Research
OUR COMMITMENT TO RESEARCH
The School of Pharmacy is one of the UK's leading centres for research in Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Overview
Our research, led by Director of Research Professor Ryan Donnelly, focuses on making real-world improvements for patients through our expertise in pharmaceutical science and practice.
Research Themes
AREAS OF ACTIVITY
The School of Pharmacy is one of the UK's leading centres for research in Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. We have five main research themes.
Research Impact
MAKING A DIFFERENCE TO SOCIETY
Our research focuses on making real-world improvements for patients through our expertise in pharmaceutical science and practice.
GLOBAL COLLABORATIONS
KEY PROJECTS
Our researchers contribute to global and interdisciplinary projects including iABC (Inhaled antibiotics in bronchiectasis and cystic fibrosis) and BREATH, a cross-border project.
POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
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EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY
ATHENA SWAN SILVER AWARD
The School of Pharmacy at Queen’s University Belfast is committed to the Athena SWAN Charter and underpinning beliefs. In 2014, the School received a silver Athena SWAN Award. In 2019 our silver Athena SWAN Award was renewed until 2023 in recognition of our commitment and success in addressing gender equality, representation, progression and success for all our staff.
Latest Publications
A multifunctional long-acting antimicrobial hydrogel for treating wound
May 2025Impact of the deprescribing timing on medicines optimisation in older cancer patients receiving hospice care at the end of life: a comparative cohort study
- Tahani Alwidyan
- Omar Shamieh
- Carole Parsons
- Waleed Alrjoub
- Ghadeer Alarjeh
A low-dimensional cross-attention model for link prediction with applications to drug repurposing
- Geng-jing Chen
- Gong-de Guo
- Lorraine Martin
- Hui Wang
Mannose and PMI depletion overcomes radiation resistance in HPV-negative head and neck cancer
- Tongchuan Wang
- Connor Brown
- Niamh Doherty
- Niall Byrne
- Rayhanul Islam
- Meabh Doherty
- Jie Feng
- Cancan Yin
- Sarah Chambers
- Lydia McQuoid
- Letitia Mohamed-Smith
- Karl Butterworth
- Emma Kerr
- Jonathan Coulter
Targeting the phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (PI3K) and mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) signalling pathways to enhance chemoradiotherapy in locally advanced rectal cancer
- Aoife Carr
- Jonathan Coulter
- Julie Workman
- Joanna Fay
- Angela Farrelly
- Alex J Eustace
- Lindsey Bennie
- Liam Grogan
- Oscar Breathnach
- Patrick G Morris
- Deborah A McNamara
- Mattia Cremona
- Brian D P O'Neill
- Bryan T Hennessy
- Sinead Toomey
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