Pharmaceutics & Novel Drug Delivery Systems

Biography

Vanessa Gonçalves has completed her integrated master degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2010 at University of Lisbon. She is currently a PhD co-tutela student at ITQB-UNL/iBET and University of Valladolid with the thesis “Overcoming CNS-barriers by the development of hybrid nanostructured systems for nose-to-brain drug delivery using precipitation clean technologies”. Her current interests are - Supercritical Fluids/High Pressure Processes, - the development of multilayered and hybrid particles, with strong mucoadhesive properties as drug delivery systems for nose-to-brain administration and - aerogels as drug delivery systems.

Abstract

Abstract : Novel Alginate-Chitosan aerogel fibers for potential wound healing applications