WADDP PhD Degree opportunities
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The PhD opportunities exist in the development of novel controlled-release drug delivery systems using 21st-century pharmaceutical techniques.
The Wits Advanced Drug Delivery Platform (WADDP) Research Unit is a world-leading research entity. Our passionate, responsive and talented Pharmaceutical Scientists focus on research and producing patient-centric pharmaceutical product innovations as neat solutions for the most challenging unmet therapeutic needs globally.
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There are five PhD positions available, open to candidates with a Master’s degree in either the fields of Pharmacy, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Molecular Biology or a related area.
Successful applicants will join the WADDP within the Faculty of Health Sciences, a highly productive multicultural team of research staff and students, engaged in a range of pharmaceutical development projects.
Over the years WADDP has developed several platform-based technologies that allow for flexibility in the dosing, drug combinations, and all-encompassing 21st-century patient-centric medicines. With pharmaceutical technology such as 3D printing, multi-functional formulations with selected drugs/compounds in precise doses can be prepared that release in a controlled manner. Our hypothesis is that a delivery system using advanced technologies can achieve the required release profiles for multiple drugs within a single tablet or other dosage form. The main challenge will be an innovative formulation design containing different medicines within US-FDA approved excipients.
Applications close on 31 January 2023. For more information and how to apply, please click here.