MEET THE TEAM

Head of Department

Professor Rebecca Green

Executive Support Staff

Sandra Whitaker

Academic Staff

Name	Position and Responsibilities	Research interests
Dr Hisham Al-Obaidi	Lecturer in Pharmaceutics School Academic Lead for Thermal analysis for the Chemical Analysis Facility (CAF) Lead for pharmaceutical calculations of the MPharm Module convenor for PM3A	Engineering amorphous and crystalline materials for drug delivery purposes, the use of co-crystals and amorphous dispersions in Pulmonary and oral drug delivery, encapsulation of bioactives into more complex carriers
Dr Silvia Amadesi	Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacology/Therapeutics Senior Tutor Year 2 Academic Tutor	Serine proteases, neuroinflammation, neurodegeneration
Dr Katrina Bicknell	Associate Professor in Cardiovascular and Regenerative Medicine Director of Teaching and Learning
Dr Angela Bithell	Lecturer in Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine Pharmacy Athena SWAN Lead SCFP Athena SWAN committee member Career's Champion	Stem cell biology, neuroscience, developmental neurobiology, neurodegeneration, epigenetics, functional 3D in vitro neuronal networks, glia in health and disease
Dr Samuel Bizley	Lecturer in Pharmacy
Dr John Brazier	Associate Professor in Pharmaceutical Chemistry Head of the Division of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry MPharm Part 1 Year Tutor	DNA structure and function, Nucleic Acid targeting
Nancy Cheng	Teacher Practitioner Pharmacist Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice
Dr Graeme Cottrell	Lecturer in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Director of Postgraduate Progression Module Convenor for PM4A	G protein-coupled receptors, ion channels, receptors, trafficking, signalling, migraine, inflammation
Dr Mark Dallas	Lecturer in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience School Outreach/Marketing Lead	Neurodegeneration, glial biology, gasotransmitters, ion channels/transporters
Sanjay Desai	Lecturer, CIPPET
Dr Parastou Donyai	Associate Professor of Social and Cognitive Pharmacy Director of Pharmacy Practice Pharmacy Ethics Representative	Social psychology of pharmacy, adherence, prescribing, medication beliefs
Dr Alexander Edwards	Associate Professor in Biomedical Technology Impact Lead Admissions Tutor	Diagnostics, microfluidics, miniaturisation, digital technology for healthcare, vaccines, vaccine formulation, formulation of biologics, innovation, entrepreneurship, technology commercialisation
Dr Sumita Elendran	Lecturer in Pharmacy, University of Reading Malaysia PM1A module Co-lead and Audit Champion	Pharmacognosy, pharmaceutical chemistry and pharmaceutics
Kate Fletcher	Lecturer in Pharmacy, University of Reading Malaysia Admissions Tutor Programme Lead (MPharm 2+2) Placements Lead Interprofessional Education and Experiential Learning Lead Outreach Lead	Pharmacy Education
Dr Sini George	Lecturer in Pharmacy (Medicinal Chemistry), University of Reading Malaysia Senior Tutor	Developing functional biomaterials and nanobiomaterials for drug delivery and biomedical applications, bioanalysis, toxicology, nanotoxicology, pedagogic tools in chemical education
Flavia Ghouri	Graduate Teaching Assistant
Daniel Grant	Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy & Pharmacy Education Departmental Director of Teaching and Learning (Pharmacy)
Dr Francesca Greco	Associate Professor in Drug Delivery School Director of Postgraduate Research Studies	Drug delivery, nanomedicines, polymer-drug conjugates, cancer
Dr Sarah Greenwood	Lecturer Physician Associate Programme
Dr James Hall	Lecturer in Pharmaceutical Chemistry	Nucleic acid structure, damage and drug interactions
Kat Hall	Director of Centre for Inter-Professional Postgraduate Education and Training (CIPPET)
Elizabeth Halley	Sessional Nurse Lecturer (CIPPET)
Dr Amelia Hollywood	Lecturer in Health Services Research Module Convener for MPharm Year-1 module PM1C	Health psychology, behaviour change and obesity
Dr Elena Kabova	Lecturer
Amareen Kamboh	Senior Teaching Fellow CIPPET Programme Director - Postgraduate Diploma in Foundation Pharmacy Practice	Pharmacy practice, postgraduate, education
Professor Vitaliy Khutoryanskiy	Professor of Formulation Science Pharmacy Director of Postgraduate Recruitment; Program Director of MSc (by Research) in Formulation Design and Analysis Module Convenor for Research Methods	Transmucosal drug delivery (ocular, nasal, oral and intravesical), mucoadhesive materials, mucosa-penetration, hydrogels, nanoparticles, pharmaceutical polymers, stimuli-responsive polymers, encapsulation technologies
Catherine Langran	Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice Director of Experiential Learning Lead for Teacher Practitioners	Pharmacy education, clinical pharmacy
Tim Langran	Senior Teaching Fellow	Primary care, clinical pharmacists, diabetes
Dr Patrick Lewis	Associate Professor in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Research Division Lead for Pharmacy	Parkinson's disease, signal transduction biology, enzymology, LRRK2
Dr Rosemary Lim	Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice Developing Pharmacy Services Module Convenor for PM2D	Human factors, organisational resilience, medication safety, diabetes (insulin), dementia, antimicrobial resistance, non-medical prescribing, qualitative research, patient and public involvement
Dr Simone Magee	Academic Director Physician Associate Programme
Dr Alister McNeish	Associate Professor in Cardiovascular Pharmacology SCFP Director of Outreach Pharmacy Exams Officer	Pharmacology of ion channels in vascular function, molecular mechanism of omega 3 fatty acids in vascular function, effects of cannabinoids in epilepsy/seizure, neurovascular interactions in epilepsy/seizure. Methods include: electrophysiology, myography, molecular biology, and behavioural
Cathy Naylor	Teacher Practitioner Pharmacist
Sophie Oduyale	Graduate Teaching Assistant	Compatibility of multiple intravenous drugs administered down the same line in hospital
Dr Wee Kiat Ong	Lecturer in Pharmacy (Pharmacology and Therapeutics), University of Reading Malaysia Personal Academic Development (PAD) Portfolio Lead PM1A Module Co-Lead, PM2C2 Module Lead	Cell signalling, endocrinology and metabolism, stem cell biology
Professor Helen Osborn	Professor of Biomedicinal Chemistry School Athena SWAN lead	Medicinal chemistry, synthetic chemistry, analytical chemistry, prodrugs, cancer, bacterial infections, carbohydrates
Dr Caroline Parkhurst	Teacher Practitioner Professional Services Pharmacist Day Lewis	Pharmacy practice
Dr Nilesh Patel	Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice MPharm Programme Director	Clinical pharmaceutics, pharmacists in general practice and evaluation of pharmacy services
Dr Richard Perry	Lecturer Physician Associate Programme
Mona Qassim	Teacher Practitioner Teaching, Week 6 activities	Mental health
Alex Reynolds	Lecturer Physician Associate Programme
Kim Ridout	Teacher Practitioner Teaching, Link with Frimley Park NHS Trust	Elderly care, Frailty, Polypharmacy
Professor Kath Ryan	Professor of Social Pharmacy Research capacity building Pharmacy Practice teaching	Pharmacists in general practice, medication narratives, public and patient involvement, infant feeding
Ravi Savania	Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice Part 3 Academic Year Tutor Interprofessional Education (IPE) Lead Personal and Academic Development Portfolio (PADP) Lead	Pharmacy practice
Dr Kenneth Shankland	Reader in Pharmaceutics Director of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Susan Slade	Senior Teaching Fellow Pharmacist Lead for Prescribing Programme
Professor Gary Stephens	Professor of Pharmacology Director of Pharmacology and Therapeutics	Presynaptic calcium channels, G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR), plant derived cannabinoids, inhibitory neurotransmission in the cerebellum
Dr Francesco Tamagnini	Lecturer in Pharmacology Teaching and Research	Alzheimer's disease and dementia, neuronal hyperexcitability, hippocampus, cerebral cortex, neuronal correlates of memory and learning
Dr Rajendran Vaiyapuri	Lecturer in Pharmacy (Pharmaceutics), University of Reading Malaysia Research Lead and Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) Lead	Nanomedicine, drug delivery systems, short peptide based hydrogels, supramolecular materials and nanocomposites
Dr Sakthivel Vaiyapuri	Lecturer in Pharmacology Module Convenor for PM3B Warden at Mackinder Hall	Cardiovascular, platelets, thrombosis, inflammation, venom toxicology
Dr Katja Strohfeldt -Venables	Associate Professor in Pharmaceutical Chemistry Dean (Teaching and Learning)	Synthesis and evaluation of metal-based anti-cancer agents, quality assurance of herbal medicine
Dr Samantha Weston	Head of Pharmacy, University of Reading Malaysia Head of Section (Pharmacy, UoRM) Academic Director (Teaching and Learning), UoRM	Antimicrobial stewardship, healthcare education, management
Dr Darius Widera	Lecturer in Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine Study Abroad and ERASMUS Coordinator Module Convenor for PM1A and PM1AM	Stem cells, inflammation, extracellular vesicles, regeneration, signal transduction
Marleen Wilde	Teaching Associate in Pharmaceutics Part-time PhD student	Polymer-membrane interactions, targeted drug-delivery and carrier molecules, (bio)membrane models, biophysical techniques, neutron scattering
Professor Adrian Williams	Professor of Pharmaceutics Research Dean (Health)	Medicines design, topical and transdermal drug delivery, poorly-water soluble drugs

Research Staff

Name	Email address
Dr Divyashree Ravishankar	d.ravishankar@reading.ac.uk
Dr Sophie Jegouic	s.m.jegouic@reading.ac.uk
Ms Laura Lefevre	l.a.lefevre@reading.ac.uk
Dr Karen Lloyd	k.c.lloyd@reading.ac.uk
Dr Claudia Manzoni	c.manzoni@reading.ac.uk
Dr Radhika Pothi	radhika.pothi@reading.ac.uk
Dr Divya Ravishankar	d.ravishankar@reading.ac.uk
Dr Taniya Sharmeen	t.sharmeen@reading.ac.uk
Dr Laura Thei	l.j.thei@reading.ac.uk

Emeritus and Visiting Staff

Name

Professor Angela Alexander

Dr Andrew Brewster

Dr Marc Brown

Dr Helena Cimarosti

Professor Che Connon

Dr Tim Hanlon

Dr Joanne Kitchen

Kate Masters

Dr Keng Wooi Ng

Prof Alan Palmer

Dr Mark Parry

Dr Wieland Peschel

Dr Clare Rawlinson Malone

Dr Arif Shivji

Dr Nicola Stoner

Professor Phillip Strange

Professor Elizabeth Williamson

Dr Stephen Wright

Contact Us

Email:

pharmacy@reading.ac.uk

Telephone:

0118 378 4637

Postal address:

Reading School of Pharmacy

PO Box 226

Whiteknights

Reading

RG6 6AP