Associate Professor Joy Spark
Associate Professor in Pharmacy - School of Health
Biography
Joy achieved a PhD (Pharmacy Practice) from LaTrobe University in 2014. Currently she teaches in the pharmacy program and has an active research program with a focus on perceptions of products and services, particularly pharmacy services including compounded progesterone products.
Joy joined UNE in 2017 from LaTrobe University where she had been involved in the establishment of the experiential placement, compounding and research project components of the pharmacy program. After she earned her Bachelor of Pharmacy and subsequently Master of Pharmacy (Medicinal Chemistry) from the Victorian College of Pharmacy in Melbourne (now part of Monash University), Joy worked in product development for Nicholas Kiwi and IDT. Later she spent a period as the pharmacist at the Tungaru Central Hospital in Tarawa in the Republic of Kiribati as an Australian Volunteer International (AVI). Returning to Australia, Joy continued her passion for pharmacy research and education with Paramedical Software then at LaTrobe University achieving her PhD, and multiple publications in a range of pharmacy practice topics.
