Associate Professor Esther Lau

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

Malouh, Marwa A., Cichero, Julie A. Y., Reuter, Stephanie E., Weng, Min-Tz, Lau, Esther T. L., Nissen, Lisa M. and Steadman, Kathryn J. (2025). Does using oral medication lubricants to swallow whole or crushed tablets alter drug absorption in vivo? A randomised, single-dose crossover bioequivalence study in healthy adults. Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, 104 106552, 106552-104. doi: 10.1016/j.jddst.2024.106552

DelDot, Megan, Lau, Esther, Rayner, Nicole, Spinks, Jean, Kelly, Fiona and Nissen, Lisa (2024). Consumer involvement in the design and development of medication safety interventions or services in primary care: a scoping review. Health Expectations, 27 (6) e70092. doi: 10.1111/hex.70092

Spinks, Jean M., Lau, Esther T. L., Glass, Beverley D. and Nissen, Lisa M. (2024). Evaluating the management of urinary tract infections by community pharmacists in Queensland, Australia. Pharmacy Practice, 22 (4) 3064, 1-10. doi: 10.18549/PharmPract.2024.4.3064

Malouh, Marwa A., Cichero, Julie A. Y., Sun, Yu, Lau, Esther T. L., Nissen, Lisa M. and Steadman, Kathryn J. (2024). Medication lubricants for oral delivery of drugs: oral processing reduces thickness, changes characteristics, and improves dissolution profile. Pharmaceutics, 16 (3) 417, 417. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics16030417

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

Patounas, Marea, Lau, Esther T. L., Rigby, Deborah, Chan, Vincent and Nissen, Lisa M. (2023). Development and trial of an instrument to evaluate accredited pharmacists' clinical home medicines review reports in Australia. Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research, 53 (1), 32-38. doi: 10.1002/jppr.1829

Singleton, Judith A., Lau, Esther T. and Nissen, Lisa M. (2022). An exploration of hospital pharmacists’ engagement with sustainability policy in the NHS England. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 30 (4), 383-390. doi: 10.1093/ijpp/riac040

Singleton, Judith A., Lau, Esther T.-L. and Nissen, Lisa M. (2021). Do legislated carbon reduction targets influence pro-environmental behaviours in public hospital pharmacy departments? Using mixed methods to compare Australia and the UK. PLoS One, 16 (8 August) e0255445. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0255445

Patounas, Marea, Lau, Esther T., Chan, Vincent, Rigby, Deborah, Kyle, Gregory J., Khatri, Jyoti, Poudel, Arjun and Nissen, Lisa M. (2021). Home medicines reviews: a national survey of Australian accredited pharmacists’ health service time investment. Pharmacy Practice, 19 (3) 2376, 2376. doi: 10.18549/pharmpract.2021.3.2376

Singleton, Judith A., Lau, Esther T. L. and Nissen, Lisa M. (2021). Exploring Australian pharmacists' perceptions and attitudes towards dispensing HIV medicines in the community setting. Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research, 51 (3), 238-246. doi: 10.1002/jppr.1711

Singleton, Judith A., Khng, Sherley, McCourt, Elizabeth M., Watson, Kaitlyn E. and Lau, Esther T.L. (2020). Still Burning: An Exploration of the Impacts of the 2018/2019 Tasmanian Summer Bushfires on Community Pharmacy Operations in Affected Communities. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 35 (6), 612-618. doi: 10.1017/S1049023X20001077

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). Appropriateness of oral dosage form modification for aged care residents: a video-recorded observational study. International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, 42 (3), 938-947. doi: 10.1007/s11096-020-01036-x

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

Poudel, Arjun, Lau, Esther T. L., Deldot, Megan, Campbell, Chris, Waite, Nancy M. and Nissen, Lisa M. (2019). Pharmacist role in vaccination: evidence and challenges. Vaccine, 37 (40), 5939-5945. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.08.060

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

Smith, Harriet, Whyte, Stephen, Chan, Ho Fai, Kyle, Gregory, Lau, Esther T. L., Nissen, Lisa M., Torgler, Benno and Dulleck, Uwe (2019). Pharmacist Compliance with Therapeutic Guidelines on Diagnosis and Treatment Provision. JAMA Network Open, 2 (7) e197168. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.7168

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

Singleton, Judith A., Lau, Esther T.L. and Nissen, Lisa M. (2018). Waiter, there is a drug in my soup – using Leximancer® to explore antecedents to pro-environmental behaviours in the hospital pharmacy workplace. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 26 (4), 341-350. doi: 10.1111/ijpp.12395

Forough, Aida Sefidani, Lau, Esther T. L., Steadman, Kathryn J., Cichero, Julie A. Y., Kyle, Greg J., Santos, Jose Manuel Serrano and Nissen, Lisa M. (2018). A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down? A review of strategies for making pills easier to swallow. Patient Preference and Adherence, 12, 1337-1346. doi: 10.2147/PPA.S164406

Lau, Esther T. L., Steadman, Kathryn J., Cichero, Julie A. Y. and Nissen, Lisa M. (2018). Dosage form modification and oral drug delivery in older people. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 135, 75-84. doi: 10.1016/j.addr.2018.04.012

Lau, Esther, Steadman, Kathryn J. and Nissen, Lisa M. (2018). Crushing and dispersing medicines. Australian Pharmacist, 37 (3), 46-50.

Forough, Aida Sefidani, Wong, Simon Y. M., Lau, Esther T. L., Santos, Jose Manuel Serrano, Kyle, Greg J., Steadman, Kathryn J., Cichero, Julie A. Y. and Nissen, Lisa M. (2018). Nurse experiences of medication administration to people with swallowing difficulties living in aged care facilities: a systematic review of qualitative evidence. JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports, 16 (1), 71-86. doi: 10.11124/JBISRIR-2016-003334

Lau, Esther and Hall, Tony (2017). Opioid rotation is not an exact science. Australian Journal of Pharmacy, 98 (1168), 65-68.

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

Lau, Esther and Hall, Tony (2017). Persistent pain management: We need a paradigm shift!. Australian Journal of Pharmacy, 98 (1161), 84-87.

Forough, Aida S., Wong, Simon Y. M., Lau, Esther T. L., Santos, Jose Manuel Serrano, Kyle, Greg J., Steadman, Kathryn J., Cichero, Julie A. Y. and Nissen, Lisa M. (2017). Nurses' experiences of medication administration to people with swallowing difficulties in aged care facilities: a systematic review protocol. JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports, 15 (4), 932-941. doi: 10.11124/JBISRIR-2016-003102

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

Nissen, Lisa M. and Lau, Esther T. L. (2016). Emerging roles for pharmacists - All in a day’s work. Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research, 46 (4), 310-310. doi: 10.1002/jppr.1295

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

Forough, Ayda Sefidani, Lau, Esther, Steadman, Kathryn, Cichero, Julie, Kyle, Greg and Nissen, Lisa (2019). Challenges of administering oral medications to older people with swallowing difficulties: a hard pill to swallow?. 11th PCNE working conference ‘targeting patients and tailoring pharmaceutical care’, Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands, 6-9 February 2019. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer Dordrecht.

Nissen, Lisa, Lau, Esther and Spinks, Jean (2023). The management of urinary tract infections by community pharmacists: a state-wide trial: Urinary Tract Infection Pharmacy Pilot - Queensland. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Queensland University of Technology.

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.

Associate Professor Esther Lau

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