Dr Sarah Gordon BPharm, PhD, PGCert, FHEA

Sarah Gordon

School of Pharmacy
Lecturer in Pharmaceutics

Contact details

Email
s.c.gordon@bham.ac.uk
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Address
University 麻豆精选
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Sarah Gordon is a Lecturer in Pharmaceutics. Her previous experience within academia and research institutes around the world has provided her with expertise in the formulation of nanoparticulate drug delivery systems for a variety of applications, including anti-infective and vaccine delivery, as well as for administration of problematic poorly soluble drugs.

Sarah has a wealth of experience of teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels in a variety of programmes. Her research currently focuses on the formulation, characterisation and efficacy testing of polymeric, lipid-based and ‘biomimetic’ anti-infective delivery systems.

Qualifications

  • Higher Education Academy Fellowship (2019)
  • Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (2019)
  • PhD in Pharmacy (Pharmaceutics), University of Otago, NZ (2009)
  • Bachelor of Pharmacy, University of Otago, NZ (2004)

Biography

Sarah studied Pharmacy at the University of Otago (New Zealand), and completed her NZ pharmacy registration year in 2006. She then returned to the University of Otago and undertook a PhD investigating the use of thermosensitive chitosan-based hydrogels for the delivery of cancer vaccines. In 2010 she moved to Denmark, where she was employed as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Copenhagen. During this time, she had the opportunity to work on development of predictive in vitro dissolution/release test methods for oral dosage forms.

In 2013 Sarah relocated to Germany to take up a position as a postdoctoral scientist at the Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), a branch of the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research. Here Sarah became involved in various projects related to evaluating, tackling and mimicking bacterial mechanisms for regulating anti-infective uptake and efficacy.

Sarah was appointed as a Lecturer in Pharmaceutics at Liverpool John Moores University in 2016, a position which allowed her to gain extensive teaching experience in Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Science and Cosmetic Science programmes. She also further developed her research interest in the formulation, characterisation and efficacy testing of polymeric, lipid-based and ‘biomimetic’ anti-infective delivery systems. This interest forms the basis of her research programme at the University 麻豆精选, where Sarah was appointed as a Lecturer in Pharmaceutics in 2021.

Teaching

  • MPharm Pharmacy

Postgraduate supervision

Sarah is interested in supervising projects in the following areas:

  • Lipid and/or polymer-based nanocarriers for anti-infective delivery
  • Formulation and characterisation of non-invasive vaccine delivery systems
  • Biomimetic nanocarrier fabrication and application

Other activities

Memberships

  • Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences (APS)
  • Controlled Release Society (CRS)
  • UK and Ireland Chapter of the Controlled Release Society (UKICRS) – committee secretary

Editorial Roles

  • Journal of Liposome Research – Editorial Board Member
  • Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences – Editorial Advisory Board Member
  • Pharmaceutics – Topic Editor
  • Frontiers in Drug Delivery – Review Editor (Vaccine Delivery)

Peer reviewer for several leading pharmaceutical and drug delivery journals

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Gordon, S, Layton, AM, Fawcett, S & Ross, K 2024, '', Dermatology Reports.

Castoldi, A, Empting, M, De Rossi, C, Mayr, K, Dersch, P, Hartmann, R, M眉ller, R, Gordon, S & Lehr, CM 2019, '', Pharmaceutical Research, vol. 36, no. 1, 22.

Menina, S, Eisenbeis, J, Kamal, MAM, Koch, M, Bischoff, M, Gordon, S, Loretz, B & Lehr, CM 2019, '', Advanced Healthcare Materials, vol. 8, no. 17, 1900564.

Bnyan, R, Khan, I, Ehtezazi, T, Saleem, IY, Gordon, S, O鈥橬eill, F & Roberts, MJ 2019, '', Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, vol. 71, no. 10, pp. 1508-1519.

Graef, F, Richter, R, Fetz, V, Murgia, X, De Rossi, C, Schneider-Daum, N, Allegretta, G, Elgaher, W, Haupenthal, J, Empting, M, Beckmann, F, Br枚nstrup, M, Hartmann, R, Gordon, S & Lehr, CM 2018, '', ACS Infectious Diseases, vol. 4, no. 8, pp. 1188-1196.

Yasar, H, Ho, DK, De Rossi, C, Herrmann, J, Gordon, S, Loretz, B & Lehr, CM 2018, '', Polymers, vol. 10, no. 3, 252.

Castoldi, A, Herr, C, Niederstra脽er, J, Labouta, HI, Melero, A, Gordon, S, Schneider-Daum, N, Bals, R & Lehr, CM 2017, '', European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, vol. 118, pp. 62-67.

Murgia, X, Yasar, H, Carvalho-Wodarz, C, Loretz, B, Gordon, S, Schwarzkopf, K, Schaefer, U & Lehr, CM 2017, '', European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, vol. 118, pp. 79-88.

Menina, S, Labouta, HI, Geyer, R, Krause, T, Gordon, S, Dersch, P & Lehr, CM 2016, '', RSC Advances, vol. 6, no. 47, pp. 41622-41629.

Seif, S, Graef, F, Gordon, S & Windbergs, M 2016, '', Dissolution Technologies, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 6-11.

Graef, F, Vukosavljevic, B, Michel, JP, Wirth, M, Ries, O, De Rossi, C, Windbergs, M, Rosilio, V, Ducho, C, Gordon, S & Lehr, CM 2016, '', Journal of Controlled Release, vol. 243, pp. 214-224.

Chapter (peer-reviewed)

Graef, F, Gordon, S & Lehr, CM 2017, . in M Stadler & P Dersch (eds), How to Overcome the Antibiotic Crisis: Facts, Challenges, Technologies and Future Perspectives. 1 edn, Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, vol. 398, Springer, pp. 475-496.

Other contribution

Yasar, H, Gordon, S, Loretz, B, Schulze, K, Guzman, CA & Lehr, CM 2016, ..

Patent

Lehr, CM, Labouta, HI, Gordon, S, Castoldi, A, Menina, S, Geyer, R, Kochut, A & Dersch, P, .

Review article

Bnyan, R, Khan, I, Ehtezazi, T, Saleem, IY, Gordon, S, O'Neill, F & Roberts, MJ 2018, '', Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, vol. 107, no. 5, pp. 1237-1246.