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Biographies

Dr Janette Randall

Dr Janette Randall is a General Practitioner in Brisbane.  She has worked in General Practice on a full and part time basis since 1994, and obtained her General Practice Fellowship in 1996.  She has a special interest in mental health issues, and has done additional training in this area.

She has been significantly involved in the Divisions of General Practice Program since 1997, having held  various roles with her local Division of General Practice in Qld.   For six years she was a  Board member of the State based representative body for Divisions in Qld, retiring in October 2006.

Janette was appointed to the NPS Board in May 2006 as a GP class Director and held the position of NPS Audit Committee Chair until October 2007. Janette has been Chair of the NPS Board since August 2007 and is the Board's representative on the MedicineInsight Advisory Group.
Pic - Dr Janette Randall

Dr Lynn Weekes

As inaugural Chief Executive Officer of NPS, Lynn has contributed significantly to the development of Quality Use of Medicines (QUM) resources and services for health professionals and consumers in Australia since 1998.

As part of her Ph D thesis, "Organisational Structures to Promote Quality Use of Medicines" Lynn developed indicators for QUM for Drug and Therapeutics Committees and for hospitals more generally. She has a strong professional interest in quality assurance, behaviour change and pharmacoepidemiology.

With her expertise in the QUM area Lynn sits, by invitation, on various national boards and committees from government, pharmacy and academic sectors.

Prior to Lynn's appointment to NPS, she was Executive Officer of NSW Therapeutic Assessment Group where she was involved in drug use practice, evaluation and policy. She originally trained as a pharmacist and practised in hospital and research settings.

 Dr Lynn Weekes

Karen Kaye, Deputy CEO and Executive Manager, Programs and Services

Karen joined NPS in March 2008 as executive manager, QUM programs and deputy CEO. Prior to this appointment she was executive officer for the NSW Therapeutic Advisory Group for almost 10 years and worked with clinical experts and government agencies to inform policy development for QUM in hospitals and the wider community.

Karen holds a Bachelor of Pharmacy from University of Sydney and has completed post-graduate studies in hospital pharmacy and pharmacoeconomics. She has practised in community, hospital, industry and academic settings and in the professional organisations of pharmacy. For nine years she was Director of Pharmacy at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney and maintains a strong interest in hospital pharmacy practice through her role as a Federal Councillor for the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia.

Karen has a particular interest in promoting system changes to improve safe and effective medicines use across the continuum of care and ensuring a cost-effectiveness approach to evaluation of health technologies.

 Karen Kaye

Date published: 2008-05-08 00:00:00

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