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Ryan Donnelly graduated with a BSc (1st Class) in Pharmacy from Queen's University Belfast in 1999. Following a year of Pre-Registration training spent in Community Pharmacy, he returned to the School of Pharmacy to undertake a PhD in Pharmaceutics. He graduated in 2003 and, after a short period of post-doctoral research, was appointed to a Lectureship in Pharmaceutics in January 2004. He was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2009, Reader in 2011 and, in 2013, to a Chair in Pharmaceutical Technology.
Professor Donnelly's research is centred on design and physicochemical characterisation of advanced polymeric drug delivery systems for transdermal and topical drug delivery, with a strong emphasis on improving therapeutic outcomes for patients. His bioadhesive patch design was used in successful photodynamic therapy of over 100 patients with neoplastic and dysplastic gynaecological conditions and the patent subsequently out-licensed.
Currently, Professor Donnelly's research is focussed on novel polymeric microneedle arrays for transdermal administration of "difficult-to-deliver" drugs and intradermal delivery of vaccines and photosensitisers. His work is funded by BBSRC, EPSRC, MRC, The Wellcome Trust, The Royal Society and the pharmaceutical and medical devices industries.
He has authored over 600 peer-reviewed publications, including several granted patents, 5 textbooks and approximately 160 full papers. He has been an invited speaker at numerous national and international conferences. Professor Donnelly is the Editor-in-Chief of Recent Patents on Drug Delivery & Formulation and a member of the Editorial Advisory Boards of Micromachines, Pharmaceutical Technology Europe, Expert Review of Medical Devices and Journal of Pharmacy & Bioallied Sciences and is a Visiting Scientist at the Norwegian Institute for Cancer Research, where he is an Associate Member of the Radiation Biology Group. His work has attracted numerous awards, including the Controlled Release Society Young Investigator Award in 2016, BBSRC Innovator of the Year in 2013, the GSK Emerging Scientist Award in 2012 and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Science Award in 2011.
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Projects
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R6617PMY: Ocular Research By Integrated Training And Learning
Singh, T. R. R., Donnelly, R. & Larrañeta, E.
03/05/2019 → …
Project: Research
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R1040PMY: Nanoengineered microneedle arrays for enhanced delivery of long-acting HIV medicines
27/03/2019 → …
Project: Research
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R1786PMY: Nanoengineered microneedle arrays for enhanced plasmonic photothermal therapy of basal cell carcinomma
Donnelly, R., Bell, S., Coulter, J., Mangwandi, C. & Sorel, M.
03/07/2017 → …
Project: Research
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R1105PMY: Industrial scale microneedle design and manufacture and microneedle applicator design
01/08/2011 → …
Project: Research
Research output
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Directly Compressed Tablets: A Novel Drug‐Containing Reservoir Combined with Hydrogel‐Forming Microneedle Arrays for Transdermal Drug Delivery
McAlister, E., Dutton, B., Vora, L. K., Zhao, L., Ripolin, A., Zahari, D. S. Z. B. P. H., Quinn, H. L., Tekko, I. A., Courtenay, A. J., Kelly, S. A., Rodgers, A. M., Steiner, L., Levin, G., Levy-Nissenbaum, E., Shterman, N., McCarthy, H. O. & Donnelly, R. F., 03 Feb 2021, In: Advanced Healthcare Materials. 10, 3, 19 p., 2001256.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Enhancement strategies for transdermal drug delivery systems current trends and applications
Ramadon, D., McCrudden, M. T. C., Courtenay, A. J. & Donnelly, R. F., 20 Jan 2021, In: Drug Delivery and Translational Research.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Enhancing intradermal delivery of tofacitinib citrate: Comparison between powder-loaded hollow microneedle arrays and dissolving microneedle arrays
Cárcamo-Martínez, Á., Mallon, B., Anjani, Q. K., Domínguez-Robles, J., Utomo, E., Vora, L. K., Tekko, I. A., Larrañeta, E. & Donnelly, R. F., 25 Jan 2021, In: International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 593, 14 p., 120152.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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From the laboratory to the end-user: a primary packaging study for microneedle patches containing amoxicillin sodium
McAlister, E., Kearney, M-C., Martin, E. L. & Donnelly, R. F., 15 Jan 2021, In: Drug Delivery and Translational Research.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Fused deposition modelling for the development of drug loaded cardiovascular prosthesis
Martin, N. K., Domínguez-Robles, J., Stewart, S. A., Cornelius, V. A., Anjani, Q. K., Utomo, E., García-Romero, I., Donnelly, R. F., Margariti, A., Lamprou, D. A. & Larrañeta, E., 21 Jan 2021, In: International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 120243.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Prizes
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Best Paper Award of Pharmaceutics Special Issue on 3D Printing of Pharmaceuticals and Drug Delivery Devices
Dominguez Robles, Juan (Recipient), Niamh K. Martin (Recipient), Mun Leon Fong (Recipient), Stewart, Sarah (Recipient), Nicola Irwin (Recipient), Isabel Rial (Recipient), Donnelly, Ryan (Recipient) & Larrañeta, Eneko (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Other distinction
Activities
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Science vs. Microbes
Johanne Barry (Invited speaker), Sara Cordeiro (Chair), Emma McAlister (Organiser), Ryan Donnelly (Invited speaker), Brendan Gilmore (Invited speaker) & Aaron Brady (Invited speaker)
20 Feb 2020Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public lecture/debate/seminar
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International Journal of Pharmaceutics (Journal)
Ryan Donnelly (Guest editor), Dimitrios Lamprou (Guest editor) & Eneko Larrañeta (Guest editor)
22 May 2020 → 31 Mar 2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
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15TH EUROPEAN SYMPOSIUM ON CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY
Thakur Raghu Raj Singh (Participant), Ryan Donnelly (Participant) & Samer Adwan (Participant)
11 Apr 2018 → 13 Apr 2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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Controlled Release Society
Thakur Raghu Raj Singh (Participant), Samer Adwan (Participant) & Ryan Donnelly (Participant)
21 Jul 2018 → 24 Jul 2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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Fractional Er:YAG Laser as a Novel Method for Enhancing Ocular Drug Permeation
Samer Adwan (Speaker), Thakur Raghu Raj Singh (Advisor) & Ryan Donnelly (Advisor)
2017 → …Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation