MEDICATION MANAGEMENT AND QUALITY USE OF MEDICINES
Dr Manya Angley, Adjunct Professor,
School of Health and Clinical Sciences, Health Professions Education,
University of Western Australia &
Director,
Manya Angley Research and Consulting (MARAC),
Adelaide, South Australia
RESEARCHER PROFILE
Filmed in Adelaide, Australia | July 2026
Adjunct Professor Manya Angley is an Advanced Practice Pharmacist. Manya spent the first 20 years of her career as a teaching and research academic at the University of South Australia. She currently works as a credentialed pharmacist and researcher through her business, Manya Angley Research and Consulting (MARAC).
Her professional activities are focused in general practice, disability and aged care. She continues to undertake research in medicines safety at care transitions and quality use of medicines in the aged care and disability sectors. Manya has just stepped down as SA/NT Branch President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (July 2023-June 2026) was previously vice-president (2022-2023).
Manya was the proud recipient of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (SA/NT Branch) Pharmacist of the Year (2021) and the Australian Association of Consultant Pharmacy MIMS Consultant Pharmacist of the Year (2021).
Manya holds, or has held, positions on various multidisciplinary Department of Health, Disability and Ageing (DoHDA) and the ACSQHC technical expert committees. She is regularly invited to present at National pharmacy conferences and to present to other disciplines.
Manya was appointed an Adjunct Professor at the University of Western Australia in 2025.
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Non-invasive tools for CVD screening and monitoring
Dr Hadi Afsharan is a Research Fellow Cardiovascular Science & Diabetes at the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research; is a translational research and innovation fellow in medical technologies at The University of Western Australia, holding dual titles as Translational Fellow and Innovation Fellow within UWA’s Medical School and the FHRI (Future Health Research and Innovation) program.
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Biological interactions of extracellular vesicles
Raluca Ghebosu graduated from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science with majors in Japanese and Biomedical Science (2018-2021). She then completed her Bachelor of Science (Honours) with the School of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Queensland in 2022, before pursuing a PhD with A/Prof. Joy Wolfram at the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology.
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Ocular disease and early onset myopia
Dr Mountford has successfully established Western Australia’s first and only ocular genetic screening platform using zebrafish and utilises this model to help elucidate some of the complex gene-environment interactions responsible for the development of myopia.
