ProfLisa Pont
Deputy Head Of School, Teaching And Learning
School of Clinical and Health Sciences
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- Deputy Head Of School, Teaching And LearningSchool of Clinical and Health Sciences
FUNDED RESEARCH
Lisa's main research area is drug utilization research to understand and improve the quality and safety of medicines in older populations. Lisa leads the Medicines Use Research in Aged Care (MURAC) Research team where the research focus is on understanding and improving the quality and safety of medicines for older Australians.
Current MURAC research interests include:
- Predicting medication related hospital admissions among aged care residents.
- Medication safety culture in residential aged care.
- Quality and safety of respiratory medicines used in residential aged care.
- Opioid use in Australian hospitals and aged care facilities.
- Impact of medication discrepancies in aged care.
- Phamacoepidemiology among older populations.
- Electronic medication management in aged care.
- Social media and e-health literacy.
FUNDED RESEARCH
- CONTRACT RESEARCHExternal Evaluation of Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) 2021Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care1 Jul 2021 - 30 Jun 2027People funded by this grant:
- Pont L
- CONSULTINGJoint action plan on the overuse of psychotropic medicationURBIS PTY LTD19 Apr 2021 - 31 May 2021People funded by this grant:
- Pont L
- GRANTSPHERE - Palliative Care Clinical Academic GroupMaridulu Budyari Gumal - The Sydney Partnership for Health, Education, Research and Enterprise (SPHERE)1 Jan 2019 - 30 Jun 2024People funded by this grant:
- CONTRACT RESEARCHProvision of External Evaluation of Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC)Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care6 Nov 2017 - 30 Jun 2021People funded by this grant:
- Pont L
- GRANTNational Health and Medical Research Council1 Jan 2016 - 31 Dec 2018People funded by this grant:
- Pont L
