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Professor Lisa Nissen

Lisa Nissen

Director and Taylor Family Chair, Centre for the Business & Economics of Health, The University of Queensland
Lisa completed her Bachelor of Pharmacy at The University of Queensland, graduating in 1993, followed by pre-registration and subsequent employment as a pharmacist with Queensland Health at metropolitan and rural hospitals. She returned to UQ to undertake a PhD focusing on the quality use of medicines, which was completed in 2002. Following postdoctoral research, she took up a position of lecturer at the School of Pharmacy, UQ in June 2003. Lisa was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2006, and Associate Professor in 2010. Lisa was the Professor and Head of the School of Clinical Sciences at Queensland University of Technology from 2012-2022. She is currently the Director and Taylor Family Chair, Centre for the Business & Economics of Health at The University of Queensland.Lisa is interested in optimizing the use of the health workforce to ensure the best outcomes for the system and the community. She has provided over 300 invited presentations both nationally and internationally and is a sought after speaker. These have included keynote addresses, plenary lectures, workshop presentations and debates / panel discussions.Professional RoleLisa was the elected chairman of the Queensland branch committee of the Society of Hospital Pharmacists (SHPA) in 2004-2006 and became a Fellow of SHPA in 2007. After being involved with the continuing education committee of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) Queensland branch for many years, Lisa was elected to the branch committee in 2006 and President of the Queensland Branch of the PSA in 2007, a role she continued until 2015. She was then elected to represent Queensland on the National Board of the PSA in 2008 and served as National Vice President in 2009-2010. In 2011 she was awarded a Fellowship of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia.Lisa was awarded the PSA Young Pharmacist of the Year in 2002 and the PSA Pharmacist of the Year in 2008 – she is the youngest recipient of the Pharmacist of the Year and the only person to have received both awards. Lisa is one of Australia’s first credentialed Advanced pharmacy Practitioners and is regarded as one of pharmacies most influential people.Lisa provides advice and representation to local, national and international groups including professional organizations, accreditation authorities, boards and organizations such as the Commonwealth Department of Health and Aging, the International Pharmacy Federation, and the World Health Organization. She actively contributes to both the Pharmacy profession and the wider health network in many ways including presentations for education events and conferences and writing regular articles for professional media.TeachingLisa received a UQ Commendation for Excellence in Teaching in 2006 a UQ Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2007, and won Australian Award for University Teaching from the Australian Learning & Teaching Council (formally known as the Carrick Institute) in 2008 and 2013.

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