Professor Lisa Nissen FPS, Director of the Health Workforce Optimisation Program at the University of Queensland, is a role model for the LGBTQIA+ community in pharmacy and health care.
Five pharmacists have been recognised for outstanding service to their communities and to the pharmacy profession in this year's Australia Day honours.
A needle phobic who wanted a career in health, Bruce Hamish Bowden MPS found his niche at The Albion Centre in Sydney, a multidisciplinary centre specialising in HIV management.
Why study pharmacy?
From early on, I had three loves: animals, science,...
PSA’s 2022 Victorian Pharmacy Medal winner Paul Gysslink wanted something different, while loving being a pharmacist.
The PSA congratulates the Victorian pharmacists who are making impressive contributions to the profession and the health of their communities.
Michelle Sweeney MPS loves hospital pharmacy, especially taking hospital care into the homes of youth with mental health issues.
The ACT’s 2022 Pharmacist of the Year is an immunising pharmacist who spent 20 years as a travel agent before her ‘dream’ job.
Why pharmacy?
I worked in community pharmacy as a teenager and always had a keen interest in medicines...
From a stint in the Top End to owning a pharmacy in remote NSW, Anēwan and Wiradjuri woman Kellie Beckenham MPS is passionate about life outside the city, now near Casino, NSW.
Did you always want to be a pharmacist?
I...
For more than a century there was no pharmacy in Wilcannia, NSW – until George Morkos MPS blew into town 8 years ago.
What attracted you to a career in pharmacy?
I always dreamed of being a pharmacist (as well as...
Professor Parisa Aslani has dedicated her career to improving the quality use of medicines through better consumer information and adherence. She was conferred as a Fellow of the PSA at PSA22 in July.
What led you to study pharmacy at...