Research

Work is ongoing in four areas.

Host-directed therapy, pulmonary delivery, immune-cell biology, and formulation science. The programmes are the spine of the Infectious Disease Nanomedicine Research Group.

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01 — Immunotherapy

Nanoparticle immunotherapies

Development of nanoparticle-based immunotherapies for infectious diseases including tuberculosis and malaria.

Diagram of the airway and lungs.

02 — Pulmonary delivery

Inhalable particles

Development of inhalable particles for treatment of tuberculosis.

Scanning electron micrograph of clustered spherical nanoparticles.

03 — Host biology

Nanoparticles and immune cells

Studies of the interaction of nanoparticles and immune cells in the context of infectious diseases.

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04 — Formulation

Infectious-disease drug delivery

Synthesis and evaluation of nanoparticles for infectious-disease drug delivery.