Darren Ashcroft

Professor Darren Ashcroft holds the Foundation Chair in Pharmacoepidemiology at the University of Manchester and serves as Director of the NIHR Greater Manchester Patient Safety Translational Research Centre. His work focuses on medication safety systems and pharmacoepidemiological methods.

Research expertise includes:

• Medication error prevention strategies
• Drug safety surveillance methodologies
• Prescribing quality improvement
• Risk-benefit assessment of drug therapies

Professor Ashcroft advises national bodies including the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). He leads the UK's premier research center for medication safety innovation.