Dr Jessica Pace
Sydney Pharmacy School
Faculty of Medicine and Health
Dr Jessica Pace is a Lecturer (education focussed) in The University of Sydney School of Pharmacy (Sydney Pharmacy School), and a registered pharmacist with experience in both hospital and community pharmacy. She completed honours in Pharmacy in 2014 and was awarded her PhD in 2021, both at the University of Sydney. Her PhD research examined stakeholder perspectives of accelerated medicines approval and funding processes and was supported by an Australian Postgraduate Award (APA)/Research Training Program Stipend (RTP) and University of Sydney Alumni Scholarship. She is also an experienced and passionate educator and strives to make meaningful and practical changes to the learning and teaching environment and processes to enhance the quality of teaching and the overall student experience. She is a member of the Society of Hospital Pharmacists Australia (SHPA) NSW Branch Committee, a Fellow of the Society of Hospital Pharmacists Australia (SHPA) and Advance HE (formerly Higher Education Association), a Pharmacy Board of Australia Oral Examiner, Australian Pharmacy Council (APC) exams subject matter expert, and an expert reviewer for a range of medical, health policy and bioethics journals.
Jessica is a health policy and health services researcher with expertise in a range of qualitative methods. Her research interests are in using empirical bioethics (combining qualitative methods with theoretical ethical analysis) to find practical solutions to morally complex problems relating to medicines access and regulation, as well as pharmacy education, learning, and assessment.
Jessica is the co-theme leader for Ethics, Law and Professionalism for the School of Pharmacy's new vertically integrated degrees.In 2023, she is the unit co-coordinator for dispensing units PHAR3815 Pharmaceutical Skills and Dispensing A, PHAR3825 Pharmaceutical Skills and Dispensing B, PHAR5910 Dispensing 1 and PHAR5920 Dispensing 2. She will also be managing the delivery of dispensing components of PHAR1911 Fundamentals of Pharmacy, PHAR1921 Pharmaceutics and Pharmacy Practice and PHAR5714 Pharmaceutics and Formulations and forensics content to final year pharmacy students. Additionally, she contributes to teaching in a range of courses in the Bachlor of Pharmacy, Master of Pharmacy and NAPE Intern Training Program within Sydney Pharmacy School and postgraduate courses in bioethics and qualitative research in the Sydney Medical School and School of Public Health.
- Fellow, Society of Hospital Pharmacists Australia (SHPA)
- Fellow, AdvanceHE (formerlyHigher Education Association)
- Member, Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA)
- Member, Health Services Research Association of Australia and New Zealand (HSRAANZ)
- Member, Australasian Association of Bioethocs and Health Law (AABHL)
- Member, Sydney Health Ethics Network
- Member, Digital Health and Informatics Network (DHIN)
- Registereed pharmacist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra)
- Accredited pharmacist, Australian Association of Consultant Pharmacy (AACP)
- Fellow, Society of Hospital Pharmacists Australia (SHPA), 2022
- Fellow, AdvanceHE (formerlyHigher Education Association), 2019
- Winner, best oral presentation, American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) University of Sydney Chapter Symposium 2018
Publications
Book Chapters
- Pace, J. (2023). The ingredients of ethical practice. In Ardalan Mirzaei, Claudia Rijcken (Eds.), Pharmaceutical Care in Digital Revolution. Blending Digital with Human Innovation, (pp. 279-300). United Kingdom: Academic Press. [More Information]
- Pace, J., Ghinea, N., Wiersma, M., Morrell, B., Kerridge, I., Lipworth, W. (2019). Clinical Quandaries Associated With Accelerated Access to Medicines. In Kathleen Montgomery, Wendy Lipworth (Eds.), Medical Professionals: Conflicts and Quandaries in Medical Practice, (pp. 48-66). New York: Routledge. [More Information]
Journals
- Bartlett, A., Pace, J., Arora, A., Penm, J. (2022). Self-Reflection and Peer-Assessments Effect on Pharmacy Students' Performance at Simulated Counselling Sessions. Pharmacy, 11(1), 5. [More Information]
- Ghinea, N., Critchley, C., Morrell, B., Kerridge, I., Campbell, T., Day, R., Gazarian, M., Isaacs, D., Liauw, W., Olver, I., Pace, J., Pearson, S., Lipworth, W., et al (2021). A survey of Australian public attitudes towards funding of high cost cancer medicines. Health Policy, 125(3), 327-334. [More Information]
- Pace, J., Ghinea, N., Pearson, S., Kerridge, I., Lipworth, W. (2021). Consumer perspectives of accelerated access to medicines: a qualitative study. Journal of Health Organization and Management, 35(8), 987-1007. [More Information]
2023
- Pace, J. (2023). The ingredients of ethical practice. In Ardalan Mirzaei, Claudia Rijcken (Eds.), Pharmaceutical Care in Digital Revolution. Blending Digital with Human Innovation, (pp. 279-300). United Kingdom: Academic Press. [More Information]
2022
- Bartlett, A., Pace, J., Arora, A., Penm, J. (2022). Self-Reflection and Peer-Assessments Effect on Pharmacy Students' Performance at Simulated Counselling Sessions. Pharmacy, 11(1), 5. [More Information]
2021
- Ghinea, N., Critchley, C., Morrell, B., Kerridge, I., Campbell, T., Day, R., Gazarian, M., Isaacs, D., Liauw, W., Olver, I., Pace, J., Pearson, S., Lipworth, W., et al (2021). A survey of Australian public attitudes towards funding of high cost cancer medicines. Health Policy, 125(3), 327-334. [More Information]
- Pace, J., Ghinea, N., Pearson, S., Kerridge, I., Lipworth, W. (2021). Consumer perspectives of accelerated access to medicines: a qualitative study. Journal of Health Organization and Management, 35(8), 987-1007. [More Information]
- Pace, J., Kerridge, I., Pearson, S., Lipworth, W. (2021). Physicians' attitudes towards accelerated access to medicines. Health Economics, Policy and Law, 16(2), 154-169. [More Information]
2020
- Pace, J., Laba, T., Nisingizwe, M., Lipworth, W. (2020). Formulating an Ethics of Pharmaceutical Disinvestment. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 17(1), 75-86. [More Information]
2019
- Pace, J., Ghinea, N., Wiersma, M., Morrell, B., Kerridge, I., Lipworth, W. (2019). Clinical Quandaries Associated With Accelerated Access to Medicines. In Kathleen Montgomery, Wendy Lipworth (Eds.), Medical Professionals: Conflicts and Quandaries in Medical Practice, (pp. 48-66). New York: Routledge. [More Information]
2018
- Pace, J., Ghinea, N., Kerridge, I., Lipworth, W. (2018). An ethical framework for the creation, governance and evaluation of accelerated access programs. Health Policy, 122(9), 984-990. [More Information]
2017
- Pace, J., Ghinea, N., Kerridge, I., Lipworth, W. (2017). Accelerated Access to Medicines: An Ethical Analysis. Therapeutic Innovation and Regulatory Science, 51(2), 157-163. [More Information]
- Pace, J., Ghinea, N., Kerridge, I., Lipworth, W. (2017). Caution needed in introduction of provisional approvals for medicines. Internal Medicine Journal, 47(11), 1321-1324. [More Information]
- Pace, J., Ghinea, N., Kerridge, I., Lipworth, W. (2017). Demands for access to new therapies: Are there alternatives to accelerated access? BMJ, 359, 1-4. [More Information]
2015
- Pace, J., Pearson, S., Lipworth, W. (2015). Improving the Legitimacy of Medicines Funding Decisions: A Critical Literature Review. Therapeutic Innovation and Regulatory Science, 49(3), 364-368. [More Information]
Selected Grants
2022
- FMH Showcase Travel Award 2023, Pace J, Faculty of Medicine and Health/FMH Showcase Travel Award 2023
In the media
Print media:
Wheate N and Pace J. Drinking alcohol this Christmas and New Year? These medicines really don't mix. The Conversation, December 2022.https://theconversation.com/drinking-alcohol-this-christmas-and-new-year-these-medicines-really-dont-mix-196646
Pace J,Lipworth W. Can we (ethically) disinvest from healthcare interventions?Australasian Scienceonline [http://www.australasianscience.com.au/article/issue-julyaugust-2019/can-we-ethically-disinvest-healthcare-interventions.html]. August 2019.
Pace J, Ghinea N, Lipworth W. Accelerated access to medicines: What is it and why is it important?The Australian Hospital and Healthcare Bulletin.March 2017.
Radio:
Drinking alcohol this Christmas and New Year? These medicines really don't mix. Interview with ABC Radio Canberra, 29 December 2022