Author Biographies

Dhakshila Niyangoda received her B. Pharm and M. Phil. (Chemical Sciences) from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, and is now pursuing PhD at the Faculty of Health, University of Canberra. She is a Lecturer at the University of Peradeniya. Her research interests include pharmacy and natural products chemistry.
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Associate Professor Mary Bushell received her Bachelor of Pharmacy (Hons) from the Charles Sturt University in 2007 and her Doctor of Philosophy from Charles Darwin University in 2015. She first worked as an academic at Charles Darwin University, where she was promoted to Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy. In 2018, she moved to the University of Canberra and is currently an Associate Professor in Pharmacy. Her research topics mainly include vaccinations, medicines literacy, pharmacology, medicines safety, and curriculum development.
Dr Danish Ahmad is a Lecturer in Population Health at the School of Medicine and Psychology, Australian National University. Danish trained in clinical medicine from the University of Delhi and public health from the University of Oxford and the University of Canberra. Danish is a recipient of the Teaching in Excellence awards in 2020 and 2022, and a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (Edinburgh and London). Danish has published over 20 journals in Q1 journals individually and with research groups, among which, eight of his papers are in the Lancet. Danish serves as an academic editor for PloS one and PloS Global Health and he teaches population health in the medicine course at ANU. Danish's focus is on improving the design, delivery, and evaluation of health systems to improve population health and well-being.
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