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Louis Roller

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Associate Professor

BPharm (VIC), BSc (Melbourne University), MSc (Melbourne University), FPS (Victorian faculty of Pharmacy), PhD (Columbia Pacific University), Dip Ed (Monash University).

Phone: +61 3 9903 9578
Fax: +61 3 9903 9629
e-mail: louis.roller@pharm.monash.edu.au

Research Interests

  • Continuing pharmacy education
  • Pharmacists and Consumers’ perceptions of the role of pharmacists
  • Consumers perceptions of the effectiveness of counselling interactions with pharmacists
  • Adherence and asthma
  • Pharmacists’ knowledge and practice in handling patients with asthma
  • Student attitudes to choice of course

Significant Publications

  1. Roller L, Gowan JA.  Disease state management of an older patient with hyperlipidemia, pp 173-194, in  Fincham J (ed) Patient Compliance with Medications: Issues and Opportunities, 232 pp. ISBN: 978-0-7890-2609-5.
  2. Abbott P, Dowden J, Goss AN, McCullough M, Mathews J, Pope J, Roller L., Savage N, Tennant M. Therapeutic Guidelines: Oral and Dental, Version 1. Therapeutic Guidelines Limited, Melbourne, 2007, 233 pp
  3. Roller L. Antimicrobials and Drug Interactions. Australian Society for Antimicrobials Newsletter 22: 1-7, 2005.
  4. Roller L, Gowan JA.  Counselling Casebook: Acne and depression: referral and counselling, an important role for pharmacists.  Australian Journal of Pharmacy, 86: 750-754, 2005.
  5. Roller L. Adverse reactions to antibacterial agents. Australian Society for Antimicrobials Newsletter 21: 1-7, 2005.
  6. Gowan JA, Roller L. Practical Medication Management for Pharmacists 1st edition, Australian Pharmaceutical Publishing Company Limited, Melbourne, 288 pp, 2004.
  7. Roller L, Gowan JA. (2003) Illness behaviour. New Ethicals Journal 6(9): 44-48.
  8. Roller L, Gowan JA (2003) Switching antidepressants. New Ethicals Journal Supplement, 36-41.
  9. Roller L. “Principles of Antimicrobial Use” in Therapeutic Guidelines: Antibiotic Edition 12. Therapeutic Guidelines Limited, 2003 pp1-8.
  10. Roller L. “Getting to Know your Drugs” in Therapeutic Guidelines: Antibiotic Edition 12. Therapeutic Guidelines Limited, 2003 pp9-31.
  11. Roller L. “Adverse Reactions of Antimicrobial Agents” in Therapeutic Guidelines: Antibiotic Edition 12. Therapeutic Guidelines Limited, 2003 pp 251-257.
  12. Marty SHP, Callaghan JD, Cohen RP, Greenberg GR, Grosvenor RJ, Gymer RE, Levy LH, Neiman PE, Nolte DS, Reed BL, Roller L. Pharmacy Board Guidelines 2004, Pharmacy Board of Victoria, Melbourne, 133 pp, 2004.

Editorial Board of the Australian Pharmaceutical Formulary and Handbook 19th Edition 2004 and 20th Edition, 2006

Mosby's Dictionary of Medicines, Nursing & Health Professions, Elsevier, Sydney 2005.  Responsible for "Australianising" at least 20 percent of the well-known Mosby's.