Professor Bryony Dean Franklin is a hospital pharmacist by background, with 30 years’ experience of researching medication safety, medication use in practice, and patient safety more generally.  She is Professor of Medication Safety at UCL School of Pharmacy, Executive Lead Pharmacist (Research) at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Director of the NIHR North West London Patient Safety Research Collaboration, Co-Editor-in-Chief of the journal BMJ Quality and Safety, and a theme lead for the NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infection and Antimicrobial Resistance at Imperial College London. 

Professor Franklin has published widely on medication safety, the evaluation of various technologies designed to reduce errors, and the patient’s role in patient safety. Her current post combines research, quality improvement, education and training, medical publishing, and hospital pharmacy practice. 

She is co-editor of the textbook “Safety in Medication Use” and co-author of “Going into Hospital?  A guide for patients, carers and families”, a book aimed at the general public.