Rate My Professor Andy Husband

Professor Andy Husband serves as Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Head of the School of Pharmacy at Newcastle University within the Faculty of Medical Sciences. He possesses a background in hospital pharmacy practice and has occupied various academic posts at the University of Sunderland and Durham University, including the role of Dean at Durham University where he oversaw the design and development of pharmacy programs. Joining Newcastle University in 2017, he led the newly established School of Pharmacy. With over 17 years of experience leading pharmacy schools, Husband has collaborated extensively with national regulators, including as Chair of the General Pharmaceutical Council Accreditation Team and the Board of Assessors, responsible for statutory accreditation of MPharm degrees and the national Registration Assessment for pharmacists. In 2021, he was appointed Chair of the Education and Standards Committee at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.

Husband's research centers on the safe and effective use of medicines, encompassing prescribing and deprescribing decisions, particularly in older adults, frail patients, palliative care, and hospital settings. His interests include medication adherence influenced by disease states, social backgrounds, and access barriers for minority ethnic communities; rational medicines use; the role of information technology in decision-making; and pharmacy education through integrated curricula that align scientific foundations with clinical practice to foster problem-solving under pressure. Key publications include "Integration and connection: the key to effectiveness of large-scale pharmacist-led medication reviews?" (BMJ Quality & Safety, 2024), "Deprescribing Interventions in Older Adults: An Overview of Systematic Reviews" (PLoS ONE, 2024), "The association between polypharmacy and mortality in patients with heart failure: Results from the PULSE dataset" (ESC Heart Failure, 2025), "Medication errors in community pharmacies: a systematic review of the international literature" (PLoS One, 2025), and "Cultural Competency in Research: A Practical Framework for Use by Researchers, Policymakers, Community Leads and Others When Working With People From Diverse Groups" (Health Expectations, 2026). He aims to build a world-class school delivering impactful research and education on medicines use and development.