Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

A PhD is the highest academic award for which a student can be registered. This Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences programme at the University of Huddersfield allows you to explore and pursue a research project built around a substantial piece of work, which has to show evidence of original contribution to knowledge.

Completing a PhD in Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Huddersfield University of Huddersfield can give you a great sense of personal achievement and help you develop a high level of transferable skills which will be useful in your subsequent career, as well as contributing to the development of knowledge in your chosen field.

Features

• You are expected to work to an approved programme of work including appropriate programmes of postgraduate study (which may be drawn from parts of existing postgraduate courses, final year degree programmes, conferences, seminars, masterclasses, guided reading or a combination of study methods).
• This programme of research culminates in the production of a large-scale piece of written work in the form of a research thesis that should not normally exceed 80,000 words.
• You will be appointed a main supervisor who will normally be part of a supervisory team, comprising of up to three members to advise and support you on your project.

Research topics include:

• 3D bio-printed blood vessels for studying blood clot formation
• Cancer research: Re-purposing current medications for cancer patients?
• Developing biopolymer hydrogel wound dressings
• Developing novel formulations for drug delivery to the skin
• Exploiting bioadhesion to improve drug delivery
• Identification of MS biomarkers
• Investigation of plasma protein binding with benzodiazepines.
• Mechanisms underlying Alzheimer’s disease pathology
• Pharmacoepidemiologic approaches to evaluate the quality and safe use of medicines in patients with chronic diseases
• Phytoestrogens in neuroinflammation
• Polymer-based materials for biomedical applications
• Repurposing drugs for Alzheimer’s disease
• The public health role of community pharmacies in England and France
• Tissue engineering wound models
• UV imaging in pharmaceuticals