Pharmacy Practice
About Us
Pharmacy Practice is central to how medicines are used, delivered, and optimised in real-world healthcare settings.
Our discipline focuses on the safe, effective, and patient-centred use of medicines across communities, hospitals, and healthcare systems.
Our curriculum blends clinical knowledge with hands-on skills, preparing students to become confident, evidence-based practitioners. Through simulations, placements, and interprofessional learning, students develop the communication, decision-making, and problem-solving abilities essential to modern pharmacy practice.
Our academic staff are experienced pharmacists and researchers with expertise in clinical pharmacy, public health, health services research, pharmacotherapy, and medication safety. Their work drives improvements in healthcare delivery, shapes policy, and informs best practice across the profession.
We collaborate closely with hospitals, community pharmacies, regulatory bodies, and global health organisations to ensure our teaching is relevant, up-to-date, and connected to current healthcare challenges. Students benefit from exposure to real clinical environments, community engagement, and projects that address medicine access, health literacy, and quality use of medicines.
We don’t just teach pharmacy—we equip future pharmacists to lead, adapt, and make a measurable difference in people’s lives.
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Overview of the Discipline
Pharmacy Practice explores how pharmacists can optimize the safe, effective, and equitable use of medicines across healthcare systems. It spans the continuum of care, from individual patient support to health system reform, and examines how pharmacy services, education, and technologies can improve health outcomes.
This field is inherently multidisciplinary, drawing from clinical sciences, behavioural health, public policy, and digital innovation. Our discipline members are dedicated to translating evidence into practice, shaping pharmacy’s evolving role in response to complex healthcare needs.
Pharmacists are among the most accessible healthcare professionals, uniquely positioned to impact patient care, especially in chronic disease management, medication safety, and health promotion. Pharmacy Practice education and research provides the evidence base needed to advance this role, ensuring that pharmacy services are responsive, sustainable, and aligned with public health priorities, locally and globally.
Our Research Areas
1. Global Health
With a focus on equitable access to healthcare and sustainable practice, our researchers examine health systems, policy, and implementation strategies in underserved and resource-limited settings. Key areas include global health policy, collaborative practice, environmental sustainability, and evidence translation. We aim to strengthen healthcare delivery and resilience, especially in vulnerable populations
2. Neurometabolic Health
Our work in this theme spans mental health, neurology, pharmacogenomics, and chronic disease management. We explore personalized medicine approaches, digital health innovations, and behavioural science to improve medication safety, adherence, and patient outcomes. Research in clinical pharmacy, precision medicine, social and behavioural aspects, and emerging technologies supports this theme.
3. Oncology
In oncology, our researchers contribute to improving medication safety, treatment efficacy, and healthcare decision-making. We focus on optimizing pharmacotherapy, evaluating health economics, and implementing quality improvement strategies to support safe and effective cancer care.