Associate Professor

Esther Lau

Email:: e.lau@uq.edu.au
Phone:: +61 7 344 38592

Positions

Affiliate Associate Professor of School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences: School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences; Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences

Associate Professor and Deputy Associate Dean (Academic) Interprofessional Education & Workforce: Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences

Affiliate of Centre for the Business and Economics of Health: Centre for the Business and Economics of Health; Faculty of Business, Economics and Law

Availability

Associate Professor Esther Lau is:: Available for supervision

Qualifications

Bachelor (Honours) of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland
Postgraduate Certificate in Research Commercialisation, The University of Queensland
Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice, Queensland University of Technology

Search Professor Esther Lau’s works on UQ eSpace

44 works between 2012 and 2025

All (44) Journal Article (40) Other Outputs (2) Conference Publication (1) Book Chapter (1)

Past funding

2010 - 2012

Using plant proteins in controlled release drug delivery

Queensland Pharmacy Research Trust

Open grant

Availability

Associate Professor Esther Lau is:: Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

Doctor Philosophy

Improving the perioperative management of therapeutically anticoagulated patients during major orthopaedic surgery

Principal Advisor

Other advisors: Professor Lisa Nissen, Professor Michael Barras
Doctor Philosophy

Optimising workforce utilisation and models of care in residential aged care.

Associate Advisor

Other advisors: Professor Lisa Nissen
Doctor Philosophy

Optimising Medication Use in Older Adults with Chronic Kidney Disease

Associate Advisor

Other advisors: Dr Wubshet Tesfaye, Dr Shakti Shrestha
Doctor Philosophy

Australian Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Resilience

Associate Advisor

Other advisors: Professor Lisa Nissen

Completed supervision

2025

Doctor Philosophy

Exploring Consumer Perspectives on the Design of a Medication Safety Intervention to Proactively Identify Medication Related Problems

Associate Advisor

Other advisors: Associate Professor Jean Spinks, Professor Lisa Nissen
2024

Doctor Philosophy

Oral medication lubricants as vehicles to aid administration of oral dosage forms: investigations into their safety and their influence on drug dissolution profile in vitro and absorption in vivo.

Associate Advisor

Other advisors: Dr Julie Cichero, Professor Lisa Nissen, Associate Professor Kathryn Steadman
2020

Doctor Philosophy

Extemporaneously compounded buccal pilocarpine preparations, acceptability and pilot testing for the treatment of xerostomia (dry mouth) in Australia

Associate Advisor

Other advisors: Associate Professor Kathryn Steadman

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