Rate My Professor Snezana Kusljic

Her research focuses on pharmacology, medication safety, neuropsychopharmacology, pharmacogenomics, patient safety in nursing, sedation practices, HIV medication adherence, and corticosteroid-induced disturbances. Notable publications include 'Interventions to reduce medication errors in adult medical and surgical settings: a systematic review' (Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety, 2020, 208 citations), 'Medication adherence in pregnant women with human immunodeficiency virus receiving antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review' (BMC Public Health, 2018, 139 citations), 'Importance of animal models in schizophrenia research' (Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 2005, 134 citations), 'Serotonin depletion in the dorsal and ventral hippocampus: effects on locomotor hyperactivity, prepulse inhibition and learning and memory' (Neuropharmacology, 2008, 86 citations), and 'Differential role of serotonergic projections arising from the dorsal and median raphe nuclei in locomotor hyperactivity and prepulse inhibition' (Neuropsychopharmacology, 2003, 53 citations). Kusljic has garnered over 1,297 citations on Google Scholar. Awards include the 2019 MDHS Award for Sustained Excellence in Learning and Teaching, 2024 Dean's Education Innovation Grant, G.E.M. Scott Grant for teaching excellence (2010), ASCEPT New Investigator Travel Award (2007), and Early Career Researcher Grant ($40,000, 2009). She has supervised PhD and Honours students, presented at conferences like the Society for Neuroscience and World Congress on Pharmacology, served on ethics committees, and contributed book chapters such as 'Serotonin in Stress' (Encyclopedia of Stress, 2007).