Lisa Nissen
Call to arms
Review findings highlight the vital role pharmacists can play in opioid stewardship Findings from a new review show that pharmacists are ideally positioned to promote and implement effective opioid stewardship—providing …
Most Influential People in Pharmacy: Lisa Nissen
We speak to the next person in our 14 most influential people in pharmacy campaign, as voted by you Lisa Nissen Head of the School of Clinical Sciences at Queensland …
Crisis planning a disaster for pharmacy
Pharmacists need to be fully integrated into disaster planning, and remunerated for emergency care, experts say Australia is falling behind in incorporating pharmacy into disaster planning, experts say. A group …
Pharmacists as good as doctors at prescribing: Cochrane Review
A new Cochrane review has found pharmacist prescribers are comparable to medical prescribers for chronic disease outcomes The review, led by the researchers from Monash University’s Faculty of Pharmacy and …
A woman of influence
In the fourth of a series of interviews with the top five of our list of 10 Women of Influence in pharmacy, we speak to pharmacy academic Lisa Nissen 1. Do …
Maximising vaccination in the pharmacy space
Pharmacists are not “cannibalising” doctor’s provision of vaccine service, say QPIP trial leader Professor Lisa Nissen Prof Nissen presented evidence at the PSA conference on Saturday 30 July regarding the …
QUT to overhaul medical prescription training assessment
Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is developing new guidelines to assist medical students learn prescribing skills in a push to reduce errors in medical prescriptions.