Senior Lecturer, Pharmacy Discipline, The University of Western Australia
Deena Ashoorian is an academic in the Pharmacy Discipline at UWA’s School of Allied Health. Finding better ways to care for mental health consumers has been the subject of her research interest for several years, including the development of projects to bridge the information gap between the consumer and the treating physician. She has collaborated with the state’s Office of Chief Psychiatrist, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia and CoMHWA, in projects promoting the concept of ‘shared decision making’ in mental health.
During her professional career Deena also worked many years as a community pharmacist in Australia and the US. She is also a Master Instructor of the MHFA program. Deena has been the recipient of a number of awards in her profession and the university for raising awareness of mental health issues.
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