Prof Admire Dube is a pharmaceutical scientist and Associate Professor in Pharmaceutics at the School of Pharmacy, University of the Western Cape. He is a pharmacist by training and holds a PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Monash University Australia and post-doctoral training in nanomedicine from the University at Buffalo, USA. He previously held a position as Senior Researcher at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in Pretoria where he was involved in research and commercialization of nanoparticle delivery systems for infectious diseases. His research group at University of the Western Cape focuses on the application of nanoparticles towards the treatment of tuberculosis, especially to achieve immunotherapy, targeted drug delivery and/or access across biological barriers. Prof Dube published several articles on nanomedicine in high impact factor journals and supervised several postgraduate students. He is also involved in pharmaceutical regulatory affairs at a national, regional and international level.
