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Biography
Dr Seaman is an experienced pharmacist and health services research fellow in the Aged Care Evaluation and Research Team at the Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University. She has expertise in linked administrative data, mixed methods, evaluation, and stakeholder research projects. She has worked across a variety of health sectors including leading and coordinating research for a non-for-profit organisation, hospitals and within the community. She focuses primarily on translation research in the areas of aged care, older adults, disability, medication utilisation and policy with an emphasis on dementia, acquired brain injury and consumer involvement. She supported the establishment of a research centre in aged care and has been an industry leader for the NHMRC Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre.
Education/Academic qualification
Bachelor of Pharmacy
Master of Clinical Epidemiology
Doctorate of Philosophy
External positions
Senior Research Assistant, Edith Cowan University
1 Jun 2017 → …
Pharmacist, Community Pharmacy
2006 → …
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Leveraging informatics to optimise pharmacist-led medication reviews in residential aged care to improve outcomes and cost-effectiveness: a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial
Raban, M., Seaman, K., Cutler, H., Wabe, N., Westbrook, J., Silva, S. M., Huang, G., Ahumada Canale, A., Nguyen, A., Urwin, R., Tse, T., Wu, B., Saunders, R., Metri, J. & Crick, S.
27/03/23 → 30/04/26
Project: Research
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Transforming residential aged care through evidence-based informatics
Westbrook, J., Raban, M., Manias, E., Cameron, I., Coiera, E., Bucknall, T. K., Etherton-Beer, C., Seaman, K., Zwar, N., Braithwaite, J., Wabe, N., Li, L., Morgan, M., Bell, J. S., Metri, J., Root, J., Margelis, G., Nguyen, A., Gardiner, B. & Lim , L.
1/09/22 → 31/08/24
Project: Research
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Cyclical medication management interventions in health care settings: a systematic review
Meulenbroeks, I., Mercado, C., Urwin, R., Seaman, K., Kelly, A., Qadri, O. & Westbrook, J., 26 Feb 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Learning Health Systems. 17 p., e70005.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Development of a predictive dashboard with prescriptive decision support for falls prevention in residential aged care: user-centered design approach
Silva, S. S. M., Wabe, N., Nguyen, A. D., Seaman, K., Huang, G., Dodds, L., Meulenbroeks, I., Mercado, C. I. & Westbrook, J. I., 7 Apr 2025, In: JMIR Aging. 8, p. 1-16 16 p., e63609.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Hospital volunteer programs for older people: a systematic scoping review
Saunders, R., Ocampo, F. A., Graham, R., Christiansen, A., Gay, M. & Seaman, K., 1 Jan 2025, In: Geriatric Nursing. 61, p. 185-191 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Impact of potentially inappropriate psychotropic medicines on falls among older adults in 23 residential aged care facilities in Australia: a retrospective longitudinal cohort study
Batool, N., Raban, M. Z., Seaman, K., Westbrook, J. & Wabe, N., 9 Apr 2025, In: BMJ Open. 15, 4, p. 1-9 9 p., e096187.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Over- and underuse of proton pump inhibitors in nursing homes: a multisite longitudinal cohort study
Wabe, N., Urwin, R., Meulenbroeks, I., Seaman, K., Raban, M. Z., Neupane, S., Nguyen, A., Silva, S. M., Timothy, A., Batool, N., Pont, L. & Westbrook, J. I., Feb 2025, In: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 26, 2, p. 1-9 9 p., 105393.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile1 Citation (Scopus)18 Downloads (Pure)
Prizes
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AIHI Centre for Health Systems and Safety Research - Researcher of the Year
Seaman, Karla (Recipient), 2020
Prize
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Derek's Place (External organisation)
Karla Seaman (Member)
1 Jan 2021 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of board
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Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences (Organisational unit)
Mitchell Sarkies (Member), Fiona Bright (Member), Katie De Luca (Member), Emre Ilhan (Member), Amy Nguyen (Member), Elizabeth Austin (Member), Ann Carrigan (Member), Karla Seaman (Member), Chris Bladen (Member), Annika van Hummel (Member), Jannah Baker (Member), Robert Ross (Member), Sian Genoud (Member), Emily Don (Chair), Nitin Chitranshi (Member), Rae-Anne Hardie (Chair), Rimante Ronto (Member), Gemma Sicouri (Member), Kelly Williams (Member), Syeda Somyyah Owais (Member), Anna Guller (Member), Robert Newport (Member), Marina Junqueira Santiago (Member), Philippe Gilchrist (Member), Jessamine Chen (Member), Ella Oar (Member), Alison Hogan (Member), Jodie Wills (Member), Kathleen Yin (Member), Gillian Hulst (Member), Benjamin Brown (Member), Loes Koring (Member), Stephney Whillier (Member), Milena Gandy (Member), Carly Johnco (Member), Lauren McLellan (Member) & Michael Swain (Member)
2020 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
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Australian Institute of Health Innovation (Organisational unit)
Elizabeth Austin (Chair), Rae-Anne Hardie (Chair), Amy Nguyen (Chair), Karla Seaman (Chair), Ryan McMullan (Chair) & Tim Badgery-Parker (Chair)
1 Jan 2018 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
Press/Media
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4/04/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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