School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Dr Will Olsen

Program Lead, BPharm (Hons), ITP & Lecturer
School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Researcher biography

Will is a pharmacist and an academic at the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at UQ. Will undertakes research at the intersection of pharmacy practice and bioethics. His research interests include normative ethics, professional responsibility and the philosophy of responsibility. Will also teaches across undergraduate programs for pharmacy, nursing, midwifery and social work. Will's teaching interests include medicines management and ethical decision-making in the health professions.

Publications

Journal Articles (2)
Conference Papers (2)

Journal Articles

Olsen, William Manning, St Pierre, Kitty, Thompson, Wade, Weir, Kristie Rebecca, Freeman, Christopher Robert, Bohill, Ruth, Farrell, Barbara, Langford, Aili Veronica, O'Donnell, Lisa Kouladjian, Reeve, Emily, Liau, Shin J, McEvoy, Aisling Mary, Shrestha, Shakti, Tesfaye, Wubshet, Breen, Juanita, Etherton-Beer, Christopher, Yik, Jerry, Turner, Justin and Ailabouni, Nagham J. (2025). Shaping future deprescribing priorities: outcomes of a World Café stakeholder workshop. Expert review of clinical pharmacology 17512433.2025.2609659, 1-12. doi: 10.1080/17512433.2025.2609659
Olsen, William, Freeman, Chris, Adewumi, Adeleke and La Caze, Adam (2023). A scoping review of health system guidelines for pharmacist responsibilities when dispensing opioids. Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy, 12 100382, 100382. doi: 10.1016/j.rcsop.2023.100382

Conference Papers

Olsen, William Manning, Freeman, Christopher, Adewumi, Adeleke and La Caze, Adam (2024). A model of shared responsibility in pharmacy practice. ASCEPT, APFP and APSA Joint Congress, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 1-4 December 2024.
Manning Olsen, William, Freeman, Christopher, Adewumi, Adeleke and La Caze, Adam (2023). Pharmacists are responsible for patient outcomes when dispensing opioids. FIP Congress 2023, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 24-28 September 2023.