Carmel Hughes, PhD.

JAD profile

Affiliation(s): 

Queen's University of Belfast

Lab URL: 

http://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/SchoolofPharmacy/

ORCID URL: 

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4656-6021

Areas of Interest: 

alzheimer and dementia care

Biography & Research: 

Carmel Hughes is Professor of Primary Care Pharmacy and Head of the School of Pharmacy at Queen’s University Belfast. Her main research interests are in prescribing in older people, particularly in nursing homes, and the development and implementation of complex interventions. She is currently working on projects on antimicrobial prescribing in nursing homes, and polypharmacy in older people living in the community.