Gizat Kassie

Dr Gizat Kassie

School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Science

College of Health

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

Gizat Kassie is a Research Fellow in quality use of medicine research at UniSA. Gizat completed his PhD in 2019 at the University of South Australia (UniSA) with a thesis titled ‘Targeting medicines in the prevention of delirium in older patients: a principal role for pharmacists’. His prior educational qualifications include BPharm and MSc in clinical pharmacy and has versatile professional experiences as a lecturer, training advisor and clinical pharmacist.
Gizat’s research interests include medication use and safety in older people, medication use and risk for cognitive impairment, pharmacy practice research and pharmacy education. He particularly aspires to identify and characterise problems in medication use and health service provision in older people, design methods and interventions promoting appropriate medication use at patient and population levels.
Gizat is currently leading and being involved in pharmacoepidemiology research in the Veterans' Medicines Advice and Therapeutics Education Services project at the Quality Use of Medicines and Pharmacy Research Centre, UniSA.

Year Citation
2025 Ayeno, H. D., Kassie, G. M., Atee, M., & Nguyen, T. (2025). Factors influencing the implerentation of non-pharmacological interventions for behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia in residential aged-Care homes: a systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis: a systematic review. Campbell Systematic Reviews, 21(2, article no. e70029), 1-42.
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2025 Dedefo, M. G., Kassie, G. M., Gebreyohannes, E. A., Lim, R., Roughead, E., & Kalisch Ellett, L. (2025). Completeness of spontaneously reported adverse drug reactions in 4 databases. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 91(12), 3389-3400.
DOI Europe PMC1
2025 Dedefo, M. G., Lim, R., Kassie, G. M., Gebreyohannes, E. A., Salekdeh, N. N., Roughead, E., & Kalisch Ellett, L. (2025). Consumer views on the use of digital tools for reporting adverse drug reactions: a cross-sectional study. International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, 47(2), 423-434.
DOI Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC1
2025 Marotti, S. B., Shaji, S. E., Maguire, A., Lovas-Tiong, A., Kassie, G. M., Taylor, A., . . . Kalisch Ellett, L. M. (2025). High-risk psychotropic medication use and delirium screening in older patients undergoing planned surgical procedures. Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research, online(4), 1-8.
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2025 GBD 2019 Acute and Chronic Care Collaborators. (2025). Characterising acute and chronic care needs: insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.. Nature Communications, 16(1), 4235-1-4235-36.
DOI WoS11 Europe PMC7
2025 Ayeno, H. D., Atee, M., Kassie, G. M., Suppiah, V., Widagdo, I., & Nguyen, T. A. (2025). Psychotropic medications versus non-pharmacologic approaches for managing behavioural and psychological symptoms in Australian aged care residents with dementia: general practitioners’ and physicians’ perspectives. Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology, 15(20451253251387908), 15 pages.
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2025 Dedefo, M. G., Kassie, G. M., Gebreyohannes, E. A., Lim, R., Roughead, E., & Kalisch Ellett, L. (2025). Comparison of the Completeness of Spontaneously Reported Adverse Drug Reactions by Consumers, Healthcare Professionals, and Pharmaceutical Companies: An Evaluation of Databases From Two High-Income Countries. Pharmacology Research and Perspectives, 13(4), 9 pages.
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2024 Ciobanu, L. G., Baryshnikova, N. V., Jawahar, M. C., Toben, C. G., Sokolenko, E., Arnet, V. K., . . . Clark, S. R. (2024). Pre-COVID life expectancy, mortality, and burden of diseases for adults 70 years and older in Australia: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease 2019 Study. The Lancet Regional Health. Western Pacific, 47, 101092-1-101092-14.
DOI Scopus3 WoS3 Europe PMC3
2024 Dedefo, M. G., Lim, R., Kassie, G. M., Roughead, E., & Ellett, L. K. (2024). Consumers’ knowledge and experiences of adverse drug reaction reporting in Australia: a national survey. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 80(10), 1543-1554.
DOI Scopus5 WoS5 Europe PMC5
2024 Ayeno, H. D., Kassie, G. M., Atee, M., & Nguyen, T. (2024). PROTOCOL: factors influencing the implementation of non-pharmacological interventions for behaviours and psychological symptoms of dementia in residential aged care homes: a systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis. Campbell Systematic Reviews, 20(2, article no. e1393), 1-10.
DOI Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC2
2024 Ayeno, H. D., Atee, M., Kassie, G. M., & Nguyen, T. A. (2024). Knowledge, attitude, and practice of care providers toward non-pharmacological intervention for managing behavioural and psychological symptoms in Australian aged care residents with dementia: a cross-sectional survey. Clinical Gerontologist, online(5), 1-19.
DOI Scopus3 Europe PMC3
2023 Momtazmanesh, S., Moghaddam, S. S., Ghamari, S. H., Rad, E. M., Rezaei, N., Shobeiri, P., . . . Erkhembayar, R. (2023). Global burden of chronic respiratory diseases and risk factors, 1990–2019: an update from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Eclinicalmedicine, 59, 22 pages.
DOI Scopus523 WoS437 Europe PMC401
2023 GBD 2019 Australia Collaborators. (2023). The burden and trend of diseases and their risk factors in Australia, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet Public Health, 8(8), e585-e599.
DOI Scopus66 WoS48 Europe PMC54
2022 Andrade, A. Q., Calabretto, J. -P., Pratt, N. L., Kalisch-Ellett, L. M., Kassie, G. M., LeBlanc, V. T., . . . Roughead, E. E. (2022). Implementation and Evaluation of a Digitally Enabled Precision Public Health Intervention to Reduce Inappropriate Gabapentinoid Prescription: Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 24(1), e33873-1-e33873-12.
DOI Scopus5 WoS6 Europe PMC6
2022 Nichols, E., Steinmetz, J. D., Vollset, S. E., Fukutaki, K., Chalek, J., Abd-Allah, F., . . . Hassan, A. (2022). Estimation of the global prevalence of dementia in 2019 and forecasted prevalence in 2050: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet Public Health, 7(2), e105-e125.
DOI Scopus3550 WoS2689 Europe PMC2897
2022 Roughead, E. E., Kerr, M., Moffat, A., Kassie, G. M., & Pratt, N. (2022). Medicine-Induced Acute Kidney Injury Findings from Spontaneous Reporting Systems, Sequence Symmetry Analysis and a Case–Control Study with a Focus on Medicines Used in Primary Care. Drug Safety, 45(11), 1413-1421.
DOI Scopus13 WoS11 Europe PMC11
2022 Kassie, G. M., Roughead, E. E., Nguyen, T. A., Pratt, N. L., & Kalisch Ellett, L. M. (2022). The Risk of Preoperative Central Nervous System-Acting Medications on Delirium Following Hip or Knee Surgery: A Matched Case-Control Study. Drug Safety, 45(1), 75-82.
DOI Scopus10 WoS10 Europe PMC10
2022 Erku, D., Mersha, A. G., Ali, E. E., Gebretekle, G. B., Wubishet, B. L., Kassie, G. M., . . . Scuffham, P. (2022). A systematic review of scope and quality of health economic evaluations conducted in Ethiopia. Health policy and planning, 37(4), 514-522.
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2022 Mulugeta, A., Eshetie, T. C., Kassie, G. M., Erku, D., Mekonnen, A., Lumsden, A., & Hypponen, E. (2022). Association between metabolically different adiposity subtypes and osteoarthritis: a Mendelian Randomization Study. Arthritis Care & Research, 75(4), 885-892.
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2021 Kalisch Ellett, L. M., Kassie, G. M., Ramsay, E. N., Pratt, N. L., & Roughead, E. E. (2021). Evaluation of Renal Function Testing in Older Australian Veterans Dispensed Medicines that Require Renal Function Monitoring. Drugs and Aging, 38(11), 995-1002.
DOI Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC1
2021 Kalisch Ellett, L. M., Kassie, G. M., Caughey, G. E., Pratt, N. L., Ramsay, E. N., & Roughead, E. E. (2021). Medication-related hospital admissions in aged care residents. Australasian journal on ageing, 40(4), e323-e331.
DOI Scopus10 WoS10 Europe PMC10
2020 Kalisch Ellett, L. M., Kemp-Casey, A., Kassie, G. M., Pratt, N. L., & Roughead, E. E. (2020). Use of analgesics following rescheduling of codeine in Australia: An interrupted time series analysis in the veteran population. International Journal of Drug Policy, 81, 7 pages.
DOI Scopus7 WoS7 Europe PMC4
2019 Ellett, L. M. K., Kassie, G. M., Pratt, N. L., Kerr, M., & Roughead, E. E. (2019). Prevalence and Duration of Use of Medicines Recommended for Short-Term Use in Aged Care Facility Residents. PHARMACY, 7(2), 11 pages.
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2019 Kassie, G. M., Kalisch Ellett, L. M., Nguyen, T. A., & Roughead, E. E. (2019). Use of medicines that may precipitate delirium prior to hospitalisation in older Australians with delirium: An observational study. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 38(2), 124-131.
DOI Scopus11 WoS10 Europe PMC10
2019 Berha, A. B., & Kassie, G. M. (2019). Current practice and barriers to an early antimicrobial conversion from intravenous to oral among hospitalized patients at Jimma University specialized hospital: prospective observational study. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases, 2019(article no. 7847354), 1-8.
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2018 Adeola, M., Azad, R., Kassie, G. M., Shirkey, B., Taffet, G., Liebl, M., & Agarwal, K. (2018). Multicomponent interventions reduce high-risk medications for delirium in hospitalized older adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 66(8), 1638-1645.
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2018 Kassie, G. M., Kalisch Ellett, L. M., Nguyen, T. A., & Roughead, E. E. (2018). Knowledge of Australian hospital pharmacists regarding delirium in elderly patients. Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research, 48(2), 116-123.
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2018 Kassie, G. M., Nguyen, T. A., Kalisch Ellett, L. M., Pratt, N. L., & Roughead, E. E. (2018). Do risk prediction models for postoperative delirium consider patients' preoperative medication use?. Drugs and aging, 35(3), 213-222.
DOI Scopus12 WoS12 Europe PMC10
2017 Kassie, G. M., Nguyen, T. A., Kalisch Ellett, L. M., Pratt, N. L., & Roughead, E. E. (2017). Preoperative medication use and postoperative delirium: a systematic review. BMC geriatrics, 17(article no. 298), 1-10.
DOI Scopus99 WoS85 Europe PMC72
2017 Kassie, G. M., Kalisch Ellett, L. M., Nguyen, T. A., & Roughead, E. E. (2017). Current practice and opinions of hospital pharmacists regarding their role in the screening, prevention and treatment of delirium. International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, 39(6), 1194-1200.
DOI Scopus7 WoS7 Europe PMC5
2014 Duga, A. L., Kassie, G. M., & Horsa, B. A. (2014). Comparative study of the effects of antiretroviral therapy (ART) on CD₄ cell count in Jimma University Specialized Hospital, Jimma Town, Oromia region, Ethiopia. Journal of pharmaceutical and scientific innovation, 3(4), 310-314.
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2014 Kassie, G. M., Negussie, D., & Ahmed, J. H. (2014). Perinatal outcomes of magnesium sulphate and diazepam use in severe pre-eclamptic and eclamptic mothers, Jimma University Specialized Hospital, Southwest Ethiopia. International journal of sciences: basic and applied research, 13(1), 426-436.
2014 Melaku Kebede, T., & Kassie, G. M. (2014). Assessment of prescribers' adherence to the basic standards of prescription order writing in Jimma University Specialized Hospital, Southwest Ethiopia. The experiment, 19(1), 1316-1329.
2014 Kassie, G. M., & Mammo, S. (2014). Assessment of pharmaceutical store management in Woreda health offices of West Hararghe zone, Ethiopia. International research journal of pharmacy, 5(8), 642-645.
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2014 Kassie, G. M., Duga, A. L., & Nebi, P. J. (2014). Evaluation of co-trimoxazole as preventive therapy for people living with HIV/AIDS in Jimma Health Center, Southwest Ethiopia. International research journal of pharmacy, 5(5), 403-406.
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2014 Kassie, G. M., Negussie, D., & Ahmed, J. H. (2014). Maternal outcomes of magnesium sulphate and diazepam use in women with severe pre-eclampsia and eclampsia in Ethiopia. Pharmacy practice, 12(2, article no. 400), 1-7.
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2014 Kassie, G. M., Kebede, T. M., & Duguma, B. K. (2014). Knowledge, attitude, and practice of epileptic patients towards their illness and treatment in Jimma University specialized hospital, Southwest Ethiopia. North American journal of medical sciences, 6(8), 383-390.
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Year Citation
2019 Kassie, G., Woodward, M., Ellett, L. K., Nguyen, T., & Roughead, E. (2019). Medicines, delirium and hospitalisation: Can we do better?. In AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL ON AGEING Vol. 38 (pp. 26-27). WILEY.

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2022 Co-Supervisor - Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Hunduma Dinsa Ayeno

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