Rhiannon Braund is a New Zealand academic and registered pharmacist. She is a professor and the Head of the School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Science at the University of Waikato https://profiles.waikato.ac.nz/rhiannon.braundhttps://www.waikatotimes.co.nz/nz-news/350156343/brief-waikato-uni-appoints-head-pharmacy-degree-trailer-rolls-wairere-drive
Braund completed a BSc, BPharm and PhD (2008) at the University of Otago and is a registered pharmacist. Her doctoral advisor was Natalie Medlicott. In December 2019 she was promoted to full professor at Otago, with effect from 1 February 2020.
In 2012 Braund received the Prime Minister's Supreme Award for Tertiary Teaching Excellence. In 2018 Braund was elected Fellow of the Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand and became president of the Society in December 2020.