Professor Marion Bennie
Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences
Personal statement
Personal statement
Marion is a qualified pharmacist who graduated from The Robert Gordon's University with a BSc in Pharmacy followed by a MSc in Clinical Pharmacy at the Universtiy of Strathclyde. She obtained an Advanced Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy Teaching from the University of Leeds.
She holds a senior joint appointment with the NHS in Scotland as Chief Pharmacist, Public Health and intelligence, National Services Scotland which provides national and specialist services across Scotland. In 2008 Marion took up a 50% appointment as Professor of Pharmacy Practice in SIPBS.
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Prize And Awards
- Best Researcher (Poster winner)
- Recipient
- 11/2/2024
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Physicians of Edinburgh (FRCPE)
- Recipient
- 2024
- Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health
- Recipient
- 2024
- Fellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (FRPS)
- Recipient
- 2024
- Health Services Research Pharmacy Practice: Poster Prize 2nd Place
- Recipient
- 11/4/2022
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Publications
- Public Health Scotland (PHS) homecare medicines dataset : a national resource for linked prescribing data for specialist medicines prescribed in hospital outpatient setting and supplied via homecare services
- Kurdi Amanj, Stobo Laura, Millar Morven, Clayton Will, Merrick Andrew, McTaggart Stuart, Mueller Tanja, Bennie Marion
- International Journal of Population Data Science (2025)
- Anti-seizure medication in pregnancy and pregnancy, baby, and child outcomes : a population-based cohort study
- Moore Emily, Millar Morven, Merrick Rachel, Stark Victoria, Jarvis Lynne, Kurdi Amanj, Mueller Tanja, Bennie Marion, Wood Rachael
- Health Data Research UK conference (2025)
- Data Resource Profile : The Scottish Combined Medicines Dataset (SCoMeD)
- Mueller Tanja, Jarvis Lynne, Stark Victoria, Millar Morven, Hynd Amy, Pauline Elaine, Kurdi Amanj, Stobo Laura, McTaggart Stuart, Bennie Marion
- International Journal of Population Data Science (2025)
- Clinical decision support (CDS) tools for medicine optimisation in hospitals
- Ferguson Eve, Goswami Cosmika, Bennie Marion, Kurdi Amanj
- Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy Vol 21, pp. e64 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2025.06.075
- Utilisation patterns and quality of lipid control among patients prescribed lipid-lowering therapies in primary care settings in Kuwait : a nationwide cross-sectional study
- Alsaffar Noor Ahmed Jassim, Bennie Marion, Kurdi Amanj, Alowayesh Maryam
- Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy Vol 21, pp. e59-e60 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2025.06.060
- Trigger a surge in hypertension and high cholesterol? A nationwide study on Scotland's post-pandemic prescribing trends and healthcare system recovery
- Kurdi Amanj, Millar Morven, Nnabuko Uchenna, McTaggart Stuart, Mueller Tanja, Proud Euan, Melia Barry, Bennie Marion
- The 83rd FIP World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences 2025 (2025)
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Research Interests
Marion's research portfolio is focused on development of a robust evidence base to support the safe, effective and person centred care through use of medicines and other health technologies. Key areas of interest:
- Pharmacoepidemiology
- Pharmacy Practice
- Healthcare Interventions
Professional Activities
- Evidencing the impact of the pharmacotherapy service: testing in chronic pain
- Contributor
- 28/5/2025
- Data linkage, artificial intelligence, machine learning and stewardship
- Speaker
- 24/11/2023
- Assessing the needs of clinicians working in adult critical care in Scotland for a sepsis fluid management Artificial Intelligence tool.
- Contributor
- 29/6/2023
- The Scottish Cancer PROMs Advisory Group: A ‘once for Scotland’ strategy for the implementation of PROMs
- Contributor
- 15/6/2022
- Scanning technology within community pharmacies: a friend or foe?
- Contributor
- 13/1/2021
- Upskilling and intensification of work; are robots the answer?
- Contributor
- 22/8/2019
Projects
- Cancer Medicines Outcomes Programme - Public Health Scotland
- Dunlop, Emma (Co-investigator) Mueller, Tanja (Co-investigator) Bennie, Marion (Principal Investigator) Kurdi, Amanj (Co-investigator) Lu, Liya (Researcher) Kavanagh, Kimberley (Co-investigator)
- The aim of CMOP-PHS is to better understand the real world outcomes of cancer medicines for cancer patients in Scotland. The project is a collaboration between the University of Strathclyde, Public Health Scotland and the NHS Health Boards.
- 01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2027
- Physical Health Comorbidities in older patients (aged 35 years and over) prescribed Opioid Agonist Treatment in Scotland: a population-based, multi-study project (Duncan Hill PhD)
- Bennie, Marion (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 30-Jan-2027
- HDR-UK Health Driver Programme for QQ2: Medicines in Acute and Chronic Care
- Bennie, Marion (Principal Investigator) Kurdi, Amanj (Co-investigator) Goswami, Cosmika (Researcher)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2028
- Cancer Medicines Outcomes Programme Interim 23-24
- Bennie, Marion (Principal Investigator) Kurdi, Amanj (Co-investigator) Kavanagh, Kimberley (Co-investigator) Mueller, Tanja (Co-investigator) Dunlop, Emma (Principal Investigator) Fontes, Pedro (Researcher) Csoban, Tunde (Researcher)
- Continuation of funding for the CMOP programme for 23-24
- 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2024
- HDRUK health driver programme for QQ2: medicines in acute and chronic care
- Bennie, Marion (Principal Investigator) Kurdi, Amanj (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2028
- Developing a virtual antimicrobial registry
- Kurdi, Amanj (Principal Investigator) Bennie, Marion (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 30-Jan-2025
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Contact
Professor
Marion
Bennie
Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences
Email: marion.bennie@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 2113