Postgraduate Research Training
PhD study at the Medway School of Pharmacy
The Medway School of Pharmacy has a program for research training leading to PhD. Within the school we have a number of home, EU and international postgraduate students who are undertaking such doctoral (PhD) research degrees. PhD students at the School are registered students of both the University of Greenwich and the University of Kent. Graduates who obtain their PhD from Kent or Greenwich are highly sought after by prospective employers, both within the UK and overseas. Destinations for doctoral graduates include university academic departments, research institutes and leading pharmaceutical and biotechnological companies.
The School has over twenty academic research staff arranged in three primary research groups: Biological Sciences, Chemistry and Drug Delivery and Clinical and Professional Practice. Each of these academics has developed their own research program.
Current research interests of staff in the school include:
Biological Sciences
- Neuropharmacological studies of ethanol dependence and withdrawal (Dr A Bratt)
- Regulation of IgE-mediated cellular signalling in allergic effector cells (Dr B Gibbs)
- Modulation of GABAA receptor activity by chronic ethanol treatment (Dr S Kelley)
- Regulation of mammalian circadian rhythms (Dr G Lall)
- Functional properties and regulation of neuronal ion channels (Prof A Mathie)
- Apoptosis in protozoan parasites - applications for control (Dr T Paget)
- Genetic chemotherapy of cancer (Dr S Scott)
- MAP kinase-dependent and hypoxic signal transduction pathways (Dr V Sumbayev)
Chemistry and Drug Delivery
- Structural and functional biology of prion proteins (Dr L Calzolai)
- Anti-cancer agents and pro-drugs based on natural products (Dr M Casely-Hayford)
- Novel drugs and biomaterials incorporating sugar amino acids (Dr A Edwards)
- Computer-based modelling of drug delivery (Dr T Ghafourian)
- Targeted drug delivery to the brain with arsonoliposomes (Dr P Kallinteri)
- Novel bioresponsive polymers for macromolecule and drug delivery (Dr N Lavignac)
- Particle engineering for drug delivery (Dr A Nokhodchi)
Clinical and Professional Practice
- Development and evaluation of pharmaceutical care models (Dr B Apampa)
- The role of pharmacists in patient screening and near patient testing (Dr S Corlett)
- Evaluation of new service provision: focus on qualitative perspectives (Dr R Rodgers)
Further details of the research interests of staff can be found on their individual research pages.
Interested applicants should refer to ‘How to Apply’.
