Dr Li Shean Toh is currently working at the Centre for Medicines Use and Safety (CMUS) at Monash University, Australia. Prior to this she was an Asst Professor at the University of Nottingham UK and before that as a lecturer in medicines management at the University of Tasmania, Australia. Li Shean obtained her PhD from the University of Nottingham and she has worked as a pharmacist in various areas which includes tertiary hospital, general practice and community. Her Master of Pharmacy was completed at the University of Strathcylde, UK.

Li Shean's main research focuses on improving health services by translating research into practice. She seeks to combine innovative technologies, qualitative and quantitative methodologies to inform and change practice and policy. She has multiple funded projects externally (Australia, UK, France, Malaysia) of ~AUD 3.2 million in grants. Her particular area of expertise is in medicines management most notably in osteoporosis.  She developed a pharmacist-led osteoporosis screening program at the primary care level using the UK Medical Research Council (UK MRC) framework and the Behavioural Change Wheel (BCW). Since then she is expanding her research to developing Australian quality prescribing indicators for general practice and deprescribing. Other areas of interest include health literacy, patient experiences, intercultural competencies and interpofessional collaboration.

Her latest and novel research area is in Astropharmacy, exploring medication safety and pharmacy services in space.She has funded project with the UK Space Agency and the European Space Agency. She had also led the recent inclusion of Pharmacological Countermeasures on the forthcoming European Space Agency (ESA) SciSpacE roadmap as well as an expert advisor with the United Nations (UN) and Royal Society. She has recently been awarded the European Space Leader Award by the Space Generation Advisory Council and the Emerging Space Leader Award by the International Aeronautical Federation with a press release here. Most recently she has been competitively selected to be the UK Space Agency Life Science in Microgravity Advisor for the Space Exploration Advisory Committee. It advices the  UK’s Space Exploration programme.  Her vision is to architect forward-thinking, sustainable healthcare and urban solutions, anchored in the wisdom of extreme environments.

In terms of teaching, at th University of Nottingham, Dr Toh led the research project module across three schools managing projects from pharmacy practice, drug discovery, medicinial chemistry and pharmaceutics. She also taught in the Gastrointestinal and Liver disease as well as in the Astropharmacy and Astromedicine module. Prior to that she was academic-lead for placements Year 1-5 and interprofessional education (IPE) in the MPharm course at the University of Nottingham. She also taught methods such as qualitative research. 

In Australia, Dr Toh has also been responsible for the coordination, design and development of a pharmacy practice unit within the Bachelor of Pharmacy in Australia. She has experience in teaching pharmacology across many courses in Australia including Bachelor of Pharmacy, Bachelor of Nursing, Paramedic Practice, Bachelor of Medical Degree, Bachelor of Biotechnology and Masters of Pharmaceutical sciences.

Her teaching interest includes pharmacy practice, pharmacology, qualitative research methodology, quantitative research methodology, osteoporosis, primary care, screening, general practice, behaviour, intervention, translational research, interprofessional collaboration and intercultural competencies.

Li Shean is currently supervising several students in their PhD, Masters and Honours.