Rate My Professor Briohny Spencer

Briohny Spencer is a Lecturer in the School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences at Griffith University on the Gold Coast campus. She holds the role of Pharmacy Program Director and coordinates several key courses in the Bachelor of Pharmacy program, including Professional Pharmacy Practice I (7002PHM), Pharmacy Practice III (3008PHM), and Placements (3014PHM). In recognition of her contributions to pharmacy education, she was part of the team awarded a Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning in the 2022 Australian Awards for University Teaching for the Griffith University Bachelor of Pharmacy program. The team included Associate Professor Gary Grant, Ms Denise Hope, Dr Matthew Cheesman, Ms Fiona Miller, and Mr James Townshend.

Spencer's research contributions center on pharmacology, with a focus on the repurposing of alpha-adrenoceptor antagonists for cancer treatment and other areas such as micronutrition and antibacterial agents. Her publications include "A Pilot retrospective analysis of alpha-blockers on recurrence in men with localised prostate cancer treated with radiotherapy" (Scientific Reports, 2020, cited 12 times), co-authored with J Hart and others; "Prazosin but not tamsulosin sensitises PC-3 and LNCaP prostate cancer cells to docetaxel" (Pharmacology, 2018, cited 12 times); "The role of α1-adrenoceptor antagonists in the treatment of prostate and other cancers" (International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2016, cited 51 times), with M Batty and others; "Paradoxical effects of the autophagy inhibitor 3-methyladenine on docetaxel-induced toxicity in PC-3 and LNCaP prostate cancer cells" (Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology, 2015, cited 23 times); "Essentiality of trace element micronutrition in human pregnancy: a systematic review" (Journal of Pregnancy and Child Health, 2015, cited 54 times), with J Vanderlelie and A Perkins; and "Antibacterial activity of β-cyclodextrin and 2-hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin trimethoprim complexes" (American Journal of Microbiology, 2011, cited 10 times). She has also contributed to pharmacy education research, such as "Integrating patient-centred care by a blended learning approach; student perspectives of the virtual family model in pharmacy" (2013). Her work has garnered over 159 citations on Google Scholar, influencing fields of oncology pharmacology and maternal nutrition.