Dr. Christine Allen
Professional History
- Associate Professor (2007-Present)
University of Toronto, Faculty of Pharmacy
Cross-appointments:
Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical
Engineering, Faculty of Chemistry and Faculty of Chemical
Engineering & Applied Chemistry
- Associate Dean Academic (2011-Present)
University of Toronto, Faculty of Pharmacy
- Faculty (2009-Present)
STTARR Innovation Centre
- Sabbatical, Visiting Scientist (2009-2010)
STTARR Innovation Centre, Toronto Medical Discovery Tower
- Assistant Professor (2002-2006)
University of Toronto, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Associate Director (2002-2006)
Molecular Design and Information Technology Center (MDIT)
- Research Scientist II / Assistant Director,
Materials Research (2001-2002)
Celator Technologies Inc. (Vancouver, British
Columbia)
- NSERC Post-Doctoral Fellow (2000-2001)
BC Cancer Agency (Department of Advanced Therapeutics), Dr. Lawrence
Mayer / Dr. Marcel Bally's Groups
- Post-Doctoral Fellow (2000)
University of British Columbia (Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences),
Dr. Helen Burt's Group
Awards
- Career Award from Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)/Rx&D (2004-2009)
- Ontario Research and Commercialization Program, Innovation Award (2008)
- AFPC/AstraZeneca New Investigator Research Award (2006)
- CSPS/GlaxoSmithKline Early Career Award (2006)
Current Committees and Associations
- Elected Member, Academic Board, University of Toronto (2011–Present)
- Elected Member, Canadian Society Pharmaceutical Sciences (2010-Present)
- Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Bioconjugate Chemistry (2010–Present)
- Member, Organizing Committee, NanoDDS’10 (Oct 3rd–5th, 2010, Nebraska)
- Scientific Co-Chair, CSPS Annual Meeting 2010 (June 2nd–5th, 2010, Vancouver, B.C.)
- Member, Panel of Examiners, Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada (July 2009–Present)
- Elected Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Controlled Release Society (2009–Present)
- Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Drug Delivery (2009–Present)
- Vice-President, Controlled Release Society - Canadian Chapter (2008-Present)
Education
- Ph.D. in Physical and Polymer Chemistry (1995-1999)
McGill University, Montreal with Professor Adi Eisenberg.
Dissertation: Polycaprolactone-b-poly(ethelene oxide) copolymer
micelles: Physico-chemical characterization and application in drug
delivery
- B.Sc. in Biochemistry (1991-1995)
University of Ottawa (Ottawa, Ontario)