Aliasger K. Salem

Aliasger K. Salem
Born East Midlands, England
Residence United States
Citizenship United States
Alma mater University of Nottingham
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Known for Controlled drug delivery, nanoparticles, microfabrication, chips, vaccines and tissue engineering
Scientific career
Fields Pharmacy
Institutions University of Iowa
Doctoral advisor Kevin M. Shakesheff (Primary), Martyn C. Davies, Saul Tendler, Phil Williams and Clive Roberts
Other academic advisors Kam W. Leong, Peter C. Searson

Aliasger K. Salem is the Bighley Chair and Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Head of the Division of Pharmaceutics and Translational Therapeutics at the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy. Salem's primary appointment at the University of Iowa is based in the College of Pharmacy,[1] with additional secondary appointments in the College of Dentistry, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering,[2][3] and the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center.[4]

Salem was an American Cancer Society Research Scholar from 2009 to 2013.[5] Salem is currently the leader of the Experimental Therapeutics (ET) program at the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center[6] and co-director of the Nanotoxicology Core at the Environmental Health Sciences Research Center.[7] Aliasger Salem is the Associate Editor for The AAPS Journal - The official journal of the American Association for Pharmaceutical Scientists (Springer-Nature)[8] and an editorial board member for a number of other journals including the International Journal of Pharmaceutics (Elsevier).[9] Aliasger Salem has been or is a member of a number of grant review study sections including panels for the American Cancer Society,[10] the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the Department of Defense (DoD): Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) Prostate and Breast Cancer Research Programs.

Salem has received a number of teaching awards including a Council of Teaching Instructional Improvement Award in 2008 and a Collegiate Teacher of the Year award in 2012.[11] Prior to joining the University of Iowa in 2004, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and completed his PhD at the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Nottingham in the UK.

Salem's research interests [12][13] include nanotechnology,[14] microfabrication, particle and drug delivery systems,[15] implantable chips,[16] the design of gene delivery systems,[17][18][19] regenerative medicine,[20][21] and the development of vaccines.[22][23][24][25]

Selected honors and awards

  • 2018 Elected Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
  • 2017 Elected Fellow, American Association for Pharmaceutical Scientists
  • 2017 Lyle and Sharon Bighley Chair and Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • 2014 Associate Editor, The AAPS Journal - The Official Journal of the American Association for Pharmaceutical Scientists (Springer-Nature)
  • 2013 Lyle and Sharon Bighley Endowed Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • 2009 American Cancer Society Research Scholar Award
  • 2005 The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Foundation Award

References

  1. ↑ Salem, Aliasger | University of Iowa College of Pharmacy
  2. ↑ Secondary Faculty (CBE) | Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
  3. ↑ Affiliated Faculty | Department of Biomedical Engineering
  4. ↑ "Executive Committee :: About Holden". Archived from the original on 2016-06-02. Retrieved 2015-02-24.
  5. ↑ Pharmacy researcher to use American Cancer Society grant for melanoma research
  6. ↑ Experimental Therapeutics Program :: Cancer Research
  7. ↑ http://cph.uiowa.edu/ehsrc/research-cores/nanotoxicology.html
  8. ↑ The AAPS Journal (Associate Editor)
  9. ↑ International Journal of Pharmaceutics Editorial Board
  10. ↑ "Peer Review Committee for Cancer Drug Discovery (CDD)". cancer.org.
  11. ↑ Teaching award-winner Salem encourages active learning | Iowa Now - The University of Iowa
  12. ↑ Aliasger Salem - Google Scholar Citations
  13. ↑ salem ak - PubMed - NCBI
  14. ↑ Forbes - Hunter-Killer Nanoparticle Bullets Target Tumors While Bypassing Healthy Tissue
  15. ↑ Nitrogen-Sulfur Polymers Break New Ground | Chemical & Engineering News
  16. ↑ "UI Researchers Working on Microchip Pharmacies'". kcrg.com. Archived from the original on 2015-02-24. Retrieved 2015-02-24.
  17. ↑ Special Delivery: Metallic nanorods shuttle genes | Technology | Science News
  18. ↑ Nature view
  19. ↑ Silicalite nanoparticles promote transgene expression - nanotechweb.org
  20. ↑ "UI Researchers Develop". kcrg.com. Archived from the original on 2015-02-24. Retrieved 2015-02-24.
  21. ↑ "New 'bio patch' can successfully grow damaged or missing bone tissue". Fox News.
  22. ↑ Researchers Aim to Develop Cancer Vaccines | News | Drug Discovery and Development Magazine
  23. ↑ "Nanoparticles in Vaccine Delivery". AAPS Blog.
  24. ↑ "University of Iowa Working on Dust Mite Allergy Vaccine". kcrg.com. Archived from the original on 2015-02-24. Retrieved 2015-02-24.
  25. ↑ "Pharmacy, medicine researchers get grant". pqarchiver.com.
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