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 Biography

Steve Duffull is a senior lecturer in the School of Pharmacy, University of Queensland. He obtained his undergraduate pharmacy qualifications in New Zealand in 1985. He then worked predominantly in the Department of Clinical Pharmacology at Christchurch Hospital.

During this time he completed a Masters Degree in Clinical Pharmacy and a PhD in Clinical Pharmacokinetics. Dr Duffull then moved to Manchester (UK) and worked as a post-doctoral research fellow in the School of Pharmacy at the University of Manchester (UK). In 2000, he took up a position in the School of Pharmacy, University of Queensland (Australia). Dr Duffull is actively involved in research in the area of pharmacometrics, particularly optimisation, simulation and estimation procedures using frequentist and Bayesian methods. Current teaching interests includes research methods and clinical pharmacokinetics.
Research Interests

1) Design of experiments, clinical trial design, population PKPD (PFIM) study design.

2) The use of Bayesian methods for PKPD analysis.

3) The influence of obesity on the pharmacokinetics of drugs.

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