Tamara Minko, PhD

Distinguished Professor and Chair

Pharmaceutics

Lab Affiliation: http://minkolab.com/LabMembers.aspx

Education & Training

PhD - Physiology
MS - Biochemistry
Postdoctoral Fellowship - Cardiovascular Genetics, Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Research Interests

Nanoscale-based targeted delivery of drugs, peptides, siRNA and antisense oligonucleotides in order to enhance the efficiency of treatment and maging, Nanomedicine, Nanoparticle formulation, characterization and testing, Preclinical in vitro and in vivo evaluation of anticancer therapeutics, Orthotopic and ectopic animal models of cancer, lung diseases and fibrosis, Personalized medicine, Hypoxia, Mechanisms of multidrug resistance and their suppression, Intracellular fate and molecular mechanisms of action of drugs, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics

Publications

Awards

2016 - 2017 President, Controlled Release Society
2015 - New Jersey Health Foundation Excellence in Research Award
2014 - Present - Elected Fellow, AIMBE
2014 - Present - Elected Fellow, CRS
2012 - Most Innovative Technology Award, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
2011 - Drug Delivery and Translational Research Outstanding Research Paper Award
2009 - Present - Elected Fellow, AAPS
2009/11 - The New Jersey Cancer Research Award for Scientific Excellence
2008/10/11 - CRS Outstanding Pharmaceutical Paper Awards
2008 - Gallo Award for Scientific Excellence for Outstanding Cancer Research
2002 - Award for Outstanding Achievement from International Journal of Oncology, Oncology Reports and International Journal of Molecular Medicine
1998 - The Jorge Heller Journal of Controlled Release/CRS Outstanding Paper Award