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Victoria Garcia Cardenas Editor

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. Claire Anderson is a Professor of Social Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham. Her current research areas include people’s experiences of using of medicines; pharmacy education development and pharmacy workforce; medicines at the end of life; pharmacy services e.g. immunisation, services for cancer survivors and osteoporosis. Professor Parisa Aslani, Professor in Medicines Use Optimisation, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006. She is a co-chair of Curriculum Review for the BPharm and MPharm degrees. Expert advisor to staff regarding teaching and learning matters. For example, the development of oral examination rubrics for MPharm UoS PHAR5716 and PHAR5717. Director of Academic Career Development (School of Pharmacy), Faculty of Medicine and Health (0.5 FTE). Vice-President, International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) (since 2020). Aleda M. H. Chen, PharmD, MS, PhD, FAPhA, Professor and Associate Dean at Cedarville University, Cedarville, OH. Dual-Title Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmacy Practice and Gerontology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, Aug 2011. 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.