Dr Minyon Avent
Dr

Minyon Avent

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Background

Dr Avent obtained her Doctor of Pharmacy at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, United States of America. She has also obtained her certification as a board certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist and recently being credentialed as an Advanced Practice Pharmacist.

Availability

Dr Minyon Avent is:
Available for supervision

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Institution to be confirmed

Research interests

  • Antimicrobial Stewardship

    Dr Minyon Avent is an Antimicrobial Stewardship pharmacist at the School of Public Health, The University of Queensland. She has many years of experience in developing and implementing programmes for the appropriate use of antibiotics in tertiary health care institutions, rural and regional areas as well as the general practice setting.

  • Optimization of Antibiotic Dosing

    Dr Minyon Avent is a Consultant Clinical Research Pharmacist at The University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research (UQCCR) where her research interests are the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic optimisation of antibiotics

  • Appropriate use of Antibiotics

Research impacts

Dr Avent's area of expertise is Infectious Diseases which includes the development and implementation of Antimicrobial Stewardship programmes. She is the author of a number of peer-reviewed publications and has been invited to present her results at national and international conferences.

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38 works between 1992 and 2020
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Past funding

  • 2018 - 2020
    An innovative Antimicrobial Stewardship Program for children in remote and regional areas: optimising antibiotic use through early intravenous-to-oral conversion
    The Children's Hospital Foundation
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2016
    Development of evidence-based approaches that will improve antimicrobial stewardship and infection prevention and control in general practice settings
    Office of Health Protection, Department of Health
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2018
    Randomised controlled study of an intense short course of optimised combination therapy versus conventional therapy for the management of Gram-negative bacteraemia
    Merck Sharp & Dohme Australia Grant for Pharmacotherapeutics in Infectious Diseases
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2015
    Pilot Study of pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic assessment of monotherapy versus combination therapy for the management of gram negative bacteraemia
    Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
    Open grant

Availability

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