Pharmacy research

Alfred Health Pharmacy is involved in a range of medication and practice-related research activities.

About our research

We provide a research focus on acute health and medication use that contributes to the research activities of the Centre for Medicine Use and Safety (CMUS), one of the key research units within the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences of Monash University, Parkville Campus.

Research activities come under the broad banner of evaluating the Quality Use of Medicines with the following themes:

  • Medication safety
  • Therapeutics
  • Pharmacy practice research
  • Health outcomes research

The department is involved in a wide range of studies, from NHMRC and ARC-funded multi-centre collaborations through to industry partnerships and investigator-initiated practice evaluation programs.

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Clinical Trials Pharmacy

The Alfred Health Clinical Trials Pharmacy provides quality, efficient, and cost-effective investigational drug services.

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Publications

Hospital antibiotic prescribing patterns in adult patients according to the WHO Access, Watch and Reserve classification (AWaRe): results from a worldwide point prevalence survey in 69 countries

Pauwels I, Versporten A, Drapier N, Vlieghe E, Goossens H; Global-PPS network

(2021), J ANTIMICROB CHEMOTH, 76(6), 1614-24

DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkab050

Writing your first research paper: a practical guide for clinicians

Shania Liu, Deanna Mill, Amy Page and Kenneth Lee

(2021), Pharmacy Growth, Research, Innovation and Training, 5(1-2), 40-4

DOI: 10.24080/grit.1322

Maternal vitamin D and offspring fracture risk: the Vitamin D in Pregnancy study

Percival MA, Pasco JA, Hosking SM, Williams LJ, Holloway-Kew KL, Wark JD, Hyde NK

(2021), Arch Osteoporos, 16(1), 159

DOI: 10.1007/s11657-021-01023-3

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