Anthony Cox graduated with a BSc (Hons) Pharmacy in 1991 from Leicester Polytechnic. After a pre-registration year in the hospital sector, he became a registered pharmacist in 1992, working in the community sector several months. From 1993, Anthony worked within the major hospitals within the West Midlands in a variety of managerial and clinical roles, including clinical services pharmacist, directorate pharmacist, and pre-registration tutor. IN 1995 he completed his Clinical Diploma in Pharmacy at Keele University. In 1999, Anthony was appointed as a Teacher-Practitioner at Aston University, and specialising in cardiology. An interest in the harms of medication led to a role at the West Midlands Centre for Adverse Reactions in 2000, and his interest in research and teaching led to his appointment in 2002 as a Teaching Fellow at Aston University where he obtained his PhD. In 2009 he was appointed as a lecturer in clinical pharmacy at Aston. In September 2011, Anthony joined the staff at the College of Medicine and Dentistry as a lecturer to help build the exciting developments in pharmacy at the University of Birmingham

Lorimer S, Cox AR, Langford NJ. A patient’s perspective: the impact of adverse drug reactions on patients and their views on reporting. Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics 2012;37:148-152 Butt TF, Cox AR, Lewis H, Ferner RE. Patient Experiences of Serious Adverse Drug Reactions and Their Attitudes to Medicines. Drug Safety 2011;34(4):319-328 Cox AR, Anton C, McDowell SE, Marriott JF, Ferner RE. Correlates of spontaneous reporting of adverse drug reactions within primary care: the paradox of low prescribers who are high reporters. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 2010;69(5):529-534 Cox AR. Butt TF, Ferner RE. An analysis and comparison of commonly available United Kingdom prescribing resources. Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics. 2010;35(4):453-464 Anton C, Cox AR, Ferner RE. Targeted follow-up of spontaneous ADR reports to improve follow- up rates by a United Kingdom Regional Adverse Drug Reaction unit. Drug Safety 2009; 32(12):1135-1140 Cox AR.Patient reporting of adverse drug reactions. Pharmacovigilance Review 2009; 3(2): 18-21 Cox AR, Ferner RE. Prescribing errors in diabetes. The British Journal of Diabetes and Vascular Disease. 2009; 9(2): 84-88? Cox AR, Kirkham H. A case study of a graphical misrepresentation: drawing the wrong conclusions about the Measles, Mumps and Rubella virus vaccine. Drug Safety 2007; 30(10):831- 83