From lab to lungs: Enhancing respiratory health with inhaled therapies
Hear Professor Shyamal Das give his inaugural professorial lecture on innovative inhaler formulations for lung diseases and other viral and drug-resistant bacterial infections.
Date: Tuesday 23rd July 2024.
Time: 5.30 to 7pm.
Location: Online via livestream.
Professor Das is the Associate Dean of Research at the School of Pharmacy at the University of Otago, and is President of the Otago Medical School Research Society, and of the Controlled Release Society New Zealand Chapter.
He produces formulations of small molecules and biologics and investigates the properties required for clinical translation using a variety of engineering techniques. He has progressed one of the formulations to clinical trials - with funding from the Health Research Council.
Shyamal started his academic career in Bangladesh in 2000, and obtained his PhD at the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Australia, before joining the University of Otago. He has received multiple awards for teaching, research and supervision and in 2022 gained UK Council of Graduate Education certification. Professor Das was a KiwiBank Local Hero 2021 - for leading the voluntary production of hand sanitiser during the COVID-19 lockdown.
Find out more about this lecture on repiratory health and inhaled therapies, including how to join.