Jessamine Soderstrom is an Emergency Physician, Clinical Toxicologist at Royal Perth Hospital (RPH) A self-professed nerd with a desire for a sedate life in an adrenaline fuelled environment of an Emergency Department (ED).
Recreational drug abuse represents around 8% of all ED presentations at RPH. The power of data, objective evidence of what recreational drugs are causing harm in the community is what drives her area of research.
She has been involved in the development of EDNA (Emerging Drugs Network of Australia) which is a national registry for what recreational drugs are causing presentations to an Emergency Departments around Australia. It is a demonstration of how research complements clinical practice and can influence policy changes
