Dear ISPRNers,

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Judy Mullan as the Deputy Director of ISPRN.

Judy has been an enthusiastic member of ISPRN since its inception in 2011 and has been involved in numerous projects. Judy will be actively involved in providing academic support and guidance for ISPRN projects as a key focus of her role. Her main strengths will be assisting with qualitative research and support with drafting research publications. Over the coming months, Judy will be gradually involving herself in each of our ISPRN projects.

Dr Judy Mullan (PhD, FSHPA, BA, BPharm) is the Academic Leader: Research and Critical Appraisal and Senior Lecturer in Population Health within the University of Wollongong, Graduate School of Medicine. She has completed a PhD in Public Health, a Bachelor of Pharmacy degree, a Fellowship in Hospital Pharmacy and a Bachelor of Arts degree. Her academic experiences include teaching, supervising and mentoring both undergraduate and postgraduate medical and health students.

She has collaborated on research projects with multiple national and international universities and has been successful in procuring over $2.75 million of research funding. To date, she has published three book chapters (one currently in press), contributed to the publication of over 40 peer reviewed journal articles and delivered over 70 national/international conference presentations. Judy also has extensive experience as a pharmacist having worked as a hospital, community and an accredited consultant pharmacist for over 30 years.

Her research areas of interest include: • health literacy; • medication compliance; • quality use of medicines; • aged care research; • warfarin education and management; • health professional/patient education and communication. We are very fortunate to have an academic the calibre of Judy taking up this important role.

Please join me in congratulating her on her appointment.

Professor Andrew Bonney
ISPRN Director