Researchers examining polypharmacy within aged populations have won the best paper and best poster categories at PSA18. Lauren Corre and a team of University of South Australia researchers were awarded the PSA18 Best Poster Prize for their project, Mapping medication...

University of Canberra’s Ben Coghlan has won the 2018 PSA Pharmacy Student of the Year (PSOTY) Award, announced at the PSA18 gala dinner last night in Sydney. Mr Coghlan, who also won the PSOTY People’s Choice Award, is soon to...

A three-pronged safety system aimed at cutting errors in medicine dosing in hospital settings has won the Pharmacy Shark Tank at PSA18. Professor Lyndal Trevena has won the Pharmacy Shark Tank at PSA18 after impressing the panel of experts with...

The future of pharmacy is bright, engaged and passionate, the search for the latest PSA MIMS Intern Pharmacist of the Year has revealed. Judges were unable to separate talented intern pharmacists Angelica Lagoda (Queensland) and Deanna Mill (South Australia), and...

South Australia's Dr Jacinta Johnson MPS has been named PSA's Early Career Pharmacist of the Year in recognition of the leadership she has provided to fellow pharmacists and for her research into codeine misuse. Dr Johnson is a Lecturer in...

John Jackson FPS has been named PSA Pharmacist of the Year for his decades-long commitment to developing new practice and funding models, and for his influence on health policy and pharmacy education. The prestigious award was announced at the flagship...

The 'founder', 'prime innovator' and 'driving force' behind the establishment of the PSA, Ross Brown FPS, has been honoured with the association's Lifetime Achievement Award. Mr Brown has dedicated almost 70 years of his life to pharmacy, in a...

Discussing patient outcomes with doctors, visiting patients in their own homes, and co-developing new programs for a General Practice. If that sounds interesting to you, then consider taking a leaf out of the book by Amy Page FPS. She...

Australia’s cities hug the coast, but in rural and remote areas, sole pharmacists are providing communities with an essential service. Some may think it’s isolating, but many wouldn’t change a thing. Around 1800 registered pharmacists work across outer regional to...

People in nursing homes are too often forgotten but pharmacists have an opportunity to make a difference in their lives, says the 2018 MIMS Consultant Pharmacist of the Year, as named by the Australian Association of Consultant Pharmacists (AACP). The...