Cunningham, Scott

Affiliation: 

Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen

Country: 

United Kingdom

1. Current Status, Position

Senior Lecturer and Group Leader – Clinical Pharmacy / Pharmacy Practice

2. Education

Dr. Cunningham graduated from Strathclyde University with a BSc (Hons) in Pharmacy in 1989, upper second classification. He was awarded a PgDip Clinical Pharmacy in 1994 and a PhD in 2001 both from the Robert Gordon University. As Group Leader for Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice he has responsibility for the day-to-day management of 19 members of staff and takes professional and academic oversight of the development and delivery of clinical and pharmacy practice related modules within the following courses; MPharm, MSc Clinical Pharmacy practice and MSc Advanced Pharmacy Practice, PgDip / MSc OSPAP course.

He is an active pharmacy practice researcher and he is an ‘established’ member of the RGU Institute for Health and Welfare Research. He regularly convenes internal course validation / internal review panels for the RGU Academic Affairs department and acts as an independent Senior Member of Staff on the Assessment Boards of other Schools within the University.

3. Research Area

He is active in research and his research interests are wide and varied and include many aspects of pharmacy practice and education. He is a member of the RGU Institute of Health and Welfare Research and the School clinical and practice and the pharmacy education research groups.