World-leading Professor in Pharmaceutics Appointed To Prestigious UCLan Role

Professor Kevin Taylor, a leading authority in research areas such as drug delivery, clinical pharmaceutics and pharmacy education, has been appointed as an Honorary Professor within UCLan’s Institute of Nanotechnology and Bioengineering.

Having gained his PhD from the Welsh School of Pharmacy in 1986, Professor Taylor held a variety of teaching and research posts within the School’s Department of Pharmaceutics before being appointed as Professor in Clinical Pharmaceutics at University College London Hospitals and Camden and Islington Hospital Pharmaceutical Services. He became Head of the Department of Pharmaceutics in the School of Pharmacy, University of London in September 2006.

As well as serving on the Commission on Human Medicines (CHM) Professor Taylor is a member of the Chemistry, Pharmacy and Standards Expert Advisory Group of the CHM, and the Education Expert Advisory Panel of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.

Professor Taylor is actively involved in researching liposomal systems for drug delivery while much of his research sits at the interface between pharmaceutical science and clinical practice. His research projects also include the study of dose uniformity and stability of extemporaneously prepared formulations, the mixing of food with medicines administered to children, and the use of inhalation devices by patients.