爱方教授：Helena Kelly, Brian Kirby, John Hayden, Caoimhe Clerkin
中方教授：Xinchen Teng, Dan Wu, Congcong Xu, Shi Du
论坛时间：October 22nd , 2024 09:30 a.m.
针对人群：MSc Pharmacy Students
报告地点：Conference Room 906, International Center for Innovation, Future Campus
AboutHelenaKelly
Prof. Helena Kelly is a Professor of Pharmaceutics and Head of the School of Pharmacy & Biomolecular Sciences. A registered pharmacist, she graduated with a BSc (Pharm) from Trinity College Dublin and completed her PhD in hydrogel technology. After eight years in the pharmaceutical industry, she joined academia at RCSI in 2008. Since 2016, she has collaborated extensively with Soochow University.
Her research focuses on integrated solutions for complex healthcare issues, leading EU projects like AMCARE and DRIVE on hydrogel delivery systems. She invented ChemoGell™, a thermoresponsive hydrogel for intratumoral drug delivery, and co-founded OncoLize, which raised $1.7m to advance ChemoGell™ for pancreatic cancer. Helena also explores methods to reverse hypoxia in solid tumors to enhance radiation sensitivity.