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Dr. Tamara Minko
Medical career
ProfessionDistinguished Professor and Pharmaceutics Department Chair
InstitutionsRutgers University Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy
ResearchNanoparticles for medicine delivery

Tamara Minko is a distinguished professor[citation needed] and chair of the department of pharmaceutics at Rutgers University,[1][2] Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy.[3] She has an H-index of 43 since 2016 and over 17,800 citations of her work.[4]

Career

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Minko's scientific career began in Ukraine, but in 1997 she moved to the United States to work with Professor J. Kopecek at the University of Utah.[5] Minko is the chair of the pharmaceutics at Rutgers University. Her research focuses on nanoparticles used to deliver medicine more efficiently to the body, specifically to fight cancer.[1] In 2009, she became the CRS Bioactive Materials Track Program Chair.[6] She was also a member of the board of Scientific Advisors[6] and director-at-large of the Controlled Release Society,[5] Academy of Applied Pharmaceutical Sciences Fellow Research,[6] the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, and Environmental and Occupational Health Science Institute.[7]

Minko is a Fellow of American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE),[8] Controlled Release Society (CRS),[9] and American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS).[10] She is a member of the Study Sections of the Center for Scientific Review at the National Institutes of Health,[citation needed] the Department of Defense, and the American Heart Association. Her research is funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health, the American Lung Association,[7] National Science Foundation, and the Department of Defense among other sources.[6]

Publications and speaking events

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Minko is executive editor of Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews[11] and editor of Pharmaceutical Research.[7] She has published in PNAS, Nature Nanotechnology, Cancer Research, Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, Journal of Controlled Release, Small, and ACS Nano.[4]

Minko has spoken at symposiums and seminars including the Nanomedicine and Drug Delivery Symposium 2008 at Northeastern University,[12] and the Chemistry in Cancer Research from the American Association for Cancer Research and the American Chemical Society in 2009.[13] In 2012 she spoke at the 9th International Conference and Workshop on Biological Barriers 2012.[14] Minko spoke at the Center for Targeted Therapeutics and Translation Nanomedicine Symposium,[15] and the Capital Region Cancer Research New Frontiers Symposium in 2014.[16] In March 2015, she spoke at the Spring Seminar Series at University of Pittsburgh.[17] Minko has also spoken at the New Strategies and Technologies in Cancer Research for Bioconnex and Capital Region Cancer Research Group.[18]

Further reading

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References

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  1. ^ a b Mike McInally (June 2, 2013). "Just breathe". Corvallis Gazette-Times. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
  2. ^ Tim Povtak (June 5, 2013). "Lung Cancer Treatment May Improve with New Chemotherapy Delivery System". Asbestos.com. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
  3. ^ "Rutgers Scientists Treat Ovarian Cancer with New Drug Delivery System". American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
  4. ^ a b Tamara Minko publications indexed by Google Scholar Edit this at Wikidata
  5. ^ a b Vishwas Rai, Bozena B. Michniak-Kohn. "Scientific Interview with Prof. Tamara Minko" (PDF). Controlled Release Society. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
  6. ^ a b c d "Faculty Profile". Rutgers Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy. Archived from the original on June 21, 2009. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
  7. ^ a b c "Meet the Editors of PharmRes". Springer. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
  8. ^ "Tamara Minko, Ph.D." American Institute for Medical and Biologica Engineering. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
  9. ^ "College of Fellows Award Recipients". Controlled Release Society. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
  10. ^ "aaps fellows" (PDF). AAPS. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
  11. ^ "Editorial Board". Elsevier. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
  12. ^ "nanomedicine and drug delivery symposium" (PDF). Nanomedicine and drug delivery symposium. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
  13. ^ "A Vital Partnership in Cancer Drug Discovery and Development". Chemistry in Cancer Research. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
  14. ^ "9th International Conference and Workshop on Biological Barriers – in vitro and in silico Tools for Drug Delivery and Nanosafety Research" (PDF). Saarland University. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
  15. ^ "Center for Targeted Therapeutics and Translation Nanomedicine Symposium". Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania. Archived from the original on April 29, 2015. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
  16. ^ "Capital Region Cancer Research New Frontiers Symposium 2014" (PDF). Bioconnex. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
  17. ^ "Spring Seminar Series – Tamara Minko PhD". PittPharmacy. January 6, 2015. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
  18. ^ Thomas Dimopoulos (November 8, 2014). "Cancer Symposium in Capital Region". Saratoga Wire. Archived from the original on November 25, 2014. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
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