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jennifer-stevenson

Dr Jennifer Stevenson

Honorary Senior Lecturer and Highly Specialist Clinical Pharmacist

Research interests

  • Pharmacy

Biography

Dr Jennifer Stevenson is an Honorary Senior Lecturer and Clinical Pharmacist specialising in the optimisation of medicines in older adults. Her research, more specifically, focuses on advancing our understanding of medication-related harm in older adults living with frailty, and explores how to identify those at greatest risk of harm especially at the transition of care.

As lead researcher for the PRIME Study, her work has received national and international recognition; the PRIME study won HSJ Patient Safety Award Improving Safety in Medicines Management Initiative (November 2020), and presentation of the association between frailty and medication-related harm won best platform presentation at the Annual European Geriatric Medicine Society Congress (October 2018).

Her clinical speciality, as a pharmacist at Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, is older adults where she works as an Integrated Care Pharmacist and is a key contributor to the NHS England London Frailty Network Education and Training workstream. She also supports teaching across undergraduate and postgraduate Pharmacy programmes.

    Research

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    Medicines Use

    The Medicines Use Research Group provides expertise on the evaluation, optimisation and risk associated with medicines.

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    Centre for Ageing Resilience In a Changing Environment - CARICE

    Welcome to the Centre for Ageing Resilience in a Changing Environment: CARICE

    News

    Researchers from the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine shortlisted for national research award

    A team of researchers from the School of Cancer & Pharmaceutical Sciences have been shortlisted for the prestigious national Health Service Journal Patient...

    Medicine

    Features

    Adherence in Older Adults

    An interview with Dr Jennifer Stevenson, Highly Specialist Clinical Pharmacist working in integrated care, about how we can better support older adults...

    older adults 1

      Research

      Untitled design - 2022-01-13T164043.182
      Medicines Use

      The Medicines Use Research Group provides expertise on the evaluation, optimisation and risk associated with medicines.

      ageing
      Centre for Ageing Resilience In a Changing Environment - CARICE

      Welcome to the Centre for Ageing Resilience in a Changing Environment: CARICE

      News

      Researchers from the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine shortlisted for national research award

      A team of researchers from the School of Cancer & Pharmaceutical Sciences have been shortlisted for the prestigious national Health Service Journal Patient...

      Medicine

      Features

      Adherence in Older Adults

      An interview with Dr Jennifer Stevenson, Highly Specialist Clinical Pharmacist working in integrated care, about how we can better support older adults...

      older adults 1