DrLisa Kouladjian O'Donnell
Senior Lecturer (Teaching and Research)
Faculty of Medicine and Health
- Senior Lecturer (Teaching and Research)Faculty of Medicine and Health
RESEARCH INTERESTs
Dr Kouladjian O'Donnell's research primarily focuses on digitally optimising and improving quality use of medicines in older adults. She conducts research to identify patients', healthcare practitioners' and researchers' perspectives, barriers and enablers of prescribing and deprescribing medications, and develops strategies to overcome challenges of deprescribing in practice. She significantly contributes towards the development of deprescribing tools and guidelines to improve medication management in older adults. She is inventor of The Drug Burden Index Calculator© and the Goal-directed Medication review Electronic Decision Support System (G-MEDSS)© - computerised clinical decision support systems that are designed to aid deprescribing for accredited pharmacists and general practitioners during medication reviews.
FUNDED RESEARCH
- GRANTAn automatic electronic frailty index in Australian primary care and a toolkit for actionDepartment of Health and Aged Care (Federal - administered by NHMRC)1 Nov 2024 - 30 Jun 2030People funded by this grant:
- Hilmer S,
- Kouladjian-O'Donnell LM
- GRANTDevelopment of an electronic frailty index to improve care of older people in hospitalDepartment of Health and Aged Care (Federal - administered by NHMRC)1 Sep 2024People funded by this grant:
- Thillainadesan J,
- Baysari M,
- Srikanth V,
- Masnoon N,
- Fujita K
- GRANTEmpowering patients to self-manage blood pressure with education and support from Pharmacists: a pilot cluster randomised controlled trialNSW Health1 Mar 2024People funded by this grant:
- GRANTG-MEDSS Upgrade for translation into Residential Aged Care FacilitiesAged Care Quality and Safety Commission1 Jan 2022People funded by this grant:
- Kouladjian-O'Donnell LM