Alison obtained her BSc (Hons) in Chemistry from the University of Dundee in 1999 and received her DPhil from the University of Oxford in 2003. Prior to appointment at the Medway School of Pharmacy in November 2006, she held a postdoctoral researcher position at Imperial College London. She is currently module convener for the module ‘Medicines and Disease: Brain, Psychiatry and Eyes’ (2nd year, MPharm). She teaches a range of topics including drug discovery; antiviral and antibacterial therapeutic agents; topical drug delivery; spectroscopy; organic, physical and general chemistry. She is also a Welcome Week co-ordinator and a member of the Athena Swan team in the school and at the University of Kent.
As a part time member of staff (since 2011) who has had two periods of maternity leave, Alison is passionate about issues regarding equality, diversity and inclusivity.
Alison’s early research focused on the synthesis and conformational study of sugar derived peptidomimetics (commonly known as sugar amino acids) and has published numerous papers in this area since 2003. Her current research interests include the use of chiroptical spectroscopy, the conformational preference of novel foldamer systems and the preparation of supramolecular hydrogels using carbohydrate scaffolds.
Alison is currently a module convener for the science elective Advanced Therapeutic Agents (4th year, MPharm). She teaches a range of topics including ‘Carbohydrates as drugs’; spectroscopy; organic, physical and general chemistry.
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