Rate My Professor Joyce Cooper

Dr Joyce Cooper is a Conjoint Senior Lecturer in the School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy at the University of Newcastle. A registered pharmacist with over 25 years of experience in pharmacy, she initially worked as a hospital pharmacist in the UK and Australia, progressing to clinical pharmacist roles and Director of Pharmacy in tertiary hospitals. She maintains an interest in community pharmacy practice and works occasionally as a locum pharmacist. Her academic qualifications include a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from the University of Sunderland, a Graduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy from the University of Queensland, a PhD from the University of Newcastle on factors contributing to serotonin toxicity following drug overdose, and a Graduate Certificate in the Practice of Tertiary Teaching from the University of Newcastle. During her PhD, she collaborated with the Clinical Toxicology research group in the School of Medicine and Public Health, investigating pharmacokinetics of overdoses and toxic drug effects. She joined the University of Newcastle in an academic capacity in 2008 within the School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, where she teaches undergraduate and postgraduate pharmacy students, nurse practitioner students, and other prescribing health professionals. Since 2018, she has served as Program Convenor for the Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours) program and contributed to innovative teaching tools, including the development of a virtual pharmacy model for pharmacy education.