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Gaby is the research co-ordinator for the Paediatric Medicines Research Unit (PMRU) at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust. The unit’s research themes are drug safety, formulations and medicines optimisation. Gaby is a registered children’s nurse since 2006 working in neurology /neurosurgery. She became a research nurse in 2009 before moving into the role of PMRU research co-ordinator in 2019, supporting research design, development, delivery and governance. Her research interests include acceptability of medicines in children and young people.

Dr McCloskey is a registered pharmacist of the GPhC and PSNI with a range of experience working across the three main sectors of pharmacy- clinical practice, academia and industry. Upon successful completion of her pre-registration training Dr McCloskey returned to Queen's University Belfast and completed a PhD in pharmaceutics where she developed 'Self-assembled Peptide Nanomaterials for the Prevention of Biomaterial Infection'. This was followed by an industry-academia collaborative post-doc between the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI, Dublin) and the Galway-based nebuliser company Aerogen, a global leader in aerosol delivery. This work was also linked with a national patient focused medical device research centre, CURAM based at The National University of Ireland, Galway. Dr McCloskey is a member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and Fellow of HEA (Higher Education Academy). Links are maintained with clinical pharmacy through regular days in practice both in hospital and community settings.