Centre for Advanced Technologies for Healthcare (CATCH) Projects

The School of Pharmacy and the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering are offering an exciting opportunity for interested international students to apply for a number of self-funded interdisciplinary Pharmacy-Chemistry PhD projects, jointly supervised by academics from both Schools. Please see the list of available projects below:

Dr Yiwei Tian and Dr Lorenzo Stella - Computer-aided design for advanced drug delivery system: Application in enabling formulations.

Professor Gerd Wagner and Dr Stephen Cochrane - Chemical Tools to Tackle Antimicrobial Resistance.

Professor Ryan Donnelly and Dr Stephen Cochrane - Microneedle delivery of non-ribosomal antimicrobial peptides to treat multidrug-resistant Gram-negative infections

Dr Jonathan Coulter and Professor Stephen Bell - ENERGY - Enhanced Nanoparticles Engineered fRom Gold for multi-modal therapY

Professor Karl Malcolm and Dr Panagiotis Manesiotis - High resolution solid state NMR as a tool for analysis of polymeric controlled release drug delivery systems

Professor Karl Malcolm and Dr Panagiotis Manesiotis - Novel poly(acrylic acid) complexes for enantioselective drug delivery and chiral separation 

To apply for these projects you can click on the application link embedded within the project title, alternatively you can apply using the link below:

https://dap.qub.ac.uk/portal/user/u_login.php

School of Pharmacy Projects

The School of Pharmacy have a number of self-funded PhD projects for the Academic Year 2022/2023. We welcome applications for these projects all-year-round.

To apply for these projects you can click on the application link embedded within the project title, alternatively you can apply using the following link:

https://dap.qub.ac.uk/portal/user/u_login.php

3D printed personalised long-acting implants for effective cancer treatment -Dr Dimitrios Lamprou 

A nanotherapeutic approach to inhibiting hedgehog signalling in brain cancer - Dr Jonathan Coulter

An exploration of medication-related harm in people living with dementia - Dr Heather Barry & Professor Carmel Hughes

Antibiotic Resistance and Biofilm Formation in Clinical Isolates of Enterococcus faecium – a WHO High Priority Pathogen - Professor Brendan Gilmore, Dr Stephen Kelly, Mr Tim Brown (Consultant Transplant Surgeon)

Assessing the molecular mechanisms by which Cathepsin V promotes breast cancer growth and metastasis - Dr Roberta Burden

Cold plasma for cancer therapy - Dr Wafa Al-Jamal & Professor Brendan Gilmore

Computational modelling of viral proteins for improved prediction of virus-host pairs - Dr Timofey Skvortsov

Continuous Manufacturing of Amorphous Solid Dispersions using Hot Melt Extrusion based upon Quality by Design Principles: Understanding Critical Process Paramenters, Formulation Variables and Process Scale-up - Professor Gavin Andrews

Developing biodegradable long acting drug delivery systems for the treatment of chronic conditions - Dr Eneko Larraneta & Professor Ryan Donnelly

Developing novel therapeutic strategies to better treat Triple Negative Breast Cancer - Dr Niamh Buckley

Development of next-generation vaginal gels containing multiple active agents for improved treatment of bacterial vaginosis - Professor Karl Malcolm and Dr Taher Hatahet

Drug-eluding Wound Care Products using Deep Eutectic and Reactive Extrusion - Dr Shu Li & Professor Gavin Andrews

Enable the global access to safe and efficacious antileishmanial nanomedicine through cost-effective manufacturing methods - Dr Yiwei Tian, Professor Gavin Andrews and Professor Paul Denny (Durham)

Infection control in care homes for older people beyond the COVID era - Professor Carmel Hughes, Dr Deirdre Gilpin and Professor Michael Tunney

Infection-responsive coatings for the prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infections -Dr Matthew Wylie & Professor Colin McCoy

Injectable Hydrogels for Controlled Drug Delivery in Cancer Treatment - Professor Raj Thakur & Dr Wafa Al-Jamal

Investigating the impact of electronic cigarette vapour on respiratory microbiota and inflammation - Dr Deirdre Gilpin & Professor Michael Tunney

Investigating the role of USP17 in intracellular trafficking - Dr James Burrows

Investigation of novel protease-antiprotease imbalances associated with chronic airways disease - Professor Lorraine Martin

Lipid-based implants for sustained protein release - Dr Sheiliza Carmali & Professor Gavin Andrews

Long-Acting Microneedle Delivery Systems - Professor Ryan Donnelly & Dr Eneko Larraneta

Microfluidics for the delivery of drugs and biologics - Dr Dimitrios Lamprou

- Professor Ryan Donnelly

Molecular Modelling and Pharmacology of G protein-coupled Receptors - Dr Irina Tikhonova & Dr Bianca Plouffe

Monitoring antimicrobial resistance in wastewater in Northern Ireland - Dr Deirdre Gilpin, Professor Michael Tunney & Professor Carmel Hughes 

Multifunctional Biomaterials to Combat Infection and Modulate Inflammation - Dr Louise Carson, Professor Karl Malcolm & Dr Matthew Wylie

Nanoparticle delivery of antibiotics for treatment of pulmonary infection - Dr Vicky Kett & Professor Michael Tunney

Novel use of calcium phosphate cements in drug delivery applications - Professor Karl Malcolm & Dr Peter Boyd

Peptide hydrogels as a long-acting multipurpose drug delivery platform for combined contraception and HIV prevention - Dr Garry Laverty & Professor Karl Malcolm

Pharmacist-led medicines optimisation case management services evaluation and development of the Medicines Optimisation in Older People (MOOP) model - Dr Carole Parsons (School of Pharmacy), Dr Gillian Carter (School of Nursing and Midwifery) and Dr Ruth Miller (Western Health and Social Care Trust)

Production of super small nanocrystals for drug delivery to target tissues - Dr Alejandro J. Paredes & Professor Ryan Donnelly

Relationship between antibiotic therapy and development of antimicrobial resistance in patients with bronchiectasis and COPD - Professor Michael Tunney (School of Pharmacy, Queen’s University Belfast) Professor Stuart Elborn (Wellcome Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, Queen’s University Belfast) and Professor James Chalmers (School of Medicine, University of Dundee)

Selective targeting of proteases for the treatment of chronic airways disease - Professor Lorraine Martin

Self-Navigating Nanocarriers for Intracellular Protein Delivery - Dr Wafa Al-Jamal

Self-regulating, self-cleaning biomaterials - Professor Colin McCoy & Dr Matthew Wylie

Sustained Release Nanocarriers for Ocular Drug Delivery - Professor Raj Thakur

To investigate novel interacting drug combinations in the treatment of Ovarian Cancer - Dr Fiona Furlong

Utilising data linkage to estimate antimicrobial resistance burden in paediatric populations -  Dr Yingfen Hsia & Professor Carmel Hughes

Please see below details of available PhD positions through FindaPhD.com site