Mr Aaron Drovandi ~ Lecturer, Pharmacy

Mr. Aaron Drovandi is a graduate of both the Bachelor of Pharmacy (BPharm) and Master of Pharmaceutical Public Health (MPharmPH) programs at James Cook University, and has commenced a Doctor of Philosohpy in 2016. His primary area of research is tobacco control, with his thesis project investigating how health warnings on tobacco products can be improved to reducing the prevalence of tobacco use amongst the Australian population, particularly adolescents and young adults.

He has several years of teaching experience in the BPharm and MPharmPH programs at James Cook University, as well as experience in teaching postgraduate Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants. His primary teaching areas include musculoskeletal pharmacy, substance abuse, and clinical counselling.

Aaron is also an immunising pharmacist, and was involved with the Queensland Pharmacist Immunisation Pilot (QPIP) for the 2 years it was run in Queensland, and acted as a Project Officer responsible for providing support and direction to the North Queensland pharmacies that participated in the pilot.

Teaching

• MX2001: Integrated Physician Assistant Studies Part 1 of 2 (Level 2; TSV)
• MX2002: Integrated Physician Assistant Studies Part 2 of 2 (Level 2; TSV)
• PC1004: Introduction to Pharmacy Practice and Pharmaceutical Sciences 1 (Level 1; TSV)
• PC3201: Musculoskeletal Pharmacy (Level 3; TSV)
• PC3204: Professional Pharmacy Practice 2 Part 1 of 2 (Level 3; TSV)
• PC4101: Endocrine and Reproductive Pharmacy (Level 4; TSV)
• PC4103: Professional Pharmacy Practice 3 (Level 4; TSV)
• PC4203: Advanced Professional Pharmacy Practice (Level 4; TSV)

Interests

Research

• Tobacco Control
• Medication Adherence
• Smoking Cessation
• Public Health

Teaching

• Clinical Counselling

Research Disciplines

• Public Health and Health Services (1117)
• Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences (1115)
• Psychology (1701)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Public Health (9204)
• Health (9299)
• Specific Population Health (9205)

Awards

• 2016 to 2018 - Australian Postgraduate Award (Scholarship)

Memberships

• 2018 - Public Health Association of Australia
• 2018 - Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco

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Journal Articles

• Shephard C and Drovandi A (in press) Sustained-release subdermal buprenorphine implants: the future of opioid use disorder management? Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research, pp. 1-9
• Drovandi A, Teague P, Glass B and Malau-Aduli B (in press) Australian university student perceptions of health messages on cigarette sticks. Health Communication,
• Drovandi A, Teague P, Glass B and Malau-Aduli B (2019) A systematic review of the perceptions of adolescents on graphic health warnings and plain packaging of cigarettes. Systematic Reviews, 8.
• Drovandi A, Teague P, Glass B and Malau-Aduli B (2018) Australian school student perceptions of effective anti-tobacco health warnings. Frontiers in Public Health, 6.
• Drovandi A, Teague P, Glass B and Malau-Aduli B (in press) Australian community pharmacist experiences with smoking cessation and opinions of health warnings on individual cigarette sticks. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice,
• Drovandi A, Robertson K, Tucker M, Robinson N, Perks S and Kairuz T (2018) A systematic review of clinical pharmacist interventions in paediatric hospital patients. European Journal of Pediatrics, 177 (8). pp. 1139-1148
• Drovandi A, Teague P, Glass B and Malau-Aduli B (2018) A systematic review of smoker and non-smoker perceptions of visually unappealing cigarette sticks. Tobacco Induced Diseases, 16 (2).
• Drovandi A, Teague P, Glass B and Malau-Aduli B (2018) A systematic review investigating the impact of modified varenicline regimens on smoking cessation. Journal of Smoking Cessation, 13 (1). pp. 44-54
• Drovandi A, Robertson S, Malau-Aduli B, Teague P and Glass B (2017) Addressing varenicline adherence through repackaging in a dose administration aid. Integrated Pharmacy Research and Practice, 6. pp. 131-135
• Drovandi A, Chen C and Glass B (2016) Adverse effects cause Varenicline discontinuation: a meta-analysis. Current Drug Safety, 11 (1). pp. 78-85

Other research outputs

• Drovandi A, Teague P, Glass B and Malau-Aduli B (2018) A randomised controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness and tolerability of step-up and step-down varenicline therapy for smoking cessation: study protocol. Journal of Smoking Cessation, 13 (3). pp. 179-185
• Lau E, Campbell C, Glass B, Drovandi A and Nissen L (2014) Australia's first pharmacist immunisation pilot: who did pharmacists inject? Abstracts from the Australasian Pharmaceutical Sciences Association Conference. In: APSA 2014: Australasian Pharmaceutical Sciences Association Conference, 5-7 December 2014, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

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