Griffith University

BPharm (Hons) PhD PGCertTertT

Head of School

Contact details for Professor Andrew Davey

Professional admission & memberships

• Pharmacy Council of New Zealand
• Australasian Pharmaceutical Science Association
• AusBiotech (South Australian branch)

Research expertise

• Drug discovery and development
• Pharmacokinetics and biopharmaceutics
• Education research

Recent research grants

• Davey, A.K., & Grant, G.D. (2011). Evaluation of the pharmacokinetics of pyocyanin and 1-hydroxyphenazine. Griffith University Molecular Basis of Disease Program - $10,000.
• Prestidge, C., Boyd, B., Brown, M., Keefe, D., & Davey, A. K. (2010). Improving colorectal cancer therapy using a novel nanotechnology based delivery system. Cancer Council - $103,250.
• Prestidge, C., Boyd, B., & Davey, A. K. (2009). Lipoceramic technologies: a solution to low and variable bioavailability of poorly soluble anti-inflammatory drugs. NHMRC Development - $196,250

Recent publications

• McDermott, C., Chess-Williams, R., Grant, G.D., Perkins, A.V., McFarland, A.J., Davey, A.K., & Anoopkumar-Dukie, S. (2012). Effects of Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence factor pyocyanin on human urothelial cell function and viability. Journal of Urology, 187(3), 1087-1093.
• Zhang, Y.-F., Guan, Y.-B., Yang, B., Wu, H.-Y., Dai, Y.-T., Zhang, S.-J., Wang, J.-P., Anoopkumar-Dukie, S., Davey, A.K., & Sun, Z.-Y. (2011). Prognostic value of Her-2/neu and clinicopathologic factors for evaluating progression and disease-specific death in Chinese men with prostate cancer. Chinese Medical Journal, 124(24), 4345-4349.
• Zhao, F.-J., Tang, H., Zhang, Q.-H., Yang, J., Davey, A. K., & Wang, J.-P. (2012). Salting-out homogeneous liquid–liquid extraction approach applied in sample pre-processing for the quantitative determination of entecavir in human plasma by LC–MS. Journal of Chromatography B, 881-882, 119-125.
• Xu, D., Xu, M., Lin, L., Rao, S., Wang, J., & Davey, A.K. The effect of isosteviol on hyperglycemia and dyslipidemia induced by lipotoxicity in rats fed with high fat emulsion. Life Sciences, 90(2), 30-38..
• McFarland, A.J., Anoopkumar-Dukie, S., Perkins, A.V., Davey, A.K., & Grant, G.D. (2011). Inhibition of autophagy by 3-methyladenine protects 1321N1 astrocytoma cells against pyocyanin- and 1-hydroxyphenazine induced toxicity. Archives of Toxicology, 86(2), 275-284.
• McDermott, C., Chess-Willliams, R., Grant, G.D., Perkins, A.V., McFarland, A.J., Davey, A.K., & Anoopkumar-Dukie, S. (2011). Effects of Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence factor pyocyanin on urothelial cells in vitro. Journal of Urology, accepted for publication.
• Yanxiao, C., Ruijuan, X., Jin, Y., Lei, C., Qian, W., Xuefen, Y., Hong, T., Xueying, Z., Davey, A.K., & Wang, J. (2011). Organic anion and cation transporters are possibly involved in renal excretion of entecavir in rats. Life Sciences, 89(1-2), 1-6.
• Tan, A., Davey, A.K., & Prestidge, A. (2011). Silica-lipid hybrid (SLH) versus non-lipid formulations for optimising the dose-dependant oral absorption of celecoxib. Pharmaceutical Research, 28, 2273-2287.
• Bazargan, M., Davey, A. K., Muhlhausler, B. S., Morrison, J. L., McMillen, I. C., & Foster, D. J. R. (2011). Simple HPLC method for determination of rosiglitazone in sheep plasma and amniotic fluid and its application in a pregnant sheep model. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 55, 360-365.
• Li, H., Wu, X., Davey, A. K., & Wang, J. (2011). Antihyperglycaemic efects of baicalin on streptozotocin-nicotinamide induced diabetic rats. Phytotherapy Research, 25, 189-194
• Jaisue, S., Gerber, J. P., & Davey, A. K. (2010). Pharmacokinetics of fexofenadine following LPS administration to rats. Xenobiotica, 40(11), 743-750.
• Jin, H., Gerber, J. P., Wang, J., & Davey, A. K. (2010). The disposition of isosteviol in the isolated perfused rat liver. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, 37, 593-597.
• Tan, A., Simovic, S., Davey, A. K., Rades, T., Boyd, B., & Prestidge, C. (2010). Silica nanoparticles to control the lipase-mediated digestion of lipid-based oral delivery systems. Molecular Pharmaceutics, 7, 522–532.
• Zhang, Q., Yang, J., He, Y., Wang, J., & Davey, A. K. (2010) Food effect on the pharmacokinetics of entecavir from dispersible tablets following oral administration in healthy Chinese volunteers. Arzneimittel-Forschung /Drug Research, 60(10), 640-644.
• Xu, X., Wu, X., Wang, J., & Davey, A. K. (2010). Pharmacy education quality assurance in China – moving towards a national accreditation system? Pharmacy Education, 10, 47-49.