Dr Joey O'Shea is a Lecturer in Pharmaceutics in the School of Pharmacy, UCC and is currently director of the MSc in Pharmaceutical Technology and Quality Systems. The focus of his research is on biopharmaceutical aspects of solid oral dose formulation and manufacture and the predictive capacity of in vitro, in vivo and in silico models. Dr O'Shea has held numerous positions in the pharmaceutical industry in Ireland, including in formulation development, clinical and regulatory affairs and process development and technical support.