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University of Otago

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5.04/23/2026

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About Richard

Dr. Richard McNeill serves as a Clinical Training Fellow in the Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine within the Health Sciences Division. He is part of the Clinical Pharmacology Research Group at the University of Otago, Christchurch. McNeill holds the qualifications BSc, MBChB, FRACP, FRAChPM, and MMedSc. As a Medical Doctor at Canterbury District Health Board, he works in the Departments of Clinical Pharmacology and Palliative Care. His academic and research career focuses on applying clinical pharmacology in palliative and hospital settings. Research specializations include polypharmacy and deprescribing in palliative care, therapeutic drug monitoring, pharmacovigilance of agents such as cyclizine for nausea and vomiting, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for pain in hospice care, pharmacological management of persistent breathlessness in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, inpatient gout management with serum urate testing and allopurinol dosing, clinical decision support alerts for duplicate prescribing, micronutrient-drug pharmacokinetic interactions, drug metabolism phenotyping in severe COPD, and patient information leaflets as medication counselling aids.

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