Christine Allen

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Christine Allen
Academic background
Education
PhD)
Academic work
DisciplinePharmacology
InstitutionsBC Cancer Agency
University of Toronto

Christine Allen is a Canadian professor and the first associate vice-president and vice-provost for strategic initiatives at the University of Toronto.[1] She served formerly as interim dean of the university's Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy. She is co-founder of Nanovista, a company focused on imaging of tumors.[2] She also works as the associate editor of Molecular Pharmaceutics.[3]

Education and career

Allen earned a Bachelor of Science degree in biochemistry from the University of Ottawa and a PhD in chemistry from McGill University. She completed a post doc in the Department of Advanced Therapeutics at the BC Cancer Agency.[4]

Career

Prior to joining the

theranostic applications, the Allen lab has developed several gold nanoparticle carriers.[6]

Awards and recognition

Her platforms apply concepts in drug delivery, targeted drug delivery, as well as controlled release. She has numerous patents, over 90 publications,[3] and has received many awards including:

  • Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences[7]
  • 2014 Gattefossé Canada/CSPS Award in Lipid-Based Drug Delivery[8]
  • 2011 CRS/Elsevier Journal of Controlled Release Jorge Heller Award for Outstanding Paper[9]
  • Innovation Award - Ontario Research and Commercialization Program, 2008
  • Career Award - Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)/Rx&D, 2004-2009
  • New Investigator Research Award - Association of Faculties of Pharmacy of Canada (AFPC)/AstraZeneca, 2006
  • Early Career Award - Canadian Society for Pharmaceuticals Sciences (CSPS)/GlaxoSmithKline, 2006

References

  1. ^ Kalvapalle, Rahul (July 5, 2019). "Christine Allen appointed U of T's first associate vice-president and vice-provost, strategic initiatives". U of T News. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  2. ^ "Christine Allen Women enabling science to reach the people who need it". Johnson & Johnson Innovation Labs. Archived from the original on 1 November 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  3. ^ a b c "Christine Allen". Controlled Release Society. Retrieved 30 July 2018.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ Government of Canada, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (2018-05-31). "NSERC - Christine Allen". Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Retrieved 2022-08-01.
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  7. ^ Kalvapalle, Rahul (September 20, 2019). "10 U of T researchers named fellows of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences". U of T News. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
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