Overview
Background
Katherine is an Emergency Physician and Clinical Toxicologist based at the Princess Alexandra Hospital and the Medical Director for the Queensland Poisons Information Centre. She is passionate about promoting and expanding Clinical Toxicology services throughout Queensland.
She is the president of Toxicology And Poisoning Network Australasia (TAPNA), serves on multiple TAPNA subcommittees, and facilitates its 2 year post-graduate Clinical Toxicology course. She also created the Princess Alexandra Hospital Clinical Toxicology Subspecialisation Program which allows post-graduate toxicology training for nurses and pharmacists.
She is an enthusiastic clinician researcher. Her interests include the management of illicit drug poisoning, the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of drugs in overdose and snake envenomation. She completed a PhD in clinical toxicology on "Opioid overdose and its reversal".
Availability
- Associate Professor Katherine Isoardi is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Research interests
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Clinical Toxicology
In particular illicit drug poisoning and the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamics of drugs in overdose
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Toxinology
In particular snake envenomation
Works
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2013
Journal Article
Characteristics and outcomes of patients administered blood in the prehospital environment by a road based trauma response team
Bodnar, Daniel, Rashford, Stephen, Hurn, Catherine, Quinn, Jamie, Parker, Lachlan, Isoardi, Katherine and Williams, Sue (2013). Characteristics and outcomes of patients administered blood in the prehospital environment by a road based trauma response team. Emergency Medicine Journal, 31 (7), 583-588. doi: 10.1136/emermed-2013-202395
2010
Journal Article
Optimizing the appropriate use of the emergency call system, and dealing with hoax callers : Editorial
Rashford, Stephen and Isoardi, Katherine (2010). Optimizing the appropriate use of the emergency call system, and dealing with hoax callers : Editorial. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 22 (5), 366-367. doi: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2010.01325.x
Supervision
Availability
- Associate Professor Katherine Isoardi is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
From Manual Databases to Digital Standards: A Program of Work to Enhance Data Collection and Use in Australian Clinical Toxicology Units
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Andrew Burton-Jones, Associate Professor Andrew Staib
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Doctor Philosophy
A pharmacist to improve medication management and patient outcomes for critically ill patients in the emergency department.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Nazanin Ghahreman-Falconer, Professor Michael Barras
Media
Enquiries
Contact Associate Professor Katherine Isoardi directly for media enquiries about:
- drug intoxication
- opioids
- overdose
- poisoning
- toxicology
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