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Contact Details

Phone
+64 3 479 5164
Email
rhiannon.braund@otago.ac.nz
Position
Professor
Qualifications
BSc BPharm PhD(Otago) FPS FNZCP RegPharmNZ
Research summary
Safe and effective use of medicines; Clinical pharmacy practice
Teaching
I received the Prime Minister’s Supreme Award for Excellence in Tertiary Teaching in 2012. Currently my teaching focus is on postgraduate research.
Clinical
In 2018 I was made a Fellow of the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Society for my work in advancement of the profession. I am currently an elected member of the National Executive of the Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand.

Research

Safe Use of Medicines: My role at the NZ Pharmacovigilance Centre is to identify the adverse effects of medicines (and related substances) to provide evidence regarding the safe use of medicines and to identify how to best optimise the safe and effective use of medicines for patients.

As an academic pharmacist and practitioner, the role that pharmacists play in the delivery of medicine rationalisation, optimisation, and safety are at the centre of my research. My research in advanced clinical pharmacy practice has had significant local and international influence in the service delivery and enhanced patient outcomes arena.

This work extends to transition of care points and collaborative team approaches to medicine use and patient safety.

Publications

Amiesimaka, O. I., Aluzaite, K., Braund, R., & Schultz, M. (2024). Using electronic health records in analysing medication adherence in southern New Zealand patients with inflammatory bowel disease. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 137(1588), 25-36. Retrieved from https://nzmj.org.nz/ Journal - Research Article

Bradley, F., Hammond, M., & Braund, R. (2024). Career outlook and satisfaction in the presence of workload intensification: A survey of early career pharmacists. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/ijpp/riad084 Journal - Research Article

Amiesimaka, O. I., Aluzaite, K., Braund, R., & Schultz, M. (2023). “It's just like putting your socks on”: Patients' perspectives on inflammatory bowel disease medication adherence. Exploratory Research in Clinical & Social Pharmacy, 12, 100385. doi: 10.1016/j.rcsop.2023.100385 Journal - Research Article

Bradley, F., Hammond, M., & Braund, R. (2023). Stress, burnout, and the need for support: A survey of early career pharmacists. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, riad079. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/ijpp/riad079 Journal - Research Article

Shanika, L. G. T., Reynolds, A., Pattison, S., & Braund, R. (2023). Proton pump inhibitor use: Systematic review of global trends and practices. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s00228-023-03534-z Journal - Research Other

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