Biography & Research:
Danijela Gnjidic (BSc (Hons) PhD MPH) is an NHMRC Dementia Leadership Fellow and Senior Lecturer, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney. Her research expertise is in clinical and geriatric pharmacology, clinical studies on polypharmacy, high risk prescribing, dementia, and deprescribing in older people, pharmacoepidemiology, and the quality use of medicines. Her academic track records includes 110 publications, 3-book chapters, with over 2600 citations (Scopus), H-Index 26, and $4M in research funding including 2 NHMRC (National Health and Medical Research Council) project grants, NHMRC Dementia Leadership Fellow (2017-21), NHMRC Early Career Fellowship (2012-15), Alzheimer’s Australia Grant, and NSW Health Translational Research Grant.