When: Monday, August 27, 2018, 5 p.m.
Where: NELHA Gateway Center
Presenters: Prof. Abhijit Date, UH Hilo, Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy
Nanomedicine is a branch of medicine that applies the knowledge and tools of nanotechnology to the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of disease. Nanomedicines are capable of improving therapeutic efficacy and/or reducing side effects of the drugs. Over the years, several types of nanomedicines have been developed to deliver a variety of drugs, natural products and biomolecules. There are ~20 US FDA approved pharmaceutical products which contain nanomedicines.
Professor Date's team has been working on the development of a variety of nanomedicines for the improved prevention and/or treatment of cancer and infectious diseases. The talk will focus on applications of two different types of nanomedicines to improve delivery of a natural product, quercetin and the lipophilic anticancer drug, docetaxel.
Abhijit Date, M.Pharm., Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy, University of Hawaii Hilo. His research work is focused on exploring applications of nanomedicine for the prevention and/or treatment of cancer, infectious diseases and inflammatory disorders. He received his M.Pharm., and Ph.D. in Pharmaceutics from Bombay College of Pharmacy, University of Mumbai, India. After graduation, he received post-doctoral training at Northwestern University, Creighton University, and Johns Hopkins University.
After
the presentation, we will have pupus, drinks, and conversation. We are informal and it is potluck,
so please bring a pupu and
non-alcoholic beverage to share. Reusable plates and cups are
encouraged, as is taking home your own trash.
Agenda:
5:00-5:15 p.m. Gather and Networking
5:15-6:15 p.m. Presentation and Q&A
6:15-7:30 p.m. More Networking, pupus