RESEARCH INTERESTs

  • Toxicovigilance - detection of emerging toxicological problems
  • Epidemiology of poisoning and drug abuse
  • Coronial data on lethal poisoning and adverse drug effects
  • Pharmaco-epidemiology studies on adverse drug effects and drug interactions
  • Mechanisms and outcomes from acute kidney injury after poisoning/snakebite
  • Effect of pesticide bans and safe storage of pesticides
  • Descriptive studies of the mechanism of toxicity of a range of pesticide poisonings
  • Comparisons of the relative toxicity of different pesticides
  • Measurement of long-term neurotoxicity after acute poisoning
  • Trials of regulatory restrictions and reformulation of pesticides
  • Evaluation of investigations used in poisoning
  • Clinical trials of existing antidotes for poisoning
  • Development of new antidotes for poisoning
  • Clinical trials comparing different strategies to manage snakebite
  • Systematic reviews of treatments of poisoning
  • Developmental toxicity from pesticides
  • Paracetamol poisoning
  • Pharmacometrics - modelling of drug concentrations and effects.
  • Cardiotoxicity of psychotropic drugs

FUNDED RESEARCH