Amazing collection of posters presented by CMUS, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash Addiction Research Centre PhD students Monica Jung, Miriam Leung and Stella Kim at #icpe2023 in beautiful Halifax!

Our latest #international #agedcare #research: doi.org/10.1007/s40520… 🇬🇸 #Australia: Ratio of symptomatic to preventive #medication use was higher with #frailty but lower with #age 🇯🇵 #Japan: Ratio remained consistent across #age & #frailty groups

💊Preventive #medications remained prevalent in #frail residents of #nursinghomes in #Australia and #Japan 👴Identification of #frailty may assist with targeting initiatives to #deprescribe chronic medications for which potential harms outweigh benefits 📖doi.org/10.1007/s40520…

Fantastic talk by Prof Zanfina Ademi on health economic modelling approaches in Australia at ASCEPT & Hypertension Aus Joint Scientific Meeting ASCEPT 👏 CMUS Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences Monash Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences Monash Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences

Wonderful to see CMUS PhD student Majo Arvez presenting her work at #ASCEPTASM ASCEPT ASCEPT & Hypertension Aus Joint Scientific Meeting

Two fabulous talks from CMUS PhD students Shin Liau and Miriam Leung talking about Preventive medication use in people with Alzheimer’s disease and the use of bisphosphonate after hip fracture #pharmacoepidemiology ASCEPT ASCEPT & Hypertension Aus Joint Scientific Meeting

In a large multinational cohort study, maternal, gestational or pregestational #diabetes was associated w/ a small-to-moderate risk of #ADHD in offspring, contrary to previous estimates that showed stronger effect sizes. nature.com/articles/s4159…

Our study involving 3.6m mother-child pairs in Nature Medicine suggests no direct causal relationship between gestational diabetes and ADHD. Instead, it highlights the importance of considering a holistic risk profile like shared genetic/familial factors. nature.com/articles/s4159…

A follow up paper by Tamrat befekadu “impact on health outcomes of ischeamic stroke, 20 years projections using linked data. CMUS Jenni Ilomaki Jedidiah Morton HEPER karger.com/ned/article/do…

COVID-19 has posed increased risks of hospitalization and mortality in patients with CKD. This study found a dose-response relationship between the number of BNT162b2 or CoronaVac doses & effectiveness against infection bit.ly/CJASN0376 Esther Chan @ CSMPR HKU Francisco TT Lai

A comparison : "Deprescribing Opportunities for Frail Residents of Nursing Homes: A Multicenter Study in Australia, China, Japan, and Spain" sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Nicolas Martínez Velilla Bruno Vellas Rolland Yves

More than 90% of all residents received ≥1 #STOPPFrail medication #deprescribing #PIMs

How to improve drug evaluation in older patients: The perspective of the European Geriatric Medicine Society (EuGMS). #geriatrics agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jg…

Our Psychiatry Research Journal study finds that #lithium may lower #fracture risk in #bipolardisorder patients compared to #antipsychotics and #antiepileptics. Full paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.psyc… (1/2)

Great presentations by CMUS PhD candidates George Tan, Stella Jung-Hyun Kim and Miriam Leung in Berlin! #icpe2024 International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Fellow pharmacists from Ghana and Australia visiting ⁦University of Eastern Finland⁩ and its pharmacy. E.g., Finnish pharmacy digitilazation got huge compliments. Appreciate your visit and fruitful discussions.

🩺Calling all medical doctors, pharmacists, and nurses! 💊What should deprescribing recommendations look like? 👩‍⚕️Share your thoughts and help shape the future of healthcare: tinyurl.com/deprescribingr… deprescribing.org CADeN US Deprescribing Research Network (USDeN) NERDeprescribing EDeN Deprescribing Network