Rate My Professor Ya Ping Lee

Dr. Ya Ping Lee is a senior lecturer in the discipline of pharmacy at Curtin Medical School, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University. She joined the School of Pharmacy at Curtin University in 2008 following her PhD. A registered pharmacist with prior experience in community and hospital pharmacies, Lee earned her Bachelor of Pharmacy with first-class honours from the School of Pharmacy, Curtin University, in 2002. She obtained her PhD in Preventive Medicine from the University of Western Australia in 2008. Her academic career focuses on pharmacy practice and education within the Faculty of Health Sciences.

Lee's research specializations include pharmacy education through innovative methods such as simulation-based learning, escape rooms, and interprofessional workshops; medication safety encompassing error detection, pharmacists' interventions in paediatric, geriatric, and oncology settings; community pharmacy services like point-of-care C-reactive protein testing for respiratory tract infections; and nutritional interventions such as lupin-enriched diets for cardiovascular health and vitamin D's role in cognition. She is a member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia. Key publications feature 'Escape rooms in pharmacy education: More than just a game' (2024, Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning), 'Point-of-care C-reactive protein testing to support the management of respiratory tract infections in community pharmacies: A qualitative evaluation' (2021, Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy), 'Nature and frequency of medication errors in a geriatric ward: an Indonesian experience' (2014, Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management), 'The Difference in Pharmacists’ Interventions across the Diverse Settings in a Children’s Hospital' (2014, PLOS ONE), 'Psychotropic Polypharmacy in Dementia: A Retrospective Analysis' (2024, Drugs & Aging), 'Implementation factor mapping of a pilot study of point-of-care C-reactive protein testing in community pharmacies' (2022, Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy), and 'Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D is associated with reduced verbal episodic memory in healthy, middle-aged and older adults' (2016, Age and Ageing). With 33 publications and over 800 citations, her contributions have influenced pharmacy practice, education, and patient safety in Australia and Indonesia.