{"id":5302,"date":"2015-07-06T01:39:13","date_gmt":"2015-07-05T17:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/hughes-elected-psa-vice-president\/"},"modified":"2022-12-07T13:07:19","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T05:07:19","slug":"hughes-elected-psa-vice-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/hughes-elected-psa-vice-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Jeff Hughes elected PSA vice-president"},"content":{"rendered":"

The National Board of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) has elected Curtin University Professor Jeff Hughes, former Head of Curtin\u2019s School of Pharmacy, as a national vice-president.<\/p>\n

The PSA is a national organisation that aims on \u2018improving [Australia\u2019s] health through excellence in the practice of pharmacy\u2019 by developing practices, guidelines and standards and providing professional development opportunities for Australian pharmacists.<\/p>\n

Professor Hughes is acclaimed in the area of clinical pharmacy education and practice, having worked as a hospital, community or academic pharmacist since 1979. His research interests include pharmacy practice, quality use of medicines, adverse drug reactions and pharmacovigilance, pain management and pharmacy education.<\/p>\n

Professor Hughes says that he is excited to help shape the direction of the PSA.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m honoured to be elected by my peers,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe board is already very focused, however, as an academic and accredited pharmacist, I believe that I can bring a different lens by encouraging the PSA to provide increased support to our members, so we can help them achieve their career goals in pharmacy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Professor Hughes has already received numerous state and national pharmacy awards, including the 2014 Australasian Pharmaceutical Sciences Association Medal<\/a>, which recognises excellence and lasting contribution to the pharmaceutical sciences and pharmacy practice. He was also named the 2004 Pharmaceutical Society of Australia\u2019s Pharmacist of the Year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe that all of my achievements, including being named Australian Pharmacist of the Year, which I was very honoured to receive, stem from being actively involved in the pharmacy profession. I believe that if you are a professional, you are part of a professional community and should do the best you can to further that profession,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

The board also elected Michelle Lynch as the PSA\u2019s other vice-president and renowned pharmacist Joe Demarte as the national president.<\/p>\n

Professor Hughes has published over 200 research and professional papers and contributed to 19 books, including the 23rd<\/sup> edition of the Australian Pharmaceutical Formulary and Handbook, which is used by pharmacists across Australia.<\/p>\n

Having completed a period as Head, School of Pharmacy, Professor Hughes has spent much of the past 12 months on sabbatical furthering his research activities, supervising a number of PhD students to completion and publishing a range of research papers. Further, with the assistance of Curtin University\u2019s Commercialisation Unit, Professor Hughes and other Curtin researchers have established a spin-out company, Electronic Pain Assessment Technologies (ePAT) Pty Ltd, which is developing specialised technology to detect, evaluate and document pain in non-communicate individuals, such as patients with dementia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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