consultant pharmaceutical scientist
Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience, Northeastern University, Boston, 2003. Master of Science in Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, 2006. Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery Systems, Northeastern University, Boston, 2010.
Editor Expressions Literature Magazine, Carterville, Illinois, 1997—1998. Clinical research associate Worldcare Clinical Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2000—2002. Gk-12 fellow National Science Foundation, Northeastern University, Boston, 2005—2006.
Funded IGERT nanomedicine fellow National Cancer Institute/National Science Foundation/Northeastern University, since 2006. Liaison inter-laboratory collaborations Massachusetts General Hospital, McLean Hospital, and Northeastern University, Boston, since 2006.
Author: (research article) Modulation of Hypoxia-Induced MDR in Tumor Cells Using EGFR-Targeted Polymeric Nanocarriers for Combination Paclitaxel/Lonidamine Therapy, Label-Free Raman Spectral Imaging of Intracellular Delivery and Degradation of Polymeric Nanoparticle Systems, American College of Surgeons Nano. Presenter (poster presentation) Polymer Blend Nanoparticulate Carriers for Combination Paclitaxel/Lonidamine Therapy in Overcoming Multidrug Resistance in Breast and Ovarian Cancer via Exploitation of the Warburg Effect. (Winner of the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering) Boston Chapter Poster Competition, 2009).
Author: (review article) Nano-Therapeutic Strategies to Overcome Tumor Multidrug Resistance, (research article) Inhibition of ABCB1 (MDR1) expression by an siRNA nanoparticulate delivery system to overcome drug resistance in osteosarcoma, (review article) Multi-functional nanocarriers to overcome tumor drug resistance, Cancer Treatment Reviews, Mitochondria-specific nanotechnology., Nanomedicine., (short story) Sam and I ( Best Writer Award, Southern Illinois University, 1998).
Project manager, developed and implemented an outreach program IGERT Nanomedicine Program, Boston, 2006—2010. Member of American Association for the Advancement of Science, International Poets Society, National Science Teachers Association, International Society Pharmaceutical Engineering, American Association Pharmaceutical Scientists, Controlled Release Society, Rho Chi Academic Honor Society Pharmacy.
Married Joshua Milane, August 16, 2007.
