Books by Elsie Gaskell (School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, UK)

Dr Elsie Gaskell (editor), studied Applied Microbiology at Liverpool John Moores University. She worked at Pfizer in Sandwich, in their Veterinary Medicine research and development department, before undertaking a research degree. She completed her PhD in 2006, working in the area of novel therapeutic systems for cystic fibrosis. She is now a senior lecturer in the School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences at Liverpool John Moores University, where she teaches in the area of pharmacology. Her research interests remain in drug action and delivery. Dr Chris Rostron (series editor), graduated in Pharmacy from Manchester University and completed a PhD in Medicinal Chemistry at Aston University. He gained Chartered Chemist status in 1975. After a period of post-doctoral research he was appointed as a lecturer in Medicinal Chemistry at Liverpool Polytechnic. He is now an Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences at Liverpool John Moores University. He was a member of the Academic Pharmacy Group Committee of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain and chairman for the past 5 years. He is currently chairman of the Academic Pharmacy Forum and deputy chair of the Education Expert Advisory Panel of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society. He is an external examiner in Medicinal Chemistry at a number of Schools of Pharmacy both in the UK and abroad. In 2008 he was awarded honorary membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain for services to Pharmacy education.