Sion Coulman

Sion Coulman graduated with an MPharm in 2001 and subsequently qualified as a pharmacist. He then returned to academia to follow a career in research. He completed his PhD in 2005 and is now a Senior Lecturer in Cardiff School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. In this time his research interests have revolved principally around innovative physical methods to enhance transdermal drug delivery. His focus is on the design and performance of microneedle devices in humans and the ability of these drug delivery systems to facilitate intradermal delivery of biologics such as peptides, high molecular weight proteins and nucleic acids. He is also interested in the formulation and performance of hard shell capsules in dry powder inhalers. His research is funded by a diversity of both national and international funding bodies and commercial partners from the pharmaceutical industry.