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Rose Cairns is a Senior Lecturer at the Sydney School of Pharmacy, University of Sydney, and Director of Research at the NSW Poisons Information Centre. Her career spans clinical toxicology, pharmaceutical policy, and poisoning prevention research since 2018.
- PhD in Pharmacy (2015), University of Sydney
- BPharm (Hons I + Medal) (2011), University of Sydney
Rose specializes in clinical toxicology, pharmaceutical misuse, and poisoning epidemiology. Her research focuses on drug safety policy impacts, particularly after rescheduling events (codeine, alprazolam), and identifying at-risk populations for self-poisoning.
Recent studies examine digoxin antidote supply-demand dynamics, melatonin use in youth, and poisoning trends in dementia patients. These utilize comprehensive data-linkage frameworks across Australian health systems.
- 2018 Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network Quality Award
- 2010 University Medal (Sydney)
- Multiple pharmaceutical society prizes
She supervises research students studying over-the-counter medication poisonings, cancer drug utilization, and dementia-related exposure patterns. Rose contributes to the TOXINZ toxicology database and collaborates with international networks like EAPCCT and GTNet.
