Pharmaceutical Science MSc: Who teaches this course

• Staff teaching on this course

The Faculty of Science, Engineering and Computing teaches this course. The Faculty's wide selection of undergraduate and postgraduate courses covers a diverse range of subject areas, from aerospace to geography; from maths and computing to biotechnology; and many more. Our collaborative set-up provides new opportunities for our students, and we design our courses with industry professionals to ensure you stay up to date with the latest developments.

Pharmacy and Chemistry

The School of Pharmacy and Chemistry is well known for the high quality of its undergraduate and postgraduate courses in pharmacy, pharmaceutical science and chemistry. These include full- and part-time foundation programmes.

Excellent facilities support our teaching – students benefit from new, purpose-built laboratories, equipped with state-of-the-art instruments. Strong links with industry and other key sectors ensure our students are well prepared for today's employment market. These include connections with hospitals and community pharmacies, accreditation from industry bodies, and involvement with active research groups.

Dr Anil Vangala

Title: Course director for the Pharmaceutical Science MSc and senior lecturer
Email: a.vangala@kingston.ac.uk 

Specialist subjects: Pharmaceutics and pharmaceutical technology, advanced drug delivery, biotechnology and vaccination.

Research fields:

• Advanced delivery and targeting of drugs and bioactive molecules using liposomes, niosomes and other novel particulate systems.
• Formulation of vaccines including conventional, sub-unit and DNA vaccines with the use of particulate adjuvants.
• Design, physicochemical characterisation and development of non-viral systems for gene delivery using colloid science and technology.

Recent publications:

• 'Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope Imaging of Vesicle Systems' in Liposomes Methods and Protocols volume 2: Biological Membrane Models, edited by Volkmar Weissig (2010, in press) (with Y. Perrie, H. Ali, D. Kirby, A. Mohammed and S. McNeil)
• 'Development of a Novel Magnetic Resonance Imaging Contrast Agent for Pressure Measurements Using Lipid-Coated Gas Filled Microbubbles' in Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology, 2009; 5: 1-9 (with R. Kaur, R. Morris, M. Bencsik, T. Rades and Y. Perrie)
• 'Robust Spatially Resolved Pressure Measurements Using MRI with Novel Buoyant-Advection Free Preparations of Stable Microbubbles in Polysaccharide Gels' in Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 2008; 193: 159-167 (with R. Morris, M. Bencsik, N. Nestlé, P. Galvosas, D. Fairhurst, Y. Perrie and G. McHale)

Membership of professional bodies:

• International Liposome Society
• Controlled Release Society
• Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Great Britain
• United Kingdom and Ireland Control Release Society
• Academic Pharmacy Group, Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain

Dr Stephen Barton

Title: Principal lecturer and course director for Analytical Chemistry MSc and Pharmaceutical Analysis MSc

Email: s.barton@kingston.ac.uk 

Specialist subjects:

• Separation science
• Atomic and molecular spectroscopy
• Thermal analysis

Research fields:

• Materials science,
• Conducting polymer composites
• Intraocular lenses

Recent publications:

• "The Effects of Irradiation on Intraocular Lenses" in Polym. Degrad. Stabil., 2006; 91: 2315-2317 (with C.M. Pratt, E. McGonigle, M. Kishi and P.J.S. Foot)
• "Preoperative Opacification of Acrylic Intraocular Lenses in Storage", accepted for publication in J. Mater. Sci: Mater Med, 2007 (with C.M. Pratt, E. McGonigle, M. Kishi and P.J.S. Foot)
• "Conductive Polyaniline/Poly (Epichlorohydrin-co-Ethylene Oxide) Blends Prepared in Solution", accepted for publication in Polymers and Polymer Composites, 2007 (with Zaid K. Abbas, Peter J.S. Foot and Huda Morgan)

Membership of professional bodies:

• Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC)
• Chartered Chemist (CChem)
• Chartered Scientist (CSci)

Professor Chris Cairns

Title: Professor of Pharmacy Practice
Email: c.cairns@kingston.ac.uk 

Specialist subjects:

• Pharmacy practice
• Pharmacy law and ethics
• Clinical pharmacy
• Clinical pharmacokinetics
• Pharmacovigilance

Research fields:

• Medicine safety
• Pharmaceutical outcomes
• Medicine in children
• Pharmacy workload
• Healthcare ethics

Recent publications:

• 'Pharmacokinetics in the Elderly' in Clinical Pharmacokinetics, ed. Soraya Dhillon and Andrej Kostrzewski, Pharmaceutical Press, London (2006)
• 'Improving the Safety of Epidural Analgesia' in Pharm J. 2005; 275: 228-31 (with I. Orunta and R. Greene)
• Medicines in the Elderly (ed with D. Armour), Pharmaceutical Press, London (2002)

Membership of professional bodies: Fellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society