Imran Saleem PhD

Dr. Imran Saleem is a Professor in Nanomedicine and Leader of the Formulation and Drug Delivery Research Group within the School of Pharmacy & Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, UK. He obtained his Pharmacy degree from the same university and is a registered pharmacist. In 2004, he received his Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in drug delivery from Aston University, UK, entitled Improving Diagnosis and Vaccination Strategies Against Bovine Tuberculosis. Upon completing his Ph.D he went on to undertake a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of New Mexico in the Advanced Drug Delivery Laboratory of Dr. H Smyth, working in the area of dry powder inhalation of anticancer agents for the treatment of lung cancer.

Imran research group transgresses multiple disciplines including formulation, drug delivery, nanotechnology, polymer science, chemistry, cell and molecular biology, and has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals, conference abstracts, and book chapters. The group's work is involved in the application and understanding of novel nanocarrier systems in overcoming biological barriers for the targeted delivery of small molecules and macromolecules (proteins, peptides, siRNA, miRNA) for human and veterinary use.