Research groups
The School’s research is dedicated to medicines, aiming to improve aspects of their design, development and use. This is being advanced within a number of strategic research themes.Drug design and action
This group focuses on discovering and developing novel lead-drug candidates and approaches to molecular diagnostics:
- Rational drug design and structure-based medicinal chemistry
- Structural and computational chemistry and biology
- Protein and nucleic acid biochemistry and biophysics
- Pharmaceutical molecular biology, cell biology, molecular pharmacology and physiology
- Cancer, anti-parasitics and pharmaceutical microbiology
The aim of this group is to improve prediction in all the steps between discovery and drug use, by moving from the current essentially descriptive approaches to more mechanistic modelling methodologies. In particular, research focuses on:
- Prediction of pharmacokinetics in humans
- Delivery and pharmacokinetics of biopharmaceuticals
- Controlled and responsive drug delivery
This group undertakes research that addresses issues of importance in informing and shaping practice, governance and policy relating to medicines and pharmacy. The breadth of interest of the group includes the five following areas:
- Community pharmacy
- Health technology assessment and health economics
- Patient safety
- Prescribing
- Workforce and skill mix
