Douglas T. Steinke - PH.D.

Dr. Steinke specializes in pharmacoepidemiology and epidemiology. Prior to his appointment at the UK College of Pharmacy in 2005, he served as an honorary lecturer at University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, and as a research pharmacist for the Healthcare Information Group, NHS National Health Services in Scotland, and the Medicines Monitoring Unit at the University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee Scotland.

He holds a Ph.D. in pharmacoepidemiology from the University of Dundee, Scotland, (2001) and completed postdoctoral studies at the University of Dundee in 2002. Dr. Steinke also completed a Certificate of Health Economics from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland; a Master of Science degree in community health and epidemiology from Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada; and a bachelor's degree in pharmacy from the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

He currently coordinates the third year course - Pharmaceutical Policy and Public Health and provides advisory activities for pharmacy students (Independent Studies) and pharmacy resident projects. He is a member of the UK College of Pharmacy Assessment sub-committee and the Academic Committee with the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology

Selected Publications/Presentations

• Steinke DT, Burney S, Bennie M, Hudson SA. Using health and population data to help describe the health of a locality: the development and evaluation of a locality health profile. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice 2005; 14:21-30.
• Boyter AC and Steinke DT. Changes in prescribing if inhaled corticosteroids (1999 - 2002) in Scotland. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 2005; 14(3):203-209.
• Donnan PT, Wei L, Steinke DT, Phillips G, Clarke R, Noone A, Sullivan FM, MacDonald TM, Davey PG. Patients prescribed antibiotics in the past 6 months are more likely to have bacteriuria caused by trimethoprim resistant bacteria: multilevel model with practice and individual patient data. British Medical Journal 2004; 328: 1297-1300.
• Smith GD, Steinke DT, Kinnear M, Penny KI, Pathmanathan N, Penman ID. A comparison of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) patients managed in primary and secondary care: the 'Epidsode' IBS study. British Journal of General Practice, 2004; 54: 503-507.
• Steinke D, Weston T, Morris A, MacDonald T, Dillon J. The Epidemiology of Liver Disease in Tayside (ELDIT) database: a population based record linkage study. Journal of Biomedical Informatics 2003; 35: 186-193.
• Steinke D, Emslie-Smith A, Boyle P, Young HK, Macfarlane G, Davey P. A population study of first exposure to community antibacterials in children and the suitability of routine urine sample for study of the acquisition of drug resistance. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2002; 50: 1085-1088.
• Donnan PT, Steinke DT, Newton RW, Morris AD. Changes in treatment after the start of oral hypoglycaemic therapy in Type 2 diabetes: a population-based study. Diabetic Medicine 2002; 19: 606-61.
• Steinke DT, Weston TL, Morris AD, MacDonald TM, Dillon JF. Epidemiology and economic burden of viral hepatitis: an observational population based study. Gut 2002; 50:100-105.