Amy Page

PhD, MClinPharm, GradDipBiostat, GradCertDMEd, GradCertHProfEd, She/her, Dr

  • The University of Western Australia (M315,M570), 35 Stirling Highway,

    6009 Perth

    Australia

Accepting PhD and other Higher Degree by Research Students. View current PhD/HDR research project opportunities at https://researchdegrees.uwa.edu.au/projects

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Personal profile

Research

Deprescribing, Quality Use of Medicines, Geriatrics

Biography

Dr Amy Page is a consultant pharmacist and qualified biostatistician. Her vision is to reduce medicines-related harm while balancing symptom control to align with individualised treatment goals for older people to improve well-being. She undertakes knowledge creation and translation through implementation, practitioner development, communication and media, engagement with professional bodies and policy for sustained impact on pharmacy practice.

She has received over $13 million in funding and published over 160 articles including more than 100 peer reviewed papers. She has presented on medicine safety and the quality use of medicines for older people nationally and internationally. Her research is frequently profiled in the professional and lay media. Dr Page is the inaugural director of the Centre for Optimisation of Medicines at UWA's School of Allied Health.

She has worked in clinical roles across many settings including community, hospital, medication reviews, Aboriginal community-controlled health service and general practice. She was one of the first Australian pharmacists to work within a general practice to optimise medicines use among people with multimorbidty and polypharmacy. She was the inaugural Lead Pharmacist Rehabilitation Aged and Community Care Services at Alfred Health leading pharmacy services at the subacute campus, where she held a senior management position within Alfred Health's pharmacy team for four years. She is a credentialled diabetes educator and for both medication management reviews and aged care onsite pharmacist. She continues to work in community pharmacy and undertake medication management reviews.

Dr Page has been recognised by the Australian Journal of Pharmacy as one of the most influential people in pharmacy since 2017, most recently in December 2022. She was honoured to receive the 2022 Vice Chancellor's Early Career Researcher award and the 2023 School Research Impact and Innovation award. She was short listed for the 2024 Research Australia's Health Service Research award. She was awarded the PSA Young Pharmacist of the Year in 2015 and the Pharmacist of the Year in 2024.

Engagement

She has held multiple policy, governance and regulatory positions nationally and internationally. She served on the Council of Pharmacy Schools as a deputy councillor and worked on national standards including the NPS Prescribing Competencies, the APC Aged Care and Medication Management Review accreditation standards and the APC Pharmacist Prescribing accreditation standards. She consulted on the International Pharmacy Federation's Global Competency Framework. She was a practitioner member of the Pharmacy Board of Australia until 2024. She has served on the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia's state branch committee since 2017 where she is the current state president and serves on the national board of directors.

Teaching overview

Dr Page is the Course Director for the Doctor of Pharmacy Practice and the Master of Advanced Clinical Practice delivered in the School of Allied Health and the associated qualifications: Graduate Certificate in Quality Use of Medicines and Prescribing and the Graduate Certificate in Advanced Medicines Management.  These qualifications will enrol the first students in 2026.  

She has led the development of new microcredentials through receiving Department of Education funding under the Pilot in Higher Education program.  These new microcredentials are available as Advanced Clinical Skills, Prescribing Skills for Pharmacists, Clinical Skills for Pharmacists Enhanced Access Program, Diabetes Education and Medication Management Reviews and Aged Care Pharmacists. These courses are currently seeking, but not yet granted, accreditation from the Australian Pharmacy Council.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
  • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities

Education/Academic qualification

PhD

Award Date: 23 Oct 2017

Research expertise keywords

  • Clinical pharmacology and ageing

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