Prof. John F. Marriott

Professor of Clinical Pharmacy

Aston Pharmacy School
School of Life and Health Sciences

email: j.f.marriott@aston.ac.uk
telephone: +44 (0) 121 204 3985
fax: +44 (0) 121 359 0733

Member of research strand: 'Development of novel drugs, formulations and tissues to support healthy ageing' - Aston Research Centre for Healthy Ageing

Member of research strand: 'Ageing lives: the social, psychological and public policy contexts of health behaviour and medicines management' - Aston Research Centre for Healthy Ageing

Member of the Pharmacy and Biology Teaching Programmes

Career History

2008         Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, Aston University
2005-08    Subject Leader for Pharmacy and Biology
2001-date Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice, Aston University
1998-01     Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice, Aston University
1997-98     Chief Pharmacist, Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust
1989-97     Principal Pharmacist, Birmingham Heartlands NHS Trust (teaching)
1993-96     Visiting Lecturer in Pharmacology, UCE School of Nursing
1987-89     British Heart Foundation Research Fellow, Birmingham University Medical School
1986-87     Staff Pharmacist The Children's Hospital, Birmingham

Research Interests

Medicines management:

In secondary care

The correlation of drug levels / use with clinical effect
Adverse drug reaction reporting by hospital pharmacists- determining the drivers for reporting and modelling solutions to under reporting
Control of antibiotic prescribing. Developing prescribing indicators, evaluating prescribing patterns, reasons for therapy choice and evaluating control mechanisms

In primary care

Developing prescribing and medicines usage indicators to predict compliance
Modelling medicines wastage patterns to determine reasons for and solutions to wasted medicines

Professional roles and educational needs

New roles for pharmaceutical care within the community in the context of pharmaceutical public health requirements
Pharmaceutical roles and educational models within Europe

Recent Publications

Curtis C and Marriott J (2008)
Is there an association between referral population deprivation and antibiotic prescribing in primary and secondary care?
International Journal of Pharmacy Practice Vol 16;4, pp 217-222 ISSN 0961-7671
Smith S and Marriott J (2007)
Chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal failure
Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics. 4^th Ed. pp. 232-249 Walker R. and Whittlesea C. eds. Churchill Livingstone Elsevier. London
Marriott J and Smith S (2007)
Acute renal failure.
Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics. 4^th Ed. pp. 250-264 Walker R. and Whittlesea C. eds. Churchill Livingstone Elsevier. London
Mackridge A J and Marriott J F (2007)
Returned medicines: waste or a wasted opportunity?
J Public Health Advanced access published June 19^th 2007, pp1-5 doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdm037
Mackellar A, Ashcroft D M, Bell D, James D and Marriott J (2007)
Identifying criteria for the assessment of pharmacy students’ communication skills with patients
Am J Pharm 71(3) Article 50 pp1-5
Mackridge A, Marriott J and Langley C. (2007)
Unwanted medicines with potential for misuse or abuse in Primary Care
International Journal of Pharmacy Practice 15 (3), 229-233 ISSN 0961-7671
McManus RJ, Ryan A, Greenfield S, Pattison HM, Clifford S, Marriott J
and Wilson S (2007)
Self Measurement of blood pressure: a community survey.
J Human Hypertension 21, 741-743
Marriott JF, Wilson KA Langley CA and Belcher D (2006)
Extemporaneous Compounding
Pharmaceutical Press. London. Chicago. 277pp. ISBN- 10 0 85369 575X
Wilson S, Greenfield S, Pattison HM, Ryan A, McManus RJ, Fitzmaurice D, Marriott J, Chapman C and Clifford S (2006)
Study protocol Prevalence of the use of cancer related self-tests by members of the public: a community survey
BMC Cancer 6:215 (25 August 2006)
Woodford EM, Wilson KA and Marriott JF (2005)
Hospital pharmacists' awareness of a new antibiotic guideline in the UK: implications for practice
Pharmacy World and Science (3), 215-219
Langley C, Marriott J, Mackridge A and Daniszewski R. (2005)
An analysis of returned medicines in primary care.
Pharmacy World and Science 27(4), 296-299
C Curtis, J Marriott and C Langley (2004)
Development of a prescribing indicator for objective quantification of antibiotic usage in secondary care.
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 54, 529-533
Cox AR, Marriott JF, Wilson KA and Ferner (2004)
RE. Message from the top: Chief pharmacists views of adverse drug reaction reporting.
Drug Safety. 27(12), 925
C. A. Langley, J. F. Marriott, D. Belcher, K. A. Wilson and P. Lewis (2004)
The attitudes of students and academic staff towards electronic course support - are we convergent?
Pharmacy Education, 4, 57-61.
E.M. Woodford, K.A. Wilson and J.F. Marriott (2004)
Professionals' awareness of operational antibiotic prescribing controls in UK NHS hospitals
Journal of Hospital Infection, 58(3), 193-199
EM Woodford, KA Wilson and JF Marriott (2004)
Documentation of antibiotic prescribing controls in UK NHS hospitals
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 53: 650-652
Woodford, EM, Wilson KA and Marriott JF (2004)
Antibiotic prescribing control by pharmacists within UK NHS hospitals
International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 12(2), 101-106
Mackridge A and Marriott J (2004)
When medicines are wasted so much is lost: to society as well as patients.
Pharm J, 272 (7281), 12
Cox AR, Marriott JF, Wilson KA and Ferner RE (2004)
Adverse drug reaction teaching in undergraduate Pharmacy and Medical programmes.
J Clin Pharm Ther, 29, 31-35
Langley CA Cowan TN Smith JC Marriott JF and Wilson KA (2003)
Does audit improve quality in a hospital manufacturing unit?
Hospital Pharmacist,10, 406- 409
Wilson Koo, Marriott J, Fuller S Lacey L and Gillen D (2003)
A model to assess the cost effectiveness of statins in achieving the UK National Service Framework target cholesterol levels.
Pharmacoeconomics, 21 (Suppl 1), 1-11
Saini S, Marriott JF, Langley CA and Wilson KA (2002)
Perceptions of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's membership on the Society's dual role.
Pharm. J. 268 (7201), 807-808
Cox AR and Marriott JF (2002)
Take a spoonful of sugar with salt.
Hospital Pharmacist 9 (4), 90
Curtis C Fitzpatrick R and Marriott JF (2002)
An evaluation of quinolone prescribing in a group of acute hospitals: development of an objective measure of useage.
Pharm. World Sci. 24(2), 61-66
Cox AR and Marriott JF (2002)
Safety first. Drugs with similar sounding names have lead to deaths. What can be done to prevent any more mishaps?
Pharmaceutical Marketing 01.02.02 pp48-50
Cox A and Marriott J (2001)
Is self-checking (by anyone) a risk too far? Broad Spectrum.
Pharm. J. 266 (7152): 814
Hatfield K, Marriott J and Harper, A (2000)
Raising awareness of hospital pharmacy among undergraduate pharmacy students.
Hospital Pharmacist 7 (7), 199-201
Marriott J, Bassan S, Hynam B and Wilson K (2000)
Specialised education in hospital pharmacy management: an evaluation of postgraduate student and host mentor studies.
Hospital Pharmacist 7 (8) , 217-219
Marriott J, Hatfield K, Smith M and Wilson K (2000)
IV practice needs UK code to ensure uniform standards. Who administers IV's and how? An investigation of IV drug administration in secondary care: current practice and personnel issues.
Pharmacy in Practice 10 (5), 172-175
Bassan SS, Hynam B and Marriott J (1999)
Hospital pharmacy management diploma – the first year.
Hospital Pharmacist 6, 173-175
Marriott J F (1999)
BNF recommendations of substitution: are they followed in practice?
Pharm. J. 263 (7059): 289-292
Fitzpatrick, RW, Marriott, JF and Wilson, KA (1999)
What future for pharmacy practice research?
Pharm. J. 262(7026), 22

Dr John Marriott / Aston University / last updated April 2008