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Dr Pelden Chejor

Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Email: p.chejor@ecu.edu.au
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6713-7421

Pelden is a Lecturer with the ECU School of Nursing and Midwifery.

Current Teaching

  • MNP6101 – Evidence-based Practice and Research Design
  • HPU2303 – Human Processes 3
  • PRO6110 – Research Project 2

Background

Pelden earned his Bachelor of Pharmacy in India in 2010 and worked in Bhutan as both a Clinical Pharmacist and a Regulatory Affairs Pharmacist. He also served as a visiting lecturer at the Faculty of Nursing and Public Health, Khesar Gyalpo Medical University of Health Sciences. He completed a Master of Public Health at ECU in 2020 and earned his PhD in 2024, focusing on the dementia care experiences of immigrants living with dementia in Australia.

Professional Associations

  • Australian Association of Gerontology
  • The Alzheimer’s Associations International Society to advance Alzheimer’s Research and Treatment (ISTAART)
  • Centre for Research in Aged Care
  • ECU Social Ageing (SAGE) Futures Lab
  • Rehabilitation, Ageing and Independent Living (RAIL) Research Centre

Awards and Recognition

  • 2024 – Executives Dean’s List for ECU School of Nursing and Midwifery 2024 (Australia)
  • 2023 – WA Australian Association Gerontology Conference Bursary (Australia)
  • 2022 - Winner of the Elsevier Book Prize for the Best Poster at the Australasian Conference on Care of Older People (Australia)
  • 2021 - ECU Vice Chancellor's Professorial PhD Scholarship (Australia)
  • 2018 – Royal Institute of Governance and Strategic Studies Scholarship (Bhutan)
  • 2006 - Government of India Merit Scholarship for Undergraduate studies (India)

Research Areas and Interests

  • Dementia and migration
  • Ageing and aged care
  • Medication and patient safety
  • Systematic reviews
  • Mixed methods study

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Edith Cowan University, 2024.
  • Master of Public Health, Edith Cowan University, 2020.
  • Bachelor of Pharmacy, India, 2010.

Research Outputs

2025

Journal Articles

  • Whitehead, L., Kirk, D., Chejor, P., Liu, W., Nguyen, M., Balczer, C., Lan, C., Evans, M. (2025). Interventions, programmes and resources that address culturally and linguistically diverse consumer and carers’ cancer information needs: a mixed methods systematic review. BMC Cancer, 25(1), article number 599. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-025-13931-5.

2024

Journal Articles

  • Chejor, P., Atee, M., Cain, T., Whiting, D., Morris, T., Porock, D. (2024). Pain prevalence, intensity, and association with neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia in immigrant and non-immigrant aged care residents in Australia. Scientific Reports, 14(1), article number 16948. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-68110-6.
  • Chejor, P., Dorji, T., Dema, N., Stafford, A. (2024). Good manufacturing practice in low- and middle-income countries: Challenges and solutions for compliance. Public Health Challenges, 3(1), Article number e158. https://doi.org/10.1002/puh2.158.
  • Ghosh, M., Chejor, P., Baker, M., Porock, D. (2024). A Systematic Review of Dementia Research Priorities. Sage Open, 37(5), 343-354. https://doi.org/10.1177/08919887241232647.

2023

Journal Articles

  • Dem, U., Letho, Z., Dorji, C., Nirola, DK., Choki, S., Dorji, T., Chejor, P. (2023). Aversive Reaction Between Disulfiram and Betel Quid Among Inpatients With Alcohol Use Disorder in Bhutan: A Preliminary Study. Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health, 35(8), 532-534. https://doi.org/10.1177/10105395231204801.
  • Chejor, P., Atee, M., Cain, T., Whiting, D., Morris, T., Porock, D. (2023). Comparing clinico-demographics and neuropsychiatric symptoms for immigrant and non-immigrant aged care residents living with dementia: a retrospective cross-sectional study from an Australian dementia-specific support service. BMC Geriatrics, 23(1), article number 729. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-023-04447-3.
  • Chejor, P., Cain, T., Laging, B., Porock, D. (2023). Dementia care for people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds: Qualitative secondary analysis of the Aged Care Australian Royal Commission data. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 42(4), 751-761. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajag.13241.
  • Cain, T., Chejor, P., Porock, D. (2023). Chemical restraint as behavioural euthanasia: case studies from the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety. BMC Geriatrics, 23(1), 61869. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-023-04116-5.

2022

Journal Articles

  • Chejor, P., Laging, B., Whitehead, L., Porock, D. (2022). Experiences of older immigrants living with dementia and their carers: a systematic review and meta-synthesis. BMJ Open, 12(5), article number e059783. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059783.
  • Tshering, D., Chejor, P. (2022). Regulatory flexibilities and access to COVID-19 vaccines during the pandemic in Bhutan. Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy, 7(44805), article number 100156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcsop.2022.100156.

Reports

2020

Journal Articles

  • Chejor, P., Tenzin, J., Tsheten, T., Dorji, J., Jamphel, K. (2020). Analysis of adverse drug reactions reported to national pharmacovigilance center of Bhutan. Bhutan Health Journal, 6(2), 1-5 pp. https://doi.org/10.47811/bhj.102.

2018

Journal Articles

  • Jamphel, K., Chejor, P. (2018). Evolution of medicines regulatory system in Bhutan: history, status, and challenges. Journal of Regulatory Science, 6(2), 35-39. https://doi.org/10.21423/JRS-V06N02P035.
  • Chejor, P., Tenzin, J., Dorji, J. (2018). Regulation of Medicines in Bhutan: Current Status, Challenges and Opportunities. International Journal of Drug Regulatory Affairs, 6(2), pp. https://doi.org/10.22270/ijdra.v6i2.243.
  • Chejor, P. (2018). Pharmacovigilance and adverse drug reactions reporting in Bhutan: a review of current status. Indian Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 11(2), pp. https://doi.org/10.5530/ijopp.11.2.15.
  • Chejor, P., Jamphel, K., Tsheten, T., Letho, Z., Guru, G., Tshering, U. (2018). Compliance to current national medicines law for proper storage and dispensing of medicines at community pharmacies in Bhutan. The Journal of Medicine Access, 2018(2), pp. https://doi.org/10.1177/2399202618816900.
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