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Professor Peter J Stewart

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Professor of Pharmaceutics
Deputy Dean

BPharm (Hons) University of Queensland
PhD University of Queensland

Telephone: +61 3 9903 9517
Fax: +61 3 9903 9583
Email: peter.stewart@pharm.monash.edu.au

Drug Delivery, Disposition and Dynamics, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Research interests

  • Agglomeration of cohesive drug powders and consequences in drug delivery
  • Respiratory drug delivery including the formulation of powders for inhalation
  • Oral drug delivery, with focus on dissolution modelling of poorly-water soluble drugs and the development of dissolution enhancement strategies.

Education

  • Associate Dean (Education)
  • Teaching expertise in physical pharmacy and drug delivery

Representative publications

  1. Adi H, Larson I, Stewart PJ. Influence of the polydispersity of the added fine lactose on the dispersion of salmeterol xinafoate from mixtures for inhalation. Eur J Pharm Sci. 2009; 36:265-274.
  2. Das S, Larson I, Young P, Stewart PJ. Influence of storage relative humidity on the dispersion of Salmeterol Xinafoate powders for inhalation. J Pharm Sci. 2009; 98(3):1015-1027. 
  3. Adi H, Larson I, Chiou H, Young P, Traini D, Stewart PJ.   Role of agglomeration in the dispersion of salmeterol xinafoate from mixtures for inhalation with differing drug to fine lactose ratios. J Pharm Sci. 2007; 97:3140-3152.
  4. Adi H, Young P, Chan K, Stewart PJ, Agus H, Traini D. Co-spray dried antibiotics for dry powder lung delivery. J Pharm Sci. 2007; 97:3356-3366. 
  5. Allahham A, Stewart PJ. Enhancement of the dissolution of indomethacin in interactive mixtures using added fine lactose. Eur J Pharm Biopharm. 2007; 67:732-742.
  6. Adi H, Larson I, Stewart PJ. Use of milling and wet sieving to produce narrow particle size distributions of lactose monohydrate in the sub-sieve range. Powder Technology. 2007; 179:95-99.
  7. Adi H, Larson I, Chiou H, Young P, Traini D, Stewart PJ. Agglomerate Strength and Dispersion of Salmeterol Xinafoate from Powder Mixtures for Inhalation. Pharm Res. 2007; 23:2556-2565.
  8. Allahham A, Stewart PJ, Marriott JL, Mainwaring DE.   Factors Affecting Shear Thickening Behaviour of a Concentrated Injectible Suspension of Levodopa. J Pharm Sci. 2005; 94:2393-2402.
  9. Islam MN, Stewart PJ, Larson IC, Hartley P.   Surface Roughness Contributing to the Adhesion Force Distribution of Salmeterol Xinofoate on Lactose Carriers by Atomic Force Microscopy. J Pharm Sci. 2005; 94:1500-1511.
  10. Stewart PJ, Zhao FY.  Understanding agglomeration of indomethacin during the dissolution of micronised indomethacin mixtures through dissolution and de-agglomeration modelling approaches. Eur J Pharm Biopharm. 2005; 59:315-323.
  11. Allahham A, Stewart PJ, Mainwaring D, Marriott J.  Development, validation and application of a micro-capillary rheometer for in vitro testing of injectability. J Pharm Pharmacol. 2004; 56:709-716.
  12. Zhao FY, Stewart PJ. Modelling the De-agglomeration of Micronised Benzodiazepines from Powder Mixtures added to Dissolution Media. J Pharm Sci. 2004; 93:1618-1627.
  13. Islam N, Stewart PJ, Larson I, Hartley P. Lactose surface modification by decantation – are drug-fine lactose ratios the key to better dispersion of salmeterol xinafoate from lactose interactive mixtures? Pharm Res. 2004; 21(3):492-499.
  14. Islam N, Stewart PJ, Larson I, Hartley P. The effect of carrier size on the dispersion of salmeterol xinafoate from interactive mixtures. J Pharm Sci. 2004; 93(4):1030-1038.
  15. Allahham A, Stewart PJ, Mainwaring D, Marriott J. Testing the injectability of some commercial solutions and suspensions using a micro-capillary rheometer. Int J Pharm. 2003; 270(1-2):139-148.
  16. Zhao FY, Stewart PJ. De-agglomeration of micronised benzodiazepines in dissolution media measured by laser diffraction particle sizing. J Pharm Pharmacol. 2003; 55:749-755.
  17. Louey MD, Razia S, Stewart PJ. Influence of physico-chemical carrier properties on in vitro deposition from interactive mixtures. Int J Pharm. 2003; 252:87-98.
  18. Louey MD, Stewart PJ. Particle interactions involved in aerosol dispersion of ternary interactive mixtures. Pharmaceutical Research. 2002; 19:1524-1531.
  19. Rhodes MJ, Wang XS, Nguyen M, Stewart PJ, Liffman K. Onset of cohesive behaviour in gas fluidised beds: a numerical study using DEM simulation. Chemical Engineering Science. 2001; 56:4433-4438.
  20. Liu J, Stewart PJ. Deaggregation during the dissolution of benzodiazepines in interactive mixtures. J Pharm Sci. 1998; 87:1632-1638.

External appointments

  • Member of the Health and Medicine Peer Review Panel established under the Performance-Based Research Fund in New Zealand.