Contemporary Research Methods in Pharmacy and Health Services - Volume 2

Shane Desselle is a Professor at Touro University California and president of Applied Pharmacy Solutions. His research skills include psychometric scaling, including the use of interval and ratio scaling procedures; competency in the use of instruments to measure quality-of-life and outcomes, including the SF-36 and Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire; secondary data analysis-including NAMCS and state Medicaid; a wide variety of methodologies including unobtrusive observation, content analysis, survey questionnaires, and personal interview.

Victoria Garcia Cardenas is a Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy at the University of Technology Sydney. Her teaching and research interests encompass different aspects of pharmacy practice such as medication adherence, the evaluation and implementation of professional pharmacy services and practice change in community pharmacy. She has published over 40 papers in refereed journals, six major research reports and presented and co-authored 40 conference presentations. Victoria is currently involved in five national and international research projects for the evaluation and implementation of professional services in community pharmacy.

Prof. Parisa Aslani, PhD, BPharm (Hons), MSc, G Cert Ed Stud (Higher Ed), is a Professor in Medicines Use Optimisation at The University of Sydney School of Pharmacy. Parisa has been a researcher and educator in the field of consumer medicine information and adherence for nearly 30 years. Her areas of research interest include health and medicines information, health literacy, medication adherence and cognitive pharmaceutical services.

Prof. Aslani is currently the Deputy Head of School and Director of Academic Career Development at the School of Pharmacy, The University of Sydney. She is a fellow of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), currently a FIP Vice President, and Immediate Past President of the Health and Medicines Information Section. Prof. Aslani was the Chair of the 81st FIP World Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Congress 2023 held in Brisbane, Australia. She is also a Fellow of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia, and a Foundation Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Advanced Pharmacy.

Timothy Chen is a Professor of Medication Management at The University of Sydney, Australia. Professor Timothy Chen is nationally and internationally renowned for his research in medication review and strategies to reduce medication related harm. His research has informed significant practice change, through the implementation of the Commonwealth Government funded Home Medicines Review (HMR) program, provided by pharmacists and GPs. He currently leads a large and productive research team including supervision of PhD, Masters and Honours candidates.

PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Federal University of Paraná (Brazil) and PhD in Pharmacy, University of Lisbon (Portugal) (2019). Distinguished Professor at Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada - Spain. Integrated Researcher at H&TRC (Health & Technology Research Center, Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa), Lisbon - Portugal. Senior Researcher of the National Research Group in Health Technology Assessment (NATS UFPR, REBRATS, Brazil). Vice-chair of the Pharmacy Practice Research Special Interest Group (SIG), International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP). Associate Editor of Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy (ERCSP). HEOR and Market Access Consultant (healthcare products and services), providing support for evidence synthesis (systematic literature reviews, meta-analysis, pharmacoeconomic evaluations), clinical research, medical writing and technical-scientific translations.