Podcast Episodes

PPP168 - Public Health with Jeremy McAnulty

Episode 168

Check out our latest episode as Kristin and Nat chat with Dr Jeremy McAnulty about the work undertaken by Public Health Units.

If you are from NSW, you may remember Dr McAnulty from the daily televis…

Published on 10 months, 1 week ago

PPP167 - Meningococcal B with Dr Anita Campbell

Episode 167

Join Kristin for a deep dive into meningococcal disease with Dr Anita Campbell.  Learn more about the various strains of meningococcal and their prevalence patterns in Australia and how that might im…

Published on 11 months ago

PPP166 - Special Episode - World Pharmacist Day - Pharmacist Wellbeing with Dr Karlee Johnston

Episode 166

Join us for a very special World Pharmacist Day edition of the Purple Pen Podcast.  Recorded live during pharmacy wellbeing week at Monash Health, Nat & Kristin reconnect with Jane Booth and Karlee J…

Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago

PPP165 - Fever with A/Prof Rebekah Moles

Join Kristin as she chats with Rebekah Moles about fever. Rebekah is an Associate Professor in Pharmacy Practice at the University of Sydney and she is passionate about quality use of medi…

Published on 1 year ago

PPP 164 - Gout with Dr David Liew

Episode 164

Join us as we talk with Dr David Liew about the underappreciated condition of gout, dispel some myths and talk about what's changed in recommendations. 

This podcast is in collaboration with Medcast …

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

PPP 163 - Monoclonal Antibodies with Prof Sanjay Swaminathan

Episode 163

Kristin is joined by Professor Sanjay Swaminathan to talk all things MABs or monoclonal antibodies.

Dr Sanjay Swaminathan is a Clinical Immunologist and Allergist, he is a Senior Staff Specialist and…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

PPP 162 - Impetigo (School Sores) with Prof Asha Bowen

Episode 162

Prof Asha Bowen is back to discuss Impetigo (also known as school sores), an infection of the skin caused by bacteria. Observational studies over four decades in northern Australia have found that Au…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

PPP 161 - Respiratory Syncytial Virus with Prof Asha Bowen

Episode 161

RSV season is upon us, and there are a number of new exciting developments in the prevention of RSV to discuss! Listen in, as Prof Asha Bowen chats to Kristin and Natalie about the newest innovations…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

PPP 160 - Social and Cultural Considerations in Antimicrobial Use with A/Prof Esmita Charani

Episode 160

Join Kristin as she chats with A/Prof Esmita Charani, PhD, MSc, MPharm, MRPSGB, about the way clinicians think and feel about antibiotic use, and in particular how these beliefs can impact their res…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

PPP 159 - Deprescribing psychotropics with Dr Mark Horowitz

Episode 159

Join Kristin as she talks with Dr Mark Horowitz about how to deprescribe psychotropics like antidepressants, what is known about the causes of depression, what evidence is behind the antidepressants …

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago