About us

The APSI collaboration involves clinicians and researchers from all four poisons centres in Australia.

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Dr Rose Cairns

BPharm PhD

Rose Cairns is Senior Poisons Specialist (Research) at the New South Wales Poisons Information Centre, Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy at the University of Sydney and NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow.  

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A/Prof Darren Roberts

PhD MBBS BPharm

A/Prof Darren Roberts is Medical Director at the NSW Poisons Information Centre, conjoint A/Prof at UNSW, practicing clinical toxicologist and addiction medicine specialist.

 

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Carol Wylie

BPharm, PGDipHosp&ClinPharmacy

Carol Wylie is Manager of the QLD Poisons Information Centre.

 

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Dr Shaun Greene

MBChB, MSc, FACEM

Dr Shaun Greene is an emergency physician and clinical toxicologist and Medical Director, Victorian Poisons Information Centre, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria.

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Prof Nick Buckley

MD FRACP FAHMS

Nicholas Buckley is Professor of Clinical Pharmacology and a practicing clinical toxicologist consulting at RPA and the NSW Poisons Information Centre.  

 

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Nicole Wright

BPsych, MPharm, FANZCAP (Lead&Mgmt, Toxicol), MSHP

Nicole Wright is the operations director at the NSW Poisons Information Centre, practicing specialist in poisons information and clinical educator at the University of Sydney’s Pharmacy School.

 

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A/Prof Rohan Elliott

BPharm, MClinPharm, PhD

A/Prof Rohan Elliott is the former manager of the Victorian Poisons Information Centre, A/Prof at Monash University, and Senior Clinical Editor at Australian Prescriber.

 

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Danielle Dean

BPharm, GradCertClinRedesign

Danielle Dean is a Senior Pharmacist and Specialist in Poisons Information at the Queensland Poisons Information Centre

 

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Madeline Heiner

BPharm, MPH

Madeline Heiner is Manager of the Victorian Poisons Information Centre and practicing Specialist in Poisons Information.

 

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Dr Jason Armstrong

MD, FACEM

Dr Jason Armstrong is an emergency physician and clinical toxicologist and is Medical Director of the WA Poisons Information Centre.

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A/Prof Angela Chiew

BSci(med) MBBS(hons), FACEM, PhD 

A/Prof Angela Chiew is a Clinical Toxicologist and Emergency Medicine Physician at Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick and as a Clinical Toxicologist for the NSW Poisons Information Centre.

 

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Dr Monika Dzidowska

MPH PhD 

Dr Monika Dzidowska is a public health and health services researcher. She is the former APSI program manager.

 

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Jared Brown

BPharm MPH

Jared Brown is a Senior Poisons Specialist at the NSW Poisons Information and Manager of Toxicity Response, Epidemiology and Surveillance in the Centre for Alcohol and Other Drugs, NSW Ministry of Health. He is Clinical Senior Lecturer at The University of Sydney.

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Dr Jessamine Soderstrom

MBBS FACEM

Dr Jessamine Soderstrom is an emergency physician and clinical toxicologist at Royal Perth Hospital and with the West Australian Toxicology Service. She is chief investigator if the Emerging Drugs Network of Australia (EDNA).

 

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A/Prof Katherine Isoardi

BMed FACEM GradDipClinTox PhD

A/Prof Katherine Isoardi is an Emergency Physician and Clinical Toxicologist at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane. She is Medical Director of Queensland Poisons Information Centre.

 

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Lauren Benger

BA GradCertIntBus

Lauren Benger is the APSI program data manager.

 

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Nick Merwood

BSc MPharm FANZCAP (Toxicol.)

Nick Merwood is a Poisons Information Specialist at the WA Poisons Information Centre and Director of the Australian Animal Poisons Centre.