Exploring Biomaterials for Enhanced Drug Delivery: Innovations, Challenges, and Future Directions

Track Chair(s)

• MW

  Marissa Wechsler

  Assistant Professor
  The University of Texas at San Antonio, United States
• MH

  Monica Hinds, PhD

  Professor
  Oregon Health & Science University, United States
• EM

  Erika Moore

  Assistant Professor
  University of Maryland
• BA

  Brian Aguado

  Assistant Professor
  Bioengineering
  University of California, San Diego

Moderator(s)

• 

  Kevin McHugh, PhD (he/him/his)

  Assistant Professor of Bioengineering & Chemistry
  Rice University
  Houston, Texas, United States
• 

  Joscelyn Mejias, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Postdoc Fellow
  Johns Hopkins University
  Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:15 AM PDT

  Reliable and Nondestructive Characterization of Parylene C As a Solid Lubricant for Medical Drug Delivery Devices
  

  Presenting Author: Haixu Shen (he/him/his) – Caltech

  Co-Author: Zi-Yu Huang (she/her/hers) – California Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Yuan Luo – University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

  Primary Investigator: Yu-Chong Tai (he/him/his) – California Institute of Technology
• 8:15 AM – 8:30 AM PDT

  Genetically Encoded Interpenetrating Networks as Injectable Biomaterials for Controlled Protein Therapeutic Delivery
  

  Presenting Author: Murial Ross (she/her/hers) – University of Washington

  Co-Author: Shivani Kottantharayil – University of Washington

  Last Author: Cole A. DeForest, PhD – University of Washington
• 8:30 AM – 8:45 AM PDT

  Dual stimuli-responsive silver loaded nanoparticles eliminate bacterial biofilms
  

  Presenting Author: Zhaowei Jiang (she/her/hers) – Brown University

  Co-Author: Yingying Wang (she/her/hers) – Brown University

  Primary Investigator: Anita Shukla – Brown University
• 8:45 AM – 9:00 AM PDT

  Bacterial Cellulose and Bifunctional Antimicrobial Peptides for Advanced Wound Dressing Applications
  

  Presenting Author: Jeannine Coburn, PhD (she/her/hers) – Worcester Polytechnic Institute

  Co-Author: Elizabeth van Zyl (she/her/hers) – Worcester Polytechnic Institute
• 9:00 AM – 9:15 AM PDT

  Enzymatic Microneedle Patches: A Promising Approach to Address Nocturnal Hypoglycemia in Diabetes Care
  

  Presenting Author: Jason Li, PhD (he/him/his) – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Ceara Byrne – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Jia Liang – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Susan Ling – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: SeJun Lee – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Anika Meng – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Shiyi Li – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Andreas Vegge – Novo Nordisk A/S

  Co-Author: Stephen Buckley – Novo Nordisk A/S

  Co-Author: Robert Langer – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Last Author: Giovanni Traverso – Massachusetts Institute of Tehcnology (MIT)