Name:
Professor Dyfrig Hughes BPharm MSc PhD MRPharmS FFRPS FLSW FBPhS
Organisation:
Bangor University
Year elected:
2013
Primary professional setting:
Academia
Dyfrig graduated in pharmacy at Cardiff University before undertaking a PhD in cardiovascular pharmacology at the University of Liverpool. He subsequently trained in health economics, and is currently Professor of Pharmacoeconomics and co-director of the Centre for Health Economics and Medicines Evaluation at Bangor University. He is honorary professor at the Department of Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Liverpool and is also academic lead for Pharmacy at the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. He has led the pharmacoeconomic activities of the All Wales Therapeutics and Toxicology Centre, contributing to over 200 substantive Health Technology Assessment reports. His main research activities concern pharmaceutical economics and policy, pragmatic clinical trials, health technology assessment and medication adherence. He is an editorial board member of the journals PharmacoEconomics and Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics.