Fiona is a community pharmacist and health services researcher passionate about improving access to and promoting safe use of prescription medications. She obtained her PhD in Epidemiology from McGill University, following her pharmacy degree and a master’s in Population and Public Health from the University of British Columbia. Her doctoral research focused on how physician-related factors influence the use of potentially inappropriate medications and how, after using these medications, the patient’s health outcomes varied depending on the physician they saw. With pharmacists’ scope of practice being expanded rapidly across Canada, her postdoctoral work (under the supervision of Dr. Colin Dormuth) aims to evaluate the impact of these changes on patients’ health, as well as on the health system at large. Her work draws on methods from epidemiology, pharmacoepidemiology, health services research, and policy evaluation. She has substantial experience analyzing large, population-based administrative datasets from across Canada and the United States. She has also worked as a community pharmacist, specializing in care of older adults in assisted living and residential care settings.

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Pharmaceutical Care, Primary Care, Pharmacoepidemiology, Health Services and Policy Research

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Evidence-based prescribing of medicines