Professor Alexander Mullen
Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences
Personal statement
Alex is a registered pharmacist who obtained a BSc (Hons) in Pharmacy and a PhD in Drug Delivery from the University of Strathclyde.
Prior to his appointment as a lecturer in 1999, Alex had previously worked in the pharmaceutical industry (Reckitt Benckiser) and as a post-doctoral research fellow in the Department of Immunology, University of Strathclyde, on a WHO-financed project involving the pre-clinical development of parenteral liposomal delivery systems for infectious diseases.
Since his appointment, Alex has developed an extensive research portfolio, encompassing oral and vesicular drug delivery technologies, drug eluting stents, liposomes, vaginal and vaccine delivery systems.
In 2008 Alex was appointed Professor of Pharmacy Practice and has used this science-based practice chair to develop cross disciplinary research integrating and bridging science and practice elements of the pharmacy profession to widen patient access to better medicines and to realise better use of medicines.
Publications
- Factors associated with prescribing initial antidiabetic drugs among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Scotland, 2010 – 2020 : a retrospective population-based study
- Mohammad Fatema, Mueller Tanja, Mullen Alexander, Sainsbury Christopher, Rushworth Gordon F, Kurdi Amanj
- Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice Vol 18, pp. 135-136 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1080/20523211.2025.2485639
- Solvent-free microfluidic fabrication of antimicrobial lipid nanoparticles
- Ruano-Aldea Marta, Sut Tun Naw, Tan Sue Woon, Mullen Alexander, Kelemen Donald, Ferro Valerie A, Jackman Joshua
- ACS Applied Bio Materials Vol 8, pp. 2194-2203 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.4c01747
- Effect of verapamil on glycemic control in type 2 diabetic hypertensive patients in Saudi Arabia : a quasi experimental study
- Alharbi E, Abanmy N, Mullen A, Elabd S, Makhzoum Z, Alzahrani S
- Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice Vol 27, pp. 965-971 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.4103/njcp.njcp_805_23
- Live chicken egg embryos as an alternative in vivo tumour model for deep surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy
- McCabe Samantha M, Gardiner Hannah, Mullen Calum, Wallace Gregory Q, Shand Neil C, Mullen Alexander B, Horan Linda, Graham Duncan, Faulds Karen, Boyd Marie
- Analyst Vol 149, pp. 3513-3517 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1039/d4an00617h
- Patterns of initial and first-intensifying antidiabetic drug utilization among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Scotland, 2010-2020: A retrospective population-based cohort study : a retrospective population-based cohort study
- Mahmoud Fatema, Mueller Tanja, Mullen Alexander, Sainsbury Christopher, Rushworth Gordon F, Kurdi Amanj
- Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism Vol 26, pp. 2684-2694 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1111/dom.15584
- Meta-analysis of factors associated with antidiabetic drug prescribing for Type 2 diabetes mellitus
- Mahmoud Fatema, Mullen Alexander, Sainsbury Christopher, Rushworth Gordon F, Yasin Haya, Abutheraa Nouf, Mueller Tanja, Kurdi Amanj
- European Journal of Clinical Investigation Vol 53 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1111/eci.13997
Professional Activities
- Latium Research Limited (External organisation)
- Advisor
- 2025
- CBTDDC conference Edinburgh 2020
- Speaker
- 2/2020
- CBTDDC Workshop
- Participant
- 1/5/2018
- 4th Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Basic and Translational Research Conference
- Speaker
- 15/6/2017
- Saudi Ministry of Education fair 2017
- Participant
- 12/4/2017
- Dusquene University
- Visiting researcher
- 1/2015
Projects
- Glasgow Science Festival SIPBS Open doors day 2025
- Boyd, Marie (Principal Investigator) Mullen, Alexander (Principal Investigator)
- Open dorrs event for the lay public to come behind the scenes and learn about what we do in SIPBS, Talks, stalls, demonstrations hands on activities.
- 14-Jan-2025
- Novel combination therapies for ovarian ancer
- Boyd, Marie (CoPI) Mullen, Alexander (CoPI)
- international student project
- 01-Jan-2024
- SIPBS Open Doors day 2024
- Boyd, Marie (Principal Investigator) Mullen, Alexander (Principal Investigator)
- SIPBS Open doors day welcomes the public in for a behind the scenes day showcasing some of our science in a lay manner and promoting what we do to the general public
- 08-Jan-2024
- Innovate mini KTP with Fitabeo (AKT). Development of oral thin film technology to replace injection-based anticonvulsant medication for prolonged, life-threatening epileptic seizures. Award reference: 1951
- Mullen, Alexander (Principal Investigator)
- 25-Jan-2024 - 24-Jan-2024
- Collaboration with The Medicines Discovery catapult
- Boyd, Marie (Principal Investigator) Mullen, Alexander (Principal Investigator)
- collaboration with the Medicines Discovery catapult to translate a novel treatment for glioma into the clinic
- 01-Jan-2024
- collaboration with company CellVivo to codevelop Spheroid culture system
- Boyd, Marie (Principal Investigator) Mullen, Alexander (Principal Investigator)
- worked with company to develop protocols on new cell spheroid incubator that is high throughput.
- 01-Jan-2022
Contact
Professor
Alexander
Mullen
Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences
Email: a.mullen@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 4409