Dr Steven Ford
Teaching Fellow
Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences
Personal statement
I'm a teaching associate in the Strathclyde Institute for Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, based at the University of Strathclyde. I have an honours degree in Chemistry and a PhD in biological analysis using Raman Optic activity from the University of Glasgow, and an MSc in Pharmaceutical Analysis from Strathclyde University. After a 20 year research career in industry and academia (with most of that time based at the Cancer Research UK Formulation Unit in SIPBS), my family circumstances changed and I moved into a role as a carer for members of my family. I took up my current part-time position a few months later, and have refocused my career on teaching and pedagogical/andragogical research. I have authored papers and presented my work on both sides of my career. I blog (which can be found at drsjford.wordpress.com) and if you search youtube hard enough you can watch me having my headset alight by Tom Pringle (aka Brainiac's Dr Bunhead). I enjoy playing my bagpipes and I'm a bit of a data geek. I am particularly pleased to have a Erdos-Bacon number of 10!
Prize And Awards
- University of Strathclyde Medal for Faculty of Science Breaking Barriers 2024
- Recipient
- 2024
- Nominated for Most Enthusiastic teacher award
- Recipient
- 12/5/2021
- Nominated and shortlisted for the Digital Innovator Award
- Recipient
- 12/5/2021
- Nominated for Most Enthusiastic teacher award
- Recipient
- 9/5/2019
- Nominated and shortlisted for Most Enthusiastic teacher award
- Recipient
- 11/5/2018
- Best Overall Teacher Award
- Recipient
- 11/5/2018
Qualifications
Dr Steven Ford graduated in Chemistry at the University of Glasgow in 1991 and, funded by a Wellcome Trust Prize Studentship, he completed his Ph.D. in Novel Raman Studies of the Conformation and Dynamics of Biological Macromolecules. After his Ph.D. he diversified into other analytical techniques and completed a M.Sc. in Pharmaceutical Analysis at the University of Strathclyde (this time funded by a Sanofi-Winthrop Scholarship). He is a Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry, a Chartered Chemist and was an (IMP) Qualified Person under the transitional arrangements following the adoption of EC directive 2001/20.
Publications
- Aminoquinazolin-4(3H)-one derivatives as multitargeting therapeutics in Alzheimer's disease
- Hussain Tajamul, Alrokayan Salman, Hussain Dilawar, Shoaib Khurram, Ejaz Syeda Abida, Ford Steven, Iqbal Jamshed
- Results in Chemistry Vol 16 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rechem.2025.102343
- Concept mapping in pharmacology : quantitative evaluation and qualitative reflection
- Bremner Shaun, Klemm Nicholas, Ford Steven, Cunningham Margaret Rose, Plevin Robin
- International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology (IUPHAR) Education Satellite Meeting (2023)
- Pyrazole derivatives of pyridine and naphthyridine as proapoptotic agents in cervical and breast cancer cells
- Alharthy Rima D, Rashid Faisal, Ashraf Abida, Shafiq Zahid, Ford Steven, al-Rashida Mariya, Yaqub Muhammad, Iqbal Jamshed
- Scientific Reports Vol 13 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-32489-5
- JSmol in Moodle
- Ford Steven
- (2021)
- Design and use of digital mimics for remote learning
- Akil Lina, Breen David, Ford Steven
- Analytical Research Forum 2021 (2021)
- The implications of non-parametric distributions : what does it mean when your data's not normal?
- Ford Steven, Miao Gengyuan
- 2021 #RSCPoster Twitter Conference (2021)
Research Interests
Analytical method development for pharmaceutical analysis.
Mathematical processing of data to enhance quantitiative/qualitative measurements.
Sonification - the conversion of data to sound.
Developing 'core skills' in undergrad students and postgrad communties.
Professional Activities
- Breaking Barriers
- Speaker
- 20/9/2022
- Instructor for LIbrary Carpentries (National Health Services Library and Knowledge Services)
- Consultant
- 19/10/2021
- Analytical Research Forum 2021
- Participant
- 21/6/2021
- Host/helper
- Consultant
- 20/4/2021
- Helper/Host
- Consultant
- 31/3/2021
- Snakes and Ladders at Monte Carlo!
- Blogger
- 4/11/2020
Projects
- Saudi Food and Drug Authority SFDA
- Khadra, Ibrahim (Principal Investigator) Ford, Steven (Co-investigator)
- 14-Jan-2019 - 30-Jan-2019
- Cancer Research UK Formulation - PhD Studentship
- Halbert, Gavin (Principal Investigator) Dick, Lindsay (Co-investigator) Elliott, Moira (Co-investigator) Ford, Steven (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2015 - 31-Jan-2022
- Roberts Funding / Skills Training / RA4879
- Ford, Steven (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2012 - 31-Jan-2015
Contact
Dr
Steven
Ford
Teaching Fellow
Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences
Email: steven.ford@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 2983