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

Trigger a surge in hypertension and high cholesterol? A nationwide study on Scotland's post-pandemic prescribing trends and healthcare system recovery
Kurdi Amanj, Millar Morven, Nnabuko Uchenna, McTaggart Stuart, Mueller Tanja, Proud Euan, Melia Barry, Bennie Marion
The 83rd FIP World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences 2025 (2025)
Trends and changes in polypharmacy prevalence in the UK between 2010 to 2016 : retrospective cohort study using the UK Biobank data
Madanat Faisal, Mueller Tanja, Kurdi Amanj
European Drug Utilization Research Group conference 2025 (EuroDURG) (2025)
Profiling the pattern of medication use during pregnancy : a scoping review of population-based studies
Parvin Mst Irin, Abunimeh Hanan Nabeel, Alshammari Hisham Abdulaziz M, Kurdi Amanj, Bennie Marion, Mueller Tanja
European Drug Utilization Research Group conference 2025 (EuroDURG) (2025)
Trends and changes in polypharmacy incidence in the UK between 2010 to 2016 : retrospective cohort study using the UK Biobank data
Madanat Faisal, Mueller Tanja, Kurdi Amanj
European Drug Utilization Research Group conference 2025 (EuroDURG) (2025)
Prescribing trends of Direct Oral Anticoagulant Drugs (DOACs) across Scotland from 2011 to 2020 : a population-based, retrospective study
Abunimeh Hanan Nabeel, Kurdi Amanj, Mueller Tanja
European Drug Utilisation Conference (EuroDURG) (2025)
Effectiveness of deprescribing tools and interventions in detecting and deprescribing potentially inappropriate medications and their effect on patients' clinical outcomes : a systematic review
Madanat Faisal, Noorsaeed Solafa Mohamedwaly M, Alkhlaifat Rahaf Ghaleb Suleiman, Mueller Tanja, Kurdi Amanj
The NORDIC Social Pharmacy Conference 2025 (2025)

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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

European Drug Utilisation Conference (EuroDURG)
Participant
1/7/2025
NORDIC Social Pharmacy Conference 2025
Organiser
4/6/2025
NORDIC Social Pharmacy Conference 2025
Participant
4/6/2025
Chief Scientist's Office CSO (External organisation)
Member
4/2025
European Drug Utilisation Conference (EuroDURG) (Event)
Peer reviewer
2/2025
BMJ Public Health (Journal)
Peer reviewer
2025

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Projects

Cancer Medicines Outcomes Programme - Public Health Scotland
Dunlop, Emma (Co-investigator) Mueller, Tanja (Co-investigator) Bennie, Marion (Principal Investigator) Kurdi, Amanj (Co-investigator) Lu, Liya (Researcher) Kavanagh, Kimberley (Co-investigator)
The aim of CMOP-PHS is to better understand the real world outcomes of cancer medicines for cancer patients in Scotland. The project is a collaboration between the University of Strathclyde, Public Health Scotland and the NHS Health Boards.
01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2027
Prescribing medicines use in pregnancy: A scoping review protocol
Parvin, Mst Irin (Principal Investigator) Mueller, Tanja (Principal Investigator) Kurdi, Amanj (Principal Investigator)
Medication use during pregnancy can have detrimental effects on the mother as well as the unborn child, which might be unknown. Studies on medicine use during pregnancy can provide valuable information about the medications that pregnant women most frequently use for the diseases they are prescribed and whether or or not using these medications could be harmful for the mother and/or the unborn child. Findings from this scoping review will provide an insight of the medicines used during pregnancy as well as a comprehensive summary of the current evidence on this topic.
10-Jan-2024 - 14-Jan-2024
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 - Development 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-2025
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

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Dr Tanja Mueller
Lecturer
Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences

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