Rate My Professor Sara McMillan

Dr. Sara McMillan is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Pharmacy and Pharmacology at Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus. She earned her Bachelor of Pharmacy (BPharm) from Curtin University, a Graduate Certificate in Higher Education (GradCert HigherEd), and a PhD in 2016 from Griffith University, focusing on how community pharmacies can better assist individuals with chronic conditions. As a registered pharmacist and dedicated pharmacy practice researcher, McMillan joined Griffith University around 2009 without prior research experience and has since amassed over 70 peer-reviewed publications, garnering more than 5,873 citations according to Google Scholar. Her research specializations encompass pharmacy practice, the expanded roles of community pharmacies in harm reduction, mental health support, quality use of medicines, and services for special populations including those with chronic conditions. She actively contributes to funded projects, such as a $10,000 grant assessing community pharmacists' responses, and serves on the Research Committee of the School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences.

McMillan plays a key role in education, teaching within the Bachelor and Master of Pharmacy programs and convening Professional Pharmacy Practice II (7006PHM) and Professional Pharmacy Practice III (7010PHM). Her influential publications include 'Peer support as a potential tool to promote pharmacists' well-being' (2024, Journal of the American Pharmacists Association), 'Exploring the role of community pharmacies as a harm reduction setting for people who use image and performance enhancing drugs' (2024, Harm Reduction Journal), 'An awakening in the force—The birth of ERCSP' (2021, Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy), 'A scoping review of pharmacy participation in dental and oral health' (2022, Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology), and 'Pharmacy student decision making in over-the-counter recommendations' (2018, Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy). Through her work on initiatives like Pharmibridge, she advances pharmacists' capabilities in supporting mental health consumers, impacting pharmacy education, practice, and policy.