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Professor Colin McCoy leads three themes within Biomaterials and Drug Delivery in the School of Pharmacy;polymeric medical devices, photoactive biomaterials and sensor development. Following completion of his PhD in Chemistry, which included a publication in Nature, he undertook two years of postdoctoral research with Nobel Laureate Professor Jean-Marie Lehn, at the Collège de France. He was awarded a prestigious Royal Society University Research Fellowship in 1999, which he held for 8 years in the School of Pharmacy, and was appointed Senior Lecturer in 2006, Reader in 2009 and Professor in 2012.
His expertise is in the design of triggered drug delivery systems, the development of infection-resistant biomaterials and the design of sensor technologies for drugs and biologically-relevant species. His research has attracted in excess of £5M of funding, and he is the author of more than 100 peer-reviewed publications and 6 patents. His work has received media attention from sources such as the BBC World Service, New Scientist, The Sunday Times, Chemistry in Britain and Chemistry and Engineering News.
Professor McCoy has given lectures at numerous international and national conferences. He compiled a policy document for the Royal Society by invitation and sat on an advisory panel to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and the Science Minister for the development of UK Government policy on spending on science. He is an Editorial Board member of the Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology and former member of the International Steering Committee for the Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients. He is a Fellow of both the Royal Society of Chemistry and Advance HE, formerly the Higher Education Academy.
Research Statement
The major focus of Professor McCoy's research involves development of biomaterials which are resistant to infection. In particular, his research exploits triggered drug delivery using light, heat, chemical or electrical stimuli to either modulate the properties of materials or directly release appropriate bioactive molecules. A further area of research is in the development of new materials for detecting and monitoring species such as drugs, explosives and biological anions. To achieve this, he uses diverse approaches including surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy and delayed lanthanide luminescence. This work is carried out with collaborators in the UK, Ireland, Europe and the USA.
His research is both fundamental and applied, with funders including EPSRC (6 major grants awarded since appointment), the Royal Society and global medical device companies.
He is author of more than 100 peer-reviewed publications and patents in journals including Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Pharmaceutical Research, Bioconjugate Chemistry and Chemistry of Materials, is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and serves on the editorial board of Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology.
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Projects
R1909PMY: A platform for reduction of incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia through modified PVC
McCoy, C., Carson, L., Irwin, N. & Jones, D.
22/05/2018 → …
Project: Research
Research Output
Characterization of the physicochemical, antimicrobial, and drug release properties of thermoresponsive hydrogel copolymers designed for medical device applications
Jones, D., Lorimer, C. P., McCoy, C. & Gorman, S., May 2008, In : Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B: Applied Biomaterials. 85B(2), 2, p. 417-426 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
54
Citations
(Scopus)
Infection-responsive drug delivery from urinary biomaterials controlled by a novel kinetic and thermodynamic approach
Irwin, N. J., McCoy, C. P., Jones, D. S. & Gorman, S. P., Mar 2013, In : Pharmaceutical Research. 30, 3, p. 857-865 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
15
Citations
(Scopus)
Surface localisation of photosensitisers on intraocular lens biomaterials for prevention of infectious endophthalmitis and retinal protection
McCoy, C. P., Craig, R. A., McGlinchey, S. M., Carson, L., Jones, D. S. & Gorman, S. P., Nov 2012, In : Biomaterials. 33, 32, p. 7952-7958 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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29
Citations
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Anti-infective photodynamic biomaterials for the prevention of intraocular lens-associated infectious endophthalmitis
Parsons, C., McCoy, C. P., Gorman, S. P., Jones, D. S., Bell, S., Brady, C. & McGlinchey, S., Feb 2009, In : Biomaterials. 30, 4, p. 597-602 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
56
Citations
(Scopus)
Datasets
Dataset for Nanoscale Hybrid Coating Enables Multifunctional Tissue Scaffold for Potential Multimodal Therapeutic Applications
Guo, Z. (Creator), Jiang, N. (Creator), Moore, J. (Creator), McCoy, C. (Creator), Ziminska, M. (Creator), Rafferty, C. (Creator), Sarri, G. (Creator), Hamilton, A. (Creator), Li, Y. (Creator), Zhang, L. (Creator), Zhu, S. (Creator), Sun, D. (Creator), Queen's University Belfast, 2019
DOI: 10.17034/3f1b3b75-cdc7-48f0-b419-92834bf52227
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Atmospheric pressure microplasma for antibacterial silver nanoparticle/chitosan nanocomposites with tailored properties
Sun, D. (Creator), Queen's University Belfast, 2019
Dataset
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Datasets for "A Multifunctional, Low Friction, Antimicrobial Approach for Biomaterial Surface Enhancement"
Irwin, N. (Creator), Queen's University Belfast, 01 Nov 2019
DOI: 10.17034/d5148116-3dcf-4998-b75d-0ef99dd650f2
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Prizes
Elected Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Colin McCoy (Recipient), 2007
Prize: Election to learned society
Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
Colin McCoy (Recipient), 2007
Prize: Election to learned society
Postgraduate Supervisory Excellence Award
Colin McCoy (Recipient), 12 May 2015
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
7th International Conference on Molecular Sensors and Molecular Logic Gates 2020
Colin McCoy (Participant)Jul 2020 → …
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
External Examiner - PhD
Colin McCoy (Examiner)02 Dec 2019
Activity: Examination types › PhD external examination
Advanced healthcare materials: from drug delivery to prevention of infection
Colin McCoy (Advisor)10 Sep 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited or keynote talk at national or international conference
Jerash University
Colin McCoy (Advisor)10 Sep 2019
Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visiting an external academic institution
Advanced healthcare materials: from drug delivery to prevention of infection
Colin McCoy (Advisor)11 Sep 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk