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Ms Danijela Gnjidic

BSc (Hons) PhD MPH
NHMRC Early Career Fellow, Faculty of Pharmacy and Centre for Education and Research on Ageing (CERA)

A15 - Pharmacy And Bank Building
The University of Sydney

Telephone +61 2 9351 2298
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Biographical details

Dr Danijela Gnjidic’s research focuses on clinical and geriatric pharmacology, pharmacoepidemiology, clinical studies of older people and analysis of large linked databases. She has conducted this research in Australia and Finland. Danijela completed her doctoral training at the University of Sydney in 2010. She also undertook and completed a Masters of Public Health, concurrently with her PhD. Following her doctoral training, Danijela conducted post-doctoral training at the University of Eastern Finland where she furthered her geriatric pharmacology and pharmacoepidemiology research. She is currently an NHMRC Early Career Fellow.

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Research interests

  • Geriatric pharmacology
  • Quality use of medicines
  • Pharmacoepidemiology

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Selected grants

2012

  • High risk prescribing in older Australians; Banks E, Le Couteur D, Pearson S, McLachlan A, Viney R, Hilmer S, Gnjidic D, Blyth F; National Health and Medical Research Council/Project Grants.
  • Drug Burden Index and association with adverse outcomes in community-dwelling people with alzheimer�s disease; Gnjidic D, Hilmer S; Alzheimers Australia/Rosemary Foundation Travel Grant.
  • Outcomes from medicines in older Australians; Gnjidic D; National Health and Medical Research Council/Early Career Fellowships (ECF).
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Selected publications

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Journals

  • Wilson, N., Hilmer, S., March, L., Chen, (., Gnjidic, D., Mason, R., Cameron, I., Sambrook, P. (2012). Associations between Drug Burden Index and Mortality in Older People in Residential Aged Care Facilities. Drugs and Aging, 29(2), 157-165.
  • Gnjidic, D., Le Couteur, D., Kouladjian, L., Hilmer, S. (2012). Deprescribing trials: methods to reduce polypharmacy and the impact on prescribing and clinical outcomes. Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, 28(2), 237-253.
  • Gnjidic, D., Le Couteur, D., Abernethy, D., Hilmer, S. (2012). Drug Burden Index and Beers Criteria: Impact on Functional Outcomes in Older People Living in Self-Care Retirement Villages. The Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 52(2), 258-265.
  • Lonnroos, E., Gnjidic, D., Hilmer, S., Bell, J., Kautiaien, H., Sulkava, R., Hartikainen, S. (2012). Drug Burden Index and Hospitalization among Community-Dwelling Older People. Drugs and Aging, 29(5), 395-404.
  • Gnjidic, D., Bell, S., Hilmer, S., Lonnroos, E., Sulkava, R., Hartikainen, S. (2012). Drug Burden Index associated with function in community-dwelling older people in Finland: A cross-sectional study. Annals of Medicine, 44(5), 458-467.
  • Gnjidic, D., Le Couteur, D., Naganathan, V., Cumming, R., Creasey, H., Waite, L., Sharma, A., Blyth, F., Hilmer, S. (2012). Effects of drug burden index on cognitive function in older men. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 32(2), 273-277.
  • Gnjidic, D., Hilmer, S., Blyth, F., Naganathan, V., Cumming, R., Handelsman, D., McLachlan, A., Abernethy, D., Banks, E., Le Couteur, D. (2012). High-Risk Prescribing and Incidence of Frailty Among Older Community-Dwelling Men. Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 91(3), 521-528.
  • Gnjidic, D., Stanaway, F., Cumming, R., Waite, L., Blyth, F., Naganathan, V., Handelsman, D., Le Couteur, D. (2012). Mild Cognitive Impairment Predicts Institutionalization among Older Men: A Population-Based Cohort Study. PLoS One, 7(9), 1-8.
  • Hilmer, S., Gnjidic, D., Abernethy, D. (2012). Pharmacoepidemiology in the Postmarketing Assessment of the Safety and Efficacy of Drugs in Older Adults. Journals of Gerontology. Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 67A(2), 181-188.
  • Gnjidic, D., Hilmer, S., Blyth, F., Naganathan, V., Waite, L., Seibel, M., McLachlan, A., Cumming, R., Handelsman, D., Le Couteur, D. (2012). Polypharmacy cutoff and outcomes: five or more medicines were used to identify community-dwelling older men at risk of different adverse outcomes. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 65(9), 989-995.
  • Taipale, H., Bell, J., Gnjidic, D., Sulkava, R., Hartikainen, S. (2012). Sedative Load Among Community-Dwelling People Aged 75 Years or Older: Association With Balance and Mobility. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 32(2), 218-224.
  • Hilmer, S., Gnjidic, D., Le Couteur, D. (2012). Thinking through the medication list: Appropriate prescribing and deprescribing in robust and frail older patients. Australian Family Physician, 41(12), 924-928.
  • Le Couteur, D., Banks, E., Gnjidic, D., McLachlan, A. (2011). Deprescribing. Australian Prescriber, 34(6), 182-185.
  • Hilmer, S., Tran, K., Rubie, P., Wright, J., Gnjidic, D., Mitchell, S., Matthews, S., Carroll, P. (2011). Gentamicin Pharmacokinetics in Old Age and Frailty. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 71(2), 224-231.
  • Stanaway, F., Gnjidic, D., Blyth, F., Le Couteur, D., Naganathan, V., Waite, L., Seibel, M., Handelsman, D., Sambrook, P., Cumming, R. (2011). How fast does the Grim Reaper walk? Receiver operating characteristics curve analysis in healthy men aged 70 and over. BMJ: British Medical Journal, 343, d7679-1-d7679-4.
  • Taipale, H., Bell, J., Gnjidic, D., Sulkava, R., Hartikainen, S. (2011). Muscle strength and sedative load in community-dwelling people aged 75 years and older: a population-based study. Journals of Gerontology. Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 66A(12), 1384-1392.
  • Gnjidic, D., Le Couteur, D., Abernethy, D., Hilmer, S. (2011). Reducing drugs in older adults is more. Archives of Internal Medicine, 171(9), 868-869.
  • Wilson, N., Gnjidic, D., Hilmer, S. (2011). Safe Drug Use in Residential Aged Care Facilities. Geriatric Medicine in General Practice, 9, 6-8.
  • Wilson, N., Gnjidic, D., March, L., Sambrook, P., Hilmer, S. (2011). Use of PPIs Are Not Associated With Mortality in Institutionalized Older People. Archives of Internal Medicine, 171(9), 866-866.
  • Gnjidic, D., Le Couteur, D., Abernethy, D., Hilmer, S. (2010). A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial Utilizing the Drug Burden Index to Reduce Exposure to Anticholinergic and Sedative Medications in Older People. The Annals of Pharmacotherapy, 44(11), 1725-1732.
  • Hilmer, S., Gnjidic, D. (2010). Adverse drug reactions in older people. Geriatric Medicine in General Practice, 4, 32-33.
  • Gnjidic, D., Hilmer, S. (2010). Multiple medications and assessment of inappropriate medication use in older adults. Geriatric Medicine in General Practice, 6, 24-25.
  • Murnion, B., Gnjidic, D., Hilmer, S. (2010). Prescription and Administration of Opioids to Hospital In-patients, and Barriers to Effective Use. Pain Medicine, 11, 58-66.
  • Gnjidic, D., Hilmer, S. (2010). Use of Potentially Inappropriate Medications in the Care of Frail Older People. Aging Health, 6(6), 705-716.
  • Gnjidic, D., Cumming, R., Le Couteur, D., Handelsman, D., Naganathan, V., Abernethy, D., Hilmer, S. (2009). Drug Burden Index and physical function in older Australian men. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 68(1), 97-105.
  • Hilmer, S., Gnjidic, D. (2009). The effects of polypharmacy in older adults. Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 85(1), 86-8.
  • Gnjidic, D., Murnion, B., Hilmer, S. (2008). Age and opioid analgesia in an acute hospital population. Age and Ageing, 37(6), 699-702.

2012

  • Wilson, N., Hilmer, S., March, L., Chen, (., Gnjidic, D., Mason, R., Cameron, I., Sambrook, P. (2012). Associations between Drug Burden Index and Mortality in Older People in Residential Aged Care Facilities. Drugs and Aging, 29(2), 157-165.
  • Gnjidic, D., Le Couteur, D., Kouladjian, L., Hilmer, S. (2012). Deprescribing trials: methods to reduce polypharmacy and the impact on prescribing and clinical outcomes. Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, 28(2), 237-253.
  • Gnjidic, D., Le Couteur, D., Abernethy, D., Hilmer, S. (2012). Drug Burden Index and Beers Criteria: Impact on Functional Outcomes in Older People Living in Self-Care Retirement Villages. The Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 52(2), 258-265.
  • Lonnroos, E., Gnjidic, D., Hilmer, S., Bell, J., Kautiaien, H., Sulkava, R., Hartikainen, S. (2012). Drug Burden Index and Hospitalization among Community-Dwelling Older People. Drugs and Aging, 29(5), 395-404.
  • Gnjidic, D., Bell, S., Hilmer, S., Lonnroos, E., Sulkava, R., Hartikainen, S. (2012). Drug Burden Index associated with function in community-dwelling older people in Finland: A cross-sectional study. Annals of Medicine, 44(5), 458-467.
  • Gnjidic, D., Le Couteur, D., Naganathan, V., Cumming, R., Creasey, H., Waite, L., Sharma, A., Blyth, F., Hilmer, S. (2012). Effects of drug burden index on cognitive function in older men. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 32(2), 273-277.
  • Gnjidic, D., Hilmer, S., Blyth, F., Naganathan, V., Cumming, R., Handelsman, D., McLachlan, A., Abernethy, D., Banks, E., Le Couteur, D. (2012). High-Risk Prescribing and Incidence of Frailty Among Older Community-Dwelling Men. Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 91(3), 521-528.
  • Gnjidic, D., Stanaway, F., Cumming, R., Waite, L., Blyth, F., Naganathan, V., Handelsman, D., Le Couteur, D. (2012). Mild Cognitive Impairment Predicts Institutionalization among Older Men: A Population-Based Cohort Study. PLoS One, 7(9), 1-8.
  • Hilmer, S., Gnjidic, D., Abernethy, D. (2012). Pharmacoepidemiology in the Postmarketing Assessment of the Safety and Efficacy of Drugs in Older Adults. Journals of Gerontology. Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 67A(2), 181-188.
  • Gnjidic, D., Hilmer, S., Blyth, F., Naganathan, V., Waite, L., Seibel, M., McLachlan, A., Cumming, R., Handelsman, D., Le Couteur, D. (2012). Polypharmacy cutoff and outcomes: five or more medicines were used to identify community-dwelling older men at risk of different adverse outcomes. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 65(9), 989-995.
  • Taipale, H., Bell, J., Gnjidic, D., Sulkava, R., Hartikainen, S. (2012). Sedative Load Among Community-Dwelling People Aged 75 Years or Older: Association With Balance and Mobility. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 32(2), 218-224.
  • Hilmer, S., Gnjidic, D., Le Couteur, D. (2012). Thinking through the medication list: Appropriate prescribing and deprescribing in robust and frail older patients. Australian Family Physician, 41(12), 924-928.

2011

  • Le Couteur, D., Banks, E., Gnjidic, D., McLachlan, A. (2011). Deprescribing. Australian Prescriber, 34(6), 182-185.
  • Hilmer, S., Tran, K., Rubie, P., Wright, J., Gnjidic, D., Mitchell, S., Matthews, S., Carroll, P. (2011). Gentamicin Pharmacokinetics in Old Age and Frailty. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 71(2), 224-231.
  • Stanaway, F., Gnjidic, D., Blyth, F., Le Couteur, D., Naganathan, V., Waite, L., Seibel, M., Handelsman, D., Sambrook, P., Cumming, R. (2011). How fast does the Grim Reaper walk? Receiver operating characteristics curve analysis in healthy men aged 70 and over. BMJ: British Medical Journal, 343, d7679-1-d7679-4.
  • Taipale, H., Bell, J., Gnjidic, D., Sulkava, R., Hartikainen, S. (2011). Muscle strength and sedative load in community-dwelling people aged 75 years and older: a population-based study. Journals of Gerontology. Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 66A(12), 1384-1392.
  • Gnjidic, D., Le Couteur, D., Abernethy, D., Hilmer, S. (2011). Reducing drugs in older adults is more. Archives of Internal Medicine, 171(9), 868-869.
  • Wilson, N., Gnjidic, D., Hilmer, S. (2011). Safe Drug Use in Residential Aged Care Facilities. Geriatric Medicine in General Practice, 9, 6-8.
  • Wilson, N., Gnjidic, D., March, L., Sambrook, P., Hilmer, S. (2011). Use of PPIs Are Not Associated With Mortality in Institutionalized Older People. Archives of Internal Medicine, 171(9), 866-866.

2010

  • Gnjidic, D., Le Couteur, D., Abernethy, D., Hilmer, S. (2010). A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial Utilizing the Drug Burden Index to Reduce Exposure to Anticholinergic and Sedative Medications in Older People. The Annals of Pharmacotherapy, 44(11), 1725-1732.
  • Hilmer, S., Gnjidic, D. (2010). Adverse drug reactions in older people. Geriatric Medicine in General Practice, 4, 32-33.
  • Gnjidic, D., Hilmer, S. (2010). Multiple medications and assessment of inappropriate medication use in older adults. Geriatric Medicine in General Practice, 6, 24-25.
  • Murnion, B., Gnjidic, D., Hilmer, S. (2010). Prescription and Administration of Opioids to Hospital In-patients, and Barriers to Effective Use. Pain Medicine, 11, 58-66.
  • Gnjidic, D., Hilmer, S. (2010). Use of Potentially Inappropriate Medications in the Care of Frail Older People. Aging Health, 6(6), 705-716.

2009

  • Gnjidic, D., Cumming, R., Le Couteur, D., Handelsman, D., Naganathan, V., Abernethy, D., Hilmer, S. (2009). Drug Burden Index and physical function in older Australian men. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 68(1), 97-105.
  • Hilmer, S., Gnjidic, D. (2009). The effects of polypharmacy in older adults. Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 85(1), 86-8.

2008

  • Gnjidic, D., Murnion, B., Hilmer, S. (2008). Age and opioid analgesia in an acute hospital population. Age and Ageing, 37(6), 699-702.
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Keywords

Epidemiology; Pharmacology; Ageing

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