The UKCRS Committee


Marianne Ashford - Market Research

Pharmaceutical Department
Zeneca Pharmaceuticals
Mereside
Alderley Park
Macclesfield
Cheshire SK10 4TG
Tel: 01625 514985
FAX: 01625 517436
E-mail: M.B.Ashford@APVXC1.ZENECA.com

Marianne is currently working in the Pharmaceutical Research Section of Zeneca Pharmaceuticals. After completing a PhD at the University of Manchester on oral delivery to the colon, Marianne joined Zeneca. She has been working on various approaches to improving the biopharmaceutical properties of compounds and more recently has been reviewing methods for gene and oligonucleotide delivery.


Jane Batten - Treasurer

PolyMASC Pharmaceuticals plc
Fleet Road
London NW3 2EZ
Tel: 0171 830 2800
FAX: 0171 431 7594

Jane joined polyMASC Pharmaceuticals plc (an Alternative Investment Market company) in December 1995 as the executive director responsible for business development and licensing. PolyMASC was formerly the Department of molecular Cell Pathology at the Royal Free Hospital School of medicine, London. Prior to this she was the CEO at Stowic Resources, a privately held transdermal drug delivery company.


Duncan Craig - Academic Liaison

The School of Pharmacy
University of London
29/39 Brunswick Square
London WC1N 1AX
Tel: 0171 753 5800
FAX: 0171 753 5920
E-mail: duncraig@pharm.lon.ac.uk

Duncan is a senior lecturer in the School of Pharmacy at the University of London. After graduating from Bath University, Duncan undertook a PhD on dielectric spectroscopy of pharmaceuticals. His current research interests embrace the assessment of physical structure of materials and more recently, biological materials using biophysical techniques.


Tony D'Emanuele - External Relations

School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Manchester
Manchester M13 9PL
Tel: 0161 275 2333
FAX: 0161 275 2333
E-mail: Tony@man.ac.uk

Tony is a lecturer in the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Manchester. After graduating from The School of Pharmacy, University of London, Tony undertook a PhD at the University of Bath on responsive electrophoretic drug delivery. Tony took up his current appointment after an eighteen month postdoctoral fellowship with Professor Robert Langer at MIT where he investigated the use of ultrasound to modulate drug release from biodegradable implants. Tony is currently researching pulsatile and responsive delivery systems, biodegradable polymeric systems, and the delivery of genes into cells by means of sonication.


Anya Hillery

Department of Pharmacy
University of Brighton
Cockcroft Building
Moulsecoomb
Brighton BN2 4GJ
Tel: 01273 642030
FAX: 01273 679333
E-mail: A.M.Hillery@brighton.ac.uk

Anya is a lecturer in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the Department of Pharmacy, University of Brighton. After graduating from Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, she carried out her PhD at the School of Pharmacy, Brunswick Square, University of London, on novel particulate delivery systems for the oral absorption of peptides. Her current research interests include micro- and nano-particulate drug delivery systems, oral drug delivery and oral immunization.


Hiep Huatan

Pharmaceutical R and D
Pfizer Central Research
Ramsgate Road
Sandwich
Kent CT13 9NJ
Tel: 01304 753 632914
FAX: 01304 753 623909

E-mail: Hiep_Huatan@sandwich.pfizer.com

Hiep is a Research Scientist in the Exploratory Drug Delivery Group, Pfizer Central Research. After graduating from the University of Nottingham, Hiep undertook a PhD at the University of Manchester on the characterisation of multicomponent polymeric drug delivery systems; an area of research which he maintains an active interest. In his current position, Hiep is involved in the provision of biopharmaceutics support for a number of human medicinal and animal health discovery projects. More recently, Hiep has also been involved in product enhancement initiatives at Pfizer.


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