Linda Bryant

Linda Julia Morcombe Bryant is a New Zealand clinical pharmacist. Bryant was awarded a Gold Medal by the Pharmaceutical Society in 2019, and in 2022 she was appointed as an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to pharmacy and health.

Career

Bryant is a clinical pharmacist and a prescribing pharmacist. She began working as a hospital pharmacist before moving into primary care. Bryant completed a Master of Pharmacy titled Effect of a medicines information bulletin / and or a pharmacist facilitator on general practitioner prescribing at the University of Otago. She went on to complete a PhD at the University of Auckland, with a thesis on the barriers to and implementation of a comprehensive pharmaceutical care in New Zealand. Bryant lectured at the University of Otago for more than 20 years, and was also an honorary lecturer at the University of Auckland. One of Bryant's notable doctoral students is pharmacist Natalie Gauld.

Bryant was a founder of the Clinical Advisory Pharmacists Association, in 2003, and served as President from 2014 to 2017. Bryant was awarded a Gold Medal by the Pharmaceutical Society in 2019. In 2020 she was awarded the Outstanding Contribution to Health award at the New Zealand Primary Healthcare Awards. She is also a Fellow of the New Zealand Hospital Pharmacists Association, and the New Zealand College of Pharmacists.

In the 2022 New Year's Honours Bryant was appointed as an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to pharmacy and health.

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