Professor David Attwood BPharm, PhD, DSc, CChem FRSC
Research
His current research interests include the physicochemical properties of surfactants; the self-association of amphiphilic drugs; the pharmaceutical application of dendrimers; the development of in-situ gelling drug delivery systems from naturally occurring polysaccharides; the application of block copolymers for the solubilisation of poorly soluble drugs and for the controlled delivery of bioactive materials. He is co-author of a research text Surfactant Systems, their Chemistry, Pharmacy and Biology, Chapman and Hall, 1983. A total of some 300 research publications and review articles have been published in international journals and he has supervised the research of some 40 postgraduate students for the degree of PhD. Active international research collaborations are with the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain and the University of Hokkaido, Japan.
Teaching
His teaching expertise is in the area of Physical Pharmacy and he is co-author (with A. T. Florence) of Physicochemical Principles of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Press 4th ed 2006, a student text that is widely used throughout the English-speaking world and has now been translated into Italian and Portuguese. A revision guide FASTtrack Physical Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Press, 2007 accompanies this textbook.
Biography
David Attwood is Professor of Pharmacy. He joined the University of Manchester in 1971, having previously been a lecturer in the Department of Pharmacy, University of Strathclyde.
Qualifications
- 2000-DSc-University of London
- 1983-Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry
- 1965-PhD-University of London
- 1962-BPharm (1st Class Hons) - University of London
Selected publications
2006
- Ricardo N.M.P.S, Chaibundit C, Yang Z, Attwood D, Booth C. (2006). Association behaviour of mixed triblock copoly(oxyalkylene)s (type eBE and ESE)in aqueous solution. Langmuir, 22, 1301 - 1306. eScholarID:1d13184 | DOI:10.1021/la052338i
2005
- HarrisonW.J, AboulgasemG.J, ElathremF.A.I, NixonS.K, Attwood D, PriceC, BoothC. (2005). Micelles and gels of mixed triblock copoly(oxyalkylen)s in aqueous solution. Langmuir, 21, eScholarID:1d10867 | DOI:10.1021/la050297k
- RicardoN.M.P.S, PinhoM.E.N, YangZ, Attwood D, BoothC. (2005). Controlling the gelation of aqueous micellar solutions of ethylene-oxide-based block copoly(oxyalkylene)s. Int. J. Pharmaceutics, 300, 22 - 31. eScholarID:1d11074 | DOI:10.1016/j.ijpharm.2005.04.020
- Taboada,P., Velasquez,G., Barbosa,S., Castelleto,V., Nixon,S.K., Yang,Z., Heatley,F., Hamley,I., Mosquera,V., Ashford,, Attwood, D, Booth,C. (2005). Block copolymers of ethylene oxide and phenyl glycidyl ether. Micellisation, gelation and drug solubilisation. Langmuir, 21, 5263 - 5271. eScholarID:1d10866 | DOI:10.1021/la0503808
2003
- BarbosaS, TaboadaP, Attwood D, MosqueraV. (2003). Thermodynamic Properties of the Complex Formed by the Interaction of two Anionic Amphiphilic Penicillins with Human Serum Albumin. Langmuir, 19, 10200 - 10204. eScholarID:1d7602
- Yang,Z., Crothers,M., Ricardo,N.M.P.S., Chaibundit, C., Taboada,P., Mosquera, V., Kelarakis, A., Havredaki, V., Martini, L., Valder, C., Collett, JH, Attwood, D, Heatley,F., Booth,C. (2003). Micellization and Gelation of Triblock Copolymers of Ethylene Oxide and Styrene Oxide in Aqueous Solution. Langmuir, 19, 943 - 950. eScholarID:1d4233
2002
- Attwood D. (2002). Micellar Drugs. Encyclopedia of Surface and Colloid Science, Hubbard, A, (ed) Marcel Dekker Inc., NY, 3370 - 3385. eScholarID:1d1955
- Leis D, Barbosa S, Attwood D, Taboada P, Mosquera V. (2002). Influence of pH on the Complexation of an Amphiphilic Antidepressant Drug and Human Serum Albumin. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 106, 9143-9150. eScholarID:1d2109
2000
- Booth C, Attwood D. (2000). Effect of block architecture and composition on the association properties of poly(oxyalkylene)copolymers in aqueous solution. Macromol. Rapid Commun, 21, 501-527. eScholarID:1d1096