Rhiannon Braund

Rhiannon Braund is an Associate Professor at the University of Otago, New Zealand. She is a practicing academic pharmacist with a background in biochemistry. Her current role is within the New Zealand Pharmacovigilance Centre, and her interest is in the safe and optimal use of medications. Her research spans all areas of practice, but is particularly focussed on access, equity and adherence to medications, and the role that pharmacists have as medication experts. She has received several...See more

Rhiannon Braund is an Associate Professor at the University of Otago, New Zealand. She is a practicing academic pharmacist with a background in biochemistry. Her current role is within the New Zealand Pharmacovigilance Centre, and her interest is in the safe and optimal use of medications. Her research spans all areas of practice, but is particularly focussed on access, equity and adherence to medications, and the role that pharmacists have as medication experts. She has received several significant awards for her teaching in Pharmacy (including the Prime Ministers award), and her contribution to Pharmacy within New Zealand has been recognised with a Fellowship of the Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand. Her international collaborations in the practice and research space provide a truly global perspective to medication use and safety. See less