UKICRS Committee Members
2002 - 2003
Professor
Duncan Q. M. Craig - Chairman
The School of Pharmacy,
The Queen’s University of
Belfast,
97 Lisburn Road,
Belfast,
Northern
Ireland BT9 7BL
Tel/Fax: +44 (0)28 90272129
Email: duncan.craig@qub.ac.uk
Duncan
holds the Chair in Biophysical Pharmacy and leads the Pharmaceutical Materials
Science Group at the School of Pharmacy, Queen’s University of Belfast. His
research interests include the development and use of characterisation
techniques (dielectric spectroscopy, modulated temperature differential
scanning calorimetry, microthermal analysis and Tzero differential scanning
calorimetry) to study the physical properties of materials of pharmaceutical
interest and to relate these properties to product performance. Duncan has
published widely in both the pharmaceutical and general science literature and
has received substantial funding from the EPSRC, BBSRC and Wellcome Trust for
these studies. He is a past recipient of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Science Award and is the editor of the Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology
(with Professor David Jones) and pharmaceutical editor of Thermochimica Acta
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Dr. Rupi Pannu - Secretary
AstraZeneca R&D
Charnwood
Product Development
Bakewell Road
Loughborough
Leics LE11 5RH
Tel: +44 (0)1509 645019
FAX: +44 (0)1509 645546
Email: Rupi.Pannu@AstraZeneca.com
Rupi graduated from Manchester University with a degree in Pharmacy and then went on to complete her Ph.D. in Synthesis and Characterisation of Biodegradable Polymers Suitable For Sustained Drug Release. She joined Astra in 1997 (now AstraZeneca) and currently works on the development of metered dose inhalers.
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Dr. Ali R. Rajabi-Siahboomi - Treasurer
Technical Director, EMEA
Colorcon Limited
Flagship House
Victory Way
Crossways
Dartford
Kent
DA2 6QD
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 1322 627342
Fax: +44 (0) 1322 627200
Email: asiahboomi@colorcon.co.uk
Ali
obtained his B.Pharm. and Ph.D from Nottingham University after which he joined
Liverpool John Moores University as a lecturer. His research interests are in
the area of solid dosage form pharmaceutics with main focus on hydrophilic HPMC
matrix slow release formulations. Ali was promoted to a Reader in Pharmaceutics
in 1999 at Liverpool John Moores University. He joined Colorcon as Technical
Director (Europe, Middle East and Africa) in May 2000.
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Dr. Susie Berrill - Deputy
Secretary / Membership Officer
Senior
Scientific Officer
Vectura
Ltd
University
of Bath Campus,
Claverton
Down,
Bath
BA2
7AY.
Tel:
01225 323818
Fax:
01225 826942
Email:
Susie.Berrill@vectura.co.uk
Since March 2001, Susie has been working as a Senior Scientific Officer at Vectura researching novel formulations for pMDIs. She graduated from Manchester University with a degree in Chemistry, M.Sc. in Polymer Science and Technology and a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Formulations. The research for her doctorate was in the area of biodegradable polymeric devices based on poly(caprolactone) for sustained release drug delivery systems.
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Dr.
David Brayden - UKICRS 2003 Conference Co-Organiser
Lecturer in Pharmacology
SACS Department
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, UCD
Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
Phone: +353 (0)1-668 7988 Ext 2631
Fax: +353 (0)1-6675401
Email: David.Brayden@ucd.ie
David obtained his B.Sc. in Pharmacology from University College Dublin, (1984). His Ph.D in Pharmacology was from the University of Cambridge (1988). Following a Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship at Stanford University (1989), he joined the research unit of Elan Corporation in Dublin in 1991 and became a senior scientist specialising in non-injected peptide and vaccine delivery. In 2001 he joined University College Dublin as a lecturer in Pharmacology in the Veterinary School. He is the author or co-author of 70 original publications and was co-Chair of the CRS Ireland Conference in Dublin in 1995 and of the UKI-CRS Millennium conference in 2000. He is on the Editorial Advisory Boards of Drug Discovery Today, the European Journal of Pharmaceutics and the Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology.
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Professor Martyn C. Davies - Co-Opt Committee Member
Head of School
School of
Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Nottingham
University Park
Nottingham NG7 2RD
Tel: +44 (0)115-9515031
Fax: +44 (0)115-9515110
E-mail: Martyn.Davies@nottingham.ac.uk
Martyn is the Head of the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Nottingham. His research interests include surface analysis techniques including scanning probe microscopy for biomaterial and biomolecular characterisation; physiochemical determinants in biomolecular surface interactions; novel polymeric biomaterials, nanoengineering and self-assembly of surfaces. He is also the director of Molecular Profiles Limited and the current Scientific Secretary of the CRS. He was a co-founder of the UKCRS.
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Dr.
M. Jayne Lawrence - Deputy Treasurer / External Liaisons Officer
Reader in Drug Delivery
Department of Pharmacy
King's College London
University of London
Franklin Wilkins Building
150 Stamford Street
London
SE1
8WA
Tel: +44 (0)20 7848 4808/4814
Fax: +44 (0)20 7848 4800
E-mail: jayne.lawrence@kcl.ac.uk
Jayne is a Reader in the Pharmacy Department, King's College London. After graduating in Pharmacy from Liverpool Polytechnic (as was), Jayne undertook a PhD at the University of Manchester. She then joined the staff at King's where she has been ever since! Her research interests include the design, synthesis and characterisation of novel surfactant drug delivery systems and the transport of drug molecules across biological membranes.
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Dr.
Karen Lewis - Co-Opt Committee Member
Pharmaceutical Development
GlaxoSmithKline S.p.A
Medicines Research Centre
Via A. Fleming, 4
37135 Verona
Italy
Tel: +39 045 921 9512
Fax: +39 045 921 8064
E-mail: kjl18751@gsk.com
Karen joined SmithKline Beecham as a Pharmaceutical Development Scientist in 1996 and is working on the development of immediate and controlled release solid dosage forms at various stages in development. She is currently working in GSK Verona, on a 2 year secondment. Karen obtained a degree in Pharmacy from Portsmouth in 1991 and a PhD from Aston University in Birmingham in 1996, investigating biodegradable polymers for the sustained release of antisense nucleic acids.
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Dr. Tom S. K. Li - Website Administrator
/ BPC 2002 Conference Co-Organiser
Principal Scientist - Drug Delivery R&D
Renovo Limited
Manchester Incubator Building
48 Grafton Street
Manchester
UK
M13 9XX
Tel: +44 (0)161 6067282
Fax: +44 (0)161 6067333
Email: tom.li@renovo.com
Tom joined Renovo as a Principal Scientist and Team
Leader of the Drug Delivery Team in 2001. He also leads a drug development
programme and is heavily involved in the running of clinical trials. He is
currently working on dermal and wound delivery. Tom obtained a degree in
Pharmacy from the University of Nottingham in 1995 and a PhD from the
Manchester School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2000,
investigating thermo-responsive hydrogels for novel applications in modulated
drug delivery. Tom has also worked as a hospital pharmacist and was also
previously Lecturer in Pharmaceutics at the University of Manchester.
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Dr. R. Karl Malcolm - UKICRS 2003 & BPC 2002
Conference Co-Organiser
Lecturer in Pharmaceutics
School of Pharmacy
Queen's University of Belfast
Belfast BT9 7BL
Tel: +44 (0)28 9027 2319
Fax: +44 (0)28 9024 7794
Email: k.malcolm@qub.ac.uk
Karl is a lecturer in the School of Pharmacy at The Queen's University of Belfast. His main research interest is the development of silicone intravaginal rings (IVRs) for controlled drug delivery. In particular, current research programmes focus on the use of IVRs for the topical delivery of microbicides to prevent the heterosexual transmission of HIV.
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Dr. Catriona O'Driscoll - UKICRS 2003 Conference Co-Organiser
Senior
Lecturer
Department of Pharmaceutics
University of Dublin
Trinity College
Dublin 2
Ireland
Tel: + 353 (0)1 608 2441
Fax: + 353 (0)1 608 2783
Email: kdrscoll@tcd.ie
Catriona is a senior lecturer in the
Department of Pharmaceutics, Trinity College Dublin. Her research interests include
targeted drug delivery systems with an emphasis on oral administration of
macromolecules, peptides and proteins.
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Dr. Yvonne Perrie - External Liaisons / Membership Officer
Lecturer
Aston
Pharmacy School
Aston University
Birmingham
B4 7ET
United Kingdom
Tel: 0121
359 3611 ext 4305
Fax: 0121 359 0733
Email: Y.Perrie@aston.ac.uk
Yvonne has been a lecturer at the Aston Pharmacy School since 2000. She previously
worked as a pharmaceutical scientist at Lipoxen Limited. Yvonne obtained her
degree in Pharmacy from Strathclyde and her PhD from the London School of
Pharmacy. Her research interests include the design, physicochemical
characterisation and development of viral and non-viral systems for gene
delivery and the delivery of drugs, conventional and DNA vaccines and gene
therapy using liposomes, niosomes and other novel surfactant based systems.
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Dr. Lance
Shaw - UKICRS Newsletter Co-Editor
GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare
St Georges Avenue
Weybridge
Surrey
Tel: +44 (0) 1932 822428
E-mail: Lance.R.Shaw@GSK.com
Lance has recently moved to GSK Consumer Healthcare
where he is a Senior Process Engineer within the Business Support and Process
Technologies Group. Previously he was the Marketed Product Support Team Leader
for Conventional Drug Delivery formulations at 3M Healthcare. He has over ten years
experience in the pharmaceutical industry working in various areas including
pharmaceutical analysis, process development and formulation development. He
obtained a degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences form Greenwich University in 1995
and a Ph.D in Pharmaceutics from Aston University in 2001. His research
interests include the development of in
vitro/in vivo correlations using in
vitro methods and computer modelling, the development of modified release
bead products and the development of optimised/robust processes for liquid,
semi-solid and solid dosage forms.
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Dr. Ijeoma F. Uchegbu - CRS Newsletter Co-Editor
Senior Lecturer in Drug Delivery
Department of Pharmaceutical
Sciences
University of Strathclyde
27 Taylor St
Glasgow G4 0NR
Tel: +44 141 548 3895
Fax: +44 141 552 6443
Email: I.F.Uchegbu@strath.ac.uk
Ijeoma has been a senior lecturer in drug delivery at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow since the year 2000. Ijeoma graduated with a pharmacy degree from the University of Benin in Nigeria and after obtaining a Masters degree from the University of Lagos, also in Nigeria, studied for a PhD in drug delivery at School of Pharmacy, University of London, graduating in 1994. Ijeoma then became a postdoctoral research fellow at the School of Pharmacy, University of London and was subsequently appointed to a lectureship at the University of Strathclyde in 1997. Since becoming an independent academic, Ijeoma's research has been focused on the design, synthesis and characterisation of amphiphilic polymers. Such polymers and small molecular weight amphiphiles have been used to prepare vesicles, nanoparticles, micellar systems and gels to facilitate drug/ gene delivery and targeting.
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Dr.
Neena Washington - UKICRS Newsletter Co-Editor / UKICRS 2003 Conference
Co-Organiser
Scientific Advisor,
Experimental Medicine,
AstraZeneca,
Mereside, Alderley Park,
Macclesfield,
Cheshire, SK10 4TG
Tel: 01625 514741 / 01625
515662
Email: neena.washington@astrazeneca.com
Neena joined Astra Charnwood as a Clinical Scientist in 1998 leaving behind a 15 year career in academia. Neena's received a B.Sc. (Sp. Hons) in Physiology and Pharmacology from Sheffield University prior to doing a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutics at Nottingham University. Neena's main areas of interest are the in vivo behaviour of dosage forms and the use of imaging techniques, particularly gamma scintigraphy in the visualization of dosage form behaviour in man.
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Professor
Clive G. Wilson - CRS 2003 Conference Liaisons Officer
J.
P. Todd Professor of Pharmaceutics
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Strathclyde Institute for Biomedical Sciences
University of Strathclyde
27 Taylor Street
Glasgow G4 ONR
Tel: +44 (0)141 552 4991
Fax: +44 (0)141 552 6443
Email: c.g.wilson@strath.ac.uk
Clive is the current J. P. Todd Professor of Pharmaceutics at Strathclyde having taken up the post from Professor Sandy Florence in 1992. He admits origin from strange backgrounds (physiology, biochemistry, parasitology), which probably does not account for his interest in pharmaceutical sciences. During his years at Nottingham Medical School, he helped develop scintigraphic techniques used in formulation evaluation in man. In Scotland, he has continued his interest in ophthalmic and gastrointestinal drug delivery and in newer methods of non-invasive drug monitoring.