A/Prof Joyce Cooper ~ Associate Professor, Pharmacy

Dr Joyce Cooper is a registered pharmacist who has been working in the pharmacy profession for over 25 years. Dr Cooper completed her PhD in Clinical Pharmacology which focused on the factors that contribute to serotonin toxicity following drug overdose.

Dr Cooper is an Associate Professor - Pharmacy Practice and teaches in the Bachelor of Pharmacy (honours) program at James Cook University. Her teaching is focused mainly around contemporary pharmacy practice and her background in hospital and community pharmacy practice  provides relevance and clinical context to her teaching. 

Dr Cooper’s ongoing research focuses on the quality and safe use of medicines. She currently supervises a number of PhD and research Masters students and also supervises students undertaking Bachelor of Pharmacy honours projects.

Dr Cooper is a Fellow of the Society of Hospital Pharmacists (FSHP) of Australia. 

Teaching

• PC1101: Introduction to Pharmacy (Level 1; CNS & TSV)
• PC1102: Pharmacy Practice and Pharmaceutics 1 (Level 1; CNS & TSV)
• PC1110: Foundations of Pharmacy Practice 1 (Level 1; CNS & TSV)
• PC1210: Foundations of Pharmacy Practice 2 (Level 1; CNS & TSV)
• PC1310: Foundations of Pharmacy Practice 3 (Level 1; CNS & TSV)
• PC1320: Introductory Pharmacology & Pharmacotherapy (Level 1; CNS & TSV)
• PC2100: Applied Therapeutics and Pharmacy Practice 1 (Level 2; CNS & TSV)
• PC2200: Applied Therapeutics and Pharmacy Practice 2 (Level 2; CNS & TSV)
• PC2202: Pharmacy Practice and Pharmaceutics 2 (Level 2; CNS & TSV)
• PC2207: Integrated Therapeutics 1 (Level 2; CNS & TSV)
• PC2208: Pharmaceutical Public Health and Primary Healthcare for Pharmacists (Level 2; CNS & TSV)
• PC2540: Evidence in Pharmacy Practice Part 1 of 2 (Level 2; CNS & TSV)
• PC2550: Evidence in Pharmacy Practice Part 2 of 2 (Level 2; CNS & TSV)
• PC3300: Applied Therapeutics and Pharmacy Practice 3 (Level 3; CNS & TSV)
• PC3360: Pharmacy Research Part 1 of 4 (Level 3; CNS & TSV)
• PC3460: Pharmacy Research (Professional) Part 1 of 4 (Level 3; CNS & TSV)
• PC4401: Integrated Therapeutics 4 (Level 4; CNS & TSV)
• PC4404: Advanced Pharmacy Practice 3 (Level 4; TSV)
• PC6100: Professional Practice for Pharmacists 1 (Level 6; TSV)
• PC6200: Professional Practice for Pharmacists 2 (Level 6; TSV)

Experience

• 2018 to 2022 - Program Convenor - Bachelor of Pharmacy (hons), University of Newcastle (NSW)
• 2018 to 2022 - President, Pharmacy Council of NSW (Australia)
• 2015 to 2022 - Council Member, Pharmacy Council of NSW (Australia)
• 2015 to 2017 - Program Convenor - Master of Pharmacy, University of Newcastle (NSW)

Research Disciplines

• Pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences (3214)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Clinical health (2001)
• Teaching and curriculum (1603)

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Journal Articles

• Cooper J, Duffull S and Isbister G (2023) Predicting serotonin toxicity in serotonin reuptake inhibitor overdose. Clinical Toxicology, 61 (1). pp. 22-28
• Isbister G, Polanski R, Cooper J, Keegan M and Isoardi K (2022) Duloxetine overdose causes sympathomimetic and serotonin toxicity without major complications. Clinical Toxicology, 60 (9). pp. 1019-1023
• Docherty T, Schneider J and Cooper J (2020) Clinic- and Hospital-Based Home Care, Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) and the Evolving Clinical Responsibilities of the Pharmacist. Pharmacy, 8 (4).
• Salem S, Cooper J, Schneider J, Croft H and Munro I (2020) Student Acceptance of Using Augmented Reality Applications for Learning in Pharmacy: A Pilot Study. Pharmacy, 8 (3).
• Bevan M, Ng Y, Cooper J, Robertson J, Walkom E, Chiu S and Newby D (2019) The role of evidence in consumer choice of non-prescription medicines. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 27 (6). pp. 501-509
• Hooper A, Cooper J, Schneider J and Kairuz T (2019) Current and Potential Roles in Sports Pharmacy: A Systematic Review. Pharmacy, 7 (1).
• Tait L, Lee K, Rasiah R, Cooper J, Ling T, Geelan B and Bindoff I (2018) Simulation and Feedback in Health Education: A Mixed Methods Study Comparing Three Simulation Modalities. Pharmacy, 6 (2).
• Cooper J, Brown J, Cairns R and Isbister G (2017) Desvenlafaxine overdose and the occurrence of serotonin toxicity, seizures and cardiovascular effects. Clinical Toxicology, 55 (1). pp. 18-24
• Cooper J, Duffull S, Saiao A and Isbister G (2015) The pharmacokinetics of sertraline in overdose and the effect of activated charcoal. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 79 (2). pp. 307-315

Other research outputs

• Felkai C, Swinburne G, Cooper J and Kairuz T (2019) Opioid pharmacotherapy: delivery in community pharmacy. Australian Pharmacist, 20 June 2019.
• Isbister G, Ang K, Gorman K, Cooper J, Mostafa A and Roberts M (2016) Zero-order metoprolol pharmacokinetics after therapeutic doses: severe toxicity and cardiogenic shock. Clinical Toxicology, 54 (9). pp. 881-885
• Chalmers L, Nash R, Holmes S, Bereznicki L, Rasiah R, Cooper J, Bellingan M and Heslop I (2014) Development of a benchmarking tool for pharmacy students using threshold learning outcomes. Presentations from the Australasian Pharmaceutical Sciences Association Conference. In: APSA 2014: Australasian Pharmaceutical Sciences Association Conference, 5-7 December 2014, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

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These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.

Current

• Exploring Perspectives for a Pharmacist-led Vaccination Clinic in a North Queensland Ambulatory Cancer Centre (Masters , Secondary Advisor)

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