Sue Tett
About
Sue holds the Norman Behan Chair in Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. Sue has spent two 6-month periods of sabbatical leave (2001-2002; 2004-2005) with IMPART, conducting research to compare and contrast drug use in Nova Scotia with that in Australia. Collaborative research also includes investigating differences in pharmaceutical policy and influences on prescribing (for example, the use of free sample prescription medicines) in the two jurisdictions.
Sue is a registered pharmacist, completing her PhD in 1988. Since this time she has been in research positions and in academia at Sydney University, St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney and at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. She has over 100 peer reviewed research publications and over 150 conference presentations and is on Editorial Board of British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and of Clinical Pharmacokinetics. Sue was Head of the School of Pharmacy, University of Queensland 1996-2004 and teaches all years of undergraduate and postgraduate pharmacy students in Australia.
Susan Tett has been a member of many Australian and State advisory committees, including Pharmaceutical Health and Rational use of Medicines Committee 1996-2004, Pharmaceutical Sub-Committee of the Australian Drug Evaluation Committee 1995-2004, Pharmaceutical Industry Working Group 2003- , Pharmaceutical Partnerships Program Committee of the Industry Research & Development Board 2003- , Health & Medical Research Council of Queensland, and has twice Chaired an National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grant Review Panel. She was also Councillor for the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (Queensland Branch) and was the Australian Pharmacist of the Year in 1999, for her contributions to pharmacy education and research. She is a member of a number of other Australian and State Committees.
Sue’s research interests are directed towards optimising the clinical use of medications. General areas of research include quality use of medicines, clinical pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. Sue supervises a number of postgraduate students and is actively involved in innovation in the pharmacy profession, pushing the professional boundaries. She is committed to enhancing the role of the health care team in optimising consumer health outcomes.
Sue has consulted with the Romanow Commission for the Future of Health Care in Canada, and has spoken at numerous venues in Canada (Ottawa, Mississauga, Quebec City, St John’s, Halifax) about the Australian Pharmaceutical System, and Quality Use of Medicines initiatives in Australia, including invitations from the Canadian Optimal Medication Prescription and Use Service (COMPUS, part of CCOHTA), Nova Scotia Health, Ontario Health and Quebec Department of Health.
Selected Publications
1. Cutts C, LaCaze A, Tett S. A clinical audit of the prescribing of celecoxib and rofecoxib in Australian rural general practice. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 2002; 54: 522-527.
2. Cutts C, Tett SE. Doctors perceptions of the influences on their prescribing: A comparison of general practitioners based in rural and urban Australia. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 2003; 58(11): 761-766.
3. Wade AH, Weir DN, Cameron AP, Tett SE. Using a problem detection study (PDS) to identify and compare health care provider and consumer views of anti-hypertensive therapy. Journal of Human Hypertension 2003; 17(6): 397-405.
4. Cutts C, Tett S. Influence on doctors’ prescribing – Is geographical remoteness a factor? Australian Journal of Rural Health 2003; 11(3): 124-130.
5. Groves K, Sketris I, Tett SE. Prescription drug samples – does this marketing strategy counteract policies for quality use of medicines? Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics 2003; 28(4): 259-271.
6. Tett SE. A perspective on Australia’s National Medicines Policy. Canadian Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 2004; 11 (1): e28-38.
7. Bajramovic J, Emmerton L, Tett SE. Perceptions around concordance – focus groups and semi-structured interviews conducted with consumers, pharmacists and general practitioners. Health Expectations 2004; 7: 221-234
8. Bajramovic Fejzic J, Tett S. Medication management reviews for people from the former Yugoslavia now resident in Australia. Pharmacy World and Science 2004; 26: 271-276.