Pharmaceutical Science (Institute of)

2008 RAE National Ranking: In the recent RAE, the Pharmaceutical Science Division was ranked 6th out of all the Pharmacy Departments in the UK.

Research income: Annual income of the Institute is around £3m

Current number of academic staff: 38

Current number of research students: 90 students and 48 research staff

Recent publications:

• A comparison of the clinical effectiveness and costs of mental health nurse supplementary prescribing and independent medical prescribing: a post-test control group study. Norman IJ, Coster S, McCrone P, Sibley A and Whittlesea C (2010) BMC Health Services Research 10: 4
• Allergen induces the migration of platelets to lung tissue in allergic asthma. Pitchford SC, Momi S, Baglioni S, Casali L, Giannini S, Rossi R, Page CP and Gresele P (2008) American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 177: 604-612
• Amido-3-hydroxypyridin-4-ones as Iron (III) Ligands. Piyamongkol S, Ma YM, Kong XL, Liu Z D, Aytemir MD, van der Helm D and Hider RC (2010) Chemistry - A European Journal 16(21): 6374-6381
• Analysis of the bacterial communities present in the lungs of Cystic Fibrosis patients from American and British centers. Stressmann FA, Rogers GB, Klem ER, Lilley AK, Donaldson SH, Daniels TW, Carroll MP, Patel N, Forbes B, Boucher RC, Wolfgang MC and Bruce KD (2011) Journal of Clinical Microbiology 49: 281-291
• Challenges in inhaled product development and opportunities for open innovation. Forbes B, Asgharian B, Dailey LA, Ferguson D, Gerde P, Gumbleton M, Hardy C, Hassall D, Gustavsson L, Jones R, Lock R, Maas J, McGoverin T, Pitcairn G, Somers G and Wolff R (2011) Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews 63: 69-87
• Dendrimeric Nanocontainers as Anti-angiogenic Therapeutics. Al-Jamal K T, Akerman S, Podesta J E, Al-Jamal WT, Turton JA, Kanthou C, Vargesson N, Tozer GM and Kostarelos K (2010) Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 107: 3966-3971
• Development and validation of the Medication-Related Consultation Framework (MRCF). Abdel-Tawab R, James DH, Fichtinger A, Clatworthy J, Horne R and Davies G (2011) Patient Education and Counseling 83(3): 451-7
• Efficacy of drug treatments for generalised anxiety disorder: systematic review and meta-analysis. Baldwin D, Woods R, Lawson R and Taylor D (2011) British Medical Journal 342: d1199
• Evaluating three theory-based interventions to increase physicians' recommendations of smoking cessation services. Vogt F, Hall S, Hankins M and Marteau TM (2009) Health Psychology 28(2): 172-182
• Lipid chain geometry of C14 glycerol-based lipids: effect on lipoplex structure and transfection. Kudsiova L, Ho J, Fridrich B, Harvey R, Keppler M, Ng T, Hart SL, Tabor AB, Hailes HC and Lawrence MJ (2011) Molecular Biosystems 7(2): 422-36
• Phytochemical informatics and Traditional Chinese Medicine and therapeutic relevance. Ehrman TM, Barlow DJ and Hylands PJ (2007) Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling 47(6): 2316-2334
• Robotic multiwell planar patch-clamp for native and primary mammalian cells. Milligan CJ, Li J, Sukumar P, Majeed Y, Dallas ML, English A, Emery P, Porter KE, Smith AM, McFadzean I, Beccano-Kelly D, Bahnasi Y, Cheong A, Naylor J, Zeng F, Liu X, Gamper N, Jiang LH, Pearson HA, Peers C, Robertson B and Beech D (2009) Nature Protocols 4: 244-255
• Structural contributions to the intracellular targeting strategies of antimicrobial peptides. Lan Y, Ye Y, Kozlowska J, Lam JKW, Drake AF, Mason AJ (2010) Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes 1798(10): 1934-1943
• Structural and mechanistic basis for a new mode of glycosyltransferase inhibition. Pesnot T, Jørgensen R, Palcic MM and Wagner GK (2010) Nature Chemical Biology 6: 321-323