Centre for Medicine Use and Safety (CMUS)

Centre for Medicine Use and Safety (CMUS)

The Centre for Medicine Use and Safety conducts multidisciplinary research into preventive, acute and chronic care, optimising medication management and patient safety.

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Our ultimate goal is to optimise the safe and effective use of medicine through multidisciplinary research.

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Monica Jung and Helena Cangadis-Douglass awarded MARC-CMUS PhD Scholarships to address the global priority of opioid misuse

Monash Health pharmacist Monica Jung and Austin Health pharmacist Helena Cangadis-Douglass have been awarded the inaugural Monash Addiction Research Centre (MARC) - Centre for Medicine Use and Safety (CMUS) Scholarships for PhD research into safe

Uptake of highly effective female contraception is lower in Victoria and New South Wales compared to other states

A new nationwide study led by Monash University has found that the rate of supply for hormonal long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) in Australia began to plateau from 2015.

World Pharmacists Day 2020

Pharmacists are not just medicines experts, but also the most accessible healthcare providers in the community. They play critical roles in the community, hospitals and other settings by supporting patients to take their medicines safely.

World Patient Safety Day

The vast majority of health care in Australia leads to good health outcomes. However, patients do not always receive the most appropriate care and preventable adverse events can occur. The issue of patient safety has been recognised as both a

Can existing drugs be effectively combined to treat COVID-19?

Leading drug developers publish insights in three prestigious international journals.A team of international researchers including experts from Certara, the Monash University’s Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cytel and McMaster

New Monash site chronicles contributions of pharmacists during COVID-19

The Monash Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences has launched a new website aimed at capturing the wide variety of contributions that

Monash University researchers develop new international consensus principles for medicines management in frail older people

Researchers from the Centre for Medicine Use and Safety (CMUS) at the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (MIPS) and the National Health and Medical Research Council Centre of Research Excellence(CRE) in Frailty and Healthy Ageing have

Simple works best: Monash University study finds a way to reduce medicine risk for older Australians

Almost one million Australians aged 70+ are regularly taking five or more prescription medicines. The Royal Commission on Aged Care Quality and Safety has highlighted complex medication regimens as a risk to the health and safety of older people.

International study reaffirms cardiovascular benefits associated with medication used to treat type 2 diabetes

A large-scale international study published in prestigious journal The Lancet, Diabetes & Endocrinology, has provided further support for