1. Current Status, Position

Mr. Aston (B.Sc. (Pharmacy), M.Sc. (Clinical Pharmacy)) is Associate Chief Pharmacist at the Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

2. Education

Mr. Aston undertook a BSc in Pharmacy in 2007 and completed an MSc in Clinical Pharmacy in 2003. He is currently undertaking research towards a postgraduate PharmD degree in the field of paediatric medication review. He has worked at Birmingham Children’s hospital for the past 8 years. Prior to this he has held posts in adults hospitals and academia.

3. Research Area

Mr. Aston’s main research area is medication review in paediatrics. He also has an interest in antimicrobial stewardship and pharmacy education having published in both these areas.

4. Conflict of interest: none