Pharmaceutical Analysis with Management Studies MSc: Research areas

Many of our staff in the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Computing are research active. This ensures they are in touch with the latest thinking and bring best practice to your studies.

Science research in the Faculty is organised into several research areas. The Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Group is an interdisciplinary group shared by Kingston University and St George's, University of London.

Research focuses on the interaction of chemistry and life sciences with medicine. It is divided into three main sub-areas;

• Pharmaceutical Sciences – including the use and understanding of free-radical reactions and the use of anti-cancer drugs/new bioactive natural products;
• Therapy – including immunology, stem cell research and allergenic effects of foods; and
• Parasitology – including parasite transmission, drug responses and host cellular immune responses.

The Materials Research Group engages in collaborative research with worldwide links. Areas of interest include:

• bio-materials, such as new bone repair cements and a study of polymers for lens implants in the human eye;
• granular materials, focusing on the properties of fluid-particle mixtures; and
• new electronic materials, such as conducting polymers, liquid crystals and nanocomposites.

Research in the School of Business also feeds into your management studies modules. Research groups include:

• International Business Policy – focusing on transition problems, global business strategy and inter-cultural issues;
• The Small Business Research Centre – taking a rigorous qualitative and quantitative methodological approach to investigating small firms and entrepreneurship; and
• The Centre for Research in Employment, Skills and Society (CRESS) – focusing on the theory and practice of managing work and organisations from the perspective of both employee and employer.