
Overview
Background
Michael (Mike) Roberts is a NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow and Emeritus Professor of Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics and Director of the Therapeutics Research Centre in the Diamantina Institute at The University of Queensland, which is based in the Translational Research Institute adjacent to the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane, Qld, Australia. He is also Professor of Therapeutics & Pharmaceutical Science at the University of South Australia with laboratories in the Basil Hetzel Institute at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Adelaide, South Australia.
Availability
- Emeritus Professor Michael Roberts is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Pharmacy, University of Adelaide
- Masters (Coursework) of Science, University of Sydney
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Sydney
- Masters (Coursework) of Business Administration, The University of Queensland
- Doctoral Diploma of Science (Advanced), University of Sydney
Works
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2021
Journal Article
Population pharmacokinetic model of subcutaneous fentanyl in older acute care patients
Al-Qurain, Aymen A., Upton, Richard, Williams, Desmond B., Mackenzie, Lorraine, Phillips, Craig, Russell, Patrick T., Tadros, Rami, Roberts, Michael S. and Wiese, Michael D. (2021). Population pharmacokinetic model of subcutaneous fentanyl in older acute care patients. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 77 (9), 1357-1368. doi: 10.1007/s00228-021-03126-9
2021
Journal Article
Opioid prescribing and risk of drug-opioid interactions in older discharged patients with polypharmacy in Australia
Al-Qurain, Aymen Ali, Gebremichael, Lemlem G., Khan, Mohammed S., Williams, Desmond B., Mackenzie, Lorraine, Phillips, Craig, Russell, Patrick, Roberts, Michael S. and Wiese, Michael D. (2021). Opioid prescribing and risk of drug-opioid interactions in older discharged patients with polypharmacy in Australia. International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, 43 (2), 365-374. doi: 10.1007/s11096-020-01191-1
2021
Journal Article
Deformable liposomes as enhancer of caffeine penetration through human skin in a Franz diffusion cell test
Abd, Eman, Gomes, Juliana, Sales, Caroline Cianga, Yousef, Shereen, Forouz, Farzaneh, Telaprolu, Krishna Chaitanya, Roberts, Michael S., Grice, Jeffrey E., Lopes, Patricia Santos, Leite‐Silva, Vânia R. and Newton, Andréo‐Filho (2021). Deformable liposomes as enhancer of caffeine penetration through human skin in a Franz diffusion cell test. International Journal of Cosmetic Science, 43 (1) ics.12659, 1-10. doi: 10.1111/ics.12659
2021
Book
Drug delivery approaches: perspectives from pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics
Berner, Bret, Gordi, Toufigh, Benson, Heather A. E. and Roberts, Michael S. (2021). Drug delivery approaches: perspectives from pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. Hoboken, NJ, United States: Wiley. doi: 10.1002/9781119772767
2021
Journal Article
Modeling drug transport within the viable skin - a review
Calcutt, Joshua J., Roberts, Michael S. and Anissimov, Yuri G. (2021). Modeling drug transport within the viable skin - a review. Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism and Toxicology, 17 (1), 105-119. doi: 10.1080/17425255.2020.1832081
2021
Book
Fundamentals of Drug Delivery
Benson, Heather A. E., Roberts, Michael S., Williams, Adrian C. and Liang, Xiaowen eds. (2021). Fundamentals of Drug Delivery. Hoboken, NJ United States: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/9781119769644
2021
Journal Article
Measurement of Hansen Solubility Parameters of third-degree burn eschar
Hosseini, Maryam, Roberts, Michael S., Aboofazeli, Reza and Moghimi, Hamid R. (2021). Measurement of Hansen Solubility Parameters of third-degree burn eschar. Burns, 48 (4), 860-871. doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2021.07.017
2020
Journal Article
Using in vivo multiphoton fluorescence lifetime imaging to unravel disease-specific changes in the liver redox state
Barkauskas, Deborah S., Medley, Gregory, Liang, Xiaowen, Mohammed, Yousuf H., Thorling, Camilla A., Wang, Haolu and Roberts, Michael S. (2020). Using in vivo multiphoton fluorescence lifetime imaging to unravel disease-specific changes in the liver redox state. Methods and Applications in Fluorescence, 8 (3) 034003, 034003. doi: 10.1088/2050-6120/ab93de
2020
Journal Article
Penetration of Zinc into Human Skin after Topical Application of Nano Zinc Oxide Used in Commercial Sunscreen Formulations
Holmes, Amy M., Kempson, Ivan, Turnbull, Tyron, Paterson, David and Roberts, Michael S. (2020). Penetration of Zinc into Human Skin after Topical Application of Nano Zinc Oxide Used in Commercial Sunscreen Formulations. ACS Applied Bio Materials, 3 (6), 3640-3647. doi: 10.1021/acsabm.0c00280
2020
Journal Article
Measurement of hansen solubility parameters of human stratum corneum
Ezati, Negin, Roberts, Michael Stephen, Zhang, Qian and Moghimi, Hamid Reza (2020). Measurement of hansen solubility parameters of human stratum corneum. Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, 19 (3), 572-578. doi: 10.22037/ijpr.2019.112435.13755
2020
Journal Article
Diffusion modelling of percutaneous absorption kinetics. Predicting urinary excretion from in vitro skin permeation tests (IVPT) for an infinite dose
Liu, Xin, Yousef, Shereen, Anissimov, Yuri G., van der Hoek, John, Tsakalozou, Eleftheria, Ni, Zhanglin, Grice, Jeffrey E. and Roberts, Michael S. (2020). Diffusion modelling of percutaneous absorption kinetics. Predicting urinary excretion from in vitro skin permeation tests (IVPT) for an infinite dose. European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, 149, 30-44. doi: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2020.01.018
2020
Journal Article
Quality by design: development of the quality target product profile (QTPP) for semisolid topical products
Namjoshi, Sarika, Dabbaghi, Maryam, Roberts, Michael S., Grice, Jeffrey E. and Mohammed, Yousuf (2020). Quality by design: development of the quality target product profile (QTPP) for semisolid topical products. Pharmaceutics, 12 (3) 287, 287. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12030287
2020
Journal Article
Prevalence and factors associated with analgesic prescribing in poly-medicated elderly patients
Al-Qurain, Aymen Ali, Gebremichael, Lemlem G., Khan, Muhammad Suleman, Williams, Desmond B., Mackenzie, Lorraine, Phillips, Craig, Russell, Patrick, Roberts, Michael S. and Wiese, Michael D. (2020). Prevalence and factors associated with analgesic prescribing in poly-medicated elderly patients. Drugs and Aging, 37 (4), 291-300. doi: 10.1007/s40266-019-00742-0
2020
Journal Article
Therapeutic modulators of hepatic stellate cells for hepatocellular carcinoma
Ruan, Qi, Wang, Haolu, Burke, Leslie J., Bridle, Kim R., Li, Xinxing, Zhao, Chun-Xia, Crawford, Darrell H. G., Roberts, Michael S. and Liang, Xiaowen (2020). Therapeutic modulators of hepatic stellate cells for hepatocellular carcinoma. International Journal of Cancer, 147 (6) ijc.32899, 1519-1527. doi: 10.1002/ijc.32899
2020
Journal Article
Novel nanocarriers for targeted topical skin delivery of the antioxidant resveratrol
Nastiti, Christofori M. R. R., Ponto, Thellie, Mohammed, Yousuf, Roberts, Michael S. and Benson, Heather A. E. (2020). Novel nanocarriers for targeted topical skin delivery of the antioxidant resveratrol. Pharmaceutics, 12 (2) 108, 108. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12020108
2020
Journal Article
Disposition and measured toxicity of zinc oxide nanoparticles and zinc ions against keratinocytes in cell culture and viable human epidermis
Holmes, Amy M., Mackenzie, Lorraine and Roberts, Michael S. (2020). Disposition and measured toxicity of zinc oxide nanoparticles and zinc ions against keratinocytes in cell culture and viable human epidermis. Nanotoxicology, 14 (2), 263-274. doi: 10.1080/17435390.2019.1692382
2020
Journal Article
Noninvasive in vivo human multiphoton microscopy: a key method in proving nanoparticulate zinc oxide sunscreen safety
Mohammed, Yousuf, Barkauskas, Deborah, Holmes, Amy, Grice, Jeffrey and Roberts, Michael (2020). Noninvasive in vivo human multiphoton microscopy: a key method in proving nanoparticulate zinc oxide sunscreen safety. Journal of Biomedical Optics, 25 (1) 014509, 014509-014509. doi: 10.1117/1.JBO.25.1.014509
2020
Journal Article
Imaging-based vascular-related biomarkers for early detection of acetaminophen-induced liver injury
Wang, Haolu, Burke, Leslie J., Patel, Jatin, Tse, Brian W.C., Bridle, Kim R., Cogger, Victoria C., Li, Xinxing, Liu, Xin, Yang, Haotian, Crawford, Darrell H. G., Roberts, Michael S., Gao, Wenchao and Liang, Xiaowen (2020). Imaging-based vascular-related biomarkers for early detection of acetaminophen-induced liver injury. Theranostics, 10 (15), 6715-6727. doi: 10.7150/thno.44900
2020
Conference Publication
Multiphoton and FLIM imaging in quantifying ex vivo and in vivo body organ kinetics of solutes
Roberts, Michael S., Barkauskas, Deborah, Wang, Haolu, Liu, Xin, Studier, Hauke, Pastore, Michael, Zhang, Run, Holmes, Amy, Grice, Jeffrey E., Xu, Zhiping, Mohammed, Yousuf S. and Liang, Xiaowen (2020). Multiphoton and FLIM imaging in quantifying ex vivo and in vivo body organ kinetics of solutes. Multiphoton Microscopy in the Biomedical Sciences, San Francisco, CA United States, 2-4 February 2020. Bellingham, WA United States: SPIE. doi: 10.1117/12.2546058
2020
Journal Article
Life-threatening triclopyr poisoning due to diethylene glycol monoethyl ether solvent
Isoardi, K. Z., Page, C. B., Roberts, M. S. and Isbister, G. K. (2020). Life-threatening triclopyr poisoning due to diethylene glycol monoethyl ether solvent. Clinical Toxicology, 59 (1), 1-4. doi: 10.1080/15563650.2020.1757103
Funding
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Supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Injection of Supercritical and Near-Critical Fluids into Supersonic Crossflow
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Tristan Vanyai, Professor Anand Veeraragavan
Completed supervision
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Development of artificial mesenchymal stem cells for hepatocellular carcinoma drug delivery
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Xin Liu, Dr Haolu Wang
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Pharmacotherapy consideration in hospitalized older diabetic and cardiovascular disease patients aged 75 years and above with polypharmacy
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Xin Liu, Dr Xiaowen Liang
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Modeling approaches to predict human skin absorption of drugs and other chemicals
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Yousuf Mohammed, Dr Xin Liu
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Development of optimal experimental conditions for evaluation of topical products
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Yousuf Mohammed, Dr Xin Liu
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
Embedding the Clinician-Researcher Pharmacist in Healthcare
Principal Advisor
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
An Investigation of the Pharmacokinetics of Piperacillin, Meropenem and Fluconazole in Critically Ill Obese Patients
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jason Roberts, Professor Jeffrey Lipman
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
Biodistribution of newly developed water-dispersible CdTe/CdS quantum dots for in vivo imaging
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Xin Liu
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
Herbicide nephrotoxicity in rat and human
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Xin Liu
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics and Safety of Marbofloxacin and Trovafloxacin in Sheep
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Xin Liu
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2013
Doctor Philosophy
Statin Therapy in Patients with Sepsis: From Retrospective Analysis to RCT
Principal Advisor
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2011
Doctor Philosophy
Drug Disposition in Liver Disease: Liver histopathology and hepatic drug transporter activity as determinants of drug disposition in liver diseases
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Xin Liu
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2010
Doctor Philosophy
The effect of resuscitation fluids on beta lactam antibiotic pharamacokinetics in interstitial tissue in acute thermal injury
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Bala Venkatesh
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2006
Master Philosophy
IONTOPHORESIS OF THE NAIL
Principal Advisor
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2006
Doctor Philosophy
AXOPLASMIC TRANSPORT AND TRANSEPIDERMAL IONTOPHORESIS: FACTORS IN NEUROGENIC PAIN MANAGEMENT
Principal Advisor
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2005
Master Philosophy
PERCUTANEOUS PENETRATION OF PARABENS THROUGH HUMAN EPDIERMAL MEMBRANE
Principal Advisor
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2005
Doctor Philosophy
DISPOSITION PHARMACOKINETICS AND EFFECTS OF SOLUTES AND DRUGS IN PERFUSED ORGAN SYSTEMS
Principal Advisor
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2004
Doctor Philosophy
MEDICATION CARE: DATABASES, DRUG USE AND OUTCOMES
Principal Advisor
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2004
Doctor Philosophy
PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY OF MEDICATION USE BY THE COMMUNITY-BASED ELDERLY
Principal Advisor
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2003
Doctor Philosophy
A COMPARISON OF THE APPROPRIATENESS OF PSYCHOTROPIC DRUG AND POLYPHARMACY USE IN MENTAL HEALTH, IN INSTITUTIONALISED PATIENTS AND IN THE COMMUNITY
Principal Advisor
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2003
Doctor Philosophy
QUALITY OF MEDICATION CARE IN LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES: ASSESSMENT OF PROCESS, NEEDS AND TYPE OF INTERVENTION
Principal Advisor
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2002
Doctor Philosophy
THE STUDIES OF ALCOHOLIC LIVER DISEASE (ALD): PATHOGENESIS, PHARMACOKINETICS AND THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES
Principal Advisor
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2002
Doctor Philosophy
IDENTIFICATION AND PURIFICATION OF THE JOINT SURFACTANT PROTEINS
Principal Advisor
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2002
Doctor Philosophy
THE EFFECT OF CHEMICAL STRUCTURE ON THE ABSORPTION OF SUNSCREENS THROUGH THE SKIN
Principal Advisor
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Human mesenchymal stem cell-derived liver-on-a-chip for the study of cell migration
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Kim Bridle, Dr Xiaowen Liang, Dr Haolu Wang
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
The Characterisation of Tumour Self-Seeded Cells in Liver Cancer
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Haolu Wang, Dr Xiaowen Liang
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Enhanced topical drug delivery for treatment of human melanoma
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Ross Barnard, Associate Professor Yousuf Mohammed, Associate Professor Helmut Schaider
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Evaluation of a Ketogenic Formulation for Treating Patients with Acute Brain Injury
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Bala Venkatesh
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
Real-time optical imaging of the liver: diagnosis and prediction of treatment response
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Xin Liu
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
EFFECT OF TOPICAL MAGNESIUM APPLICATION ON EPIDERMAL INTEGRITY AND BARRIER FUNCTION
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Ross Barnard
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
Targeted skin delivery of topically applied drugs by optimised formulation design
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Xin Liu
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2014
Master Philosophy
Development of a soluble macrolide formulation and identification of potential benefits in chronic rhinosinusitis.
Associate Advisor
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2013
Doctor Philosophy
Particulate Penetration and Metabolic Effects in Human Skin
Associate Advisor
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2009
Doctor Philosophy
Beta-lactam antibiotic dosing in critical care units: Bolus vs continuous dosing
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jeffrey Lipman
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2008
Doctor Philosophy
Depression in Parkinson's disease: assessment methods and risk factors
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor John O'Sullivan
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2005
Doctor Philosophy
SURFACTANT PROTEINS IN EXTRA PULMONARY SITES
Associate Advisor
Media
Enquiries
Contact Emeritus Professor Michael Roberts directly for media enquiries about:
- Clinical pharmacology
- Drug analysis
- Drug delivery - pharmacology
- Drug structure-disposition relationships
- Health care delivery
- Hepatic metabolism
- Medication care
- Pharmacokinetics
- Pharmacology
- Topical (skin) products
- Toxicology - drugs
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