Rate My Professor Emma Smith

Emma Smith serves as Senior Professional Practice Fellow at the University of Otago's School of Pharmacy within the Division of Health Sciences. With qualifications encompassing an MPharm, membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (MRPharmS), a Postgraduate Certificate in Psychopharmacology from Aston University (PGCertPsych), and registration as a Pharmacist Prescriber in New Zealand (RegPharmNZ), she brings substantial clinical expertise in pharmacy practice. She leads the School of Pharmacy Clinic, delivering medication management services that include free assessments for communities such as LGBTQIA+, aimed at preventing errors and improving patient outcomes. In addition, she functions as a pharmacist prescriber in old age psychiatry and conducts medication reviews at the intellectual disability ward in Dunedin Hospital.

In her academic role, Smith coordinates the palliative care module and teaches practice-based medicine use in mental health, as well as clinical pharmacy in neurology and endocrinology. Relocating to New Zealand in 2015 from the United Kingdom, she previously worked eight years as an advanced clinical pharmacist specializing in mental health for Leeds and York Partnerships NHS Foundation Trust, supporting patients with eating disorders, schizophrenia, dementia, and psychiatric intensive care. She contributes to professional development via continuing education workshops, including on treatment-resistant depression. As a member of the College of Mental Health Pharmacists (UK) and the Mental Health Specialist Interest Group Committee (New Zealand), her influence extends through scholarly outputs such as co-authoring 'University Pharmacy Clinic: Preventing Errors and Enhancing Lives Through Expert Medication Management' (Pharmacy, 2025), evaluations of clinical pharmacist reviews on patient outcomes (Pharmacy Education, 2023), clozapine dispensing guidance (Pharmacy Today, 2023), and a chapter on schizophrenia management in the Encyclopedia of Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Pharmacy (2019). Students recognized her teaching prowess by voting her the School of Pharmacy's hottest lecturer in 2018.