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Snappy Presentations

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Thursday, February 4, 2027
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Overview

Short, sharp, and designed to spark discussion! Our Snappy presentations feature quick, creative insights, "lightbulb" moments, and practice-based reflections from the frontline of healthcare. Whether sharing a fresh approach to inclusive care or seeking audience feedback on a current professional challenge, these rapid-fire talks are built to challenge thinking and inspire new ideas across the conference.



Speakers

Megan Donaghy
Pharmacist
Broadwater Pharmacy

Prevention is better than a cure: should the QLD HIV co-payment scheme be expanded to include prophylaxis?

Biography

Megan is an early career pharmacist with an interest in LGBTQIA healthcare, and ensuring equitable access to medicines. She has worked in both public and private hospitals, but found herself most at home in community (so far!). She lives and works in the northern Gold Coast, and likes to spend her free time reading, crafting or outside!
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Devin Farmer
Clinical Pharmacist
Nova Scotia Health Authority

Handling of Biological Specimens in Community Pharmacies

Biography

Lisa has been a health practitioner, leader, educator, researcher, and implementation scientist in Australia for more than 25 years. Lisa’s research has led to major health system change, including the introduction of immunisation services by pharmacists throughout Australia and implementation of prescribing competencies and frameworks for health professionals nationally. More recently she led a Queensland team who implemented pharmacists’ treatment for Uncomplicated urinary Tract Infections. Her focus is on health service optimisation including scope of practice and Quality Use of Medicines. She is a Fellow of the both the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia and the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia.
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Emma-Jean Freeman
Research Coordinator
Dalhousie University

Mussels, Mitochondrial DNA, and Sexual Health: A Molecular Biologist’s Transition into Research on Healthcare Equity Through a Pharmacy-Based Model

Biography

Emma-Jean Freeman, MSc (she/her) is a Research Coordinator in the College of Pharmacy at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Emma-Jean's current research interests broadly include improving equity and access to sexual health services through a pharmacy-led model. She is particularly interested in exploring the impact of contextual factors on the success of pharmacy-based sexual health interventions and their transition to policy changes to pharmacy scope of practice.
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James Georgiou
Consultant Pharmacist / Sexologist
Men's Health Solutions & Adelaide Sex Therapy

Screening, trust and referral: sexual health in the pharmacy

Biography

James Georgiou is a consultant pharmacist and clinical sexologist in Adelaide, and to his knowledge the only pharmacist in Australia to hold a sexology qualification. A community pharmacy owner who also runs a dedicated sexual health and men's health practice, working in collaboration with Urologists, GPs and nurses. His clinical focus spans sexual medicine, men's health, urology and hormonal therapy. James is interested in how the accessibility of pharmacy can open sexual health conversations the wider system misses, and in why sexual health remains almost absent from pharmacy training.
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Derek Jorgenson
Professor of Pharmacy
University of Saskatchewan

Co-Creation of a 2SLGBTQIA+ Pharmacy School Curriculum by Students and Facultys

Biography

Derek Jorgenson is a Professor of Pharmacy at the College of Pharmacy and Nutrition at the University of Saskatchewan. He is also the Director of two patient care clinics (Medication Assessment Centre, USask Chronic Pain Clinic) and the Executive Director of RxFiles Academic Detailing Program.
Dr Angelina Lim
Monash University

Navigating the boundaries of assessing diversity competence in OSCEs

Biography

Dr. Angelina Lim is a senior lecturer and deputy course director at Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University. Her key interests are simulation, interprofessional learning, authentic assessment, generative artificial intelligence, antimicrobial stewardship and paediatric endocrinology. Angelina's main expertise lies in designing and evaluating Objective Structured Clinical Examinations. Angelina has embarked on many pharmacy related career paths, starting with hospital pharmacy, then community pharmacy (still practicing), public health sector and research. She still maintains links with the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) working on projects in disability and paediatric endocrinology.
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Timothy Lim
Graduate Student
University Of Toronto

Sex and gender classification in clinical decision-support tools: a cross-sectional review of tools on MDCalc

Biography

Tim is a practicing pharmacist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto and PhD Candidate at the University of Toronto Faculty of Pharmacy. He has a particular interest in research relating to 2S/QTBIPoC Health and Pharmacy Education.
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Kyle Melin
Professor
University of Puerto Rico

Mapping the Gap: Sexual and Gender Minority Care in a PharmD Curriculum

Biography

Kyle Melin is a Professor of Pharmacy Practice at the University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus School of Pharmacy. He is the Senior Policy and Research Fellow with the National Alliance for Hispanic Health, a recent Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Associate Professor at the University College Dublin School of Medicine, and an Associate Editor of the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association. Dr. Melin is a practicing clinical pharmacist and researcher in the fields of pharmacogenomics, substance use disorders, and providing care for sexual and gender minorities. He is passionate about improving the care for vulnerable and underserved communities.
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Dr Jason Perepelkin
Professor
University of Saskatchewan

An Unexpected Place to Stand: Reflections of a Straight, Cisgender Academic Working in the LGBTQIA+ Health and Inclusion Space

Biography

Jason Perepelkin is a Professor in the College of Pharmacy & Nutrition at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada. His teaching and research centres on pharmacy practice, management, and leadership.
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Tam Phan
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
University of Southern California

RxPride: A Space Worth Making

Biography

Tam Phan, PharmD, AAHIVP, is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy at USC Mann, specializing in patient-centered care for LGBTQ+ communities and people living with HIV. He previously served as Clinical Pharmacy Program Coordinator at the Los Angeles LGBT Center, building pharmacy services for LGBTQ+ patients and people living with HIV. He is President of the Vietnamese Pharmacists Association, Chair of CPhA's LGBTQ+ Work Group, Health Equity Chair for ACCP, and Co-Chair of the Michael and Susan Dell Scholars Alumni Network.
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A/Prof Andi Shirtcliffe
Associate Professor
Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka | University of Otago

Using ReCare-early-care digital pharmacy platform to support implementation of a community pharmacy HIV PrEP proof of concept in Aotearoa-New Zealand

Biography

Andi is a senior health leader with decades of experience advancing health outcomes in Aotearoa New Zealand and internationally, spanning clinical practice, public health, policy, regulation, strategy and governance with her most recent roles being Clinical Chief Advisor (Pharmacy) at New Zealand’s Ministry of Health, Clinical Chief Advisor to the Director (Immunisation) at Health New Zealand and a Fulbright Scholar. She is an Honorary Associate Professor at the University of Auckland, an Honorary Associate Professor and Distinguished Alumna at the University of Otago, a Trustee of the Commonwealth Pharmacists’ Association, and a Fellow of the Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand.
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A/Prof Andi Shirtcliffe
Associate Professor
Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka | University of Otago

Implementation strategy mapping for a community pharmacy HIV prevention service proof of concept in Aotearoa New Zealand

Biography

Andi is a senior health leader with decades of experience advancing health outcomes in Aotearoa New Zealand and internationally, spanning clinical practice, public health, policy, regulation, strategy and governance with her most recent roles being Clinical Chief Advisor (Pharmacy) at New Zealand’s Ministry of Health, Clinical Chief Advisor to the Director (Immunisation) at Health New Zealand and a Fulbright Scholar. She is an Honorary Associate Professor at the University of Auckland, an Honorary Associate Professor and Distinguished Alumna at the University of Otago, a Trustee of the Commonwealth Pharmacists’ Association, and a Fellow of the Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand.
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Dr Selina Taylor
Pharmacy Academic
James Cook University

The Rural Pharmacy Rainbow: A Realist Review of Inclusive Care

Biography

Selina Taylor is a pharmacist, educator and emerging health services researcher with James Cook University (JCU). She currently holds two roles: Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy and Remote Pharmacy Academic with the Murtupuni Centre for Rural and Remote Health (MCRRH). Selina has extensive experience in rural and remote healthcare, pharmacy workforce development, interprofessional education, and research translation. Her work focuses on improving healthcare access and outcomes for underserved populations, particularly in regional, rural and remote communities. She is passionate about building research capacity, mentoring students and clinicians, and developing innovative, community-informed models of care that address health inequities.
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