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Professor Susan Tett is a registered pharmacist with research interests in Quality Use of Medicines (improving how medicines are used) and clinical pharmacokinetics (optimising medicine doses) Sue is a registered pharmacist, completing her PhD in 1988. Since this time she has been in research positions and in academia at Sydney University, St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney and at the University of Queensland. She has over 100 peer reviewed research publications and over 150 conference presentations and is on Editorial Board of British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and of Clinical Pharmacokinetics. Sue was Head of the School of Pharmacy, University of Queensland 1996-2004. Sue teaches all years of undergraduate and postgraduate pharmacy students.
Susan Tett has been a member of many Australian national and State advisory committees, including Pharmaceutical Health and Rational use of Medicines Committee 1996-2004, Pharmaceutical Sub-Committee of the Australian Drug Evaluation Committee 1995-2004, Pharmaceutical Industry Working Group 2003- , Pharmaceutical Partnerships Program Committee of the Industry Research & Development Board 2003- , Health & Medical Research Council of Queensland, and has twice Chaired an NHMRC Project Grant Review Panel. She was also Councillor for the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (Queensland Branch) and was the Australian Pharmacist of the Year in 1999, for her contributions to pharmacy education and research.
Sue’s research interests are directed towards optimising the clinical use of medications. General areas of research include quality use of medicines, clinical pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. Sue supervises a number of postgraduate students and is actively involved in innovation in the pharmacy profession, pushing the professional boundaries. She is committed to enhancing the role of the health care team in optimising consumer health outcomes.
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