8th Pharmacoepidemiology Research Network Symposium
Wednesday, 27 November 2024, 10:00am – 4:30pm
St Margaret’s College, Dunedin | Ōtepoti
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| 10:00am – 10:10am | Mihi whakatau |
| Maioha Watson, Office of Māori Development, University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka | |
| Opening remarks | |
| Lianne Parkin, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine | Te Tari Hauora Tūmatanui, University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka; New Zealand Pharmacovigilance Centre | |
| Session One | Chair: Lianne Parkin |
| 10:10am – 11:00am | History of pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety research: how and where it began |
| Susan Jick, Boston Collaborative Drug Surveillance Program | |
| 11:00am – 11:30am | Morning tea |
| Session Two | Chair: Karyn Maclennan |
| 11:30am – 11:45am | Exposure to systemic antimicrobials during pregnancy and risk of miscarriage: a population-based register study. |
| Thomas Boissiere-O’Neill, Child Health Research Centre, University of Queensland | |
| 11:45am – 12:00pm | The association between nitrate in drinking water during pregnancy and adverse pregnancy outcomes: potential effect modification by nitrosatable drug intake. |
| Tim Chambers, Ngāi Tahu Research Centre, University of Canterbury| Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | |
| 12:00pm – 12:15pm | Use of antinausea medications during the first trimester of pregnancy in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2005–2020 |
| Sarah Donald, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine | Te Tari Hauora Tūmatanui, University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka | |
| 12:15pm – 12:30pm | Validation of small for gestational age coded diagnoses in Aotearoa New Zealand’s administrative health datasets |
| Mei-Ling Blank, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine | Te Tari Hauora Tūmatanui, University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka | |
| 12:30pm – 1:30pm | Lunch |
| Session Three | Chair: Katrina Sharples |
| 1:30pm – 2:15pm | Overview of pharmacoepidemiology methods for drug safety studies: key methodological considerations |
| Susan Jick, Boston Collaborative Drug Surveillance Program | |
| 2:15pm – 2:30pm | Colchicine poisoning in Aotearoa New Zealand: using data to gather insights and inform actions. |
| Nevin Zhong and Tegan Coventry, Clinical Risk Management Branch, Medsafe | |
| 2:30pm – 2:45pm | The long-term effects of opioid use before total joint replacement surgery: a dose-response trial emulation with New Zealand linked administrative data. |
| Ross Wilson, Department of Surgical Sciences| Te Tari Hāparapara, University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka | |
| 2:45pm – 3:00pm | A systematic review of global long-term cost-effectiveness of newer antidiabetic drugs: trends in type 2 diabetes mellitus research. |
| Dan Li, School of Pharmacy | He Rau Kawakawa, University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka | |
| 3:00pm – 3:30pm | Afternoon tea |
| Session Four | Chair: Simon Horsburgh |
| 3:30pm – 3:45pm | How does risk communication by pharmacists impact how people with asthma perceive and respond to risk? |
| Eliza J. McEwin, School of Pharmacy and Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney | |
| 3:45pm – 4:00pm | Drug use evaluations for Australia’s Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme to assess quality use of medicines: a document analysis study. |
| Judith Mackson, School of Pharmacy and Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney | |
| 4:00pm – 4:15pm | Systematic reviews of observational studies of harms of medicines: a case study of application of two risk of bias tools within a controversial research area. |
| Barbara Mintzes, School of Pharmacy and Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney | |
| 4:15pm – 4:25pm | Is it really 10 years? |
| Lianne Parkin, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine | Te Tari Hauora Tūmatanui, University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka; New Zealand Pharmacovigilance Centre | |
| 4:25pm – 4:30pm | Karakia Whakamutunga |
| Maioha Watson, Office of Māori Development, University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka | |
| 6:00pm | Informal dinner |