1. Current Status, Position

Professor of Pharmacoepidemiology and Director of the Centre for Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety Research.

2. Education

• PhD - Aston University, Birmingham, UK
• MSc (with Distinction) - The Queen's University of Belfast, UK
• BPharm (Hons) - University of Nottingham, UK

Darren Ashcroft graduated in Pharmacy (BPharm) from the University of Nottingham and was awarded an MSc in Clinical Pharmacy (with Distinction) from the Queen’s University of Belfast and a PhD from the University of Aston.

3. Research Area

Darren is the founding Director of the Centre for Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety Research. As a pharmacist and pharmaco-epidemiologist, his major research interests and teaching focus on the use of medicines within society. Topics of particular interest include: the scientific, policy and social determinants of prescribing practices, adherence by patients with prescribed regimens, methods to improve the appropriateness and safety of drug prescribing and drug taking, and quantification of the risks and benefits of drug therapies.

Darren is Associate Editor for the Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics, and is a member of the editorial boards of Current Drug Safety, Core Evidence and Expert Reviews of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research. He has reviewed on a wide range of national research committees and authored over 150 academic papers. In 2009, he was awarded the British Pharmaceutical Conference (BPC) Practice Research Award Medal for outstanding contribution to pharmacy practice research.