Rate My Professor Chloe Campbell

Chloe Campbell is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Primary Health Care and General Practice at the University of Otago Wellington, part of the Faculty of Medicine in the Health Sciences Division. She earned her Bachelor of Pharmacy with Honours from the University of Otago in 1995 and her PhD in Pharmacy in 2018 from the same institution. Her PhD thesis, "An exploration of the medicines information needs of general practitioners," focused on the challenges faced by GPs in accessing medicines information and the supportive roles of pharmacists in New Zealand primary care. Before entering academia full-time, Campbell gained extensive practical experience as a pharmacist in both hospital and community settings in New Zealand and the United Kingdom. From 2011 to 2018, she co-convened the Medicines Information and Clinical Pharmacy Special Interest Group of the New Zealand Hospital Pharmacists' Association (NZHPA), for which she received the Fellowship of the NZHPA in 2017. In addition to her academic role, she serves as a Clinical Pharmacist Advisor at Tū Ora Compass Health PHO and is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board for the New Zealand Formulary.

Her research interests center on medicines information, pharmacist integration into primary health care teams, interprofessional collaboration, and innovations such as electronic prescription transmission. Notable publications include "Medicines information in New Zealand: current services and future potential" (2016), "Beyond the four walls: an exploratory survey of location, employment and roles of pharmacists in primary health care" (2017), "Moving beyond the four walls: Pharmacist roles in New Zealand primary care" (2017), "A mixed methods study on medicines information needs and challenges in New Zealand general practice" (2021), "Electronic transmission of prescriptions in primary care: transformation, timing and teamwork" (2021), "Antimicrobial stewardship in human healthcare in Aotearoa New Zealand" (2021), and "Contribution of the community pharmacist workforce to primary care through the lens of medicines classification: comparison of Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia" (2024). Campbell has also secured research funding, such as a $103,636 New Zealand Lottery Grant for the project aimed at improving medicines safety for older New Zealanders transitioning from hospital to home on multiple medications. Her contributions enhance the evidence base for expanding pharmacy services in primary care, influencing practice and policy in New Zealand.