PhD
Professor, Division of Pharmacoengineering and Molecular Pharmaceutics
Clinical Assistant Professor, UNC Department of Neurosurgery
UNC-Chapel Hill
Molecular Therapeutics
Area of Interest
- Developing tumor-homing stem cell beacons for immune-based cancer therapy.
- Nanofiber matrices to improve neural stem cell mediated cancer therapy.
- Engineering stem cell therapies to understand and overcome glioblastoma adaption.
Awards and Honors
- Keystone Symposia Underrepresent, 2010
- American Brain Tumor Association, Post-doctoral Research Fellowship, 2008
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) Minority Travel Award, American Physiological Society, 2005
- Caroline tum Suden/Frances A. Hellebrandt Professional Opportunity Award, American Physiological Society, 2005
- College of Medicine Public Health Research Week Award, The University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, 2004
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) Minority Travel Award, American Physiological Society, 2004
- Caroline tum Suden/Frances A. Hellebrandt Professional Opportunity Award, American Physiological Society, 2004
- New Investigator Award, Society for Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2003
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) Minority Travel Award, American Physiological Society, 2003
- Caroline tum Suden/Frances A. Hellebrandt Professional Opportunity Award, American Physiological Society, 2002
- College of Medicine Public Health Research Week Award, The University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, 2002
- Merck New Investigator Award, American Heart Association Council for High Blood Pressure Research, 2001
