Oral Presentations 28: Clinical Pharmacology Geriatric 2
Tracks
Track 4
| Wednesday, July 15, 2026 |
| 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM |
Speaker
Mr Kevin Winardi
Kolling Institute, Northern Sydney Local Health District and the University of Sydney
Mr Justin Cheng
The University Of Sydney
Dr Lorna Pairman
University Of Otago
Dr Joshua Inglis
Adelaide University
Predictors of non-cardiovascular readmissions in multimorbid adults with heart failure
Biography
Joshua Inglis is a Clinical Pharmacologist working across digital health, medication safety and hospital medicine. He is currently completing his PhD on improving medication-related outcomes for older adults living with multimorbidity.
Dr Monica Da Ye Jung
Monash Addiction Research Centre, Monash University
Community Pharmacists’ Practices and Perspectives on Deprescribing High-Risk Psychotropic Medicines
Biography
Monica (PhD BPharm(Hons) BSci) is a clinical pharmacist at Alfred Health and a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Monash Addiction Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University. Her research focuses on improving the safe and effective use of medicines, with a particular emphasis on deprescribing high-risk psychotropic medicines such as opioids and benzodiazepines. Monica’s doctoral thesis provided some of the first real-world evidence on opioid tapering trajectories in Australian primary care, providing novel insights to inform clinical practice and guidelines. Monica completed the Graduate Entry Pharmacy program and her PhD at Monash University, following a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry at the University of Rochester, New York. Monica’s work integrates clinical practice and implementation research, aiming to support safer medication use and improved patient outcomes across healthcare settings.
Ms Aisling McEvoy
Monash University
Insomnia preferences in older adults and people living with dementia:a qualitative study
Biography
Aisling is a PhD candidate from the Centre for Medicine Use and Safety at Monash University. Her research focuses on deprescribing benzodiazepine receptor agonists in people living with dementia. She is excited to find non-pharmacological approaches to assist with sleep as a replacement for benzodiazepines and z-drugs. Before starting as a PhD student, Aisling completed her BPharm and MPharm with Monash University. Aisling continues to work as a clinical pharmacist at The Alfred Hospital while completing her PhD.