Welcome
| Friday, May 29, 2026 |
| 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM |
| Royal Benowa Ballroom |
Overview
Welcome to Country Welcome to CPC26
Elder, Jellurgal Aboriginal Cultural Centre
Debbie Rigby, Conference Chair - CPC26 and
Prof Mark Naunton, President - PSA
Speaker
Prof Mark Naunton
National President
PSA
Welcome to CPC26
Biography
Prof Mark Naunton is Chair of the Faculty of Health Board and Professor of Pharmacy at the University of Canberra, specialising in therapeutics and pharmacy practice. He was Head of the School of Health Sciences (2019–2025), overseeing disciplines including pharmacy, psychology, optometry, and social work.
His career spans academic, community, and hospital pharmacy across Tasmania, the NT, and ACT, with international experience at the University of Groningen and Heerenveen Hospital in the Netherlands. He holds credentials in medication reviews and is an Aged Care Onsite Pharmacist (ACOP).
Mark's research focuses on expanding pharmacists' scope of practice, with notable work on pharmacists in general practice, aged care onsite pharmacy, and Home Medicine Reviews post-discharge. He has supervised multiple PhD candidates in these areas.
A PSA member for over 25 years, he has served on branch committees across Tasmania, SA/NT, and the ACT, and has been a PSA National Board member since 2022. He is also a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Mark is passionate about medication safety and the pharmacist's unique role in improving medicine use across all care settings.
Debbie Rigby
Advanced Practice Pharmacist
Pharmeducation
Welcome to CPC26
Biography
Debbie Rigby is an Advanced Practice Pharmacist with postgraduate qualifications in clinical pharmacy, geriatrics and respiratory medicine. Debbie’s career as a pharmacist has been across many roles, including community and hospital pharmacy, academia, education, policy and advocacy, government and committee representation and has been involved in every aspect of the evolution of medication reviews in Australia. She currently conducts Home Medicine Reviews and provides medicines education through her company Pharmeducation. Debbie is the Clinical Executive Lead for the National Asthma Council Australia and PSA Consultant Pharmacist Advisor.