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Joshua Boateng

Professor Joshua Boateng BPharm Hons, PGCert HE, MSc, PhD, FHEA, FAPS

Professor in Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery, Associate Head of School - Research and Knowledge Exchange (School of Science)

Key details

Professor Joshua S Boateng

Professor in Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery, Associate Head of School - Research and Knowledge Exchange (School of Science)


Professor Joshua Boateng obtained his Bachelor of Pharmacy degree from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (Ghana) in February 1999 (First Class Honours) and then pursued an MSc in Pharmaceutical Analysis programme at the University of Strathclyde under a DFID Commonwealth Scholarship, graduating in November 2000. He subsequently undertook PhD research in Pharmaceutical Sciences (Drug Delivery and Formulation) under a Pfizer-sponsored project at the University of Strathclyde, from 2001-05. Subsequently, he took up a postdoctoral position at the Nottingham Trent University as part of a WADA-sponsored consortium on investigating surrogate biomarkers for detecting gene doping in sports, using mass spectrometry based proteomic approaches (2005-07).

Professor Joshua Boateng still maintains active research interests in all the above areas and published extensively as well as presented at several conferences around the above themes. He joined the School of Science at the Çï¿ûÊÓƵ in August 2007 and is currently a Professor in Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery and Associate Head of School - Research and Knowledge Exchange for the School of Science.

Responsibilities within the university

PhD supervision, Module Leadership, Undergraduate and Postgraduate Teaching, Research Project Supervision, School of Science Exams Officer, REF Unit of Assessment (UoA 3) Lead

Awards

  • 2009 - Early Career Researcher Excellence Award, Çï¿ûÊÓƵ.

Recognition

  • Fellow, Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
  • Fellow, Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences (FAPS)
  • Member, Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Member, American Association of Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Editorial Board Member, Polymers (MDPI)
  • Editorial Board Member, Journal of Pharmacological Sciences.

Research / Scholarly interests

Professor Boateng belongs to the pharmaceutical science research cluster within the School of Science. He works in an interdisciplinary range of research areas covering pharmaceutics (formulation and drug delivery), pharmaceutical analysis and proteomics as outlined below:

Wound Healing

  • Medicated dressings targeting pain and infection in chronic wounds
  • Natural products (e.g. honey, plant extracts) based dressings for treating wounds and dermatological conditions
  • Delivery of proteins and growth factors to chronic wound sites
  • 3D printing/bioprinting of cell laden scaffolds for tissue regeneration and wound healing

Mucosal Drug Delivery

  • Buccal delivery of large and small molecules to improve compliance in paediatric and geriatric patients
  • Vaginal and ocular drug delivery systems including 3D printed lenses

Nanotechnology

  • Mucosal vaccination using mucoadhesive nanoparticles
  • The use of nanocarriers in optimising cellular output of complement regulators in hereditary angioedema.

Biomarker Discovery

  • Mass Spectrometry Based Proteomics (protein and peptide biomarkers) Analyses

Key funded projects

  • Department for International Development / Commonwealth Scholarship Commission “Novel Drug Delivery System for Oral Antimalarial Delivery to Paediatric Patients in Africa
  • Innovate UK, Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) “To Develop an Internal R&D Facility for the Production of Non-soluble Pharmaceuticals Molecules Using Hot Melt Extrusion, to Produce Pharmaceutical Finished Dosage Forms”
  • EU Interreg IMODE project “Development of Drug Eluting Stent”
  • VC Scholarship “3D Bioprinting of Scaffolds for Chronic Wound Healing”
  • VC PhD Scholarship “Novel Skin Substitutes and Wound Dressings Based on Fish Skin Model for the Treatment of Hard to Heal Wounds”

Recent publications

Article

Heidari, Behzad Shiroud , Dodda, Jagan Mohan, El-Khordagui, Labiba K., Focarete, Maria Letizia , Maroti, Peter , Toth, Luca , Pacilio, Serafina , El-Habashy, Salma E. , Boateng, Joshua , Catanzano, Ovidio (2024), . Elsevier - Acta Materialia. In: , , , . Elsevier - Acta Materialia, Acta Biomaterialia . pp. 1-69 ISSN: 1742-7061 (Print), 1878-7568 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2024.06.012).

Debrah, Philip , Akotuah, Prince A., Allotey-Babington, Grace L., Amponsah, Seth K. , Fredua-Agyeman, Mansa , Sarkodie, Joseph A. , Bekoe, Emelia O. , Boateng, Joshua , Adjei, Samuel , Nyarko, Alexander K. (2024), . University of Ghana. In: , , , . University of Ghana, Health Sciences Investigations Journal, 5 (1) . pp. 635-644 ISSN: 2720-7609 (Print), 2704-4890 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.46829/hsijournal.2024.6.5.1.635-644).

Tighsazzadeh, Mohammad and , Boateng, Joshua (2024), . Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 260: 129496 (Part 2) ISSN: 0141-8130 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.129496).

Boateng, Joshua , Hafezi, Forough, Tabriz, Atabak, Douroumis, Dionysios (2023), . Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, 86: 104684 . pp. 1-13 ISSN: 1773-2247 (Print), 2588-8943 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jddst.2023.104684).

Amin, Muhammad K and , Boateng, Joshua (2022), . Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 222: 113121 . pp. 1-8 ISSN: 0927-7765 (Print), 1873-4367 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfb.2022.113121).

Alzainy, Ahmed and , Boateng, Joshua (2022), . MDPI. In: , , , . MDPI, Biomedicines, 10: 3036 (12) . pp. 1-29 2227-9059 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines10123036).

Afzali, Meena and , Boateng, Joshua (2022), . MDPI. In: , , , . MDPI, Polymers, 14: 1550 (8) 2073-4360 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14081550).

Ojo, Omorogieva , Ojo, Osarhumwese, Feng, Qianqian, Boateng, Joshua , Wang, Xiaohua , Brooke, Joanne , Adegboye, Amanda (2022), . MDPI. In: , , , . MDPI, Nutrients, 14: 1120 (5) 2072-6643 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14051120).

Amin, Muhammad Khairul and , Boateng, Joshua Siaw (2022), . MDPI. In: , , , . MDPI, Marine Drugs, 20: 156 (3) 1660-3397 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/md20030156).

Mohamdeen, Youssra Moustafa Gadelkareem , Tabriz, Atabak Ghanizadeh, Tighsazzadeh, Mohammad, Nandi, Uttom , Khalaj, Roxanne , Andreadis, Ioannis , Boateng, Joshua , Douroumis, Dionysios (2021), . Oxford University Press - Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. In: , , , . Oxford University Press - Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 74: rgab173 (10) . pp. 1467-1476 ISSN: 0022-3573 (Print), 2042-7158 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/jpp/rgab173) NB Item availability restricted.

Ahmed, Asif , Boateng, Joshua, Getti, Giulia (2021), . Elsevier B.V.. In: , , , . Elsevier B.V., International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 606: 120903 ISSN: 0378-5173 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2021.120903).

Catanzano, Ovidio , Quaglia, Fabiana, Boateng, Joshua S. (2021), . Taylor and Francis. In: , , , . Taylor and Francis, Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery, 18 (6) . pp. 737-759 ISSN: 1742-5247 (Print), 1744-7593 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/17425247.2021.1867096).

Uche, Fidelia Ijeoma , Guo, Xiaozhen, Okokon, Jude, Ullah, Imran , Horrocks, Paul , Boateng, Joshua , Huang, Chenggang , Li, Wen-Wu (2020), . American Society for Microbiology. In: , , , . American Society for Microbiology, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 65: e01995-20 (2) ISSN: 0066-4804 (Print), 1098-6596 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.01995-20).

Sarheed, Omar , Shouqair, Douha, Ramesh, KVRNS, Amin, Muhammad , Boateng, Joshua , Drechsler, Markus (2020), . Future Science Group. In: , , , . Future Science Group, Therapeutic Delivery, 11 (11) . pp. 685-700 ISSN: 2041-5990 (Print), 2041-6008 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.4155/tde-2020-0075).

Farias, Smirna and , Boateng, Joshua S. (2020), . Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 589: 119807 ISSN: 0378-5173 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2020.119807).

Hafezi, Forough , Shorter, Susan, Tabriz, Atabak Ghanizadeh, Hurt, Andrew P. , Elmes, Victoria , Boateng, Joshua , Douroumis, Dionysios (2020), . MDPI. In: , , , . MDPI, Pharmaceutics, 12: 550 (6) ISSN: 1999-4923 (Print), 1999-4923 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics12060550).

Boateng, Joshua S. and , Amin, Muhammad Khairul (2020), . Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 109 (7) . pp. 2271-2283 ISSN: 0022-3549 (Print), 1520-6017 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xphs.2020.03.021).

Sarheed, Omar , Shouqair, Douha, Ramesh, KVRNS, Khaleel, Taha , Amin, Muhammad , Boateng, Joshua , Drechsler, Markus (2019), . Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 576: 118952 ISSN: 0378-5173 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2019.118952).

Amin, Muhammad K. and , Boateng, Joshua S. (2019), . Future Science. In: , , , . Future Science, Therapeutic Delivery, 10 (8) ISSN: 2041-5990 (Print), 2041-6008 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.4155/tde-2019-0038).

Owusu-Ware, Samuel K. , Boateng, Joshua S., Chowdhry, Babur Z., Antonijevic, Milan D. (2019), . Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, International Journal of Pharmaceutics: X, 1: 100033 ISSN: 0378-5173 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpx.2019.100033).

Yir-Erong, Bartholomew , Bayor, Marcel T, Ayensu, Isaac, Gbedema, Stephen Y , Boateng, Joshua (2019), . Future Science. In: , , , . Future Science, Therapeutic Delivery, 10 (7) ISSN: 2041-5990 (Print), 2041-6008 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.4155/tde-2019-0032).

Tighsazzadeh, Mohammad , Mitchell, John, Boateng, Joshua (2019), . Elsevier B.V.. In: , , , . Elsevier B.V., International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 566 . pp. 111-125 ISSN: 0378-5173 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2019.05.059).

Boateng, Joshua and , Okeke, Obinna (2019), . MDPI. In: , , , . MDPI, Pharmaceutics, 11: 104 (3) 1999-4923 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics11030104).

Boateng, Joshua , Hafezi, Forough, Scoutaris, Nikolaos, Douroumis, Dennis (2019), . Elsevier B.V.. In: , , , . Elsevier B.V., International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 560 . pp. 406-415 ISSN: 0378-5173 (Print), 1873-3476 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2019.02.020).

Yir-Erong, Bartholomew , Tunkumgnen Bayor, Marcel, Ayensu, Isaac, Yao Gbedema, Stephen , Boateng, Joshua (2018), . Hindawi. In: , , , . Hindawi, Journal of Pharmaceutics, 2018: 1784645 2090-7818 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/1784645).

Farias, Smirna and , Boateng, Joshua S. (2018), . Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 553 (1-2) . pp. 65-83 ISSN: 0378-5173 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2018.10.025).

Pawar, Harshavardhan V. , Tetteh, John, Debrah, Philip, Boateng, Joshua S. (2018), . Elsevier B.V.. In: , , , . Elsevier B.V., International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 121 . pp. 191-199 ISSN: 0141-8130 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2018.10.023).

Akiyode, Olufunke and , Boateng, Joshua (2018), . MDPI. In: , , , . MDPI, Polymers, 10 2073-4360 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/polym10080918).

Pere, Cristiane Patricia Pissinato , Economidou, Sophia N., Lall, Gurprit, Ziraud, Clémentine , Boateng, Joshua , Alexander, Bruce D. , Lamprou, Dimitrios A. , Douroumis, Dennis (2018), . Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 544 (2) . pp. 425-432 ISSN: 0378-5173 (Print), 1873-3476 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2018.03.031).

Ahmed, Asif and , Boateng, Joshua (2018), . Future Science Ltd.. In: , , , . Future Science Ltd., Therapeutic Delivery, 9 (3) . pp. 185-204 ISSN: 2041-5990 (Print), 2041-6008 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.4155/tde-2017-0104).

Boateng, Joshua and , Khan, Sajjad (2018), . MDPI Publishing. In: , , , . MDPI Publishing, Polymers, 10: 157 (2) 2073-4360 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/polym10020157).

Ahmed, Asif , Getti, Giulia, Boateng, Joshua (2017), . Springer US. In: , , , . Springer US, Drug Delivery and Translational Research, 8 (6) . pp. 1751-1768 ISSN: 2190-393X (Print), 2190-3948 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13346-017-0445-9).

Boateng, Joshua and , (2017), . Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences ISSN: 0022-3549 (Print), 1520-6017 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xphs.2017.09.026).

Boateng, Joshua and , (2017), . Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 106 (11) . pp. 3188-3198 ISSN: 0022-3549 (Print), 1520-6017 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xphs.2017.07.009).

Catanzano, Ovidio , Docking, Rachael, Schofield, Patricia, Boateng, Joshua (2017), . Elsevier Ltd.. In: , , , . Elsevier Ltd., Carbohydrate Polymers, 172 . pp. 40-48 ISSN: 0144-8617 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2017.05.040).

Boateng, Joshua S. and , Okeke, Obinna C. (2016), . Elsevier Ltd.. In: , , , . Elsevier Ltd., Carbohydrate Polymers, 155 . pp. 78-88 ISSN: 0144-8617 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2016.08.053).

Khan, Sajjad , Trivedi, Vivek, Mitchell, John, Boateng, Joshua S. (2016), . Elsevier B.V.. In: , , , . Elsevier B.V., European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 93 . pp. 45-55 ISSN: 0928-0987 (Print), (doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejps.2016.08.007).

Akiyode, Olufunke , George, Daliya, Getti, Giulia, Boateng, Joshua (2016), . Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 479 . pp. 221-233 ISSN: 0021-9797 (Print), (doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2016.06.051).

Boateng, Joshua S. and , Okeke, Obinna C. (2016), . Elsevier B.V.. In: , , , . Elsevier B.V., International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 91 . pp. 31-44 ISSN: 0141-8130 (Print), (doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2016.05.079).

Maniruzzaman, Mohammed , Farias, Smirna, Slipper, Ian J., Boateng, Joshua S. , Chowdhry, Babur Z. , Nair, Arun , Douroumis, Dennis (2016), . Wiley. In: , , , . Wiley, Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 68 (7) . pp. 890-900 ISSN: 0022-3573 (Print), 2042-7158 (Online) (doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/jphp.12569) NB Item availability restricted.

Boateng, J. S. and , Popescu, A. M. (2016), . Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 145 . pp. 353-361 ISSN: 0927-7765 (Print), (doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfb.2016.05.014).

Khan, Sajjad , Trivedi, Vivek, Boateng, Joshua (2016), . Elsevier B.V.. In: , , , . Elsevier B.V., International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 500 (1-2) . pp. 217-216 ISSN: 0378-5173 (Print), 1873-3476 (Online) (doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2016.01.045).

Book section

Ahmed, Asif and , Boateng, Joshua (2019), . Wiley. In: , , In: Joshua Boateng (ed.), Therapeutic Dressings and Wound Healing Applications. Wiley, (1st) . pp. 91-113 . ISBN: 9781119433262 (doi: https://www.wiley.com/en-gb/Therapeutic+Dressings+and+Wound+Healing+Applications-p-9781119433262).

Bianchera, Annalisa , Catanzano, Ovidio, Boateng, Joshua, Elviri, Lisa (2019), . Wiley. In: , , In: Joshua Boateng (ed.), Therapeutic Dressings and Wound Healing Applications. Wiley, (1st) . pp. 337-366 . ISBN: 9781119433262 (doi: https://www.wiley.com/en-gb/Therapeutic+Dressings+and+Wound+Healing+Applications-p-9781119433262).

Boateng, Joshua and , Catanzano, Ovidio (2019), . Wiley. In: , , In: Joshua Boateng (ed.), Therapeutic Dressings and Wound Healing Applications. Wiley, (1st) . pp. 157-184 . ISBN: 9781119433262 (doi: https://www.wiley.com/en-gb/Therapeutic+Dressings+and+Wound+Healing+Applications-p-9781119433262).

Catanzano, Ovidio and , Boateng, Joshua (2019), . Wiley. In: , , In: Joshua Boateng (ed.), Therapeutic Dressings and Wound Healing Applications. Wiley, (1st) . pp. 291-314 . ISBN: 9781119433262 (doi: https://www.wiley.com/en-gb/Therapeutic+Dressings+and+Wound+Healing+Applications-p-9781119433262).

Tabriz, Atabak Ghanizadeh , Douroumis, Dennis, Boateng, Joshua (2019), . Wiley. In: , , In: Joshua Boateng (ed.), Therapeutic Dressings and Wound Healing Applications. Wiley, (1st) . pp. 385-398 . ISBN: 9781119433262 (doi: https://www.wiley.com/en-gb/Therapeutic+Dressings+and+Wound+Healing+Applications-p-9781119433262).

Edited book

Boateng, Joshua and , (2019), . Wiley. In: , , , . Wiley, (1st) . ISBN: 9781119433262 (doi: https://www.wiley.com/en-gb/Therapeutic+Dressings+and+Wound+Healing+Applications-p-9781119433262).