Kathryn Steadman

Kathryn is a pharmacist from the UK, who moved to Western Australia in 1999 and then to the University of Queensland in 2007. She teaches into the Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours) in the areas of pharmaceutics, compounding and complementary medicines, and she teaches a course about clinical trials into the Master of Pharmaceutical Industry Practice. Kathryn is currently the Director of Teaching and Learning for the School of Pharmacy.

Following a number of years conducting research into plant biology, Kathryn's current research interests generally link back to plants in some way - for example the tobacco plants used for chewing and smoking, the plant gums used to thicken medicines and lubricate swallowing, and the plants used in complementary medicines. Many of her projects develop in response to requests for help from healthcare professionals, and so she has a strong focus on answering clinical questions using pharmaceutical science methods. Kathryn has published over 140 journal articles across a wide range of topics, and she has supervised 28 PhD students and over 60 undergraduate independent research student projects.