Dr Liz Breen
Reader in Health Operations
| Faculty/Dept/School |
School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences (Faculty of Life Sciences) |
|---|---|
| l.breen@bradford.ac.uk | |
| Telephone | +441274 233460 |
Biography
Dr Liz Breen is the Director of the Digital Health Enterprise Zone at the University of Bradford. The facility, which hosted the Phase 3 trials of the Novovax Covid-19 vaccine (2020/21) and Covid-19 vaccine booster trial and houses state-of-the-art health facilities, business incubation space, research and teaching facilities.
Liz is also a Reader in Health Service Operations based in the School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences having held the previous position of Senior Lecturer in Operations Management at the University of Bradford Faculty of Management and Law for 13 years. Prior to this she worked in the University of Manchester Business School as a Lecturer in Operations Management and within the NHS as a Supply Chain Development Manager.
Her research is broadly focused on end-to-end healthcare supply chains with a particular focus on the pharmaceutical supply chain. This covers a multitude of areas including supply chain sustainability, medicines optimisation, digital innovation, patient safety, process analysis and risk management. Liz has more recently undertaken extensive analysis of the UK Covid-19 vaccine supply chain and has commented on this in widespread media coverage.
Liz is co-lead on the Process Evaluation stream of the ISCOMAT study (National Institute for Health Research programme) focusing on patient safety/medicines transitions and Deputy theme lead for the Safe Use of Medicines theme in the Yorkshire and Humber Patient Safety Translational Research Centre.
Liz has co-authored a series of articles focusing on the Covid-19 vaccine supply chain in The Conversation, these have achieved global readership. More recently she was commissioned by The Conversation to create a specialist article on supply chain learning from the Covid-19 pandemic which featured in the PreventionWeb collection with the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction.
She has appeared as a supply chain expert on TV for BBC News, ITV, Channel 5 as well as international coverage with Sky News Australia, Alhurra, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and TRT World. Liz has also contributed to numerous live radio broadcasts in the UK with BBC Newsday, BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Radio Ulster and Scotland, but further afield with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. She has contributed to and been cited in articles in The Guardian, BBC News and in international articles from France, Poland, Mexico, Vietnam, Australia, Norway and other countries.
Liz is interested in supervising PhD students with complementary interests in these overarching themes and other sector supply chain studies. She is keen to develop the profile and relevance of Operations and Supply Chain Management in healthcare service supply chains within her research, teaching and business engagement.
Research
Sustainability in service supply chains; healthcare systems; medicines optimization; patient safety;green logistics; supply chain optimization.
| Date | Role | Title / Description | Funder | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-MAR-16 - | Work package Co-Lead | ISCOMAT | ||
| 01-APR-18 - | Workstream Co-lead | Deciding to Deprescribe | ||
| 01-FEB-19 - 30-JUN-19 | PI | Preventing burnout amongst healthcare staff – A case analysis of Yorkshire Ambulance Service | ||
| 01-NOV-17 - 30-JUL-21 | PI Phase 4 of study | ActMed (ACcess To MEDicines) at end of life |
Teaching
Teaching highlights
My teaching strategy and delivery is applied, in that whilst grounded in classical theory/texts, always pulls from current research/industry experience and my own research. I find this approach particularly useful in engaging with business/executive cohorts who expect industrial expertise to support academic acumen. I support my teaching with the inclusion of industry professionals in my lectures. I have taught a range of class sizes, from 400 students to a 1-1 provision and am comfortable with any class size. I have extensive experience of DBA/PhD/MBA/Masters and UG theses and dissertations completions and am very keen to introduce all research activity from these into the teaching environment.
Teaching interests
I currently teach the following modules: Economics of Healthcare Management and Management of Global Pharmaceutical Supply and support other modules which require healthcare management, supply chain input. Previous teaching includes: Operations Management; Service Operations Management; Supply Chain Management (reverse logistics, risk management); Change Management and Research Methods.
Professional activities
- 01-JAN-02: Manchester Business School (UMIST) - PhD
- 01-JAN-98: Manchester Business School (UMIST) - MSc
- 01-JAN-96: University of Ulster, Jordanstown, Northern Ireland - Pg/Dip
- 01-JAN-95: University of Ulster, Jordanstown, Northern Ireland - BSc (Hons)
- University of Bradford School of Pharmacy & Medical Sciences - Reader
- University of Bradford School of Management - Lecturer
- University of Manchester (UMIST) - Lecturer
- Supply Chain Development Manager - Supply Chain Development Manager
- Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (UK), Fellow Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (UK)
- Institute of Operations Management, Fellow Institute of Operations Management
- Higher Education Academy, Fellow Higher Education Academy
- British Academy of Management, Member British Academy of Management
- 01-JAN-05: - Most Promising Pharmacologistics Project
- 01-JAN-19: - #NorthInnovationWomen list
- Irish
- Associate Editor (SC/OM): European Management Journal:
- Editorial Board Member: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal :
- Supply Chain Advisor: Journal of Medicines Optimisation:
Publications
| Peer Reviewed Journal | |
|---|---|
| Title | Advancing the Understanding of Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Resilience using Complex Adaptive System (CAS) Theory (2021) |
| Authors | Emilia Vann Yaroson, Liz Breen, Jiachen Hou, Julie Sowter |
| Journal | Supply Chain Management-An International Journal |
| DOI | 10.1108/SCM-05-2019-0184. |
| Title | Patients as qualitative data analysts: Developing a method for a process evaluation of the ‘Improving the Safety and Continuity of Medicines management at care Transitions’ (ISCOMAT) cluster randomised control trial (2021) |
| Authors | Powell, C, Ismail, H, Cleverley, R, Taylor, A, Breen, L, Fylan, B, Alderson, SL, Alldred DP, ISCOMAT Programme Team |
| Journal | Health Expectations |
| Title | Stressors and coping mechanisms of family care-givers of older relatives living with long-term conditions in mainland China: A scoping review of the evidence. (2021) |
| Authors | Bífárìn, O., Quinn, C., Breen, L., Wu, C., Ke, M., Yu, L., & Oyebode, J |
| Journal | AGEING & SOCIETY |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| DOI | doi:10.1017/S0144686X21000817 |
| Title | Improving the Safety and Continuity Of Medicines management at Transitions of care (ISCOMAT): protocol for a process evaluation of a cluster randomised control trial (2020) |
| Authors | Powell C, Breen L, Fylan B, Ismail H, Alderson SL, Gale CP, Gardner, P Farrin, AJ, Alldred DP. |
| Journal | BMJ Open |
| Title | Service improvement in public sector operations. A European comparative analysis (2020) |
| Authors | Breen L, Hannibal C, Dehe B, Huaccho Huatuco, Xie YL |
| Journal | European Management Journal |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Title | A preliminary insight into the role and importance of management skills in the prevention of occupational derailment: An exploratory analysis of UK and Spanish pharmacists (2020) |
| Authors | Breen L.;Acosta-Gómez J.;Tomlinson J.;Medlinskiene K.;Elies-Gomez J. |
| Journal | European Management Journal |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.emj.2020.02.008 |
| Title | Can We Create a Circular Pharmaceutical Supply Chain (CPSC) to Reduce Medicines Waste? (2020) |
| Authors | Alshemari A;Breen L;Quinn G;Sivarajah U; |
| Journal | Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) |
| DOI | 10.3390/pharmacy8040221 |
| Title | Gaps, traps, bridges and props: a mixed-methods study of resilience in the medicines management system for patients with heart failure at hospital discharge (2019) |
| Authors | Fylan B;Marques I;Ismail H;Breen L;Gardner P;Armitage G;Blenkinsopp A |
| Journal | BMJ Open |
| DOI | 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023440 |
| Title | Key sources of operational inefficiency in the PSC (2019) |
| Authors | Papelexi M., Bamford D., Breen L. |
| Journal | Supply Chain Management-An International Journal |
| Publisher | Emerald |
| DOI | 10.1108/SCM-02-2019-0076 |
| Title | An exploratory study of reverse exchange systems used for medical devices in the UK National Health Service (NHS) (2019) |
| Authors | Xie, Y.; Breen, Liz; Cherrett, T.; Zheng, D.; Allen, C.J. |
| Journal | Supply Chain Management-An International Journal |
| Title | A managed decline: Higher education provision (2016) |
| Authors | Breen, Liz; McIntosh, Bryan |
| Journal | British Journal of Health Care Management |
| Title | A New Frontier in healthcare education funding: A system in crisis or in flux (2016) |
| Authors | Breen, Liz; McIntosh, Bryan |
| Journal | British Journal of Health Care Management |
| Title | A way forward: Process mapping and the delivery of mental health services (2016) |
| Authors | McIntosh, Bryan; Breen, Liz; West, Sue |
| Journal | British Journal of Health Care Management |
| Title | Shifting sands: The erosion of higher education provision (2016) |
| Authors | Breen, Liz; McIntosh, Bryan |
| Title | Waste not, want not. What are the drivers of sustainable medicines recycling in National Health Service hospital pharmacies (UK)? (2015) |
| Authors | Breen, Liz; Xie, Y. |
| Journal | International Journal of Procurement Management |
| Title | Boxed up and locked up, safe and tight! Making the case for unattended electronic locker bank logistics for an innovative solution to NHS hospital supplies (UK) (2015) |
| Authors | Bailey, G.; Cherrett, T.; Waterson, B.; Breen, Liz; Long, R. |
| Journal | International Journal of Procurement Management |
| Title | Who cares wins? A comparative analysis of household waste medicines and batteries reverse logistics systems (2014) |
| Authors | Xie, Y.; Breen, Liz |
| Journal | Supply Chain Management-An International Journal |
| Title | Greening community pharmaceutical supply chain in UK: a cross boundary approach (2012) |
| Authors | Xie, Y.; Breen, Liz |
| Journal | Supply Chain Management-An International Journal |
| Publisher | Emerald |
| Title | A Preliminary Examination of Risk in the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain (PSC) in the National Health Service (NHS) (2008) |
| Authors | Breen, Liz |
| Journal | JOURNAL OF SERVICE SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT |
| Title | Suppliers, do you know your customers? (2006) |
| Authors | Schofield, R.A.; Breen, Liz |
| Journal | International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management |
| Title | Give me back my empties or else! A preliminary analysis of customer compliance in reverse logistics practices (UK) (2006) |
| Authors | Breen, Liz |
| Journal | Management Research News |
| Title | Improving the pharmaceutical supply chain: assessing the reality of e-quality through e-commerce application in hospital pharmacy (2005) |
| Authors | Breen, Liz; Crawford, H. |
| Journal | International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management |
| Title | Driving Quality - Clinical Governance in the NHS (2002) |
| Authors | Breen (nee Ritchie), L |
| Journal | Managing Service Quality |
| Title | The Benefits of Reverse Logistics: The case of Manchester Royal Infirmary (2000) |
| Authors | Breen (nee Ritchie) L, Burnes B, Hey R and Whittle P |
| Journal | Supply Chain Management-An International Journal |
| Title | An analysis of self-assessment practices using the business excellence model (2000) |
| Authors | Breen (nee Ritchie), L and Dale, B |
| Journal | PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, PART A |
| Title | Self-assessment using the business excellence model: A study of practice and process (2000) |
| Authors | Breen (nee Ritchie), L and Dale, B |
| Journal | International Journal of Production Economics |
| Other Journal | |
|---|---|
| Title | Medicines Optimisation - extracting the last vestiges of value from your medicines (2016) |
| Authors | Breen, Liz |
| Journal | Journal of Medicines Optimisation |
| Publisher | Pharmacy Management |
| Book Chapters | |
|---|---|
| Title | Managing the pharmaceutical supply chain-to sustainability and beyond (2020) |
| Authors | Breen L.;Papalexi M.;Xie Y. |
| Journal | Global Pharmaceutical Policy |
| DOI | 10.1007/978-981-15-2724-1_2 |
| Title | Resilience Strategies and the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain The Role of Agility in Mitigating Drug Shortages (2019) |
| Authors | Emilia Vann Yaroson, Liz Breen，Jiachen Hou, Julie Sowter |
| Journal | Pharmaceutical Supply Chains Medicines Shortages |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Title | United Kingdom: Brief overview of the health supply chain in the country (2018) |
| Authors | Breen, Liz; Urban, Rachel L.; Zaman, Hadar |
| Title | E-integrated healthcare supply chains: Tracking and monitoring medical devices in National Health Service (NHS) UK (2018) |
| Authors | Xie, Y and Breen, L. |
| Journal | In E-Business and Supply Chain Integration Strategies and Case Studies from Industry |
| Publisher | Kogan Page |
| Conference Contributions | |
|---|---|
| Title | Stressors and coping strategies of community family caregivers of older relatives living with long-term health conditions in mainland China. (2021) |
| Authors | Bifarin, O., Quinn, C, Breen, L., Wu, C., Ke, M, Yu, L., Oyebode, J. |
| Title | Preventing burnout amongst healthcare professionals – preliminary findings of a case analysis of Yorkshire Ambulance Service (2020) |
| Authors | Powell C, Lord K, Fylan B, Breen, L. |
| Title | The barriers to stopping inappropriate medicines (deprescribing): A patient and supporting peer perspective (2020) |
| Authors | Peat, G., Marques, I., Fylan, B., Raynor, DK., Breen, L., Alldred, D |
| Title | Intersections between the Chinese culture and older people caregiving- Perspective of the Generation Z & Millennials (2020) |
| Authors | Bifarin, O., Zhang, B., Oyebode, J., Quinn, C, Breen, L. |
| Title | What is the role of a pharmacist in a Parkinson’s multidisciplinary team? (2019) |
| Authors | Dhap J, Morgan J, Breen L, Powell C |
| Publisher | BMJ Leader |
| DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/leader-2019-FMLM.75 |
| Title | Prevention of burnout In student paramedics: An examination of classroom and placement training. (2019) |
| Authors | Kumar, S., Khan, F., Breen L |
| Title | Patient and carer roles in resilient medicines management at care transitions. (2019) |
| Authors | Fylan, B., Marques, I., Ismail, H., Breen, L., Armitage, G., Gardener, P., Blenkinsopp, A. |
| Title | Finding the common (inefficient) ground: An examination of the downstream Pharmaceutical Supply Chain (PSC). (2019) |
| Authors | Paplexi, M., Bamford, D., Breen, L., |
| Title | What is the role of the employer in the development of management skills in the pharmacy profession (Spain) (2018) |
| Authors | Breen, Liz; Acosta-Gómez, J. |
| Title | How do we avoid the ‘ever decreasing circles syndrome’ in service improvement? (2018) |
| Authors | Manzoor. A, Breen. L, Marques. I, Edwards. Z |
| Title | Time for management training? Investigating the support for the continuous professional development of critical management skills amongst community and hospital pharmacists (2016) |
| Authors | Breen, Liz; Roberts, Leanne; Mathew, Dimble; Tariq, Zara; Arif, Izbah; Mubin, Forhad; Aziz, Fessur |
| Other Publications | |
|---|---|
| Other type | Magazine Article |
| Title | Russian COVID vaccine: why more and more countries are turning to Sputnik V. (2021) |
| Authors | Schiffling, S.; Breen, L. |
| Publisher | The Conversation |
| Other type | Magazine Article |
| Title | The long road ahead. The vaccine supply chain challenge. (2021) |
| Authors | Breen, L; Schiffling S. |
| Publisher | International Investor Magazine |
| Other type | Magazine Article |
| Title | COVID vaccine: some waste is normal – but here's how it is being kept to a minimum (2021) |
| Authors | Schiffling, S.; Breen, L. |
| Publisher | The Conversation |
| Other type | Blog |
| Title | Vaccine Logistics: How Have Digital Hotspots Supported The Rollout?. (2021) |
| Authors | Breen, L; Schiffling S. |
| Publisher | Institute of Engineering and Technology |
| Other type | Magazine Article |
| Title | Moderna and Novavax – here’s what new vaccines mean for the UK rollout and the end of lockdown. (2021) |
| Authors | Breen, L; Schiffling S. |
| Publisher | The Conversation |
| Other type | Magazine Article |
| Title | AstraZeneca vaccine: how to fix supply issues. (2021) |
| Authors | Sharif, A; Breen, L, Sivarajah, S. |
| Publisher | The Conversation |
| Other type | Magazine Article |
| Title | The UK’s speedy COVID-19 vaccine rollout: surprise success or planned perfection? (2021) |
| Authors | Schiffling, S.; Breen, L. |
| Publisher | The Conversation |
| Other type | Magazine Article |
| Title | COVID vaccine supply is causing an EU crisis – so what’s being done to speed up production? (2021) |
| Authors | Breen, L; Schiffling S. |
| Publisher | The Conversation |
| Other type | Newsletter |
| Title | Vaccine supply chains: Collaboration is the key to success (2021) |
| Authors | Breen, L; Schiffling S. |
| Publisher | International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association (IPSERA) |
| Other type | Magazine Article |
| Title | COVID vaccines are starting to arrive – here’s how everyone will get them (2020) |
| Authors | Schiffling, S.; Breen, L. |
| Publisher | The Conversation |
| Other type | Magazine Article |
| Title | Vaccines are here, but how will we get them to billions of people (2020) |
| Authors | Breen, L; Schiffling S. |
| Publisher | The Conversation |
| Other type | Editorial |
| Title | Making a difference: Thoughts on management scholarship from the editorial team (2019) |
| Authors | Kastanakis M.;Robinson S.;Tsalavoutas Y.;Fernando M.;Jonczyk C.;Stettner U.;Thanos L.;Aharonson B.;Potočnik K.;Zhang H.;Erz A.;von Wallpach S.;Diedrich A.;Leupold C.;Breen L. |
| Journal | European Management Journal |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.emj.2019.05.001 |
| Other type | Magazine Article |
| Title | DOOP Kit, Domestic Bin Or Watery Grave? A Study Investigating Disposal Practices Of Transdermal Drug Delivery Products In Care Homes (2018) |
| Authors | Breen, Liz; Zaman, Hadar; McCulloch, Elizabeth; Isaq, Sabah |
| Publisher | Pharmacy Management |
| Other type | Magazine Article |
| Title | Opening Pandora’s Box could solve medicines shortages. The NHS at 70. (2018) |
| Authors | Breen L. and Vann Yaroson E |
| Publisher | Chartered Institute of Logistics Transport UK |
| Other type | Magazine Article |
| Title | Medicines Shortages are already a reality but a no deal Brexit could make it worse (2018) |
| Authors | Breen L. and Vann Yaroson E |
| Publisher | The Conversation |
| Other type | Presentation |
| Title | The strategic application of a remote monitoring system in the management of oncology patients undergoing chemotherapy [Poster presentation] (2017) |
| Authors | Kechagioglou, P.; Breen, Liz |
| Other type | Editorial |
| Title | Editorial (2016) |
| Authors | Breen, Liz; McIntosh, Bryan |
| Other type | Reviews |
| Title | New solution for old problem: How to reduce the volume of waste medicines (2010) |
| Authors | Breen L.;Xie Y.;Thiaray K. |
| Journal | Pharmaceutical Journal |
| Other type | Reviews |
| Title | Pharmaceutical supply chain - Update on the current NHS review (2005) |
| Authors | Miles R.;Breen L. |
| Journal | Hospital Pharmacist |
| Title | Author(s) |
|---|---|
| A Pharmacist view of the impact/management of medicines shortages (MedS) in the pharmaceutical supply chain (Spain) (2020) | Sai Reddy Jetty, V. Breen, L., Acosta Gomez, |
| Identifying green logistics best practices: a case study of Thailand's public hospitals (2018) | Bandoophanit, T.; Breen, Liz; Barber, Kevin D. |
| An assessment of supply chain vulnerabilities to dynamic disruptions in the pharmaceutical supply chain (2018) | Yaroson, Emilia V.; Sharief, Karam; Shah, Awn; Breen, Liz |
| Identifying reverse exchange practices: a comparative study of laundry logistics in public hospitals (Thailand) (2018) | Bandoophanit, T.; Breen, Liz |
| Identifying green logistics best practices leading to the effective usage of pharmaceuticals: a case study of Thailand’s Public Hospitals (2017) | Bandoophanit, Thianthip; Breen, Liz; Barber, Kevin D. |
| Do we need to be Sustainable? An examination of purpose and intention behind Sustainability practice in Community Pharmacies in the National Health Service (UK) (2017) | Breen, Liz; Garvey, O.; Mosan, G.; Matthias, Olga; Sowter, Julie |
| he safety and continuity of medicines at transitions of care for people with heart failure (2017) | Fylan, Beth; Armitage, Gerry R.; Breen, Liz; Gardner, P.; Ismail, Hanif; Marques, Iuri; Blenkinsopp, Alison |
| An evaluation of the applicability of complex adaptive system theory in the pharmaceutical supply chain (2017) | Yaroson, Emilia V.; Breen, Liz; Matthias, Olga |
| Disruptions, recovery strategies and the pharmaceutical supply chain; empirical evidence from first tier customers in the United Kingdom (2017) | Yaroson, Emilia V.; Breen, Liz; Matthias, Olga |
| Investigating the laundry logistics system of small-sized public hospital: Can the efficiency of operations be improved under the constraints of Thailand’s administrative culture? (2017) | Bandoophanit, Thianthip; Breen, Liz; Naipinit, A.; Pila-Ngarm, P.; Permwanichagun, P.; Saenchaiyathon, K. |
| Where are you? A preliminary examination of the track and trace mechanisms in place to facilitate effective closed-loop medical equipment retrieval in the National Health Service (NHS) (UK) (2016) | Breen, Liz; Xie, Y.; Cherrett, T. |
| Back to the future? A theoretically inspired musing on the concept of Product Stewardship and its implications for Corporate and Social Responsibility (2015) | Breen, Liz; Xie, Y.; Cherrett, T. |
| Where do they go? Destination Unknown: An exploratory study of the disposal of transdermal drug patches in the private healthcare sector (UK) (2015) | Breen, Liz; Zaman, Hadar; Mahmood, A.; Nabib, W.; Mansoorali, F.; Patel, Z.; Amin, M.; Nasim, A. |
| Identification of critical management skills in healthcare operations management: The case of pharmacists in the National Health Service (UK) (2015) | Breen, Liz; Roberts, Leanne; Mathew, Dimble; Tariq, Zara; Arif, Izbah; Mubin, Forhad; Manu, Bradlyn; Aziz, Fessur |
| Breaking ‘Smart’ New Ground: A preliminary assessment of the uptake and use of Smart Technologies in NHS Hospital Pharmacies (UK). (2014) | Breen, Liz; Xie, Y.; Cherrett, T.; Bailey, G. |