Research Themes
Engineering tools to study drug carrier transport pathways
- Genomic and proteomic approaches to identify molecular pathways of nanoparticle uptake and trafficking in cells
- Transgenic reporter animals for tracking drug carrier delivery and therapeutic effects
Studying how disease physiology affects drug carrier transport and treatment
- Effect of liver disease pathophysiology on drug carrier transport and therapeutic efficacy
- Patient-specific characteristics that inform drug carrier design
Developing clinical priming strategies for personalized drug delivery
- Pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions to prime body to receive drug carriers
- Computational tools for personalized drug carrier design and treatment plan