Biography of Dr. M. Foldvari

BSc. (Pharm) - Semmelweis Medical University, Budapest, Hungary, 1984 D. Pharm. Sci. (summa cum laude)- Semmelweis Medical University, Budapest, Hungary, 1985 PhD (Pharmaceutical Sciences) - Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S., 1988

Helix Chair in Industrial Pharmacy, 1996-1999
Head, Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 1998-2000
YWCA Women of Distinction Award Recipient (Entrepreneur/Innovator Category), 1997
Listing in A. Wood, 2001. Canadian Women Invent!

Research Support:

Micro and nanoscale delivery systems for macromolecules.
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), 2004-2007

Transdermal delivery systems for protein medicines and vaccines.
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Regional Partnership Program, 2004-2006

Cutaneous gene therapy for localized scleroderma: Development of novel delivery systems for the interferon gamma gene.
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis (IMHA) Strategic Initiative, 2004-2006

Editorial Board:

Current Drug Delivery, 2003-
International Journal of Pharmaceutical Compounding, 1997-

Memberships:

AAAS
AAPS
Controlled Release Society

Collaborators:

Prof Jonathan Hadgraft - Medway Sciences, University of Greenwich
Prof John Seddon – Imperial College London
Dr Ronald Verrall – Department of Chemistry, University of Saskatchewan
Dr Alan Rosenberg – Department of Pediatrics, Royal University Hospital
Dr Peter Hull – Department of Dermatology, Royal University Hospital
Dr Lorne Babiuk – Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization

Research Entrepreneurship