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2015
New Jersey Health Foundation Excellence in Research Award.
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Fellow
(Elected), Controlled Release Society (CRS), 2014 – Present.
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Fellow
(Elected), American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE),
2014 – Present.
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The
paper V. Shah, O. Taratula, O. B. Garbuzenko,
O. R. Taratula, L. Rodriguez-Rodriguez, T.
Minko, “Targeted Nanomedicine for Suppression of CD44 and
Simultaneous Cell Death Induction in Ovarian Cancer: an Optimal Delivery of
siRNA and Anticancer Drug”, Clin. Cancer Res., 19,
6193-6204 (2013) was highlighted at:
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http://www.fiercedrugdelivery.com/story/rutgers-team-delivers-rna-weaken-drug-resistant-ovarian-cancer/2013-12-11?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal
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http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/269923.php
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http://www.futurity.org/breakthrough-may-help-ovarian-cancer-survival/
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http://www.sciencecodex.com/surviving_ovarian_cancer_rutgers_scientists_attack_drug_resistant_cancer_cells-124437
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http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-12-drug-delivery-successfully-deadly-ovarian.html
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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131209124111.htm
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The
paper O. Taratula, A. Kuzmov,
M. Shah, O. B. Garbuzenko, T. Minko, “Nanostructured lipid carriers as multifunctional
nanomedicine platform for pulmonary co-delivery of anticancer drugs and siRNA,
J Control Release, 171, 349-57 (2013) was highlighted at:
o
http://news.rutgers.edu/news/inhalation-therapy-lung-cancer-shows-promise-rutgers-study/20130625#.Ufx8WW0w8TA.
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http://www.dotmed.com/news/story/12777.
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http://survivornet.ca/en/news/lung_cancer_treatment_may_improve_with_new_chemotherapy_delivery_system.
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Member
(Elected), Board of Directors, Controlled Release Society, 2012
– 2014.
·
Drug
Delivery and Translational Research Outstanding Research Paper Award for Year
2011 (S. Betigeri, O. Garbuzenko,
T. Minko), 2012.
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Rutgers
2012 Most Innovative Technology Award (T.
Minko, O. Garbuzenko, M. Zhang, L, Rodriguez),
2012.
·
The
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Research and Education
Foundation Award (R. Savla, O. Taratula,
O. Garbuzenko, T. Minko), 2012.
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Director-at-Large,
Controlled Release Society, 2011 – 2014.
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Member
(Elected), Board of Scientific Advisers, Controlled Release Society, 2011 – 2012.
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Controlled
Release Society Outstanding Pharmaceutical Paper Award, (O. Taratula,
M. Shah, O. Garbuzenko, T. Minko), 2011.
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Distinguished
Professor of Pharmaceutics, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers, the State
University of New Jersey, 2011 – Present.
·
The
paper O. Taratula, O. B. Garbuzenko,
A. M. Chen, T. Minko,
"Innovative strategy for treatment of lung cancer: targeted
nanotechnology-based inhalation co-delivery of anticancer drugs and siRNA, J.
Drug Target., 19, 900-914 (2011) was highlighted at Nano
Patents and Innovations, November 26, 2011 (http://nanopatentsandinnovations.blogspot.com/2011/11/silica-nanoparticles-for-lung-cancer.html).
·
Research
paper “Innovative Strategy for Treatment of Lung Cancer: Inhalatory
Codelivery of Anticancer Drugs and siRNA for
Suppression of Cellular Resistance” (O. Taratula, T. Minko) was highlighted at CDMRP Lung
Cancer Research Highlights, 2011
(http://cdmrp.army.mil/lcrp/highlights.shtml#2_11).
·
Gallo
Award for Scientific Excellence, The Cancer Institute of New Jersey for
Outstanding Cancer Research (O. Garbuzenko, O. Taratula, T. Minko),
2011.
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Controlled
Release Society Outstanding Pharmaceutical Paper Award, (O. Taratula,
O. B. Garbuzenko, P. Kirkpatrick, I. Pandya, R. Savla, V. P. Pozharov, H. He, T. Minko), 2010.
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Member
(Elected), Board of Scientific Advisors, Controlled Release Society, 2010-2012.
·
The
paper O. B. Garbuzenko, M. Saad,
V. P. Pozharov, K. R. Reuhl,
G. Mainelis, T.
Minko. Inhibition of lung tumor growth by complex pulmonary delivery of
drugs with oligonucleotides as suppressors of cellular resistance, Proc. Natl.
Acad. Sci. USA, 107, 10737-10742 (2010) was highlighted in PNAS Media
Selections (http://www.pnas.org/site/misc/current.shtml#lung); EurekAlert!
(http://chinese.eurekalert.org/en/pub_releases/2010-05/potn-052110.php); DOTMED
NEWS (http://www.dotmed.com/news/story/12777/); NewScientist
Magazine
(http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20627623.800-inhale-lung-chemo-to-limit-organ-damage.html);
Ecancermedicalscience
(http://www.ecancermedicalscience.com/news-insider-news.asp?itemId=1049).
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New
Jersey Pharmaceutical Association for Science and Technology 2010 Student
Scholarship Award (M. Zhang, Graduate Student of T. Minko), 2010.
·
Fellow
(Elected), American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS), 2009 –
Present.
·
The
paper A. M. Chen, M. Zhang, D. Wei, D. Stueber, O. Taratula, T. Minko,
H. He, Co-delivery of Doxorubicin and Bcl-2 siRNA by Mesoporous
Silica Nanoparticles Enhances the Efficacy of Chemotherapy in Multidrug
Resistant Cancer Cells, Small, 5, 2673-2677 (2009) was highlighted in TopNews (http://www.topnews.in/usa/node?page=36);
Bioscience Technology (http://www.biomedicalproducts.com/News/Feeds/2010/02/disease-research-new-developments-in-nanotechnology-tackle-the-2-bi);
OneIndia
(http://news.oneindia.in/2010/02/26/nanotechnologyapproach-may-fight-problems-linked-tochemo.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+oneindia-all-news+%28Oneindia+-+News%29).
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AAPS
Physical Pharmacy and Biopharmaceutics (PPB) Graduate Student Award (M. Zhang,
Graduate Student of T. Minko), 2009.
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First
Place Poster Award, The Biennial New Jersey
Pharmaceutical Conference (M. Zhang, O. Garbuzenko,
L. Rodriguez, T. Minko), 2009.
·
Second
Place Poster Award, The Biennial New Jersey
Pharmaceutical Conference (O. Taratula, O. Garbuzenko, Z. Wang, G. Mainelis,
T. Minko), 2009.
·
The
New Jersey Cancer Research Award for Scientific Excellence (O. Taratula, O. B. Garbuzenko, R. Savla, H. He, T.
Minko), 2009.
·
The
paper M. Saad, O. B. Garbuzenko,
T. Minko, Co-delivery of siRNA and
an anticancer drug for treatment of multidrug resistant cancer, Nanomedicine,
3, 761-776 (2008) was highlighted in LeadDiscovery
(http://www.leaddiscovery.co.uk/articles/19025451/ dailyupdate).
·
The
paper M. Saad, O. B. Garbuzenko,
E. Ber, P. Chandna, J. J. Khandare, V. P. Pozharov, T. Minko, Receptor targeted polymers, dendrimers, liposomes: Which nanocarrier
is the most efficient for tumor-specific treatment and imaging?, J. Control.
Release, 130, 107-114 (2008) was highlighted in Cover Story by the
Editor-in-Chief of the Journal (K. Park, J. Control. Release, 130, 139, 2008)
and the figure from the paper was selected for the cover page of the issue.
·
The
paper M. L. Patil, M. Zhang, S. Betigeri,
O. Taratula, H. He, T. Minko, Surface Modified and Internally Cationic Polyamidoamine Dendrimers for
Efficient siRNA Delivery, Bioconjugate Chem., 19,
1396-403 (2008) was highlighted in Pharmacy Choice News (http://www.pharmacychoice.com/news/article.cfm?Article_ID=122774).
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Controlled
Release Society Outstanding Pharmaceutical Paper Award, (S. Betigeri,
O. B. Garbuzenko, T. Minko), 2008.
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AAPS
Biotechnology Graduate Student Award (P. Chandna,
Graduate Student of T. Minko), 2008.
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AAiPS Research Award for the Contribution
to Research in the Pharmaceutical Sciences (P. Chandna,
Graduate Student of T. Minko), 2008.
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Controlled
Release Society Outstanding Student Poster Award (P. Chandna,
Graduate Student of T. Minko), 2008.
·
Gallo
Award for Scientific Excellence, Presented by The
Cancer Institute of New Jersey for Outstanding Cancer Research (M. Saad, Graduate Student of T. Minko), 2008.
·
Gallo
Award for Scientific Excellence, Presented by The
Cancer Institute of New Jersey for Outstanding Cancer Research (O. Taratula, Graduate Student of T. Minko and H. He), 2008.
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Graduate
Student Award, 21st Annual International Symposium “Frontiers of
Nanotechnology & Biotechnology: Integration and Invention” (O. Taratula, Graduate Student of T. Minko and H. He), 2008.
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Faculty
Academic Service Increment Awards, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
(2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2011).
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AAPS
Biotechnology Graduate Student Award (S. Betigeri,
Graduate Student of T. Minko), 2007.
·
AAiPS Research Award for the Contribution
to Research in the Pharmaceutical Sciences (S. Betigeri,
Graduate Student of T. Minko), 2007.
·
The
Outstanding Excellence Awards for the best paper presentations in the 27th
Anniversary Conference, GRASP 2007 (Oleh Taratula, Graduate Student of T. Minko and H. He), 2007.
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The
paper J. J. Khandare, T. Minko, Polymer-drug conjugates: Progress in polymeric prodrugs, Prog. Polym. Sci., 31, 359-397
(2006) was listed in “Top 25 Hottest Articles of Progress in Polymer Science
Journal” by ScienceDirect.
·
The
paper R. I. Pakunlu, Y. Wang, M. Saad,
J. J. Khandare, V. Starovoytov,
T. Minko, In vitro and in vivo
intracellular liposomal delivery of antisense oligonucleotides and anticancer
drug, J. Controlled Rel., 114, 153-162 (2006) was listed in “Top 25 Hottest
Articles of Journal of Controlled Release” by ScienceDirect.
·
The
First Place Advanced Drug Delivery Charles A. Stevens Memorial Award at the
Philadelphia Pharmaceutical Forum (R. I. Pakunlu,
Graduate Student of T. Minko), 2006.
·
The
paper S. S. Dharap, Y. Wang, P. Chandna,
J. J. Khandare, B. Qiu, S. Gunaseelan, P. J. Sinko, S.
Stein, A. V. Farmanfarmanian and T. Minko, Tumor-specific targeting of an anticancer drug delivery
system by LHRH peptide, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 102, 12962-12967 (2005) was
selected as “Research Highlights” by Nature Reviews Cancer (E. Hutchinson,
“Efficient delivery”, Nature Reviews Cancer, 5, 10, 2005, P. 759).
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The
paper S. S. Dharap, Y. Wang, P. Chandna,
J. J. Khandare, B. Qiu, S. Gunaseelan, P. J. Sinko, S.
Stein, A. V. Farmanfarmanian and T. Minko, Tumor-specific targeting of an anticancer drug delivery
system by LHRH peptide, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 102, 12962-12967 (2005) was
highlighted by Nature News with article titled: Unerring hormone delivers
cancer drug. News@Nature. 22 Aug 2005.
http://www.nature.com/news/2005/050822/full/050822-2.html) and by Reuters
(http://www.oncolink.org/resources/article.cfm?c=3&s=8&ss=23&id=12229&month=08&year=2005).
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AAiPS Research Award for the Contribution
to Research in the Pharmaceutical Sciences (P. Chandna,
Graduate Student of T. Minko), 2005.
·
The
First Place Biotechnology Charles A. Stevens Memorial Award at the Philadelphia
Pharmaceutical Forum (Y. Wang, Graduate Student of T. Minko), 2005.
·
The
Outstanding Excellence Awards for the best paper presentations in the 25th
Anniversary Conference, GRASP 2005 (Seema Betigeri and Pooja Chandna, Graduate Students of T. Minko), 2005.
·
The
First Place Biotechnology Charles A. Stevens Memorial Award at the Philadelphia
Pharmaceutical Forum (Y. Wang, Graduate Student of T. Minko), 2005.
·
The
paper S. S. Dharap, B. Qiu,
G. Williams, P. J. Sinko, S. Stein, T. Minko, J. Controlled Rel., 91, 61-73
(2003) was selected as the “Highlights” by Controlled Release Society
Newsletter (CRS Newsletter, Vol. 20, No. 3: page 21, 2003).
·
The
paper S. S. Dharap and T. Minko, Pharm. Res., 20, 889-896 (2003) was selected as the
“Highlights” by AAPS Newsmagazine, the official publication of the American
Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS Newsmagazine, Vol.6, No 6:
pp.38-39, 2003).
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AAPS
Biotechnology Graduate Student Award (S. S. Dharap,
Graduate Student of T. Minko), 2003.
·
Charles
A. Stevens Memorial Awards (The First Place) at the Philadelphia Pharmaceutical
Forum (S. S. Dharap, Graduate Student of T. Minko), 2003.
·
Award
for an Outstanding Achievement from International Journal of Oncology, Oncology
Reports and International Journal of Molecular Medicine, 2002.
·
Journal
of Applied Physiology of the American Physiological Society chose the paper T. Minko at al., J. Appl. Physiol., 93,
1550-1560 (2002) as the “Selected Contribution” and the “Highlighted Topics” of
Editorial Commentary.
·
AAiPS Research Award for the Contribution
to Research in the Pharmaceutical Sciences (S. S. Dharap,
Graduate Student of T. Minko), 2002.
·
Charles
A. Stevens Memorial Awards (The Second Place) at the Philadelphia
Pharmaceutical Forum (S. S. Dharap, Graduate Student
of T. Minko), 2002.
·
The
Jorge Heller Journal of Controlled Release/Controlled Release Society
Outstanding Paper Award for 1998 year (T.
Minko, V. Pozharov, P. Kopeckova,
J. Kopecek), 1998.
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Awards
of the Biology and Theoretical Medicine Section of the Ukrainian Academy of
Sciences, 1984, 1988, 1993.