Jason Roberts
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Professor
Jason Roberts
Email: : j.roberts@uq.edu.au
Phone: : +61 7 334 66074
Positions
Affiliate of Centre for Extracellular Vesicle Nanomedicine : Centre for Extracellular Vesicle Nanomedicine : Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences
Centre Director of UQ Centre for Clinical Research : UQ Centre for Clinical Research : Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences
Affiliate of Queensland Cerebral Palsy Rehabilitation and Research Centre : Queensland Cerebral Palsy Rehabilitation and Research Centre : Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences
Director, UQ Centre for Clinical Research : Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences
NHMRC Leadership Fellow : Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences
Overview
Background
Professor Jason Roberts is Director of the University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research (UQCCR), an Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Leadership Fellow L2 at The University of Queensland. He is also a Consultant Clinical Pharmacist at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and Interim Director of the Herston Infectious Diseases Institute (HeIDI). He is Director of the NHMRC-funded Centre for Research Excellence RESPOND which is based at UQCCR. He is a clinician-scientist with a strong interest in research and his principal research theme is optimization of antimicrobial dosing in the critically ill. Prof Roberts has authored over 650 published papers and book chapters on this topic, has been awarded over $55 million in grants and has supervised >20 PhD students to completion.
Prof Roberts was recognised as Australia’s leading researcher in two separate categories, Critical Care and Communicable Diseases, by the Australian’s 2019 Research Magazine.
He has been invited to present his results at major international conferences in critical care, infectious diseases, pharmacy, nephrology, transplant and safety. He has served on the Critical Review Panel for ATS/IDSA Guidelines of HAP, HCAP and VAP and the Australian Therapeutic Guidelines - Antibiotic and the 2021 Surviving Sepsis Guidelines. He is the Past Chair of the Working Group for Antimicrobial Use in ICU for the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine and an Executive Member of the PK/PD Group (EPASG) within the European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID).
He is Section Editor for the International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents and an Associate Editor of the Journal or Pharmacy Practice and Research, the journal for the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia and an Associate Editor for Pharmacotherapy and Aanesthesiology Pain and Critical Care Medicine journal. He has convened >50 seminars/conferences including being co-convenor for Medicines Management 2013, The National Conference for Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia.
He also engages with Industry to perform studies that develop optimised antibiotic dosing regimens that maximise antibiotic efficacy for testing in clinical trials or for use in special patient populations (e.g. critically ill, pneumonia, dialysis).
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Availability
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Fields of research
Clinical sciences Pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours), University of Sydney
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
- Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia, Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia
Works
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All (879) Book (2) Journal Article (794) Other Outputs (2) Conference Publication (54) Book Chapter (27)
2026
Journal Article
Effect of ibuprofen on the pharmacokinetics of intravenous flucloxacillin in healthy adults
Boast, Alison, Legg, Amy, McCarthy, James, Roberts, Jason A, Tong, Stephen YC, Duffull, Stephen and Gwee, Amanda (2026). Effect of ibuprofen on the pharmacokinetics of intravenous flucloxacillin in healthy adults. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 67 (2) 107684, 107684-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2025.107684
Effect of ibuprofen on the pharmacokinetics of intravenous flucloxacillin in healthy adults
2026
Journal Article
A systematic review and meta-analysis of the global epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant Escherichia coli
Walker, Mikaela M., Li, Yixuan, Roberts, Jason A. and Sime, Fekade B. (2026). A systematic review and meta-analysis of the global epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant Escherichia coli. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 67 (1) 107668, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2025.107668
2026
Journal Article
An easy-to-use predictive score for identifying patients at risk of suboptimal linezolid exposure and candidates for therapeutic drug monitoring
Fresán, Daniel, Sorlí, Luisa, Barceló-Vidal, Jaume, Rodrigo-Moreno, Ana, Muñoz, Rosana, Subirana, Isaac, Ferrer, Antoni, Velasco, Camila, Roberts, Jason, Benítez-Cano, Adela and Luque, Sonia (2026). An easy-to-use predictive score for identifying patients at risk of suboptimal linezolid exposure and candidates for therapeutic drug monitoring. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 67 (1) 107661, 107661. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2025.107661
2026
Book Chapter
Principles of antimicrobial use in the intensive care unit
Ulldemolins, Marta, Roberts, Jason A. and Lipman, Jeffrey (2026). Principles of antimicrobial use in the intensive care unit. Oh's Intensive Care Manual. (pp. 162-168) Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/b978-0-443-11611-7.00020-7
Principles of antimicrobial use in the intensive care unit
2025
Journal Article
Prolonged versus intermittent beta-lactam antibiotic infusions in paediatric critical care: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Okeefe, Kirsty, Denny, Kerina J., Le Marsney, Renate, Mccullough, James, Gilholm, Patricia, Budai, Kinga A., Beranger, Agathe, Lodi, Csaba, Obeidat, Mahmoud, Ragonnet, Gwendoline, Wacharachaisurapol, Noppadol, Roberts, Jason A., Gibbons, Kristen S. and Raman, Sainath (2025). Prolonged versus intermittent beta-lactam antibiotic infusions in paediatric critical care: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health jpc.70275. doi: 10.1111/jpc.70275
2025
Journal Article
A Pharmacokinetic Analysis of Intravenous Fluconazole in Adult Patients Undergoing Mechanical Circulatory Support Device Implantation
Cairns, Kelly A., Hernandez-Mitre, Maria Patricia, Peel, Trisha N., Abbott, Iain J., Kaye, David M., Marasco, Silvana, Daly, David, Warner, Victoria, Coldham, Anna, Pope, Jeffrey D., Schneider, Hans G, Dooley, Michael J., Liu, Xin, Roberts, Jason A. and Udy, Andrew A. (2025). A Pharmacokinetic Analysis of Intravenous Fluconazole in Adult Patients Undergoing Mechanical Circulatory Support Device Implantation. Clinical Pharmacokinetics, 1-10. doi: 10.1007/s40262-025-01607-z
2025
Journal Article
Antibacterial pharmacokinetics in critically ill patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO): a systematic review of population pharmacokinetic studies
Ren, Chanelle, Huang, Frank, Cheng, Vesa, Xie, Jiao, Roberts, Jason A and Abdul-Aziz, Mohd H (2025). Antibacterial pharmacokinetics in critically ill patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO): a systematic review of population pharmacokinetic studies. Clinical pharmacokinetics PMID 7606849. doi: 10.1007/s40262-025-01596-z
2025
Journal Article
Peri-Operative Dosage and Therapeutic Concentrations of Cefazolin Administered for Surgical Site Infection Prophylaxis in Elective Surgery—A Systematic Review
Ryan, Rochelle, Bosnak, Cemre, Bright, Matthew, Cheng, Vesa, Velli, Gina, van Zundert, Andre, Lipman, Jeffrey and Roberts, Jason A. (2025). Peri-Operative Dosage and Therapeutic Concentrations of Cefazolin Administered for Surgical Site Infection Prophylaxis in Elective Surgery—A Systematic Review. Antibiotics, 14 (12) 1227, 1227. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics14121227
2025
Journal Article
Population pharmacokinetics and optimized dosing of piperacillin-tazobactam in hematological patients with febrile neutropenia
Laporte-Amargos, Julia, Ulldemolins, Marta, Hernández-Mitre, María Patricia, Roberts, Jason A., Rigo-Bonnin, Raul, Carmona-Torre, Francisco, Huguet, Maria, Puerta-Alcalde, Pedro, Arnan, Montserrat, del Pozo, Jose Luis, Torrent, Anna, García-Vidal, Carolina, Sureda, Anna, Bergas, Alba, Sastre-Escolà, Enric, Carratalà, Jordi and Gudiol, Carlota (2025). Population pharmacokinetics and optimized dosing of piperacillin-tazobactam in hematological patients with febrile neutropenia. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 70 (1) e01253-25, 1-13. doi: 10.1128/aac.01253-25
2025
Journal Article
Factors affecting voriconazole pharmacokinetic variability in critically ill patients: a systematic review
Coste, Anne, Aubron, Cécile, Ansart, Séverine, Roberts, Jason, Morio, Florent and Grégoire, Matthieu (2025). Factors affecting voriconazole pharmacokinetic variability in critically ill patients: a systematic review. Critical Care, 29 (1) 536, 1. doi: 10.1186/s13054-025-05697-w
2025
Journal Article
Convalescent plasma in hospitalised patients with COVID-19
Mcquilten, Zoe, O'sullivan, Matthew V. N., Purcell, Damien, Edler, Peta, Meagher, Niamh, Alcorn, Kylie, Bowen, Asha, Daly, James, Foo, Hong, Goulding, Susan, Gosbell, Iain, Hammond, Naomi, Hills, Thomas, Hoad, Veronica, Jha, Vivekanand, Lim, Lyn Li, Mcphee, Grace, Molton, James, Morpeth, Susan, Nguyen, Vi, Paterson, David, Rees, Megan, Roberts, Jason, Rogers, Benjamin A., Stewart, Adam, Sasadeusz, Joe, Snelling, Thomas, Venkatesh, Balasubramanian, Wood, Erica ... Denholm, Justin T. (2025). Convalescent plasma in hospitalised patients with COVID-19. Internal Medicine Journal, 55 (12) imj.70253, 2024-2032. doi: 10.1111/imj.70253
Convalescent plasma in hospitalised patients with COVID-19
2025
Journal Article
The impact of an ex vivo pediatric extracorporeal membrane oxygenation circuit on sequestration of antimicrobials
Cree, Michele L., Abdul-Aziz, Mohd Hafiz, Haisz, Emma, Wallis, Steven C., Won, Hayoung, Sumi, Chandra D., Marjanovic, Dusan, Ordóñez, Jenny L., Schlapbach, Luregn J. and Roberts, Jason A. (2025). The impact of an ex vivo pediatric extracorporeal membrane oxygenation circuit on sequestration of antimicrobials. Critical Care Explorations, 7 (11) e1338, e1338. doi: 10.1097/CCE.0000000000001338
2025
Journal Article
Antibiotic residual drug error in the intensive care unit: A qualitative exploration of awareness, causes, and solutions
Jarrett, Paul, Coyer, Fiona M., Long, Debbie, Roberts, Jason A. and Keogh, Samantha (2025). Antibiotic residual drug error in the intensive care unit: A qualitative exploration of awareness, causes, and solutions. Australian Critical Care, 38 (6) 101450, 101450-6. doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2025.101450
2025
Journal Article
Meropenem dosing optimization on day 1 and steady state in critically ill patients without significant renal impairment
Sulaiman, Helmi, Rozali, Muhammad Azrai, Adiraju, Santosh K. S., Hasan, M. Shahnaz, Jamal, Janattul A., Liu, Xin, Mat-Nor, Mohd-Basri, Mazlan, Mohd Zulfakar, Othman-Jailani, Mohamad Irfan, Salmuna, Zeti Norfidiyati, Wallis, Steven C., Roberts, Jason A. and Abdul-Aziz, Mohd H. (2025). Meropenem dosing optimization on day 1 and steady state in critically ill patients without significant renal impairment. Scientific Reports, 15 (1) 37781, 1-12. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-20630-5
2025
Journal Article
Population pharmacokinetics of cefazolin administered as prophylaxis in paediatric patients undergoing cardiac surgery
Cheng, Vesa, Suna, Jessica, Liu, Xin, Moloney, Gregory, Marathe, Supreet P., Parker, Suzanne, Ungerer, Jacobus P. J., McWhinney, Brett, Venugopal, Prem, Alphonso, Nelson and Roberts, Jason A. (2025). Population pharmacokinetics of cefazolin administered as prophylaxis in paediatric patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Anaesthesia, critical care & pain medicine 101653, 101653. doi: 10.1016/j.accpm.2025.101653
2025
Journal Article
Beyond the numbers: do nomograms capture the complexity of RRT dosing? Author’s reply
Colmenero, Manuel, Roberts, Jason A., Lipman, Jeffrey and Ulldemolins, Marta (2025). Beyond the numbers: do nomograms capture the complexity of RRT dosing? Author’s reply. Intensive Care Medicine, 51 (11), 2170-2171. doi: 10.1007/s00134-025-08160-0
Beyond the numbers: do nomograms capture the complexity of RRT dosing? Author’s reply
2025
Journal Article
Efficacy, safety, and population pharmacokinetics of a single 1500mg dose of dalbavancin for short-term therapy in patients with chronic prosthetic joint infections
Benavent, Eva, Lora-Tamayo, Jaime, Ulldemolins, Marta, Pons-Oltra, Paula, Gregoire, Matthieu, Mancheno-Losa, Mikel, Hernandez-Jimenez, Pilar, Melendez-Carmona, M. Angeles, Casals, Victor, Roberts, Jason A., Rigo-Bonnin, Raul and Murillo, Oscar (2025). Efficacy, safety, and population pharmacokinetics of a single 1500mg dose of dalbavancin for short-term therapy in patients with chronic prosthetic joint infections. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 69 (12) e00773-25, e0077325. doi: 10.1128/aac.00773-25
2025
Journal Article
Implementation of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy program in the contemporary health care system: A narrative review of the evidence
Mohammed, Solomon Ahmed, Roberts, Natasha, Nicolás, David, Unwin, Sean, Cotta, Menino, Roberts, Jason A. and Sime, Fekade B. (2025). Implementation of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy program in the contemporary health care system: A narrative review of the evidence. Journal of Infection and Public Health, 18 (10) 102938, 102938. doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2025.102938
2025
Journal Article
Phase 1, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, ascending single- and multiple-dose study of the safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of intravenous xeruborbactam (QPX7728) in healthy adult subjects
Hernandez-Mitre, Maria Patricia, Wallis, Steven C., Loutit, Jeffery S., Griffith, David C. and Roberts, Jason A. (2025). Phase 1, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, ascending single- and multiple-dose study of the safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of intravenous xeruborbactam (QPX7728) in healthy adult subjects. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 69 (10) e00784-25, e0078425. doi: 10.1128/aac.00784-25
2025
Journal Article
International Network of Antibiotic Allergy Nations (iNAAN): protocol for a type 2 hybrid effectiveness-implementation multicentre prospective cohort and target trial emulation study evaluating penicillin allergy delabeling via direct oral challenge
Mitri, Elise A., Fletcher, Luke R., Paynter, Camille, Vogrin, Sara, James, Fiona, Ng, Irvin, Holmes, Natasha E., Ierano, Courtney, Roberts, Jason A., Fernando, Suran L., Klaic, Marlena and Trubiano, Jason A. (2025). International Network of Antibiotic Allergy Nations (iNAAN): protocol for a type 2 hybrid effectiveness-implementation multicentre prospective cohort and target trial emulation study evaluating penicillin allergy delabeling via direct oral challenge. PLOS ONE, 20 (9) e0330724, 1-14. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0330724
Funding
Current funding
- 2027 - 2031
Translating precision antibiotic dosing into better outcomes for severe infections
NHMRC Investigator Grants
Open grant - 2025 - 2026
Quality Medication Care Research UQ Centre for Clinical Research
Quality Medication Care Pty Ltd
Open grant - 2025 - 2030
Comparison of Continuous and Extended vs Intermittent Beta-Lactam Infusions in Critically Ill Children with Sepsis - the BUILD Multicentre Binational Randomised Controlled Trial
NHMRC MRFF CTA - Clinical Trials Activity
Open grant - 2025 - 2030
Integrating sequencing technologies for bloodstream infection and sepsis diagnostics in critically-ill patients
NHMRC MRFF Genomics Health Futures Mission
Open grant - 2025 - 2027
Beta-lactam Antibiotic Infusions in Septic Critically Ill Children - A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial (BUILD)
Intensive Care Foundation
Open grant - 2025 - 2030
ROAD RCT: Resistance Optimised Antibiotic Dosing in critically ill patients - a Randomised Controlled Trial
NHMRC MRFF CTA - Clinical Trials Activity
Open grant - 2025 - 2026
Optimising antibiotic dosing in the Staphylococcus aureus Network Adaptive Platform trial (O-SNAP)
Metro North Hospital and Health Service
Open grant - 2024 - 2026
Establishing the pharmacokinetic profiles of Elexacaftor, Tezacaftor & Ivacaftor (Trikafta) in patients with Cystic Fibrosis to allow for therapeutic drug monitoring
Metro North Hospital and Health Service
Open grant - 2024 - 2026
Effect of uraemic gut on absorption profile of oral tacrolimus (2024 SERTA administered by MNHHS RBWH)
Metro North Hospital and Health Service
Open grant - 2024 - 2028
Unlocking the gut microbiome to track the spread of AMR genes and pathogens
MRFF - Global Health Initiative
Open grant - 2024 - 2028
Antithrombotic therapy to ameliorate clinical complications in community acquired pneumonia (ATTACC-CAP)
Monash University
Open grant - 2023 - 2028
OPTIMAL: OPTimising Immunoglobulin Management in Australia (NHMRC 2023 CRE administered by Monash University)
Monash University
Open grant - 2023 - 2026
Fentanyl use by nebuliser in labour - the FUN Study (ANZCA Grant led by MNHHS)
Metro North Hospital and Health Service
Open grant - 2023 - 2028
Building the next mRNA vaccines and therapies
MRFF - National Critical Infrastructure Initiative
Open grant - 2023 - 2027
Pharmacogenomics for better treatment of fungal infections in cancer
MRFF Quality, Safety and Effectiveness of Medicine Use and Medicine Intervention by Pharmacists
Open grant - 2022 - 2026
A coordinated multiplatform randomised trial for hospitalised patients with COVID-19 (Led by Monash University)
Monash University
Open grant - 2022 - 2026
Translating precision antibiotic dosing into better outcomes for severe infections
NHMRC Investigator Grants
Open grant - 2021 - 2026
Centre of Research Excellence - REduce the burden of antimicrobial reSistance through oPtimal, persONalised Dosing (RESPOND)
NHMRC Centres of Research Excellence
Open grant - 2021 - 2026
Testing a sinonasal microbiome transplant as a therapy for Chronic Rhinosinusitis by randomised controlled trial
NHMRC MRFF - Rare Cancers, Rare Diseases and Unmet Need
Open grant - 2019 - 2026
Finding the Optimal Regimen for Mycobacterium Abscessus Treatment (FORMAT)
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation USA
Open grant - 2018 - 2026
Multi-drug resistant non-tuberculous mycobacteria infection research
Research Donation Generic
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Past funding
- 2024 - 2025
Determining bEta-lactam Exposure targets in Patients with deep-seated infections. The DEEP Study (an observational PK-PD pilot study) (TPCHF Common Good Grant led by Metro North HHS)
Metro North Hospital and Health Service
Open grant - 2024 - 2025
Optimising intraoperative coagulation management for precision vascular surgery (externally administered by Metro North Health and Hospital Service)
TPCH Foundation Innovation Grants
Open grant - 2023 - 2025
A prospective observational comparative plasma and cerebrospinal fluid pharmacokinetics of levetiractam in aneursymal subarachoid haemorrhage and traumatic brain injury (The ALLEVIATE STUDY)
Metro North Hospital and Health Service
Open grant - 2023 - 2024
Development and clinical integration of a novel precision dosing software application to improve antimicrobial dosing in critically ill patients
Heidi-CSIRO IDR and AMR Projects
Open grant - 2023
Screening Antifungal Exposure in Intensive Care Units: The SAFE-ICU Study
Gilead Australia Fellowship
Open grant - 2022 - 2023
CAPJI RETRO-Research Support
Metro North Hospital and Health Service
Open grant - 2022 - 2023
Pharmacokinetic profile and breastmilk excretion of sugammadex in pregnant women (ANZCA grant administered by Metro North HHS)
Metro North Hospital and Health Service
Open grant - 2022 - 2025
Parkinson's Disease Bequest - Collaborative proposal, RN support
Research Donation Generic
Open grant - 2022 - 2023
Prospective, Open-Label, Randomized Control Trial on Pharmacokinetics of Direct Oral Anticoagulant (Apixaban) in Prevention of Primary Nephrotic Syndrome Associated Thromboembolic Disease (RBWH admin)
Metro North Hospital and Health Service
Open grant - 2022 - 2023
Evaluation of the stability of Aciclovir in elastomeric infusion devices used for Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy in accordance with the requirement of the UK NHS Yellow Cover Document
British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
Open grant - 2022 - 2023
The effects of renal replacement therapy on immunosuppressive drug concentrations (RWBH and RBWH Foundation Research Project Grant administered by QUT)
Queensland University of Technology
Open grant - 2022 - 2023
CT-Perfusion for neurological diagnostic evaluation: a prospective Canadian multicenter diagnostic test study
Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal
Open grant - 2022
Comparative pharmacokinetics of nebulised and intravenous ketamine and dexmedetomidine in ventilated patients
Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthestists
Open grant - 2021 - 2023
Continuous vs intermittent infusion of beta-lactam antibacterial drugs: impact on resistance and outcomes in sepsis - PMWP 170
United States Food and Drug Administration
Open grant - 2021 - 2022
A prospective observational study to describe the population pharmacokinetics of olanzapine and quetiapine in critically ill patients with delirium (PARANOID)
Melbourne Health
Open grant - 2021
Evaluation of the stability of Aciclovir in elastomeric infusion devises used in Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy in accordance with the requirement of the UK NHS Yellow Cover Document
British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
Open grant - 2021 - 2022
Evaluation of the stability of Amoxicillin in elastomeric infusion devices used for Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy in accordance with the requirement of the UK NHS Yellow Cover Document
British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
Open grant - 2021 - 2025
Pharmacokinetics of antimicrobials in paediatric patients on extracorporeal therapies (APET-PK)
Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service
Open grant - 2021 - 2022
PIMS Study: An investigation of the utility of Microsampling versus traditional blood sampling for antibiotic pharmacokinetics in Children (SCHS Wishlist Foundation grant administered by SCHHS
Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service
Open grant - 2021
Optimising Cefazolin and Ceftriaxone Dosing in Australian Indigenous patients Requiring Intermittent Haemodialysis (Collaborative Research Project led by Flinders University)
Flinders University
Open grant - 2021 - 2022
Optimising dosing regimens of antimicrobials in critically ill children on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)
Preclinical and Clinical Early Career Research
Open grant - 2021 - 2025
OctapeptinX Potentiators to treat XDR Gram-negative infections
NHMRC Development Grant
Open grant - 2020 - 2021
The effect of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) on the effectiveness of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pharmacotherapy - ex vivo characterisation and quantification [...]
Metro North Hospital and Health Service
Open grant - 2020 - 2021
Evaluation of the stability of Temocillin in elastomeric infusion devices used for Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy in accordance with the requirement of the UK NHS Yellow Cover Document
British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
Open grant - 2020
Dose optimization and clinical drug testing for Ivermectin
Monash University
Open grant - 2020 - 2024
Optimising antibiotic dosing for critically ill patients
Queensland Advancing Clinical Research Fellowship
Open grant - 2020 - 2021
USE OF THERAPEUTIC DRUG MONITORING (TDM) TO OPTIMISE ORAL/ENTERAL HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE DOSING IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS WITH COVID-19 (MRFF CRR Respiratory Medicine administered by QUT)
Queensland University of Technology
Open grant - 2020
Rapid detection of resistance genes from Gram-negative bacteria isolated from blood in ICU-admitted patients
Pathology Queensland - Study, Education & Research Trust Fund
Open grant - 2020 - 2022
The development of novel pharmacokinetic techniques to optimise treatment and reduce antimicrobial resistance for sexually transmitted infections (STIs). (2020 NHMRC Ideas Grant led by UoM)
University of Melbourne
Open grant - 2019 - 2021
Screening anti-fungal exposure in intensive care unit
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Study Group Research Grant
Open grant - 2019 - 2021
Intraoperative lignocaine infusions: Development of an optimised infusion dosing regimen for obese patients (Led by MNHHS)
Metro North Hospital and Health Service
Open grant - 2019
Establishing UQ Centre for Clinical Research as the centre for Aerosol therapy in critical care by optimising particle size of aerosols for effective drug delivery.
UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
Open grant - 2019 - 2024
Novel dosing regimens to maximise antibiotic effectiveness for treatment of pneumonia in the intensive care unit
NHMRC Project Grant
Open grant - 2019 - 2020
Optimising the treatment of invasive infection in critically ill neonates, through application of an innovative microsampling approach
Metro North Hospital and Health Service
Open grant - 2019
Pharmacokinetic and statistical analysis of data from Screening Anti-Fungal Exposure in Intensive Care Units (SAFE-ICU) study
Metro North Hospital and Health Service
Open grant - 2018 - 2020
Measuring aspirin penetration into synovial fluid to assess its potential for prevention of prosthetic joint infection
Study, education and research trust account
Open grant - 2018 - 2019
An in vitro study of the stability of ceftolozane-tazobactam in elastomeric infusor devices for ambulatory care
South Metropolitan Health Service
Open grant - 2018 - 2025
A platform clinical trial approach to the management of Mycobacterium abscessus complex (MABSC)
NHMRC MRFF - Lifting Clinical Trials Registries Capacity
Open grant - 2018 - 2021
Advanced treatment of infectious diseases for critically ill children, through innovation in blood sampling
The Children's Hospital Foundation
Open grant - 2018
Antimicrobial pharmacokinetics in critically ill adults during sustained low efficiency dialysis (SLED)
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Open grant - 2018 - 2019
Can software optimise antibiotic dosing in critically ill patients?
Metro North Hospital and Health Service
Open grant - 2018
Effect of albumin resuscitation on drug pharmacokinetics in low protein and LPS challenged sheep
Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital Foundation
Open grant - 2018 - 2019
Innovative blood sampling to reduce the burden of long-term treatment for kidney transplant recipients
Metro North Hospital and Health Service
Open grant - 2018
Ion Mobility Separation of Challenging Clinical Samples
UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
Open grant - 2018 - 2021
Lipopeptide antibiotics for XDR Gram-negative infections
NHMRC Development Grant
Open grant - 2018 - 2019
Nuclear medicine suite for animals
UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
Open grant - 2018 - 2019
Pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic substudy of patients with severe sepsis randomised to receive beta-lactam antibiotics by either intermittent or continuous infusion.
Metro North Hospital and Health Service
Open grant - 2018
Rapid characterisation of pathogens for personalised antimicrobial selection in critically ill patients
Metro North Hospital and Health Service
Open grant - 2017 - 2018
Assay development for therapeutic drug monitoring of ceftolozane-tazobactam
Merck Sharp & Dohme Australia
Open grant - 2017 - 2019
A prospective observational pharmacokinetic evaluation of the plasma and cerebrospinal fluid concentrations of a single dose ceftolozane/tazobactam in infected critically ill patients with an ...
Merck Sharp & Dohme Australia
Open grant - 2017 - 2021
BLING III: A phase III randomised controlled trial of continuous beta-lactam infusion compared with intermittent betalactam dosing in... (NHMRC Project Grant led by the University of New South Wales)
University of New South Wales
Open grant - 2017 - 2018
Does routine antibiotic administration in overweight women having elective caesarean section achieve therapeutic levels?
Metro North Hospital and Health Service
Open grant - 2017 - 2018
Pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic substudy of patients with severe sepsis randomised to receive beta-lactam antibiotics by either intermittent or continuous infusion
Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital Foundation
Open grant - 2017 - 2021
Redefining antibiotic dosing to reduce bacterial resistance
NHMRC Practitioner Fellowships
Open grant - 2017 - 2018
Screening Anti-Fungal Exposure in Intensive Care Units: The SAFE-ICU study
Metro North Hospital and Health Service
Open grant - 2016 - 2018
Using a drop of blood to personalise antibiotic dosing in children and prevent antibiotic resistance
Ian Potter Foundation
Open grant - 2016
Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) analysis of antimicrobials in renal replacement therapy (RRT) and septic shock
University Hospital of Nîmes
Open grant - 2016 - 2018
Single dose population pharmacokinetics of intravenous posaconazole in critically ill patients
Merck Sharp & Dohme Australia
Open grant - 2016 - 2019
An observational pharmacokinetic study of ceftolozane-tazobactam in intensive care unit patients with and without continuous renal replacement therapy
Merck Sharp & Dohme Australia
Open grant - 2016 - 2017
Does inhaled tobramycin distribute effectively into the lungs? A comparative study using radiolabelled tobramycin.
Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
Open grant - 2016 - 2019
Novel membrane-targeted antibiotics against drug-resistant Gram-positive bacterial infections
NHMRC Development Grant
Open grant - 2016
Optimising ceftriaxone dosing for critically ill patients with severe pneumonia
Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
Open grant - 2015 - 2021
Centre for REdefining antibiotic use to reDUce resistanCE and prolong the lives of antibiotics (REDUCE)
NHMRC Centres of Research Excellence
Open grant - 2015 - 2016
A preliminary investigation of the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of amikacin/fosfomycin combination against Acinetobacter baumannii using a dynamic in vitro hollow-fibre infection model
Cardeas Pharma Corporation
Open grant - 2015
Pharmacokinetic Australasian Collaborative
Intensive Care Foundation
Open grant - 2015
Addressing an unmet need by establishing a state-of-the-art translational model at UQ: The hollow fibre in vitro infection model
UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
Open grant - 2015
Incidence, risk factors, consequences and treatment of ventilated patients with nosocomial infection with pandrug resistant organisms in hospitals in Asia
UWA-UQ Bilateral Research Collaboration Award
Open grant - 2015
Optimising Benzylpenicillin dosing for critically ill patients with severe pneumonia
Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
Open grant - 2014 - 2021
Centre for Research Excellence in Advanced Cardio-respiratory Therapies Improving OrgaN Support (ACTIONS)
NHMRC Centres of Research Excellence
Open grant - 2014 - 2015
Dose optimisation of fluconazole in critically ill
Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
Open grant - 2014 - 2017
Innovative dosing approaches to maximise bacterial killing and prevent resistance in septic critically ill patients
NHMRC Project Grant
Open grant - 2014 - 2018
Randomised controlled study of an intense short course of optimised combination therapy versus conventional therapy for the management of Gram-negative bacteraemia
Merck Sharp & Dohme Australia Grant for Pharmacotherapeutics in Infectious Diseases
Open grant - 2014
Strenghtening the School of Medicine's position as a central coordinator of global pharmacokenetic studies in critically ill patients
UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
Open grant - 2013 - 2015
DALI - Defining Antibiotic Levels in Intensive care unit patients
University Hospital of Nîmes
Open grant - 2013 - 2016
NHMRC Career Development Fellowship (Clinical; Level 1): Antibiotic optimisation for severely ill patients
NHMRC Career Development Award
Open grant - 2013 - 2014
Pharmacokinetics of cephalosporin antibiotics in peritoneal dialysis with peritonitis
Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
Open grant - 2013
Antibiotic Absorption and Clearance during Renal Replacement Therapy: An ex vivo study
UQ Early Career Researcher
Open grant - 2013 - 2015
Are modern methods for aminoglycoside monitoring superior to existing approaches? A randomised controlled trial
Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
Open grant - 2013 - 2016
Robust antibiotic dosing for critically ill patients receiving renal replacement therapy
NHMRC Project Grant
Open grant - 2012 - 2015
A phase IIb randomised controlled trial of continuous beta-lactam infusion compared with intermittent beta-lactam dosing in critically ill patients with severe sepsis
NHMRC Project Grant
Open grant - 2012
Facilitating School of Medicine as a central coordinator of global pharmacokinetic studies in critically ill patients
UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
Open grant - 2012 - 2014
Non-Haemolytic Friulimicins for the Treatment of Multi-Drug Resistant Bacteria
NHMRC Project Grant
Open grant - 2012 - 2015
Pilot Study of pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic assessment of monotherapy versus combination therapy for the management of gram negative bacteraemia
Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
Open grant - 2012 - 2015
Prevention of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia by Inhaled Heparin
Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Foundation
Open grant - 2011 - 2013
Microdialysis to monitor fluid shifts and predict organ failure in the systemic inflammatory response syndrome
UQ Collaboration and Industry Engagement Fund
Open grant - 2011 - 2013
Improving antibiotic dosing in critically ill patients with renal failure
UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards - DVC(R) Funding
Open grant - 2011 - 2015
Membrane-targeted antibiotic for the treatment of skin and lung infections caused by drug resistant pathogens including MRSA, VISA, VRE and S pneumoniae
Wellcome Trust Seeding Drug Discovery
Open grant - 2011 - 2014
Effect of intravenous glutamine supplementation in trauma patients receiving enteral nutrition: A prospective double-blind randomised clinical trial
Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital Research Foundation
Open grant - 2010 - 2011
Pilot RCT of continuous beta-lactam infusion compared with intermittent dosing in critically ill patients
Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Foundation
Open grant - 2010 - 2012
Antibiotics in critically ill patients - dosage adjustments in renal failure and during continuous veno-venous haemodialysis
Viertel Foundation (Sylvia and Charles Viertel)
Open grant - 2010 - 2012
Infection and survival imperative - the need for antibiotic dose optimisation in critically ill patients receiving dialysis
Ramaciotti Foundation
Open grant - 2010 - 2012
Pharmacokinetics in continuous venovenous haemodiafiltration (CVVHDF) - using plasma and tissue antibiotic concentrations to optimise dosing of beta-lactam antibodies
Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital Research Foundation
Open grant - 2009 - 2010
Infection imperative - the need for antibiotic dose optimisation in critically ill patients receiving dialysis
UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
Open grant - 2009 - 2013
NHMRC Training (Postdoctoral) Fellowship: Improving antibiotic dosing in hospitalised patients
NHMRC Training (Postdoctoral) Fellowship
Open grant - 2009 - 2014
Assessment of the Microcirculation in Shocked Critically Unwell Patients during the first 24 hours of resuscitation
Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital Research Foundation
Open grant - 2009 - 2011
Pharmacokinetics of Cephalothin, Vancomycin and Gentamicin Used for Antimicrobial Prophylaxis during elective abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery
Australian & New Zealand College of Anaesthetists
Open grant - 2009 - 2011
Glomerular Hyperfiltration in at risk patients on Admission to the Intensive Care Unit (GHAU) Study
Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital Research Foundation
Open grant - 2009 - 2014
Inhaled Prophylactic-Heparin In Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Prevention Trial (IPHAPP)
Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital Research Foundation
Open grant - 2008 - 2010
Antibiotic dosing in the at risk critically ill patient
NHMRC Project Grant
Open grant - 2008
Improved quantification of spatial and temporal changes in plasma and tissue drug levels and tissue pathology
NHMRC Equipment Grant
Open grant - 2006 - 2007
Pharmacokinetic Modelling of Various B-lactam Antibiotics in Critically-ill Patients using Microdialysis
Australian & New Zealand College of Anaesthetists
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Supervision
Availability
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Supervision history
Current supervision
- Doctor Philosophy
##### Precision antimicrobial dosing in infected critically ill patients
Principal Advisor - Doctor Philosophy
##### Improving drug therapy for children with sepsis and life-threatening infections
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Sainath Raman - Doctor Philosophy
##### Perioperative pharmacokinetics of surgical antibiotic prophylaxis
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jeffrey Lipman, Professor Andre Van Zundert - Doctor Philosophy
##### Establishing effective antibiotic and sedative dosing in paediatrics with extracorporeal therapies (including extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and renal replacement therapies)
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Hafiz Abdul-Aziz - Doctor Philosophy
##### Paediatric antibiotic pharmacokinetics and micro-sampling utility and in the paediatric intensive care
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Mark Coulthard, Professor Jeffrey Lipman, Dr Xin Liu, Dr Patty Mitre - Doctor Philosophy
##### In vitro evaluation of the impact of different durations of exposure of fast-acting antimicrobials in combination with beta-lactams
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Fekade Sime - Doctor Philosophy
##### Optimising Immunoglobulin Use and Outcomes
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Andrea Henden - Doctor Philosophy
##### Intraoperative lignocaine infusions: Development of an optimised infusion dosing regimen for obese patients.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Victoria Eley - Doctor Philosophy
##### Pharmacodynamics of intermittent versus prolonged infusion of beta-lactam antibiotics in the treatment of Gram-negative bacterial pneumonia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Fekade Sime - Doctor Philosophy
##### Centre of Research Excellence - REduce the burden of antimicrobial reSistance through oPtimal, persONalised Dosing (RESPOND)
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Fekade Sime - Doctor Philosophy
##### Designing and Implementing a Clinician-Led Protocol for Heparinisation Using Optimal Targets- anti Xa vs APTT
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Jessica Schults, Associate Professor Jayesh Dhanani - Doctor Philosophy
##### Optimising the stability and dosing regimens of antibiotics for outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Fekade Sime
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Completed supervision
- 2026
Doctor Philosophy
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Rachel Thomson, Professor Scott Bell - 2025
Doctor Philosophy
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Fekade Sime - 2025
Doctor Philosophy
##### Optimising Care of Critically Ill Patients Through Improved Antibiotic Dosing
Principal Advisor - 2024
Doctor Philosophy
##### Defining Optimal Dosing Regimens of Colistin and Polymyxin B in Malaysian Patient Populations
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Hafiz Abdul-Aziz, Dr Fekade Sime - 2023
Doctor Philosophy
##### Strategies to improve the use of antimicrobials in hospitalised Indonesian patients
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jeffrey Lipman, Dr Hafiz Abdul-Aziz - 2022
Doctor Philosophy
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Fekade Sime - 2022
Doctor Philosophy
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Fekade Sime - 2021
Doctor Philosophy
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Kiran Shekar, Dr Hafiz Abdul-Aziz - 2020
Doctor Philosophy
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Fekade Sime - 2019
Doctor Philosophy
##### Study of the disposition of nebulized tobramycin
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor John Fraser, Associate Professor Jeremy Cohen - 2019
Doctor Philosophy
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jeffrey Lipman - 2017
Doctor Philosophy
##### Improving antibiotic dosing in critically ill Australian Indigenous patients with severe sepsis
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jeffrey Lipman - 2016
Doctor Philosophy
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jeffrey Lipman - 2016
Doctor Philosophy
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Christine Staatz, Professor Jeffrey Lipman - 2015
Master Philosophy
##### Vancomycin-associated nephrotoxicity in the Critically-Ill
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jeffrey Lipman - 2015
Doctor Philosophy
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jeffrey Lipman - 2026
Doctor Philosophy
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Fekade Sime - 2024
Doctor Philosophy
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Bala Venkatesh - 2024
Doctor Philosophy
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jeffrey Lipman - 2024
Doctor Philosophy
##### Personalising Antimicrobial Therapy in Critically Ill Patients using Bayesian Dosing Software
Associate Advisor - 2023
Doctor Philosophy
##### Translating Microsampling Techniques into Improved Antimicrobial Dosing for Critically Ill Children
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jeffrey Lipman - 2021
Doctor Philosophy
##### Advanced Oral Antibiotic Formulations
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Peter Cabot, Professor Amirali Popat, Dr Fekade Sime, Dr James Robert Falconer - 2017
Master Philosophy
Associate Advisor - 2016
Doctor Philosophy
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor John Fraser - 2016
Doctor Philosophy
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jeffrey Lipman, Emeritus Professor Michael Roberts - 2014
Doctor Philosophy
##### Improving Antimicrobial Use In Critically Ill Patients
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jeffrey Lipman - 2014
Doctor Philosophy
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Robert Boots, Professor Jeffrey Lipman - 2012
Master Philosophy
##### Challenges in management of infections on a burn injury unit.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jeffrey Lipman
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Media
Enquiries
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- Antibiotics
- Drug dosage
- Therapeutic drug monitoring
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External profiles
Personal links
- Personal profile
- UQ Foundation Research Excellence Award
- Research Gate
- Designing new antibiotics to treat resistant infections
- AusHSI
- Hot Topic Edition of Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology - Guest Editor: Jason A Roberts
- Improving drug dosing in patients receiving dialysis
- South African Society of Clinical Pharmacy (SASOCP)
- Google Scholar
- UQ News - A simple change to save thousands of patients with sepsis
- UQ News - Antibiotic dosing technology speeds recovery of ICU patients
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