Spinewine, Anne

Affiliation: 

Université catholique de Louvain - CHU Dinant Godinne

Country: 

Belgium

1. Current Status, Position

Anne Spinewine currently works half-time as the head of clinical pharmacy of a teaching hospital (CHU Dinant Godinne) and half-time as a professor in clinical pharmacy at UCL.

2. Education

Anne Spinewine graduated as a pharmacist (MPharm) at the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL) in 1999. She completed an MSc in clinical pharmacy, international practice and policy in 2001 (University of London), her PhD in 2006 (UCL) and a master in hospital pharmacy in 2007 (UCL).

3. Research Area

Her research focuses on the evaluation of quality and safety of medication use, and more specifically:
-    appropriateness of use of medicines in older patients,
-    continuity of care,
-    other high-risk medications or situations: sedation and analgesia in intensive care; direct oral anticoagulants.