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Adjunct Professor
Lisa Nissen
Faculty of Health,
School of Clinical Sciences
Biography
Dr Lisa Nissen is Professor and Head of the School of Clinical Sciences at Queensland University of Technology. She is an experienced pharmacy practitioner, researcher and educator having worked in hospital and community pharmacy in metropolitan and rural areas of Queensland, Australia. Her focus is on improving the Quality Use of Medicines in the wider community, across the health care continuum, with a focus on health service development and factors that influence the prescribing of medicines. She is a strong believer in the benefits multidisciplinary health care teams can bring to patient care and takes this passion into the classroom with a commitment to the development and implementation of innovative interprofessional education for health students. In recognition of her teaching contributions she was awarded a National Award for Teaching Excellence in 2008 and 2013. Lisa has been acknowledged for her contributions to the pharmacy profession, being the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia Young Pharmacist of the Year in 2002 and Pharmacist of the Year in 2008. She is a Fellow of the Practicing Pharmacists Association of Hong Kong, the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia and the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia. Lisa is the immediate past-president of the Queensland Branch of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia and is one of the inaugural credentials Australian Advanced Practice Pharmacists.Personal details
Positions
- Adjunct Professor
Faculty of Health,
School of Clinical Sciences
Keywords
Pharmacy Practice, Health Services, Safe Prescribing, Telehealth, Health Policy, Health Professional Education, Pharmacoepidemiology
Research field
Clinical sciences, Pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- PhD in Pharmacy (University of Queensland)
Professional memberships and associations
Fellow - Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia Fellow - Pharmaceutical Society of Australia Fellow - Hong Kong Academy of Pharmacy Member - Australasian Pharmaceutical Sciences Association Member - World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine Member - Hepatitis Queensland Member - Diabetes Australia Member - American Society of Consultant Pharmacists Member - Australian Institute of Company Directors Member - Australian Pain Society Member - Australian Pain Management Association
Teaching
2014 - Wharton QS Stars Reimagine Education Award - Award for Nurturing Employability 2013 - Australian Award for University Teaching - Programs that Enhance Learning 2011 - University of Queensland Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning 2008 - Australian Award for University Teaching Excellence 2007 - University of Queensland Excellence in Teaching Award
Publications
- Noor, Z., Smith, A., Smith, S. & Nissen, L. (2016). A feasibility study: Use of actigraph to monitor and follow-up sleep/wake patterns in individuals attending community pharmacy with sleeping disorders. Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences, 8(3), 173–180. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/95874
- Manrique, Y., Sparkes, A., Cichero, J., Stokes, J., Nissen, L. & Steadman, K. (2016). Oral medication delivery in impaired swallowing: thickening liquid medications for safe swallowing alters dissolution characteristics. Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy, 49(9), 1537–1544. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/92776
- Hale, A., Coombes, I., Stokes, J., Aitken, S., Clarke, F. & Nissen, L. (2016). Patient satisfaction from two studies of collaborative doctor - pharmacist prescribing in Australia. Health Expectations, 19(1), 49–61. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/80824
- Jackson, S., Martin, G., Bergin, J., Clark, B., Halstead, P., Rowett, D., Stupans, I., Galbraith, K., Yeates, G., Nissen, L., Marty, S., Gysslink, P., Kirsa, S., Coombes, I., Matthews, A., Deans, K. & Sorimachi, K. (2015). Advanced practice: a survey of current perspectives of Australian pharmacists. Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research, 45(2), 186–192. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/91864
- Nguyen, T., Lau, E., Steadman, K., Cichero, J., Dingle, K. & Nissen, L. (2014). Pharmacist, general practitioner, and nurse perceptions, experiences, and knowledge of medication dosage form modification. Integrated Pharmacy Research and Practice, 2014, 1–9. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/66164
- Poudel, A., Peel, N., Nissen, L., Mitchell, C., Gray, L. & Hubbard, R. (2014). Potentially inappropriate prescribing in older patients discharged from acute care hospitals to residential aged care facilities. Annals of Pharmacotherapy, 48(11), 1425–1433. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/79954
- Freeman, C., Cottrell, W., Kyle, G., Williams, I. & Nissen, L. (2013). An evaluation of medication review reports across different settings. International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, 35(1), 5–13. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/67847
- Hollingworth, S., Siskind, D., Nissen, L., Robinson, M. & Hall, W. (2010). Patterns of antipsychotic medication use in Australia 2002-2007. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 44(4), 372–377. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/76848
- Poulson, L., Nissen, L. & Coombes, I. (2010). Pharmaceutical review using telemedicine - a before and after feasibility study. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 16(2), 95–99. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/77263
- Zin, C., Nissen, L., Smith, M., O'Callaghan, J. & Moore, B. (2008). An update on the pharmacological management of post-herpetic neuralgia and painful diabetic neuropathy. CNS Drugs, 22(5), 417–422. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/76964
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Lisa, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Awards
- Type
- Other
- Reference year
- 2016
- Details
- Credentialed Advanced Practice Pharmacist
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2014
- Details
- Winner of the UTS Innovative Pharmacist Award for the QPIP Pharmacist Immunization Pilot.
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2014
- Details
- Winner of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (QLD) Bowl of Hygeia Award.
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2014
- Details
- Winner of the Wharton QS Stars Reimagine Education Award. Award for Nurturing Employability Health Fusion Team Challenge.
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2013
- Details
- Winner of the Australian Award for University Teaching. Award for Programs that Enhance Learning Health Fusion Team Challenge.
- Type
- Visiting Professorships/Fellowships
- Reference year
- 2011
- Details
- Fellowship of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia is awarded for having achieved significant advancement in the practice of pharmacy or an outstanding contribution to the Society or profession for an extended period
- Type
- Visiting Professorships/Fellowships
- Reference year
- 2010
- Details
- Hong Kong Academy of Pharmacy Fellowship is an award bestowed on members of the pharmacy community who have made a significant contribution to the pharmacy profession through leadership, scholarship and research.
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2008
- Details
- Winner of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia¿s Pharmacist of the Year. The Award for the Pharmacist of the Year recognises the winner¿s important contribution to the pharmacy profession. The winner's achievements will be an inspiration to those pursuing innovative practice; to those striving to raise standards; and to pharmacists who, through their professionalism, provide models for others in related disciplines, educational institutions, government, industry and community service. The award of Pharmacist of the Year is based on a significant achievement in an area of excellence within the year or a recent period. More information located at http://www.psa.org.au/site.php?id=2921
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2008
- Details
- Winner of the Australian Award for University Teaching. Awards for Teaching Excellence celebrate teachers renowned for teaching excellence, who have outstanding presentation skills and who have made a significant contribution to enhancing the quality of learning and teaching in higher education. More information found at http://www.altc.edu.au/award-early-career-awards-teaching-excellence-recipient-2008-lisa-nissen, andhttp://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24717502-5018490,00.html
Selected research projects
- Title
- VALiD: the Value of Augmented reality for improving medicine Literacy in Diabetes and hypertension
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 101415
- Start year
- 2017
- Keywords
- Augmented Reality; Community Pharmacist; Diabetes; Health Literacy; Smartphone
- Title
- Enabling competence in prescribing medicines across multiple healthcare disciplines through systematic assessment practices
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- ID14-3766
- Start year
- 2014
- Keywords
- Prescribing; Competency; Assessment; Healthcare Profession; Student; Safety
Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.
Supervision
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- Factors that influence and predict undergraduate nursing and paramedic students' intention and use of evidenc-based practice (2017)
- Making Decisions about Antibiotic Use in the Australian Primary Healthcare Sector (2017)
- Asthma Medication Use and General Asthma Management in Saudi Arabian Primary Schools (2016)
- Medicine access issues and pharmacist-delivered services in the management of non-communicable diseases in low and middle-income countries: the case of Nepal (2016)
- Oral medication dose form alteration: patient factors and the effect of adding thickened fluids (2016)
- Optimising prescribing in frail older people (2015)
- Patterns of medication use in Queensland Australia and the impact of a large copayment increase: an exploratory study (2015)
- Understanding the mechanism of drug delivery from thickened fluids to aid swallowing of medications (2015)
- Becoming pharmacists: how the pharmacy curriculum influences professional identity formation (2014)
- Doctor - pharmacist collaborative prescribing in a multidisciplinary surgical preadmission clinic: Expanding the role of the preadmission clinic pharmacist (2014)
The supervisions listed above are only a selection.