Dr Tanja Mueller

Lecturer

Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences

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Personal statement

My research interest is, broadly speaking, rational use of medicines, mainly focusing on pharmacoepidemiology – particularly drug utilisation – but also comprising related areas such as health policy. Topics include drugs used in cancer and cardiovascular disease; antimicrobial stewardship; drug adherence and treatment outcomes; and electronic record linkage. While mostly applying a range of statistical methods, I am also interest in mixed-methods approaches.

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Publications

Patterns of initial and first-intensifying antidiabetic drug utilization among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Scotland, 2010-2020: A retrospective population-based cohort study : a retrospective population-based cohort study
Mahmoud Fatema, Mueller Tanja, Mullen Alexander, Sainsbury Christopher, Rushworth Gordon F, Kurdi Amanj
Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1111/dom.15584
Risk of winter hospitalisation and death from acute respiratory infections in Scotland : national retrospective cohort study
Shi Ting, Millington Tristan, Robertson Chris, Jeffrey Karen, Katikireddi Srinivasa Vittal, McCowan Colin, Simpson Colin R, Woolford Lana, Daines Luke, Kerr Steven, Swallow Ben, Fagbamigbe Adeniyi, Vallejos Catalina A, Weatherill David, Jayacodi Sandra, Marsh Kimberley, McMenamin Jim, Rudan Igor, Ritchie Sir Lewis Duthie, Mueller Tanja, Kurdi Amanj, Sheikh Sir Aziz
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1177/01410768231223584
Analysis of the use of antibiotics by AWaRe categories during the COVID-19 pandemic in hospitals across Scotland : a national population-based study
Proud Euan, Mueller Tanja, Gronkowski Karen, Kurdi Amanj, Platt Niketa, Morrison Aidan, Bennie Marion, Malcolm William
European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1136/ejhpharm-2023-003874
Involving patients and clinicians in the design of wireframes for cancer medicines electronic patient reported outcome measures in clinical care : mixed methods study
Dunlop Emma, Ferguson Aimee, Mueller Tanja, Baillie Kelly, Laskey Jennifer, Clarke Julie, Kurdi Amanj, Wales Ann, Connolly Thomas, Bennie Marion
JMIR Formative Research Vol 7 (2023)
https://doi.org/10.2196/48296
Heterogeneity after harmonisation : a retrospective cohort study of bleeding and stroke risk after the introduction of direct oral anticoagulants in four Western European countries
Komen J J, Hunt N B, Pottegård A, Hjemdahl P, Wettermark B, Olesen M, Bennie M, Mueller T, Carragher R, Karlstad Ø, Kjerpeseth L J, Klungel O H, Forslund T
Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety Vol 32, pp. 1223-1232 (2023)
https://doi.org/10.1002/pds.5650
Data resource profile: : the Hospital Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (HEPMA) national data collection in Scotland
Mueller Tanja, Proud Euan, Kurdi Amanj, Jarvis Lynne, Reid Kat, McTaggart Stuart, Bennie Marion
International Journal of Population Data Science Vol 8 (2023)
https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v8i6.2182

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Teaching

I teach content across all years of the MPharm degree course, with a focus on information gathering and interpretation; research methods; and communication skills. I also teach critical appraisal, research methods including study designs and data analysis/statistics, and other transferrable skills on the MSc Clinical Pharmacy course. Furthermore, I am actively engaged in supervising undergraduate (MPharm) as well as postgraduate taught (MSc Clin Pharm) and research (MPhil, PhD) students.

My main areas of interest are Public Health, and the intersection of medical/pharmaceutical topics and wider societal issues. In my teaching, I aim to spark interest in research among students, and strive to develop their skills holistically.

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Professional Activities

40th International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology and Therapeutic Risk Management (Event)
Peer reviewer
3/2024
Careers Fayre
Contributor
15/2/2024
BMC Geriatrics (Journal)
Peer reviewer
2024
BMJ Open (Journal)
Peer reviewer
2024
International Journal of Population Data Science (Journal)
Peer reviewer
2024
Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy (Journal)
Peer reviewer
2024

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Projects

Profiling and assessing medicines use in pregnancy in Scotland: a population-based, whole system prescribing approach using routine data from clinical care
Mueller, Tanja (Principal Investigator) Kurdi, Amanj (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2023 - 30-Jan-2027
PHS Medicines Programme
Kurdi, Amanj (Principal Investigator) Mueller, Tanja (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2023 - 30-Jan-2028
22/145 Systems Engineering Innovation hubs for Multiple longterm Conditions - Devlopment phase
Maier, Anja (Principal Investigator) Connolly, Patricia (Co-investigator) Gray, Louise (Co-investigator) Inns, Tom (Co-investigator) Kurdi, Amanj (Co-investigator) Maguire, Roma (Co-investigator) Mehnen, Jorn (Co-investigator) Michie, Craig (Co-investigator) Mueller, Tanja (Co-investigator) Picanco Rodrigues, Vinicius (Co-investigator) Tachtatzis, Christos (Co-investigator) Whitfield, Ian (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2024
Cancer Medicines Outcomes Programme Interim 23-24
Bennie, Marion (Principal Investigator) Kurdi, Amanj (Co-investigator) Kavanagh, Kimberley (Co-investigator) Mueller, Tanja (Co-investigator) Dunlop, Emma (Principal Investigator) Fontes, Pedro (Researcher) Csoban, Tunde (Researcher)
Continuation of funding for the CMOP programme for 23-24
01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2024
Big projects, little community benefit? How low carbon pilot projects help to tackle fuel and transport poverty in island communities
Calvillo Munoz, Christian (Principal Investigator) Fonseca, Liliana (Co-investigator) Mueller, Tanja (Co-investigator)
27-Jan-2023 - 26-Jan-2023
Factors associated with the prescribing of direct acting oral anticoagulant drugs and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the prescribing of these drugs: A Scoping Review
Abunimeh, Hanan Nabeel (Post Grad Student) Kurdi, Amanj (Academic) Mueller, Tanja (Principal Investigator)
Direct-Acting Oral Anticoagulants (DOACs) – apixaban, dabigatran, edoxaban, and rivaroxaban – have emerged and are being used as alternatives to vitamin k antagonists for the prevention and treatment of different cardiovascular conditions (1,2). Since the DOACs first approval in the UK in 2008 (3), they have become the preferred choice for anticoagulation, because of their documented non-inferior efficacy and safety in large randomized prospective trials and real-world observational studies, and because of their much more convenience to use (4-6). With the rapid uptake of DOACs, prescribers are faced with increasingly complex decisions relating to appropriate agent and appropriate dose to be prescribed (7). This review will explore and provide an overview of the factors influencing the prescribing of DOACs in general.
02-Jan-2023 - 29-Jan-2023

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Dr Tanja Mueller
Lecturer
Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences

Email: tanja.muller@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 2865