DrMouna Sawan

I am a pharmacist, early to mid-career researcher and Senior Lecturer with expertise in medication safety and dementia, based in the School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney. I specialise in medication safety in people with dementia post-diagnosis, health services research, person-centred medication management, and implementation science. I am recognised for my innovative, co-designed research improving medication safety for people with dementia and my  strong leadership as an emerging expert in the field.

I have secured $5.5M in research funding and have been awarded the 2025 Inaugural Award Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists (ASCEPT)-AMH Felix Bochner mid-career leader award,  and the 2023 Bellberry New Investigator ASCEPT and Toxicologists Pharmacoepidemiology.