Dr. Anya M. Hillery received her BSc in pharmacy from Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, followed by a Ph.D. and post-doctoral research work in the field of vaccines/nanoparticle delivery systems at the School of Pharmacy, University College London, UK. As a Senior Lecturer in the University of Brighton, UK, she led her own research laboratory working on novel delivery systems and oral vaccines. Dr Hillery is currently a Professor of Health Sciences at Saint Louis University, Madrid Campus, Spain and is also a Senior Editor for the journal International Pharmaceutical Quality. She has published widely in peer-reviewed scientific journals, edited two acclaimed books on Drug Delivery & Targeting, and is the recipient of numerous national and international awards for research and scholarship.