Georgina Hughes

Research Interests

Aged Health Care Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice Evaluation of health outcomes Health services and systems Mental Health Pharmacology & Pharmacy Quality use of medicines

Dr Georgina Hughes

Research Associate

School of Allied Health and Human Performance

College of Health

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Georgina Hughes is an early career pharmacist researcher and works as a Research Fellow at the University of South Australia. Georgina's research focuses on using real-world data to support quality use of medicines among older people who access aged care services.
Georgina undertook her PhD with the University of South Australia and the Registry of Senior Australians (ROSA). Her PhD used big data to explore the real-world use and safety of antidepressant medicines among older people living in aged care homes.
Georgina is passionate about research that informs the safe and effective use of medicines and the best utilisation of pharmacists' skills within aged and healthcare systems, to optimise care and overall outcomes for older people. 

Date Position Institution name
2025 - ongoing Research Fellow University of South Australia
2025 - 2025 Research Associate University of South Australia
2023 - 2023 Online Tutor University of South Australia
2022 - 2022 Tutor University of South Australia
2018 - 2019 Research Officer University of South Australia
2018 - 2018 Research Assistant University of South Australia

Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
2025 Award UniSA Unstoppable Research & Enterprise PhD Researcher Award 2025 University of South Australia Australia -
2025 Award SAHMRI Research Showcase Early Career Researcher Presentation winner South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute Australia -
2023 Award First prize poster presentation International Pharmaceutical Federation Australia -
2023 Scholarship International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology annual conference (ICPE) Travel Scholarship 2023 International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology Australia -
2022 Scholarship Dr Terry Farquharson PhD Top-Up Scholarship Encouragement Award University of South Australia Australia -
2021 Scholarship Vice Chancellor and President's Scholarship University of South Australia Australia -

Date Institution name Country Title
2021 - 2025 University of South Australia Australia Doctor of Philosophy
2015 - 2020 University of South Australia Australia Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Science
2015 - 2020 University of South Australia Australia Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours)

Date Title Institution name Country
— Registered Pharmacist Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency Australia

Year Citation
2025 Hughes, G. A., Inacio, M. C., Rowett, D., Caughey, G. E., Air, T., Lang, C., . . . Sluggett, J. K. (2025). Prolonged Use of Antidepressants Among Older People Residing in Long-Term Care Facilities. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association (JAMDA): long-term care: management, applied research and clinical issues, 26(4), 105482-1-105482-7.
DOI Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC1
2025 Hughes, G. A., Inacio, M. C., Rowett, D., Caughey, G. E., Air, T., Lang, C., . . . Sluggett, J. K. (2025). Risk of adverse outcomes associated with mirtazapine compared to sertraline use among older people living in long-term care facilities. Age and Ageing, 54(4, article no. afaf074), 1-12.
DOI Scopus4 WoS3 Europe PMC3
2025 Hughes, G. A., Inacio, M. C., Rowett, D., Lang, C., Jorissen, R. N., Corlis, M., & Sluggett, J. K. (2025). Setting of initiation and factors associated with antidepressant use on entry to long-term care facilities. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 91(6), 1749-1759.
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2024 Hughes, G. A., Inacio, M. C., Rowett, D., Lang, C., Jorissen, R. N., Corlis, M., & Sluggett, J. K. (2024). National trends in antidepressant use in Australian residential aged care facilities (2006-2019). Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 25(6, article no. 104957), 1-13.
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2024 Sluggett, J. K., Stasinopoulos, J., Sylvester, C., Wong, W. J., Hillen, J., Hughes, G. A., . . . Soulsby, N. (2024). Simplifying medication regimens for residents of aged care facilities: Pharmacist and physician use of a structured five-step medication simplification tool. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 20(8), 733-739.
DOI Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC1
2024 Wondimkun, Y. A., Caughey, G. E., Inacio, M. C., Hughes, G. A., Air, T., Jorissen, R. N., . . . Sluggett, J. K. (2024). National trends in utilisation of glucose lowering medicines by older people with diabetes in long-term care facilities. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 212(111701), 111701-1-111701-7.
DOI Scopus5 WoS5 Europe PMC5
2021 Sluggett, J. K., Hughes, G. A., Ooi, C. E., Chen, E. Y. H., Corlis, M., Hogan, M. E., . . . Bell, J. S. (2021). Process evaluation of the SImplification of Medications Prescribed to Long-tErm Care Residents (SIMPLER) cluster randomized controlled trial: a mixed methods study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(11, article no. 5778), 1-17.
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2020 Sluggett, J. K., Chen, E. Y. H., Ilomäki, J., Corlis, M., van Emden, J., Hogan, M., . . . Bell, J. S. (2020). Reducing the burden of complex medication regimens: simplification of medications prescribed to long-term care residents (SIMPLER) cluster randomized controlled trial. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 28(8), 1114-1120.
DOI Europe PMC19
2020 Sluggett, J. K., Ooi, C. E., Gibson, S., Angley, M. T., Corlis, M., Hogan, M. E., . . . Bell, J. S. (2020). Simplifying medication regimens for people receiving community-based home care services: outcomes of a non-randomized pilot and feasibility study. Clinical Interventions in Aging, 15, 797-809.
DOI
2020 Hughes, G. A., Rowett, D., Corlis, M., & Sluggett, J. K. (2020). Reducing harm from potentially inappropriate medicines use in long-term care facilities: We must take a proactive approach. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 17(5), 829-831.
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Year Citation
2024 Wondimkun, Y. A., Caughey, G. E., Inacio, M. C., Hughes, G. A., Air, T., Jorissen, R. N., . . . Sluggett, J. K. (2024). National Trends in Utilization of Glucose Lowering Medications by Older People With Diabetes in Long-Term Care Facilities, 2009-2019. In PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY Vol. 33 (pp. 396-397). WILEY.

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