Foldvari Research Group

Welcome to the Foldvari Research Group   

Drug Delivery and Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology Laboratory
 

Dr. Marianna Foldvari is a Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Canada Research Chair in Bionanotechnology and Nanomedicine (2007-2014) at the University of Waterloo’s School of Pharmacy. Dr. Foldvari’s expertise is in pharmaceutics, dosage forms, drug delivery system design (dermal, transdermal, transmucosal, ocular, and intranasal), nanotechnology, non-viral delivery methods and vaccine development.

Currently, the Foldvari Group is investigating novel materials, methods, mechanisms and pathways to enable the discovery and invention of needle-free administration of medicines. We are working on developing non-invasive drug delivery technologies and pharmaceutical products based on these technologies.

Our objectives are to:

• Develop novel delivery systems and formulations for drugs, proteins, nucleic acids and vaccines
• Create hybrid systems, e.g., DNA-nanoparticles, carbon nanotube composites and other unique structures
• Create nanoprobe systems for diagnostics and repair of biological functions
• Investigate natural and synthetic materials for fabrication of delivery and diagnostic systems
• Create interfacing methods between physical and biological systems
• Investigate molecular functions at the bio/nano interface using computer modelling and visualization of the delivery systems

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