Laboratory for Drug Delivery and Biomateria

2022 Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) Research Leader Award
2022 Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy Leadership in Pharmaceutical Sciences Award
2021 Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) Research Leader Award
2020 Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) Research Leader Award
2019 Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) Research Leader Award
2019 Controlled Release Society (CRS) Transdermal and Mucosal Delivery Focus Group Inaugural Chair
2018 University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy Outstanding Faculty Mentor in Graduate Program Award
2016 Leslie F. Buggey Professorship
2015 Association of Faculties of Pharmacy of Canada New Investigator Research Award
2015 Gattefossé Canada/CSPS Award in Lipid-Based Drug Delivery
Fumakia M and Ho EA "Nanoparticles Encapsulated with Serpin A1 and LL37 Promote Wound Healing In Vitro and Possess Antibacterial Properties"
2014 Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences / GlaxoSmithKline Early Career Award
2013 Rh Award for Outstanding Contributions to Scholarship and Research (Interdisciplinary Category)
2008-2009 Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) Post-Doctoral Fellowship
2007-2009 Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Post-Doctoral Fellowship
2007 Gordon Cressy Student Leadership Award
2005-2007 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Industrial Post-Graduate Scholarship
2005-2006 Ontario Graduate (Ph.D.) Scholarship (OGS)

Director Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences (2022 – present)
Member CIHR Pharmaceutical Sciences Committee (2020 – present)
Focus Group Representative Controlled Release Society (2020 – 2021)
Member Panel of Examiners Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada (2019 – present)
Associate Editor Drug Delivery and Translational Research (2019 – present)
Panel Member National Institutes of Health (NIH) / National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) (2019 – 2020)
Inaugural Chair Controlled Release Society Transdermal and Mucosal Delivery Focus Group (2018 – 2020)
Guest Editor Special Issue Pharmaceutics (2018 – 2020)
Treasurer Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences (2018 – 2022)
Associate Editor Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences (2016 – present)
President Canadian Chapter Controlled Release Society (CC-CRS) (2015-2017)
Member Controlled Release Society Young Scientist Committee (2013-2015)

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