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Nick Frazier

Nicholas Frazier

Ph.D Graduate Student

Bioengineering

U of U

Localized hyperthermia using gold nanorods for enhanced targeted drug delivery

BS in Bioengineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York

Brandon Buckway

PhD Graduate Student

Pharmaceutics

U of U

Research: Image guided drug delivery for prostate cancer.

BS in Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

Jordan Frandsen

PhD Graduate Student

Bioengineering

U of U

 

Research: Biodistribution and efficacy of silk-elastinlike protein polymers for localized vector delivery to solid tumors.

BS in Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

Adam Gormley

PhD Candidate

Bioengineering

U of U

Research:  Evaluation of toxicity and drug delivery potential of nanostructures in biological systems

BS in Mechanical Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Khaled Greish, M.D., Ph.D.

Visiting Research Assistant Professor

Research:  Polymeric delivery of bioactive agents to solid tumors.

Lecturer, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Otago School of Medical Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

Post Doctoral Fellow, Sojo University, Kumamoto City, Japan

PhD in Oncology, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto City, Japan

MS in Medical Oncology, Suez Canal University, Ismailia Egypt

MD, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt

Heather Herd

PhD Graduate Student

Bioengineering

U of U

Research: Evaluation of nanoparticle characteristics on toxicology, biodistribution and pharmacokinetics.

BSE in Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

 

Dallin Hubbard

PhD Graduate Student

Bioengineering

U of U

Research:  Oral absorption and bioavailibility of dendrimer-drug conjugates and microfluidic devices.

BS in Biological Engineering, Utah State University, Logan, Utah

Nate Larsen

PhD Graduate Student

Pharmaceutics

U of U

Research: Targeted delivery of HPMA-Geldanamycin polymer conjugates for the treatment of prostate cancer.

BS in Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

Azadeh Poursaid

MD / PhD Graduate Student

School of Medicine

U of U

Research:  Silk-elastinlike protein polymers for head and neck cancer gene therapy.

BS in Bioengineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

Robert Price

PhD Graduate Student

Pharmaceutics

U of U

Research:  Silk-elastinlike protein polymers for head and neck cancer gene therapy.

BS in Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

Abhijit Ray, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor

Pharmaceutics

U of U

Research:  Dendritic biomaterials for oral drug delivery, HPMA copolymer-drug conjugates for cancer therapy

Postdoctoral Fellow, Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Maryland Baltimore

PhD in Organic Chemistry, University of Delhi, India

MPhil in Chemistry, University of Delhi, India

MS in Chemistry, Utkal University, India

Shraddha Sadekar

PhD Candidate

Pharmaceutics

U of U

Research:  Conjugation of anticancer drugs to PAMAM dendrimers, in vitro and in vivo evaluation in treatment of hepato-carcinoma

BTech (Pharmaceutics), University Department of Chemical Technology, Bombay, India

Giridhar Thiagarajan

PhD Graduate Student

Bioengineering

U of U

Research:  Modeling of dendrimers as drug delivery vehicles for oral administration

BTech in Biotechnology, Anna University, Chennai, India