Gemma Donovan is a Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice within the School of Pharmacy and also works as part of the Medicines Optimisation Team in Sunderland Clinical Commissioning. She graduated from the University of Manchester with a Master of Pharmacy in 2008 and went on to complete an MSc in Clinical Pharmacy at Robert Gordon University in 2014. She started her current post at the University of Sunderland in 2013. Gemma completed her pre-registration pharmacist training at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and upon qualification worked as a pharmacist across a range of areas including as a community pharmacist, hospital pharmacist and as a practice support pharmacist in GP practices.

Gemma’s research interests include the contribution of community pharmacy to medicines optimisation and public health, as well as the role of clinical pharmacists in primary care.

Ashton, Francesca, Rokib, Tahmina and Donovan, Gemma (2016) Can an experiential learning programme promote reflective learning in undergraduate pharmacy students? A qualitative evaluation. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 24 (S3). p. 72. ISSN 2042-7174 Donovan, Gemma, Parkin, Lindsay, Brierley-Jones, Lyn and Wilkes, Scott (2016) Use of unlicensed medicines by prescribers, pharmacists and patients across primary and secondary care: A qualitative study. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 24 (S3). p. 9. ISSN 2042-7174 Gratton, Eleanor and Donovan, Gemma (2016) An evaluation of the impact of an integrated dietitian-led service on economic, clinical and patient satisfaction outcomes in patients prescribed oral nutritional supplements. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 25. pp. 10-11. ISSN 1099-1557 Donovan, Gemma and Paudyal, Vibhu (2016) England's Healthy Living Pharmacy (HLP) initiative: Facilitating the engagement of pharmacy support staff in public health. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 12 (2). pp. 281-292. ISSN 1551-7411 Donovan, Gemma, Parkin, Lindsay and Wilkes, Scott (2015) Special unlicensed medicines: what we do and do not know about them. British Journal of General Practice, 65 (641). pp. 861-863. ISSN 0960-1643 Donovan, Gemma, Wake, Nicola and Williamson, Steve (2009) FMEA: a new approach to manage high risk medicines. The British Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, 1. pp. 329-332.