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Associate ProfessorPegah Varamini

Associate Professor Pharmacy

Faculty of Medicine and Health

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  • Associate Professor Pharmacy
    Faculty of Medicine and Health

Research projects & supervision summary

Current projects:

Different HDR candidates and research visitors are involved in A/Prof Varamini's multidisciplinary projects, including:

  1. Dual targeted delivery of antineoplastic agents to triple negative breast cancer cells Supervision of Higher Degree Research students
  2. Development and Pharmacological evaluation of an advanced formulation of curcumin to prevent breast cancer bone metastasis 
  3. Effect of novel LHRH-targeted drug candidates on patient-derived Breast Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts (BCAF) and TNBC organoids 
  4. Development of biomimetic, cancer cell membrane–coated nanocarriers for targeted delivery of chemotherapeutics in TNBC

 

Vacancies: Current projects available for new candidates:

  1. Development of nanotechnology-based biopolymer implants for TNBC therapy 
  2. Receptor-targeted delivery of Antineoplastic Agents to Breast Cancer Cells
  3. Developing LHRH-targeted nanocomposites for cancer therapy
  4. Artificial intelligence and machine learning-aided drug discovery and development in TNBC cells 

RESEARCH PROJECTS & ACTIVITIES

  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    AI-Enabled Integration of Preclinical and Clinical Data to Improve Safety Translation and Patient Stratification in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Approaches to enhancing the properties of a promising curcumin analogue
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Breast Cancer Organoids Model: Patient-Specific Response to Drug Treatment and Facilitating Clinical Decision Making
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Development of a cancer cell membrane-coated biomimetic nanoparticle delivery system for the targeted treatment of triple negative breast cancer
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Development of an advanced drug delivery system to prevent and treat breast cancer bone metastasis
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Development of an advanced drug delivery system to prevent and treat breast cancer bone metastasis
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Development of new PLGA-based nanocarriers for triple negative breast cancer: Fabrication, characterization, and pharmacological evaluation
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Engineering Plasma-Polymerised Nanoparticles for Breast Cancer Therapy
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Evaluation of Novel LHRH-receptor Directed Therapeutic Candidates in Preclinical 2D and 3D Models of Triple Negative Breast Cancer
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Multifunctional Liposomal Nanoparticles for Targeted Therapy of Triple Negative Breast Cancer
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    New therapies wiping out malignant stem cells in blood cancer
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Pharmacological evaluation of an advanced formulation of curcumin to prevent breast cancer bone metastases
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Targeted Peptide-Based Radiotheranostics for Triple Negative Breast Cancer
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Targeting LHRH Receptors and Cancer Stem Cells in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Using Plasma-Polymerised Nanoparticles and Novel Therapeutics
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    The in vitro evaluation of new targeted drug delivery systems for the treatment of breast and prostate cancer