Dr Esther Lau
Program Lead, MClinPharm
Honorary Senior Fellow/Lecturer & Senior Lecturer
School of Pharmacy
Affiliate of Centre for the Business and Economics of Health
Centre for the Business and Economics of Health
Book Chapter
Poudel, Arjun, Lau, Esther T.L., Kyle, Gregory J. and Nissen, Lisa M. (2019). Pharmacy Practice in Australia and New Zealand. Encyclopedia of Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Pharmacy. (pp. 488-498) Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-812735-3.00729-9
Journal Articles
Malouh, Marwa A., Sefidani Forough, Aida, Cichero, Julie A. Y., Lau, Esther T. L., Nissen, Lisa M. and Steadman, Kathryn J. (2023). The prevalence and perceived effectiveness of using a medication‐swallowing lubricant in aged care facilities across Australia. Aging medicine, 6 (3), 239-244. doi: 10.1002/agm2.12261
Malouh, Marwa A., Cichero, Julie A.Y., Manrique, Yady J., Crino, Lucia, Lau, Esther T. L., Nissen, Lisa M. and Steadman, Kathryn J. (2020). Are medication swallowing lubricants suitable for use in dysphagia? Consistency, viscosity, texture, and application of the International Dysphagia Diet Standardization Initiative (IDDSI) Framework. Pharmaceutics, 12 (10) 924, 1-18. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12100924
Sefidani Forough, Aida, Lau, Esther T. L., Steadman, Kathryn J., Kyle, Greg J., Cichero, Julie A. Y., Serrano Santos, Jose Manuel and Nissen, Lisa M. (2020). Factors affecting Australian aged care facility workers in administering oral medication to residents with swallowing difficulties. Research in Nursing and Health, 43 (4) nur.22042, 419-430. doi: 10.1002/nur.22042
Sefidani Forough, Aida, Lau, Esther T. L., Steadman, Kathryn J., Kyle, Greg J., Cichero, Julie A. Y., Serrano Santos, Jose Manuel and Nissen, Lisa M. (2020). Factors that affect health-care workers’ practices of medication administration to aged care residents with swallowing difficulties: an Australia-wide survey study. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 40 (1) ajag.12856, e79-e86. doi: 10.1111/ajag.12856
Lau, Esther T.L., Tan, Shirin H., Antwertinger, Yasmin J., Hall, Tony and Nissen, Lisa M. (2019). Counseling interactions between patients living with persistent pain and pharmacists in Australia: are we on the same page?. Journal of Pain Research, 12, 2441-2455. doi: 10.2147/jpr.s199017
Nissen, Michael D., Lau, Esther T. L., Cabot, Peter J. and Steadman, Kathryn J. (2019). Baltic amber teething necklaces: could succinic acid leaching from beads provide anti-inflammatory effects?. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 19 (1) 162, 162. doi: 10.1186/s12906-019-2574-9
Lau, Esther, Steadman, Kathryn J. and Nissen, Lisa M. (2018). Crushing and dispersing medicines. Australian Pharmacist, 37 (3), 46-50.
Lau, Esther T.L., Rochin, Michelle E., DelDot, Megan, Glass, Beverley D. and Nissen, Lisa M. (2017). "There's no touching in pharmacy": Training pharmacists for Australia's first pharmacist immunization pilot. Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy, 70 (4), 281-287. doi: 10.4212/cjhp.v70i4.1678
Lau, Esther T. L., Johnson, Stuart K., Williams, Barbara, Mikkelsen, Deirdre, McCourt, Elizabeth, Stanley, Roger, Mereddy, Ram, Halley, Peter J. and Steadman, Kathryn (2017). Optimizing prednisolone loading into distiller’s dried grain kafirin microparticles, and in vitro release for oral delivery. Pharmaceutics, 9 (2) 17, 17. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics9020017
Whyte, Stephen, Lau, Esther T.L., Nissen, Lisa M. and Torgler, Benno (2017). You should know better! Do health students have different risk attitudes to unplanned pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases?. Applied Economics Letters, 24 (21), 1526-1532. doi: 10.1080/13504851.2017.1305085
Lau, Esther T. L., Johnson, Stuart K., Stanley, Roger A., Mereddy, Ram, Mikkelsen, Deirdre, Halley, Peter J. and Steadman, Kathryn J. (2015). Formulation and characterization of drug-loaded microparticles using distillers dried grain kafirin. Cereal Chemistry, 92 (3), 246-252. doi: 10.1094/CCHEM-05-14-0096-R
Lau, Esther T. L., Steadman, Kathryn J., Mak, Marilyn, Cichero, Julie A. Y. and Nissen, Lisa M. (2015). Prevalence of swallowing difficulties and medication modification in customers of community pharmacy. Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research, 45 (1), 18-23. doi: 10.1002/jppr.1052
Lau, Esther T. L., Johnson, Stuart K., Stanley, Roger A., Mikkelsen, Deirdre, Fang, Zhongxiang, Halley, Peter J. and Steadman, Kathryn J. (2015). Preparation and in vitro release of drug-loaded microparticles for oral delivery using wholegrain sorghum kafirin protein. International Journal of Polymer Science, 2015 343647, 1-8. doi: 10.1155/2015/343647
Nguyen, Thi-My-Uyen, Lau, Esther T. L., Steadman, Kathryn J., Cichero, Julie A.Y., Dingle, Kaeleen and Nissen, Lisa M. (2014). Pharmacist, general practitioner, and nurse perceptions, experiences, and knowledge of medication dosage form modification. Integrated Pharmacy Research and Practice, 3, 1-9. doi: 10.2147/IPRP.S53797
Lau, Esther T. L., Giddings, Steven J., Mohammed, Salmaan G., Dubois, Paul, Johnson, Stuart K., Stanley, Roger A., Halley, Peter J. and Steadman, Kathryn J. (2013). Encapsulation of hydrocortisone and mesalazine in zein capsules. Pharmaceutics, 5 (2), 277-293. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics5020277
Lau, Esther T. L., Jones, Anthea L., Kairuz, Therese, Nissen, Lisa M. and Steadman, Kathryn J. (2013). Compounding practices in Queensland: experiences and perceptions of pharmacists and pharmacy students. Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research, 43 (1), 19-24. doi: 10.1002/j.2055-2335.2013.tb00209.x
Lau, Esther and Steadman, Kathryn (2012). Inflammatory bowel disease: where we are now?. Australian Pharmacist, 31 (7), 572-576.
Lau, Esther T. L., Johnson, Stuart K., Mikkelsen, Deirdre, Halley, Peter J. and Steadman, Kathryn J. (2012). Preparation and in vitro release of zein microparticles loaded with prednisolone for oral delivery. Journal of Microencapsulation, 29 (7), 706-712. doi: 10.3109/02652048.2012.686527
Thesis
Lau, Esther Tsing-Lim (2012). Targeted release of medications using delivery systems based on proteins derived from maize and sorghum seeds. PhD Thesis, School of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland.