2024 NanoDDS Symposium Program September 13-15, 2024

Welcome to the 22nd International Nanomedicine and Drug Delivery Symposium! Please see the information below to help you navigate the 2024 NanoDDS Symposium and Rosen Centre.

Awards

Poster Awards 7 poster awards are available for presenters (4 undergraduate/graduate student awards and 3 postdoc/research associate awards).

Wi-Fi

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symposium agenda

Friday & Saturday, 1 – 2 PM

Poster Presentations

There will be poster presentations on Friday and Saturday in Junior Ballroom F. Please make sure to stop by both days to view ~80 different posters!

Students and faculty engaging in poster presentations for 31st Annual University of Florida College of Pharmacy Research Showcase.

Plenary SPEAKERS

Robert K. Prud’homme, Ph.D.

Professor, Princeton University

Robert K. Prud'homme

Christine Allen, Ph.D.

Professor, University of Toronto

Christine Allen

Kristy Ainslie, Ph.D.

Professor, University of North Carolina

Kristy Ainslie

Luis A. Brito, Ph.D.

Vice President, Beam Therapeutics

Luis Brito

keynote discussion with field experts

Cell Targeting

Andres Garcia, Ph.D.

Professor, Georgia Tech University

Andres Garcia

Extracellular vesicles

Ke Cheng, Ph.D.

Professor, Columbia, University

Ke Cheng

Gene therapy

Jiangbing Zhou, Ph.D.

Professor, Yale University

Jiangbing Zhou

Orthopedic Delivery

Shyni Varghese, Ph.D.

Professor, Duke University

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AI

Adam Gormley, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Rutgers University

Adam Gormley

Translational Research

Laura Ensign, Ph.D.

Professor, Johns Hopkins University

Laura Ensign

Panel Discussion with NIH program officers

Program Lead, NHLBI

Stephanie M. Davis, Ph.D.

stephanie davis

Program Director, NCI

Xing-Jian Lou, Ph.D.

Xing-Jian Lou

Senior Program Officer, NIAID

Mike Minnicozzi, Ph.D.

Mike Minnicozzi

Deputy Director, NCATS

Philip J. Brooks, Ph.D.

Philip J. Brooks

Health Program Specialist, NINDS

Jessica Forbes, Ph.D.

Jessica Forbes

Meet the planning committee

Organizing Committee

Chair

Mei He, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, University of Florida College of Pharmacy

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Co-Chair

Jamal Lewis, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering

Jamal Lewis

co-chair

Carlos M. Rinaldi-Ramos, Ph.D., M.S.

Dean’s Leadership Professor and Chair of Chemical Engineering, Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering

Carlos M. Rinaldi-Ramos

co-chair

Fan Zhang, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, UF College of Pharmacy

Fan Zhang

Meeting Advisors

Founder

Alexander Kabanov, Ph.D., Dr.Sci.

Mescal Swain Ferguson Distinguished Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Alexander Kabanov

Event and Financial Advisor

Jubina Bregu

Assistant Director of Business and Operations in the Center for Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Jubina Bregu

Steering Committee

Peter W. Swaan, Ph.D., M.Pharm.

Dean and Professor, UF College of Pharmacy

Dean Peter Swaan

Thomas D. Schmittgen, Ph.D.

Chair Of Pharmaceutics and the V. Ravi Chandran Professor Of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UF College of Pharmacy

Thomas Schmittgen

Cherie Stabler, Ph.D.

Professor and Chair, Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering

Cherie Stabler

Benjamin G. Keselowsky, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering

Benjamin G. Keselowsky

Blanka Sharma, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering

Blanka Sharma

Brittany Taylor, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering

Brittany Taylor

Thank You to Our sponsors

Gold Sponsors

Sponsor Video

EXODUS BIO

Exodus nanoDDS

Silver Sponsors

Bronze Sponsors

Bronze Sponsor

UF Department of Biomedical Engineering

UF BME

Bronze Sponsor

UF Department of Chemical Engineering

UF Chemical Engineering

Travel Award Sponsors

Poster Award Sponsors