Dr Nashwa Masnoon is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Geriatric Pharmacotherapy at the Kolling Institute,Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney and the Northern Sydney Local Health District. She also works as a hospital pharmacist at the Royal North Shore Hospital. She was awarded her PhD in December 2020 from the University of South Australia which looked at identifying older adults with multimorbidity and polypharmacy who are at risk of adverse outcomes from potentially inappropriate polypharmacy.
-Geriatric pharmacology
-Deprescribing
-Pharmacoepidemiology
-Quality use of medicines
Honours supervision 2023: Deprescribing in Hospital: What Happens next?
Honours supervision 2022:Patient Reported Experiences Following Implementation of the Drug Burden Index Intervention Bundle in Hospital
Optimising Quality Use Of Medicines In Hospital To Improve Outcomes In Older People
Deprescribing in Hospital: What Happens Next?
Education of hospital pharmacists in deprescribing, including the use of a novel intervention bundle using the Drug Burden Index to faciliate medication review
Australasian Pharmaceutical Science Association (APSA)
International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP)
Australian Deprescribing Network (ADeN)
FMH Showcase Travel Award, 2023
Royal North Shore Hospital Scientific Staff Council Travel Fellowship 2023
Scholarship from the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology 2019
Winner of People’s Choice Award for the 3 Minute Thesis Competition, University of South Australia, 2017
Runner-up for Judges Choice Award for Best Presentation at the School of Pharmacy Symposium, University of South Australia, 2017
Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship to undertake the PhD project, University of South Australia, 2015
Student Leadership Award, University of South Australia, 2013
Study Grant Recipient, University of South Australia, 2011
Publications
Journals
- Masnoon, N., George, C., Lo, S., Tan, E., Bordia, A., Hilmer, S. (2024). The outcomes of considering goals of care in medication reviews for older adults: a systematic review. Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology, 17(1), 33-56. [More Information]
- Masnoon, N., Lo, S., Hilmer, S. (2023). A stewardship program to facilitate anticholinergic and sedative medication deprescribing using the drug burden index in electronic medical records. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 89(2), 687-698. [More Information]
- Fujita, K., Hooper, P., Masnoon, N., Lo, S., Gnjidic, D., Etherton-Beer, C., Reeve, E., Magin, P., Bell, J., Rockwood, K., Kouladjian-O'Donnell, L., Sawan, M., Baysari, M., Hilmer, S. (2023). Impact of a Comprehensive Intervention Bundle Including the Drug Burden Index on Deprescribing Anticholinergic and Sedative Drugs in Older Acute Inpatients: A Non-randomised Controlled Before-and-After Pilot Study. Drugs and Aging, 40(7), 633-642. [More Information]
2024
- Masnoon, N., George, C., Lo, S., Tan, E., Bordia, A., Hilmer, S. (2024). The outcomes of considering goals of care in medication reviews for older adults: a systematic review. Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology, 17(1), 33-56. [More Information]
2023
- Masnoon, N., Lo, S., Hilmer, S. (2023). A stewardship program to facilitate anticholinergic and sedative medication deprescribing using the drug burden index in electronic medical records. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 89(2), 687-698. [More Information]
- Fujita, K., Hooper, P., Masnoon, N., Lo, S., Gnjidic, D., Etherton-Beer, C., Reeve, E., Magin, P., Bell, J., Rockwood, K., Kouladjian-O'Donnell, L., Sawan, M., Baysari, M., Hilmer, S. (2023). Impact of a Comprehensive Intervention Bundle Including the Drug Burden Index on Deprescribing Anticholinergic and Sedative Drugs in Older Acute Inpatients: A Non-randomised Controlled Before-and-After Pilot Study. Drugs and Aging, 40(7), 633-642. [More Information]
- Fujita, K., Masnoon, N., Mach, J., Kouladjian-O'Donnell, L., Hilmer, S. (2023). Polypharmacy and precision medicine. Cambridge Prisms: Precision Medicine, 1(e22), 1-15. [More Information]
2021
- Wu, H., Kouladjian-O'Donnell, L., Fujita, K., Masnoon, N., Hilmer, S. (2021). Deprescribing in the Older Patient: A Narrative Review of Challenges and Solutions. International Journal of General Medicine, 14, 3793-3807. [More Information]
- Lim, R., Ellett, L., Roughead, E., Cheah, P., Masnoon, N. (2021). Patient-reported questionnaires to identify adverse drug reactions: A systematic review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(22), 11877. [More Information]
2020
- Masnoon, N., Ellett, L., Shakib, S., Caughey, G. (2020). Predictors of Mortality in the Older Population: The Role of Polypharmacy and Other Medication and Chronic Disease-Related Factors. Drugs and Aging, 37(10), 767-776. [More Information]
- Masnoon, N., Shakib, S., Ellett, L., Caughey, G. (2020). Predictors of unplanned hospitalisation in the older population: The role of polypharmacy and other medication and chronic disease-related factors. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 39(3), e436-e446. [More Information]
2019
- Masnoon, N., Shakib, S., Ellett, L., Caughey, G. (2019). Rationalisation of polypharmacy in practice: a survey of physicians and pharmacists. Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research, 50(3), 233-241. [More Information]
2018
- Masnoon, N., Shakib, S., Ellett, L., Caughey, G. (2018). Tools for Assessment of the Appropriateness of Prescribing and Association with Patient-Related Outcomes: A Systematic Review. Drugs and Aging, 35(1), 43-60. [More Information]
2017
- Masnoon, N., Shakib, S., Ellett, L., Caughey, G. (2017). What is polypharmacy? A systematic review of definitions. BMC Geriatrics, 17(1), 230. [More Information]
2016
- Masnoon, N., Sorich, W., Alderman, C. (2016). A study of consumer retention of key information provided by clinical pharmacists during anticoagulant counselling. Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research, 46(3), 227-244. [More Information]
Selected Grants
2024
- Development of an electronic frailty index to improve care of older people in hospital, Hilmer S, Srikanth V, Thillainadesan J, Masnoon N, Edwards D, Kouladjian-O'Donnell L, Fujita K, Etherton-Beer C, Blyth F, Rockwood K, Ferguson C, Baysari M, Sarkies M, Hubbard R, Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal - administered by NHMRC)/MRFF Dementia, Ageing and Aged Care Mission
2022
- FMH Showcase Travel Award 2023, Masnoon N, Faculty of Medicine and Health/FMH Showcase Travel Award 2023