Ferrara Lab


Ferrara Lab

News releases on 2013 PNAS paper with Hammock Lab here and here

Presentation at the MRgFUS Symposium “Nanoparticles locate tumor, deliver drugs”

Download the CNN video on the Ferrara laboratory at CNN video

Projects

Image-Guided Drug Delivery in Cancer

Translational Cardiovascular Nanomedicine

Ultrasonic Assessment of Therapeutic Response

Real-time Prediction and Validation of Ultrasonic Hyperthermia Profiles

Molecular Imaging in Cancer

Ultrasonic and Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Heating for Local Drug Delivery

Research Interest

Our laboratory has projects spanning all aspects of image-guided drug delivery. Major areas of interest include the fusion of images between ultrasound, PET, MRI and CT, the development of activatable drug delivery vehicles, and the development of molecularly-targeted drug delivery vehicles. Members of our laboratory bring expertise in many areas including biomedical engineering, physics, electrical engineering, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, computer science, material science, chemistry, and biology.

CONTACT:  Katherine W. Ferrara