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Biography
Barbara is Head of Pharmacy at the University of Huddersfield. She was appointed as Professor of Pharmaceutics at the University of Huddersfield in 2010. Following her first degree in Pharmacy at Queen’s University, Belfast, she registered as a pharmacist in 1990 and practised full-time in community pharmacy until joining Aston University in Birmingham in 1992 to undertake a Ph.D. Her PhD research project at Aston was in the pharmaceutics and drug delivery field, focusing on microencapsulation for delivery of biopharmaceuticals.
Following completion of her PhD studies in 1995, she was employed in various posts at Aston University, including lecturer and senior lecturer and was Director of the M.Pharm. programme prior to moving to the University of Huddersfield in 2010 as Professor of Pharmaceutics. During this time, she also became a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and supervised projects on the application of e-learning technologies in Pharmacy. She was also a Medici Fellow, specialising in driving forward innovation within the university sector and hold several patents in the pharmaceutical area. She has supervised over 60 Ph.D. students and on-going research programmes focus on strategies to improve skin antisepsis and delivery of antimicrobials, antimicrobial stewardship, solubility enhancement for poorly soluble drugs, and development and characterisation of novel formulations
She has a number of successful collaborations with other universities, NHS and pharmaceutical industry leading to publications and development of new products.
Research Expertise and Interests
- Polymers
- Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
- Antimicrobials
- Pharmacology
- Drug delivery
- Pharmaceutics
- Pharmacy
- Skin
- Viscosity
- Dissolution
- Solubility
- Differential Scanning Calorimetry
- Wounds
- Solid Dispersion
- Pharmaceutical salt formation and characterisation
- Prevention of infection and wound healing
- Development of oromucosal drug delivery systems
- Nanoparticulates for drug delivery
- Dissolution and drug release
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy -
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals
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Projects
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Development and Implementation of an Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) Educational Programme in Secondary Care.
Blackburn, J. (PI), Stephenson, J. (CoPI) & Conway, B. (CoPI)
1/09/25 → 28/02/26
Project: Research
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Skin Integrity Models for Clinical Simulation Training
Smith, A. (PI), Conway, B. (CoPI), Senior, J. (CoPI) & Blackburn, J. (PI)
1/05/25 → 31/01/26
Project: Research
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An evaluation of the pharmaceutical properties of the Nigerian baobab polysaccharide for sustained release oral tablets
Ajiboye, M. A., Rawat, Y., Mawla, N., Abdulhussain, R., Muhamad, H., Adebisi, A., Conway, B., Smith, A., Morris, G., Addinall, K., Dimopoulou, M., Angelis-Dimakis, A. & Asare-Addo, K., 1 Jan 2026, In: RSC Pharmaceutics. 3, 1, p. 126-135 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Cellulose and its derivatives: understanding physicochemical properties and their applications in pharmaceutical formulations
Ahmad, N., Timmins, P., Conway, B. & Ghori, M. U., 1 Sept 2026, In: RSC Pharmaceutics. 3, 5, p. 1126-1182 57 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Defining antibiotic use reduction targets for the management of hospital-onset healthcare-associated Clostridioides difficile infection: results of the multi-center TARGET-A project in four UK hospitals
Aldeyab, M. A., Bond, S. E., Monnet, D. L., Farren, D., Scott, M. G., Conlon-Bingham, G., Atack, K., Otu, A., Boulos, A., Martin, J., Hasan, S. S., Taqi, A., Darwish Elhajji, F., Conway, B. R. & Lattyak, W. J., 7 Aug 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy. 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Drug delivery and formulation development of hesperidin: a systematic review
Hoang, T. P. N., Timmins, P., Smith, A., Conway, B. & Ghori, M. U., 1 Feb 2026, In: Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery. 23, 2, p. 363-384 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Exploring pharmacist prescribing practices in general practices for atrial fibrillation in England: a qualitative study using the theoretical domains framework
Sharma, R., Hasan, S. S., Conway, B. & Ghori, M. U., 1 Jun 2026, In: International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy. 48, 3, p. 740-750 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access1 Link opens in a new tab Citation (Scopus)
Activities
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Wounds Week 6
Conway, B. (Chair)
3 Jul 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
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Nanotechnology and Novel Drug Delivery Systems
Conway, B. (Speaker)
8 Jun 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Wounds Week 5
Conway, B. (Chair)
5 Dec 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participating in a conference, workshop, ...
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The role of pharmacy in wound care
Conway, B. (Speaker)
28 Oct 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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The science of wound care
Conway, B. (Speaker)
7 Sept 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Press/Media
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Team behind 3D bioengineered wound model for healthcare training wins two awards
Senior, J., Smith, A., Ousey, K. & Conway, B.
7/05/26
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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Blessing in disguise: a natural nanomaterial for industrial application
Nirwan, J., Farhaj, S., Chaudhary, M. M., Khizer, Z., Hasan, S. S., Angelis-Dimakis, A., Gill, A., Rasheed, H., Abbas, N., Arshad, M. S., Hussain, T., Shahzad, Y., Yousaf, A., Chohan, T. A., Hussain, T., Merchant, H., Akram, M. R., Khan, T. M., Ashraf, M., Conway, B. & Ghori, M. U.
20/06/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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Natural nanomaterial could be boon to economy of rural Pakistan
Nirwan, J., Farhaj, S., Chaudhary, M. M., Hasan, S. S., Angelis-Dimakis, A., Khizer, Z., Gill, A., Rasheed, H., Abbas, N., Arshad, M. S., Hussain, T., Shahzad, Y., Yousaf, A., Chohan, T. A., Hussain, T., Merchant, H., Akram, M. R., Khan, T. M., Ashraf, M., Conway, B. & Ghori, M. U.
16/06/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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A new source of natural nanomaterial in Pakistan for industrial applications: NanoClay
Nirwan, J., Farhaj, S., Chaudhary, M. M., Hasan, S. S., Khizer, Z., Angelis-Dimakis, A., Gill, A., Rasheed, H., Abbas, N., Arshad, M. S., Hussain, T., Shahzad, Y., Yousaf, A., Chohan, T. A., Hussain, T., Merchant, H., Akram, M. R., Khan, T. M., Ashraf, M., Conway, B. & Ghori, M. U.
3/02/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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Ground-Breaking Drug Analysis Technique Receives the Platinum Award at the Atomic Force Microscope Conference
9/05/17 → 13/05/17
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research