Pharmacology (drug delivery) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Novel design and formulation strategies to enhance drug delivery

Newcastle University Faculty of Medical Sciences Graduate School

The main research activities of my research group concern the improvement of traditional drug formulation and development of novel drug and formulation strategies to enhance bioavailability and patient acceptability. Read more

Supervisors: Dr W Lau, Dr K Wooi Ng

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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A systematic screening tool for nanocarrier design and efficient drug delivery against biological barriers.

Queen’s University Belfast School of Pharmacy

Encapsulation of APIs in a liposome can dramatically alter the distribution by controlling the release to normal tissue while facilitating the accumulation to the site of inflammation. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Tian

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Novel strategy for treatment of chronic wounds via multi-functional liposomal nanocarriers

University of Bradford Faculty of Life Sciences

Research Group: Medicines Development and Pharmaceutical Sciences

A confounding issue of non-healing skin wounds is the presence of pathogenic bacteria, that protect themselves from conventional antibiotic treatments by encasing themselves within protective shields (biofilms). Read more

Supervisors: Dr X Liu, Prof R Falconer

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Pharmacokinetics Guided Natural Products Exploration for Drug Discovery, Development, Delivery and Therapy

University of Bradford Faculty of Life Sciences

Research Group: Institute of Cancer Therapeutics

Natural products have emerged as a key standard in novel and safe delivery of anticancer bioactive compounds. Apart from their ease of administration and delivery, natural/phytochemicals still face several hurdles, due to their physiochemical and pharmacokinetic properties. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Muhammad Wahajuddin

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Infection-responsive coatings for the prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infections

Queen’s University Belfast School of Pharmacy

Medical care has transformed over the last century with significant improvements in the variety and extent to which various diseases can be treated and/or prevented. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Wylie, Prof C McCoy

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Microneedle delivery systems for next-generation antibody therapeutics

Queen’s University Belfast School of Pharmacy

Microneedle arrays are minimally-invasive devices that painlessly, and without drawing blood, penetrate the skin’s stratum corneum barrier. Read more

Supervisor: Prof R Donnelly

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Faculty of Pharmacy, Masaryk University

Masaryk University

Discover the art of developing life-changing pharmaceuticals through our Medicinal Chemistry program. The aim of this programme is to prepare qualified experts who will work professionally in scientific activities in the field of development and analysis of drugs and its application to other scientific fields. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Humanities Research Programme

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High throughput exploration of the design space for antifungal nanocarrier development

Queen’s University Belfast School of Pharmacy

Fungal and bacterial infections contribute to over 7 million deaths yearly, affecting over 300 million people globally (GAFFI). Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Tian

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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The regulation of scavenger receptors in cancer

University of Sheffield School of Biosciences

The expression of some scavenger receptors has been identified as being poor for cancer prognosis. Scavenger receptors are a large family of cell surface receptors that are expressed ubiquitously in the Human body. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Brown, Dr C Guo

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Ultra-long-acting microneedles for biologics delivery

Newcastle University Faculty of Medical Sciences Graduate School

This project aims to develop transdermal microneedle formulations for delivering biologic drugs over several weeks or months. Biologics (e.g. Read more

Supervisors: Dr K Wooi Ng, Dr K Novakovic, Dr W Lau

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Synthetic Protein-Transporters for Enhanced Transduction Activity

Queen’s University Belfast School of Pharmacy

Intracellular protein delivery is key to probing important cellular processes and developing advanced biotherapeutics. However, protein trafficking into the cell, and more specifically to the cytosol remains a significant challenge. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Carmali

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Development of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) for oncology indications

University of Bradford Faculty of Life Sciences

Research Group: Institute of Cancer Therapeutics

A major challenge in cancer therapy is to develop therapeutic agents that selectively target tumour cells but are not harmful to normal tissue. Read more

Supervisors: Prof K Pors, Dr Muhammad Wahajuddin, Prof R Falconer

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Microneedle delivery systems for minimally-invasive patient diagnosis/monitoring

Queen’s University Belfast School of Pharmacy

In this project, a novel type of integrated system will be investigated that will by-pass the skin barrier. On its surface will be multiple microscopic needles that pierce the skin without causing any pain – the sensation is said to feel like a cat’s tongue or sharkskin. Read more

Supervisor: Prof R Donnelly

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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(MRC DTP CASE) Development of new in vitro infection models to tackle antimicrobial resistance

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the most serious global public health threats in this century. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Gago, Dr M Bertuzzi, Dr J Bella

13 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Preformulation study of RARγ and VDR hybrid compounds

Medical University of Vienna Institute for Pathophysiologie and Allergy

The doctoral candidate (DC) will perform preformulation characterisation and development of formulation prototypes at Trinity College Dublin (TCD), Ireland. Read more

Supervisor: Assoc Prof LT Tajber

29 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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We have 20 Pharmacology (drug delivery) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Pharmacology (drug delivery) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 20 Pharmacology (drug delivery) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Novel design and formulation strategies to enhance drug delivery

A systematic screening tool for nanocarrier design and efficient drug delivery against biological barriers.

Novel strategy for treatment of chronic wounds via multi-functional liposomal nanocarriers

Pharmacokinetics Guided Natural Products Exploration for Drug Discovery, Development, Delivery and Therapy

Infection-responsive coatings for the prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infections

Microneedle delivery systems for next-generation antibody therapeutics

Faculty of Pharmacy, Masaryk University

High throughput exploration of the design space for antifungal nanocarrier development

The regulation of scavenger receptors in cancer

Ultra-long-acting microneedles for biologics delivery

Synthetic Protein-Transporters for Enhanced Transduction Activity

Development of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) for oncology indications

Microneedle delivery systems for minimally-invasive patient diagnosis/monitoring

(MRC DTP CASE) Development of new in vitro infection models to tackle antimicrobial resistance

Preformulation study of RARγ and VDR hybrid compounds

We have 20 Pharmacology (drug delivery) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Pharmacology (drug delivery) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 20 Pharmacology (drug delivery) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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