contact: Dr Amirali Popat
Title: Inorganic nanoparticles for targeting bacterial biofilms
Contact: Dr Amirali Popat
Pharmaceutical Biology
Title: Calcium homeostasis in cancer: identification and characterisation of novel drug targets
Contact: Professor Greg Monteith and Professor Sarah Roberts-Thomson
Title: Identification and characterization of novel ion and drug transporters and the design of novel high throughput screening assays for new pharmaceuticals
Contact: Professor Greg Monteith
Title: Physiological regulation and the role of calcium transporters
Contact: Professor Greg Monteith
Title: Deciphering and intercepting tumorigenic messages to prevent pregnancy-associated breast cancer
Contact: Dr Felicity Davis, Professor Sarah Roberts-Thomson
Title: Development of a non-hormonal male contraceptive
Contact: Dr Felicity Davis
Title: Morphine and metastasis
Contact: Associate Professor Marie-Odile Parat
Title: Role of caveolar proteins in glioblastoma
Contact: Associate Professor Marie-Odile Parat
Title: Effect of perioperative pharmacotherapy of cancer patients on tumour Biology
Contact: Associate Professor Marie-Odile Parat, Dr Ben Ross and Professor Nick Shaw
Biomedicinal Discovery and Development
Title: Design, synthesis and evaluation of novel molecules for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease
Contact: Dr Ben Ross
Title: Computer-aided design, synthesis and evaluation of new drugs for cancer, pain and neurodegenerative diseases
Contact: Dr Ben Ross
Title: Identification and evaluation of chemotherapeutic molecules in traditional plant-derived remedies used by the Aboriginal peoples
Contact: Professor Nick Shaw, Associate Professor Marie-Odile Parat and Professor Melissa Fitzgerald
Pharmacy Education Research Centre
Title: Patient-centeredness in pharmacy education and practice
Contact: Dr Karen Luetsch
Title: The use of technology-enhanced learning to improve feedback
Contact: Dr Jacqueline Bond
Title: Using data to drive curricular decision-making: the role of analytics
Contact: Dr Jacqueline Bond
Title: Translational research: the implementation of evidence-based pedagogies in pharmacy education
Contact: Dr Jacqueline Bond
Title: Implications of the Dunning-Kruger effect for pharmacy education
Contact: Dr Jacqueline Bond
Title: The value of interdisciplinarity: exploring diverse methodologies to support pharmacy practice research
Contact: Dr Jacqueline Bond
Title: Exploring student engagement in the health sciences
Contact: Dr Jacqueline Bond
Title: Give and take: Meaningful 'feedback' for assessment and student engagement in work integrated learning
Contact: Dr Jasmina Fejzic
Title: Implementing 'EXCELL Method' to facilitate students' professional capacity building and enhance employability
Contact: Dr Jasmina Fejzic
Title: Professional development of early career pharmacists
Contact: Dr Karen Luetsch
Title: Learning and teaching of communication skills for interprofessional practice
Contact: Dr Karen Luetsch
Title: Patient-centredness in pharmacy education and practice
Contact: Dr Karen Luetsch
Alan Grant-Taylor Memorial Scholarship: Community Pharmacy Practice
Implementing Pharmacogenomics into Community Pharmacy Practice to Personalise the Treatment of Depression
Principal advisor: Associate Professor Chris Freeman
Associate advisor/s: Doctor Adam La Caze
Developing and Implementing a Community Pharmacy Practice Based Research Network to Translate Evidence into Practice
Principal advisor: Associate Professor Chris Freeman
Associate advisor/s: Associate Professor Neil Cottrell
The ethics of pharmacogenomic testing in community pharmacy
Principal advisor: Doctor Adam La Caze
Associate advisor/s: Associate Professor Chris Freeman
Pharmacogenomic tests are becoming more important in primary care. This project will explore the ethics of pharmacogenomic testing in community pharmacy. The project will seek to provide guidance to pharmacists regarding their responsibilities when recommending, undertaking or providing advice in relation to pharmacogenomic tests.
Pharmacy ethics and the opioid crisis
Principal advisor: Doctor Adam La Caze
Associate advisor/s: To be determined
How should pharmacists respond to the opioid crisis? What are the responsibilities of pharmacists when dispensing, counselling or providing advice regarding opioids? This project seeks to provide guidance to pharmacists regarding their responsibilities for reducing opioid-related harm.
Medication information provision and services during pregnancy and breast feeding – exploring opportunities for Community Pharmacists
Principal advisor: Associate Professor Karen Whitfield
Associate advisor/s: To be determined
During pregnancy, women often weigh up the benefits of treatment against potential risks to their infant. Non-adherence to essential treatment is common and can adversely affect both mother and child. Community pharmacists are ideally placed to provide evidence based information to women about medications in pregnancy and breast feeding. However, training and education is required for community pharmacists to confidently provide these services. This research will explore the perceptions of community pharmacists about services that are currently provided to pregnant and breast feeding women, as well as potential services that could be provided. The study will also explore the perceptions of women about the services provided by community pharmacists to pregnant and breast feeding women and any services that they would like to be provided. Using this data education and training packages and/or tool kits will be developed and piloted to evaluate impact.
Find out more about the Alan Grant-Taylor Memorial Scholarship