PhD candidate, University of Sydney
Fiona is a hospital pharmacist with over 12 years of clinical experience. She has worked in the field of infectious diseases and antimicrobial stewardship since 2013.
After completing a Bachelor of Pharmacy, and a Master of Public Health specialising in Infectious Diseases Epidemiology & Control, Fiona is now a PhD candidate at the University of Sydney. Her PhD thesis is on interventions that improve antimicrobial use, under the supervision of Professor Andrew McLachlan AM.
Fiona is currently on secondment at the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care revising the Antimicrobial Stewardship Clinical Care Standard. Her permanent position is as the Senior Pharmacist (Antimicrobial Stewardship) at Concord Repatriation General Hospital in Sydney.
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