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drug delivery PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 92 drug delivery PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Development of Peptide-Based Nanomicelle Eye Drops for the Treatment of Dry Eye Disease

Ocular drug delivery remains a major challenge due to the eye’s complex anatomy and dynamic protective barriers that restrict drug absorption. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof R Thakur, Prof D Jones
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Advanced Microneedle Technologies for Drug Delivery and Immunology Applications

Microneedles are rapidly emerging as opportunistic therapeutic platforms, ranging from drug delivery systems to vaccine therapeutics. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Z Ahmad
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Developing novel formulations and materials for transmucosal drug delivery

Mucosal routes of drug administration offer numerous advantages including ease of application, non-invasive nature and sometimes possibility of targeting particular organs. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof V Khutoryanskiy
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Production of super small nanocrystals for drug delivery to target tissues

The student will be involved in an exciting project related to the design, formulation and in vitro/in vivo characterisation of super small drug nanocrystals with specific surface properties to enhance drug accumulation in target tissues, such as the lymphatic or central nervous systems. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Paredes
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Microneedles for transdermal delivery of long-acting biologics

  Research Group: Dermal Drug Delivery & Diagnostics Laboratory
Long‑acting delivery of biologic therapeutics is widely recognised as a major unmet need in modern healthcare. Biologic drugs, including peptides, proteins and nucleic acid‑based medicines, are increasingly used to treat chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, neurodegenerative conditions and metabolic disorders. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr K Wooi Ng, Dr K Novakovic
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Development of a Novel Long Term Composite Dosage Form for Controlled Transmucosal Drug Delivery

Despite the number of mucoadhesive dosage forms available, the delivery of drugs through the mucosa still presents major challenges such as a lack of drug localization due to their short residence times, difficulties in accurate drug dosing and poor patient compliance. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr R Shaikh, Dr C Seaton, Dr S Shnyder
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Peptide-like hydrogels as a long-acting injectable delivery technology for the treatment of ocular disease

Provide a brief description of the project. Rationale. There is a significant need for innovative treatments to alleviate the burden of macular disease. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr G Laverty, Prof R Thakur
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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3D printing of drug delivery implants

Additive manufacturing (AM) encompasses a wide range of processes that create structures through deposition or binding of materials in successive layers to produce a 3D object. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr P Boyd
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Next-Gen Drug Delivery: Microfluidic Encapsulation of Biologics into Smart Nanocarriers

Provide a brief description of the project. Progress in drug design has led to the development of new peptides, proteins, and drug molecules. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof D Lamprou
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Investigating Non-thermal ‘Cold’ Plasmas for Enhancing the Delivery and Efficacy of Antibiotics and Complex molecules to biofilms of clinically relevant bacteria

  Research Group: Infection and antimicrobial resistance
Biofilms, complex multi-species consortia of microorganisms existing either as surface attached communities or non-surface-attached aggregates, are characterised by significantly elevated tolerance to antimicrobial challenges and often an inability to adequately treat the infection with conventional antibiotics. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof B Gilmore, Dr T Thompson
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Novel oral oleosomes formulations of immunomodulatory agents to improve treatment outcomes of inflammatory bowel disease

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an autoimmune condition in which the immune system attacks its own intestinal tissue. It could be divided into two major subtypes. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr P Gershkovich
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Magnetic Nanobots for Targeted Cancer Therapy

This PhD research focuses on developing magnetic nanobots for targeted cancer therapy. By harnessing externally controlled magnetic fields, these nanoscale devices can navigate to tumour sites, enabling precise drug delivery while minimizing damage to healthy tissues. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Hanson, Prof R D'Sa
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Fluid Gel-Based Injectable Hydrogels for Osteoarthritis Pain and Inflammation

Project Overview. Osteoarthritis (OA) is a leading cause of pain and disability worldwide. Current treatments such as intra-articular steroid injections provide only short-term relief and often require repeated administration, increasing the risk of joint damage and systemic side effects (1). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr R Hardy, Dr R Moakes, Dr M M Mansfield
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Smart, responsive biomaterials for infection-resistant medical devices

A major problem associated with medical devices is infection. With infection rates of approaching 100% in some devices, ways to prevent formation of bacterial biofilm on medical device surfaces are urgently required. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof C McCoy, Dr M Wylie
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Cancer Co-Therapy Using Nano and Micro Porous Engineered Materials

Cancer is a major global challenge and the need to develop new and more effective therapies is essential. In recent times the co-delivery (2 or more compounds performing distinct biological functions e.g. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Z Ahmad
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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