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Benedict Brown

Benedict Brown

  • Position: Lecturer in Pharmacy
  • Areas of expertise: Digital Education, Artificial Intelligence Educational Policy, Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare, Pharmaceutics
  • Email: B.Brown3@leeds.ac.uk
  • Location: Worsley Building
  • Website: LinkedIn

Profile

I am a pharmacy lecturer with an interest in digital education, specifically artificial intelligence (AI) Educational Policy and AI applications within healthcare. Following my training year at Royal Derby hospital I registered as a pharmacist in 2018, I have maintained an active practice working in community pharmacy. I completed my PhD in pharmaceutics at the University of Huddersfield, working on a method development for UV imaging apparatus. This was an EPSRC-funded material science project, undertaken in partnership between the School of Applied Sciences and the School of Engineering.  

After completing my PhD, I was appointed a lecturer in clinical pharmacy at the University of Huddersfield. In 2024 I was appointed as a lecturer in pharmacy at the University of Leeds. I developed an interest in the education of AI within healthcare, with a focus on educational policy.  

Research interests

My research focus has moved from pharmaceutics to applied educational research, specifically efforts to develop digital educational policy. Development of digital educational policy is a key priority for the NHS, as outlined in the Topol review 2019. The gap between educational policy and teaching practices was a topic I explored in an editorial, titled 'Addressing the education gap of AI policy into practice: A pharmacy perspective' for the journal PM healthcare. My work in this area includes the development of novel teaching content for postgraduate students on critically appraising data reported using AI. The impact of this content is the basis for my educational research, with an aim to determine the impact on practice that developments in digital education have.  

Qualifications

  • PhD
  • MPharm

Professional memberships

  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Student education

I have a range of teaching responsibilities across the School of Healthcare and in the faculty. These include module leader responsibilities for HECS5242M- Pharmaceutical Care: Core Conditions within the pharmacist postgraduate clinical diploma program. I also deliver pharmacology and medicines management content in a range of other courses, including nursing, midwifery and medics. I am actively building further curriculum developments in digital teaching, which provides strong ties to my research interests.