Research

Research within the Discipline contributes to the School’s theme of Therapeutics, Medicines & Medical Technologies, focusing on improving how medicines and health technologies are developed, delivered and used in clinical practice.

A major flagship area of research in the Discipline is Ocular Therapeutics & Vision Science, where work spans ocular cell biology, mechanisms of cataract and retinal disease, and the development of targeted drug delivery systems and ophthalmic medical devices to improve vision and treatment outcomes.

Researchers from the School of Pharmacy also study how we can improve health services so that people get the best outcomes from their medications. This aligns with the School’s theme of population health services and health services research. Key research areas include pharmacoepidemiology, medication safety, studying how we train healthcare professionals about medications and how we integrate new evidence about medications into routine clinical practice, for example, though clinical guidelines or pharmacy services.

Staff members work with researchers across the university to integrate engineering and drug delivery in the development of soft robotic, closed-loop drug delivery systems. The Discipline works across fundamental research and commercialisation, and actively engages in national and international collaborations with academic partners, industry, regulatory bodies, and visiting researchers.

Other research areas include:

• Clinical pharmacy practice and patient safety 
• Pharmaceutical formulation and biomaterials 
• Closed-loop drug delivery systems 
• Drug discovery and molecular therapeutics 
• Population health and medicines optimisation 
• Collaborative research across physiology, pharmacology and biomedical science 

Students engage in research through taught modules and final-year supervised projects.