Associate Professor Kathryn Steadman - "I can't swallow that!" - Helping pharmacists better support medication swallowing difficulties
A/Prof Kathryn Steadman is a pharmacy academic and researcher with more than 20 years’ experience. With a background in plant biochemistry and pharmaceutical science she has a research portfolio that stretches from drug discovery to formulation science and clinical practice. Since joining the University of Queensland in 2007, she uses pharmaceutical science to help solve clinical problems. This includes current projects on complementary medicines, smokeless tobacco and e-cigarettes, and medication swallowing issues. Her stream of work on dysphagia and the development of products to assist safe medication swallowing for patients in the community involves work with a multidisciplinary team including clinicians, speech pathologist and industry partners. Kathryn has published over 100 peer reviewed publications, and supervised 30 PhD and 30 Honours students.
About Seminar Series
The School of Pharmacy Seminar Series involves regular formal presentations of high-quality scholarly work with broad appeal.
The wider School community is invited to attend, including academic and professional staff, special guests, visitors, as well as HDR, postgraduate, masters and honours students.
Seminars are held on Fridays from 12pm–1pm in room 5034 in the Pharmacy Australia Centre of Excellence, 20 Cornwall St Woolloongabba (next to TRI and the PA Hospital).
Confirmed 2022 seminars
Date | Presenter |
12-1pm, Friday 1st April (PACE R5034 and Zoom) | Dr Ran Wang, Mater Research Institute, UQ |
12-1pm, Friday 22nd April (Zoom Only) | Dr Joanna Harnett, School of Pharmacy, The University of Sydney |
| 12-1pm, Friday 29th April (PACE R5034 and Zoom) | Dr Iman Azimi, Lecturer in Pharmaceutical Science, University of Tasmania |
12-1pm, Friday 6th May (PACE R5034 and Zoom) | Dr Larisa Labzin, Institute of Molecular Bioscience, UQ |
12-1pm, Friday 20th May (PACE R5034 and Zoom) | Prof Nina Barnett, Consultant Pharmacist, Visiting Professor Kingston University, UK, London |
11am-12pm, Friday 27th May (Zoom only) | Prof Terry Hebert, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada |
12-1pm, Friday 3rd June (PACE R5034 and Zoom) | A/Prof Joy Wolfram, School of Chemical Engineering, UQ |
12-1pm, Friday 17th June (PACE R5034 and Zoom) | Dr Rink-Jan Lohman, School of Pharmacy, UQ and Dr Karnaker Reddy Tupally, School of Pharmacy, UQ |
12-1pm, Friday 1st July (PACE R5034 and Zoom) | Dr Khay Fong, School of Environmental Life Sciences, University of Newcastle |