Paul Tait is a pharmacist and works for the Rural Support Service (SA Health). In this role, he collaborates with regional South Australian residential aged care homes and their contracted pharmacies to improve how they manage medications for their residents. Paul is keen to understand the drivers that support better management of medicines within complex environments, such as the intersection between acute and aged care services.

Paul completed his PhD (Pharmaceutical Care of the Dying) through RePaDD. His PhD by Prior Publication brought together a decade of research examining the roles of pharmacists, caregivers, and medications in caring for Australians living in the community with an advanced life-limiting illness.

Paul has previously worked as a pharmacist in a community-based specialist palliative care service in metropolitan Adelaide and with CareSearch. Through this combination of roles, he has contributed to several state and national projects improving medication management for the dying. His areas of research interest include patient safety, the quality use of medicines, and knowledge translation.