Topical and Transdermal Delivery

The course is intended to improve the understanding of topical and transdermal products, covering relevant aspects that determine the fate of drugs in the skin and through the skin, from their fundamentals to the advanced strategies to overcome the skin barrier, including innovative technological and therapeutic applications. It aims at explaining the principles underlying the drug skin permeation and penetration, the development of advanced drug delivery systems as well as pointing future trends in this field.

Students will be educated in comprehensive concepts needed to approach topical and transdermal drug delivery. They will have contact with relevant matters such as skin physiology, the physicochemical and biological determinants of passively and actively skin drug delivery. At the end of the course students should demonstrate integrated knowledge of the scientific principles that support the multidisciplinary field of topical and transdermal delivery in its different components

Investigadora  Sandra Isabel Dias Simões 

The training program is aimed at PhD students, but welcomes the participation of external academic and scientific community members.

This course will run from November 4, 2024 to November 8, 2024 and has a total of 22.5 hours of train

Number of ECTS: 6 ECTS

Training hours are distributed as follows:

• Theory hours: 22.5h
• Practical Hours: 0
• Lab Hours: 0h
• Tutorial Hours: 3h

Note: The student will attend theoretical classes during one week. During this week he/she will join a group to prepare a research project and will discuss example projects in tutorial classes. At the end of the course, groups will present their project with tutorial support and deliver their project final writing up to two weeks after the end of the course.

The course will run between 9:00 –16:00 Lisbon time at FFUL.

Regime de estudo: Ensino Presencial. 

Local do Curso: FFUL 

PROGRAM

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Metodologia de Ensino:Sandra Simões will coordinate the course. Considering the topics selected, several speakers will be invited to promote seminars addressing specific themes, according to their expertise: Skin – Fundamentals; In vitro skin permeation methodology; Formulation and manufacturing technologies; Pre-clinical and Clinical evaluation; New product development: understanding the market opportunity. Students will have 3 Tutorials and 1 Quiz moderated by the course coordinator. Tutorials will allow discussion of lectures content and assignments. Of special interest will be the pitch presentation of student´s idea, followed by brief discussion prior to project writing. At the end of the course the PhD students must be able to demonstrate an integrated knowledge concerning the multidisciplinarity of Topical and Transdermal Delivery and be able to propose a new therapeutic strategy or measuring approach demonstrating the capacity to integrate acquired concepts into novel outcomes with scientific and social impact.

As competências adquiridas serão:

This course will give to PhD students an unique opportunity to acquire competences in terms of knowledge and skills in the topical and transdermal delivery field, what is in the market and how does research extend knowledge and understanding. Proposed teaching methodology will take advantage of teaching staff expertise and motivation to create opportunities favoring close interaction between teachers and students, and between students with different backgrounds. This interaction should inspire students attending the course to prepare a small research project proposing a potential solution for a topical or transdermal problem using an advanced drug delivery approach or a skin permeation methodology-based approach.

O curso terá duas componentes de avaliação:

The evaluation of the students attending the course consists in the preparation and submission of a 2- page long letter of intent (LOI) for a research project. Students are grouped to build multidisciplinary teams. Each group works throughout the week on a research project that should reflect the topic of the course, including methodologies and strategies to solve an innovative research question in through-theskin deliver with both scientific and social impact. This project should propose a potential solution for a topical or transdermal problem using an advanced drug delivery approach or a skin permeation methodology-based approach. The project is expected to adhere to the following general structure: a) Title; b) Conceptual hurdle and innovative idea to be tested; c) Plan and methods: d) Relevance (scientific and social impact). Project evaluation will be made according to the following criteria: novelty and relevance (30%); clear description of the proposed approach (40%); interdisciplinarity of the research plan (30%). 

Application dates: 

from July 8th to October 25th

Course Start and Finish Date: November 4th to November 8th

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Requirements:

Master in health-related sciences (pharmaceutical sciences, biology, biochemistry, medicine, biomedical engineering, etc).

Selection criteria:

Curriculum evaluation and, in case of atie, order of arrival of the application.

• Minimum number of trainees: 08
• Maximum number of trainees: 20

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Registration fee:

• 150€ for general student enrollment.

Note: FFUL doctoral students who wish to take the course as part of their 1st year compulsory component are exempt from paying the registration fee.

• School Insurance: 2.10

By application of paragraph e) of point 2 of Article 42 of the University of Lisbon’s Statutes, and taking into account the terms for the attribution of PRR funding under the “Impulso Adultos” program, the Organic Unit responsible for the coordination of each course may award academic performance prizes.

Access to the FenixEdu Platform:

• If you have never been a student at FFULisboa you must pre-register on the FenixEdu Platform.
• If you are a former student of FFULisboa and have already had an account campus@ulisboa or @edu.ulisboa.pt you should access the FenixEdu Platform and authenticate yourself with your account data.
• If you have lost access to your account, you can recover your password in the ULisboa users area.
• If you are a former student of FFULisboa and have never had an account campus@ulisboa or @edu.ulisboa.pt you must send an email to doutoramentos@ff.ulisboa.pt indicating your full name and ID document number.

Access the FenixEdu Platform.

• On the “Applicant” tab, choose the type of application “Advanced Training Course – Topical and Transdermal Delivery”
• Fill out the online form and attach all documents in digital format.
• Select the option “Submit”.

For information regarding the organization of the course, please contact the Academic Services: doutoramentos@ff.ulisboa.pt

For scientific information regarding the teaching of the course, please contact the Course Coordination.

Regulamento n.º 638/2016 – Regulamento dos Cursos Não Conferentes de Grau da Faculdade de Farmácia da ULisboa