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)