Drug Delivery for Cancer Treatment

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Session Chair(s)

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  Urara Hasegawa, PhD

  Assistant Professor - MATSE
  Penn State
  University Park, Pennsylvania, United States
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  Christopher Nelson, PhD

  Assistant Professor
  University of Arkansas
  Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States

Track Chair(s)

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  Meenal Datta, PhD

  Assistant Professor
  University of Notre Dame
  South Bend, Indiana, United States
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  Jeannine Coburn, PhD

  Associate Professor
  Worcester Polytechnic Institute
  Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Presentations:

• 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM EST

  Dual Antibody Conjugated Drug Loaded Nanoparticle for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Treatment Using Targeted Immunotherapy
  

  Presenting Author: Liya Thurakkal, PhD (she/her/hers) – Brigham Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School

  Primary Investigator: Tanmoy Saha, PhD (he/him/his) – Brigham and Women's Hoapital, Harvard Medical School

  Last Author: Shiladitya Sengupta, MS, PhD – Brigham and Womens Hospital, Harvard Medical School
• 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM EST

  Extracellular Matrix Targeting Bacteria Enhance Intratumoral Transport and Efficacy of Chemotherapy
  

  Presenting Author: Binita Saha (she/her/hers) – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Eric J. Leaman, PhD – Virginia Tech Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

  Co-Author: Imen Tanniche, PhD – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Nathaniel Esteves – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Ying Zhan – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Birgit Scharf – Virginia Tech

  Last Author: Bahareh Behkam (she/her/hers) – Virginia Tech
• 3:00 PM – 3:15 PM EST

  Repurposing cancer therapies to improve drug delivery and efficacy for tuberculosis
  

  Invited Speaker: Meenal Datta, PhD – University of Notre Dame
• 3:15 PM – 3:30 PM EST

  LHRH-Prodigiosin Conjugates as Targeted Therapeutic Agents for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Therapy
  

  Co-Author: Vanessa Uzonwanne – Boston College

  Co-Author: Suhani Gupta – Boston College

  Co-Author: Jordan Paul – Boston College

  Co-Author: Nava Bozorgmehri – Boston College

  Co-Author: Cristina Gregory – Boston College

  Co-Author: Tom Buckman – Boston College

  Co-Author: Sandra Jusu – SUNY Buffalo State University

  Co-Author: John David Obayemi, BEng, MSc, PhD, MBA – Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)

  Presenting Author: Ali Salifu, PhD – Boston College
• 3:30 PM – 3:45 PM EST

  A novel single-shot therapy for the treatment of breast cancer.
  

  Presenting Author: Miguel A. Salgado – Duke University

  Co-Author: Erika Chelales – Linda Crnic Institute for Down Syndrome

  Co-Author: Katriana von Windheim – Duke University

  Co-Author: Sarah Mekha, BS – Duke University

  Co-Author: Brian Crouch – Duke University

  Co-Author: Smita Nair – Duke University

  Primary Investigator: Nirmala Ramanujam, PhD – Duke University
• 3:45 PM – 4:00 PM EST

  Can targeted nanoparticles distinguish cancer metastasis from inflammation?
  

  Presenting Author: Andrew Choi, BS (he/him/his) – Case Western Reserve University

  Co-Author: Taylor Moon (she/her/hers) – Case Western Reserve University

  Co-Author: Anubhuti Bhalotia (she/her/hers) – Case Western Reserve University

  Co-Author: Huikang Qian – Case Western Reserve Univeristy

  Co-Author: Walid Abuhashim – Case Western Reserve Univeristy

  Co-Author: Kai Paulsen, . (he/him/his) – Case Western Reserve University

  Co-Author: Morgan Lorkowski – Case Western Reserve Univeristy

  Co-Author: Crystal Ndamira – Case Western Reserve Univeristy

  Co-Author: Ramamurthy Gopalakrishnan – Case Western Reserve Univeristy

  Co-Author: Animesha Krishnamurthy – Case Western Reserve Univeristy

  Last Author: William Schiemann – Case Western Reserve Univeristy

  Primary Investigator: Efstathios Karathanasis, PhD – Case Western Reserve University