Therapeutic Guidelines Foundation

Therapeutic Guidelines Foundation is a philanthropic foundation that promotes the quality use of medicines and supports the creation and dissemination of independent therapeutic information.

Through its grants, the Foundation seeks to advance health care, treatment and medical knowledge through research, education and creation or dissemination of information in low resource settings.

Since 2016, the Foundation has partnered with Australian not-for-profit organisations to deliver a range of activities. Organisations supported with grants from the Therapeutic Guidelines Foundation:

• The Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health Ltd (Burnet Institute), burnet.edu.au
• The International Society to Improve the Use of Medicines (ISIUM), isium.org
• Therapeutic Guidelines Limited, Partnership Program

Board of Directors

​Professor Debra Rowett, Board Chair

Professor Debra Rowett B.Pharm, Adv Prac Pharm, FANZCAP, FPS Discipline Leader Pharmacy, Clinical and Health Sciences, UniSA and Director of the Drug and Therapeutics Information Service (DATIS), Southern Adelaide Local Health Network. She has more than 30 years’ experience in the quality use of medicines, inter-professional practice, health policy and workforce development, with special interest in implementation science, aged care, and palliative care. Debra is the immediate past President of the Council of Pharmacy Schools: Australia and New Zealand.

Mr John Woodward, Deputy Board Chair

John Woodward has over 20 years’ experience as a pharmacist and served on the Queensland Clinical Senate and Statewide Older Person’s Health Clinical Network Steering Committee. He is currently a Non-Executive Director of Sunshine Coast Health Network (trading as Central Queensland, Wide Bay, Sunshine Coast Primary Health Network) and is a previous Non-Executive Director and Chairperson of Sundale Ltd. John holds a Master of Health Management and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Mr Tony Evans

Tony Evans has financial and corporate governance experience as a senior executive and a board member in the health, aged care, education, resources and not-for-profit sectors. Tony is currently a Board Director of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine and the Australian Dental Council Ltd and a member of the Optometry Board of Australia. He has a Bachelor of Business and a Diploma in Education and is a Fellow of CPA Australia, the Governance Institute of Australia and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

​Dr Elizabeth Marles

Dr Elizabeth Marles is the President of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) and has been a member of the RACGP Council since 2008. Liz is Director of the Hornsby General Practice Unit, which specialises in GP Teaching, particularly registrar remediation and prevocational education. For the past 15 years Liz has also been a GP at the Aboriginal Medical Service in Redfern, where she is a GP supervisor with a special interest in diabetes, and presenter in the aboriginal health training component of GP Synergy’s registrar teaching program. Liz is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and was a foundation Director on the General Practice Education and Training Board. She is passionate about general practice training, Aboriginal health and the future of general practice.

The Therapeutic Guidelines Foundation is registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission

Therapeutic Guidelines Foundation was established and initial funding provided by Therapeutic Guidelines Limited.