Dr Dan Greenwood

Dan Greenwood is Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, with primary responsibility for the clinical and pharmacy practice aspects of the new Master of Pharmacy programme (intake planned from September 2024). Having completed his degree and PhD at the University of Manchester, he led development of aspects of the new MBChB degree at Essex Medical School. Dan is a passionate educator with motives to improve the quality and impact of research informed clinical pharmacy education. His research has progressed this theme, having defined the role of the pharmacist practitioner. As well as university activity, Dan consults patients in primary care one session per week. He also holds several national leadership positions including: oversight of the British National Formulary; question writer for the national Prescribing Safety Assessment; and a founding member of the UK Young Academy (The Royal Society, Youth Branch).

Completing his PhD in 2020 titled “Emergency Department Pharmacist Practitioners in the United Kingdom: a mixed methods investigation”, Dan continues to undertake studies of medicines use and pharmacy services in urgent and emergency care. His current main study, funded by Pharmacy Research UK, aims to revise the national emergency care triage system to help identify patient medicines issues. Other ongoing projects focus on community pharmacy service provision during the COVID-19 pandemic, including medicines-related health inequalities during that time. To date Dan has secured >£60,000 in research income and has published work in leading international pharmacy journals. 

Papers

• D Greenwood, D Steinke, S Martin, G Norton, MP Tully (2023). What do emergency department pharmacist practitioners know and understand about patient safeguarding? A qualitative study. International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy.
• H Warr, A Gandhi, S Hussain, D Greenwood (2023). Community pharmacy services during the COVID-19 pandemic: Insights from providers and policy makers. Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy.
• D Greenwood, MP Tully, S Martin, D Steinke (2022). Development of the Manchester framework for the evaluation of emergency department pharmacy services. International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy.
• D Greenwood, D Steinke, S Martin, MP Tully (2021). Development of an Emergency Department Pharmacist Practitioner Service Specification’. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy.
• D Greenwood, MP Tully, S Martin, D Steinke (2019). The description and definition of Emergency Department Pharmacist Practitioners in the United Kingdom (the ENDPAPER study). International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy.
• D Greenwood, I Stratford, S Booth (2016). A review of first-in-human small molecule oncology clinical trials. International Journal of Clinical Trials. 

Conference proceedings (oral presentation)

• H Warr, S Hussain, A Gandhi, D Greenwood (2022). Community pharmacy provision in England during COVID-19: learning for future pandemic preparedness. International Social Pharmacy Workshop. Book of abstracts.
• T Patel, P Lewis, D Steinke, D Greenwood (2022). The identification and management of drug-related problems in the emergency department: a narrative review. International Social Pharmacy Workshop. Book of abstracts.
• D Greenwood, D Steinke, S Martin, G Norton, MP Tully (2022). With a new role comes new responsibilities: interviews to explore what Emergency Department Pharmacist Practitioners know and understand about patient safeguarding. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice.
• D Greenwood, M Tully, S Martin, D Steinke (2019). Development of a framework to support the evaluation of Emergency Department Pharmacist Practitioners’ impact on quality of care. 25th Health Services Research & Pharmacy Practice Conference. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice.
• D Greenwood, M Tully, S Martin, D Steinke. Emergency Department Pharmacist Practitioners: a new role in the NHS (2018). 20th International Social Pharmacy Workshop. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy.
• S Akudu, D Greenwood, A Physick, D Steinke, S Martin. Medicines use in the emergency department: exploring professionals’ perceptions (2018). 24th Health Services Research and Pharmacy Practice Conference. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice.
• D Greenwood, I Stratford, S Booth (2017). A review of dose escalation methods in first-in-human small molecule oncology clinical trials. 38th Annual Meeting of the Society for Clinical Trials and 4th International Clinical Trials Methodology Conference. 

Conference proceedings (poster presentation)

• D Greenwood, M Tully, S Martin, D Steinke (2019). Development of a Clinical Pharmacy Care Typology to support description and comparison of Emergency Department Pharmacist Practitioner roles. Royal Pharmaceutical Society Science and Research Summit.
• D Greenwood, R Mackinnon, J Hart, C Doherty, M Tully (2016). Developing and assessing the utility of a paediatric medication safety checklist. 19th International Social Pharmacy Workshop. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice.
• D Greenwood, S Booth (2015). A review of first-in-human small molecule oncology clinical trials. 4th conference of the Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 

Reports

• Hughes E, Wilkie V, Aiello M, Whyte S-A, Terry D, Steinke D, Greenwood D. Pharmacists in Urgent and Emergency Care: Evidence and Recommendations for Implementation. 2019.
• D Greenwood, M. Tully, D. Steinke, C. Cutts, A. Grayson (2018). Enhanced clinical pharmacy practice in the emergency department: what is it, and what does it mean for patient care?
• D Greenwood (2016). Feedback in response to the June 2015 General Pharmaceutical Council Registration Assessment. 

Dan has supervised over 20 Master’s level students across a range of subjects including: pharmacy practice, medicines use and safety, and medical and pharmacy education. 

With experience of teaching undergraduate and postgraduate pharmacists, medics, nurses and physician associates, Dan’s current focus is curricula design for the new MPharm at University of Leicester. His key areas of expertise are: therapeutics (applied pharmacology) and clinical skills – including communication and prescribing. Taking an interactive and engaging approach which is research informed, he routinely receives strongly positive feedback on his teaching.

Dan has featured in local and national media (television and print) for his expertise in pharmacy and medicines use.

Postgraduate Certificate in Clinically Enhanced Pharmacist Independent Prescribing (University College London, 2022)
Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy (University of Manchester, 2020)
Postgraduate Certificate in Medical and Healthcare Education (Anglia Ruskin University, 2020)
PhD Pharmacy (University of Manchester, 2020)
Master of Pharmacy (University of Manchester, 2014)