Michael J. Rathbone is Associate Professor of Pharmaceutics at the School of Pharmacy, Griffith University, Australia.  Dr. Rathbone's research interests are in the modified delivery of bioactives to the mouth, polymeric delivery systems and long acting veterinary drug delivery systems.  He is a Fellow of the Controlled Release Society (CRS) and received the CRS Distinguished Service Award in 2006.  He has edited or co-edited many books in the fields of modified release drug delivery, oral mucosal drug delivery and veterinary drug delivery.

The Need for Drugs and Drug Delivery Systems.- Overview of Controlled Release Mechanisms.- Hydrophobic Polymers of Pharmaceutical Significance.- Hydrogels.- Biodegradable Polymers in Drug Delivery Systems.- Diffusion Controlled Drug Delivery Systems.- Swelling Controlled Drug Delivery Systems.- Degradable Polymeric Carriers for Parenteral Controlled Drug Delivery Systems.- Porous Systems.- Targeted Delivery Using Biodegradable polymeric Nanoparticles.- Liposomes in Drug Delivery.- Receptor Mediated Delivery Systems for Cancer Therapeutics.- Biological Rhythms, Drug Delivery, and Chronotherapeutics.- Site Specific Controlled Release for Cardiovascular Disease - Translational Direction.- Drug Delivery Systems to Fight Cancer.- Applications of  Vaccine Delivery in Infectious Diseases.- Tissue Engineering in Drug Delivery.- The Shaping of Controlled Release Drug Product Development by Emerging Trends in the Commercial, Regulatory and Political Macro-Environment