Laura Gonzalez-Fajardo
Ph.D. Graduate
Laboratorios Chalver de Colombia
Education
2013-2019 Ph.D. Student in Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Connecticut
2004-2009 BSc. in Pharmacy, National University of Colombia
Research Appointments
March 2011 – May 2013 Young Researcher, CIDEIM, Cali, Colombia
August 2009 – December 2009 Undergrad Researcher , Institute of Humoral Immunity, Buenos Aires University, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Professional Appointments
March 2010 – December 2010 Compounding Pharmacist, Numixx SAS, Bogota, Colombia
Professional Societies
2013-Present Member, American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientist (AAPS)
Honors and Awards
2016 Academic Research Award, Second Place, AAPS-NERDG
2016 Richardson-Vicks/A. Francis Summa Memorial Award, School of Pharmacy, University of Connecticut
2015 Gerald J. Jackson Memorial Fellowship, School of Pharmacy, University of Connecticut
2013-2018 Doctoral Scholarship, Colciencias (Colombian Department of Science, Technology and Innovation)
2011 Young Investigator Fellowship, Colciencias (Colombian Department of Science, Technology and Innovation)
2010 Young Investigator Fellowship, Colciencias (Colombian Department of Science, Technology and Innovation)
Oral Presentations
04/2016 AAPS-NERDG, Reduced In Vivo Toxicity of Doxorubicin by Encapsulation in Cholesterol-containing Self-Assembled Polymeric Nanoparticles
Poster Presentations
Gonzalez-Fajardo, LH. Mahajan, D. Ndaya, D. Hargrove, JE. Manautou, BT. Liang, MH. Chen, RM. Kasi, X. Lu. Doxorubicin containing self-assembled polymer nanoparticles for improved chemotherapy. Poster at NanoDDS, September 2016.
Gonzalez-Fajardo, T.H Tran, D. Hargrove, M. Brewer and X. Lu. Tumor Accumulation and Penetration of Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles and the Potential Role of Peritoneal Macrophages. Poster at CRS, June 2014.
Publications
Gonzalez-Fajardo, LH. Mahajan, D. Ndaya, D Hargrove, JE. Manautou, BT. Liang, MH Chen, RM. Kasi, and X Lu. Reduced In Vivo Toxicity of Doxorubicin by Encapsulation in Cholesterol-Containing Self-Assembled Nanoparticles. Pharmacological research. 107:93-101. Doi: 10.1016/j.phrs.2016.03.006. (2016).
Gonzalez-Fajardo, O.L. Fernandez, D. McMahon-Pratt, and N.G. Saravia. Ex vivo host and parasite response to antileishmanial drugs and immunomodulators. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 9(5):e0003820. Doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003820. (2015).
I.K. Deshapriya, B.S. Stromer, A. Pattammattel, C.S. Kim, R. Iglesias-Bartolome, L. Gonzalez-Fajardo, V. Patel, J.S. Gutkind, X. Lu, and C.V. Kumar. Fluorescent, Bioactive Protein Nanoparticles (Prodots) for Rapid, Improved Cellular Uptake. Bioconjugate chemistry. 26(3):396-404. Doi: 10.1021/bc500621h. (2015).
T.H. Tran, C.T. Nguyen, L. Gonzalez-Fajardo, D. Hargrove, D. Song, P. Deshmukh, L. Mahajan, D. Ndaya, L. Lai, R.M. Kasi, and X. Lu. Long circulating self-assembled nanoparticles from cholesterol-containing brush-like block copolymers for improved drug delivery to tumors. Biomacromolecules. 15(11):4363-4375. Doi: 10.1021/bm5013822. (2014).
