Biography

Dr. Harriet Bennett-Lenane is currently a lecturer in Clinical Pharmaceutics at the School of Pharmacy in University College Cork. She received a Bachelor of Science (Pharmacy) (BSc.(Pharm)) degree from Trinity College Dublin in 2017 and a Master of Pharmacy (MPharm) from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) in 2018. Before completing a PhD in University College Cork in 2022 as part of an Irish Research Council Postgraduate Scholarship. She has previous pharmaceutical industry experience working across Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs roles. She also practices as a locum community pharmacist across the Munster region. 


Research Interests

  • Machine Learning-Informed Medicines Optimisation
  • Digitalisation of Pharmacy Practice.  
  • Delivery of Community Pharmacy Services to Vulnerable Patient Groups.
  • Pharmacy Workforce, Professional Expansion and Career Development in Ireland. 
  • Computational Pharmaceutics-Informed Drug Delivery.

Peer Reviewed Journals

Year Publication
(2025) 'Factors affecting pharmacy student career intentions across patient-facing and non-patient facing settings: A cross-sectional evaluation'
Ava Hovenden , Joseph P. O'Shea , Harriet Bennett-Lenane (2025) 'Factors affecting pharmacy student career intentions across patient-facing and non-patient facing settings: A cross-sectional evaluation'. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning, [Details]
(2025) 'Opinions of visually impaired adults on the care provided at community pharmacies: a qualitative interview study'
Ellen Roche Ryan, Harriet Bennett-Lenane (2025) 'Opinions of visually impaired adults on the care provided at community pharmacies: a qualitative interview study'. International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, [Details]
(2025) 'Effect of mono-guanidine-like derivatives on platelet aggregation and tumour cell induced platelet aggregation'
Nadhim Kamil Hante,‡ab Aaron P. Keogh,‡c Yanni Huang,a Tanya Kapoor,a Harriet Bennett-Lenane,a Eleanor Walsh,a Isabel Rozas, ORCID logo *c Carlos Medina and Maria Jose Santos-Martinez (2025) 'Effect of mono-guanidine-like derivatives on platelet aggregation and tumour cell induced platelet aggregation'. Current Medicinal Chemistry, [Details]
(2025) 'Establishing a Pharmacoinformatics Repository of Approved Medicines: A Database to Support Drug Product Development'
Jack D Murray, Harriet Bennett-Lenane, Patrick J O'Dwyer, Brendan T Griffin (2025) 'Establishing a Pharmacoinformatics Repository of Approved Medicines: A Database to Support Drug Product Development'. Molecular pharmaceutics, [Details]
(2024) 'Exploring career choices of pharmacy graduates over 15 years: A cross-sectional evaluation'
Katie L. Fitzpatrick , Evin A. Allen , Brendan T. Griffin , Joseph P. O'Shea , Kieran Dalton, Harriet Bennett-Lenane (2024) 'Exploring career choices of pharmacy graduates over 15 years: A cross-sectional evaluation'. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning, [Details]
(2024) 'Impact of a short-term pharmacy study abroad Program: student outcomes and program evaluation'
Eman Mohamed Elmokadem, Azza A. Mahmoud, Harriet Bennett-Lenane, Kevin D. Murphy, Noha Khalil (2024) 'Impact of a short-term pharmacy study abroad Program: student outcomes and program evaluation'. BMC Research Notes, [Details]
(2023) 'Advancing Algorithmic Drug Product Development: Recommendations for Machine Learning Approaches in Drug Formulation'
Murray JD;Lange JJ;Bennett-Lenane H;Holm R;Kuentz M;O'Dwyer PJ;Griffin BT; (2023) 'Advancing Algorithmic Drug Product Development: Recommendations for Machine Learning Approaches in Drug Formulation'. European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, [DOI] [Details]
(2021) 'In Silico, In Vitro, and In Vivo Evaluation of Precipitation Inhibitors in Supersaturated Lipid-Based Formulations of Venetoclax'
Koehl NJ;Henze LJ;Bennett-Lenane H;Faisal W;Price DJ;Holm R;Kuentz M;Griffin BT; (2021) 'In Silico, In Vitro, and In Vivo Evaluation of Precipitation Inhibitors in Supersaturated Lipid-Based Formulations of Venetoclax'. Molecular Pharmaceutics, 18 (6) [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
(2021) 'Characterization of gastrointestinal transit and luminal conditions in pigs using a telemetric motility capsule'
Henze, Laura J.; Koehl, Niklas J.; Bennett-Lenane, Harriet; Holm, René; Grimm, Michael; Schneider, Felix; Weitschies, Werner; Koziolek, Mirko; Griffin, Brendan T. (2021) 'Characterization of gastrointestinal transit and luminal conditions in pigs using a telemetric motility capsule'. European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 156 [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
(2021) 'Artificial neural networks to predict the apparent degree of supersaturation in supersaturated lipid-based formulations: A pilot study'
Bennett-Lenane, Harriet; O'Shea, Joseph P.; Murray, Jack D.; Ilie, Alexandra-Roxana; Holm, René; Kuentz, Martin; Griffin, Brendan T. (2021) 'Artificial neural networks to predict the apparent degree of supersaturation in supersaturated lipid-based formulations: A pilot study'. Pharmaceutics, 13 (9):1-14 [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
(2021) 'Exploring porcine gastric and intestinal fluids using microscopic and solubility estimates: Impact of placebo self-emulsifying drug delivery system administration to inform bio-predictive in vitro tools'
Bennett-Lenane, Harriet; Jørgensen, Jacob R.; Koehl, Niklas J.; Henze, Laura J.; O'Shea, Joseph P.; Müllertz, Anette; Griffin, Brendan T. (2021) 'Exploring porcine gastric and intestinal fluids using microscopic and solubility estimates: Impact of placebo self-emulsifying drug delivery system administration to inform bio-predictive in vitro tools'. European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 161 [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
(2021) 'Machine learning methods for prediction of food effects on bioavailability: A comparison of support vector machines and artificial neural networks'
Bennett-Lenane, Harriet; Griffin, Brendan T.; O'Shea, Joseph P. (2021) 'Machine learning methods for prediction of food effects on bioavailability: A comparison of support vector machines and artificial neural networks'. European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
(2020) 'Novel Biphasic Lipolysis Method To Predict in Vivo Performance of Lipid-Based Formulations'
O'Dwyer PJ;Box KJ;Koehl NJ;Bennett-Lenane H;Reppas C;Holm R;Kuentz M;Griffin BT; (2020) 'Novel Biphasic Lipolysis Method To Predict in Vivo Performance of Lipid-Based Formulations'. Molecular Pharmaceutics, [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
(2020) 'A retrospective biopharmaceutical analysis of >800 approved oral drug products: Are drug properties of solid dispersions and lipid-based formulations distinctive?'
Bennett-Lenane, Harriet;O'Shea, Joseph P.;O'Driscoll, Caitriona M.;Griffin, Brendan T. (2020) 'A retrospective biopharmaceutical analysis of >800 approved oral drug products: Are drug properties of solid dispersions and lipid-based formulations distinctive?'. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
(2020) 'Applying computational predictions of biorelevant solubility ratio upon self-emulsifying lipid-based formulations dispersion to predict dose number'
Bennett-Lenane, Harriet; Koehl, Niklas J.; O'Dwyer, Patrick J.; Box, Karl J.; O'Shea, Joseph P.; Griffin, Brendan T. (2020) 'Applying computational predictions of biorelevant solubility ratio upon self-emulsifying lipid-based formulations dispersion to predict dose number'. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]

Conference Publications

  Year Publication
(2021) Targeting Therapeutics for Brain Disorders
Harriet Bennett-Lenane, Brendan T. Griffin, Joseph P. O'Shea (2021) Applying Machine Learning to Predict Food Effects of Newly Licensed Oral Medicines Targeting Therapeutics for Brain Disorders [Details]
(2020) AAPS PharmSci360
Harriet Bennett-Lenane, Niklas J. Koehl, Patrick J. O'Dwyer, Karl J. Box, Joseph P. O'Shea, Brendan T. Griffin (2020) Applying Computational Prediction of Biorelevant Solubility in Dispersions of Self-Emulsifying Lipid Based-Formulations to Predict Dose Number AAPS PharmSci360 [Details]
(2019) 41st All Ireland Schools of Pharmacy Conference
Harriet Bennett-Lenane, NiklasJ Koehl, Caitriona M. O'Driscoll, Brendan T. Griffin. (2019) Bridging the Food Gap: Can Lipid Based Formulations Overcome Food Dependant Oral Bioavailability? 41st All Ireland Schools of Pharmacy Conference [Details]

Honours and Awards

Year Title Awarding Body
2018 Irish Research Council Postgraduate Scholarship Irish Research Council
2017 Gold Medal for Pharmaceutics Trinity College Dublin
2017 Gold Medal Trinity College Dublin
2014 Entrance Exhibition Scholar Trinity College Dublin

Professional Associations

Association Function From / To
Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland Member /

Employment

Employer Position From / To
Eli Lilly and Company Senior Associate - CMC Development Regulatory /
University College Cork PhD Scholar /
MSD Human Health Ireland Regulatory Affairs Specialist /
University College Cork Undergraduate Laboratory Demonstrator /
Clinigen Ireland Ltd. Quality Assurance Specialist /

Education

Year Institution Qualification Subject
2017 Trinity College Dublin B.Sc(Pharm) Pharmacy
2022 University College Cork PhD Pharmaceutics
2018 Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland MPharm MPharm

Teaching Interests

Clinical Pharmacy, Pharmacy Practice and Pharmaceutics with a focus on integrated, research-led and active learning approaches. 

Current module Co-Ordinator of PF1011 (Pharmacy Practice I), BPharm3 Year Co-Ordinator and School of Pharmacy Internationalization Co-Ordinator.