HAMIDREZA S GHANDEHARI portrait
  • Professor, Biomedical Engineering
  • Professor, Molecular Pharmaceutics
  • Member, Intermountain Post-Baccalaureate Research Program
  • George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Presidential Endowed Chair, Molecular Pharmaceutics
  • Adjunct Professor, Otolaryngology
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Professional Service

  • Controlled Release Society. Role: Member . Nominating Committee . 11/2023 - present
  • Controlled Release Society. Role: Chair. Distinguished Service Award Committee. 10/2023 - present
  • Controlled Release Society. Nominated to Board of Directors . 10/2021 - 05/2022
  • Pharmaceutics. Role: Member. Editorial Board . 07/2021 - present
  • 18th International Symposium on Recent Advances in Drug Delivery Systems. Role: Chair. Organizing Committee. 02/2021 - 03/2022
  • Ashvattha Therapeutics, LLC. Role: Member. Scientific Advisory Board. 10/2020 - present
  • Organizing Committee, International Symposium on Biomedical Materials for Drug/Gene Delivery. Role: Member. International Symposium on Biomedical Materials for Drug/Gene Delivery, Salt Lake City, Utah. 02/2020 - 02/2020
  • Journal of Controlled Release. Role: Member. Best Paper Award Committee. 01/2020 - present
  • NIH, NANO. Role: Chair. Study Section. 07/2018 - 06/2020
  • Controlled Release Society, Indian Chapter. Role: member. International Advisory Board. 01/2018 - present
  • International Symposium on Polymer Therapeutics . Role: Member. International Advisory Board. 01/2006 - present

Internal Service

  • Strategic Planning Subcommittee for “Enhancing Professional Community, Morale and Diversity”. Chair, 10/2022 - present. Department service.
  • College of Pharmacy Seminar Committee. Member, 07/2021 - 06/2023. College service.
  • University of Utah Seed Funding, College of Engineering. Reviewer, 01/2021 - present. College service.
  • Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, Department of Biomedical Engineering. Member, 08/2020 - present. Department service.
  • Executive Council, College of Pharmacy. Member, 05/2020 - present. College service.
  • Space Committee, College of Pharmacy. Member, 05/2020 - present. College service.
  • Research Strategy Committee, College of Pharmacy. Member, 05/2020 - present. College service.
  • Chair, College of Pharmacy Research Strategy Committee. Chair, 09/2019 - 12/2019. College service.
  • Member, Grant Application Roundtable, College of Pharmacy . 01/2018 - present. College service.
  • Annual University of Utah Postdoc Poster Competition . Faculty Judge,, 01/2018 - 01/2018. College service.
  • Graduate Admission Committee, Department of Pharmaceutics & Pharmaceutical Chemistry. Member, 08/2017 - 01/2021. Department service.
  • College of Pharmacy Scholastic Standards Committee. Member, 07/2017 - 08/2020. College service.
  • Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry. Chair Search Committee, 07/2017 - 07/2018. Department service.
  • University of Utah Seed Funding. Reviewer, 05/2017 - 05/2017. University service.
  • Health Sciences Research Forum, Health Sciences . Member, 01/2017 - present. Other service.
  • Health Sciences Global Health Education Subcommittee . Member, 01/2016 - 01/2017. Other service.
  • Mentor, PharmD class of 2019 (2015-current). Mentor, 09/2015 - present. College service.
  • College of Pharmacy Post Tenure Review Committee (2015). Member, 01/2015 - 12/2015. College service.
  • Chair, Organizing Committee, NanoUtah 2013. 10/2013 - 10/2013. Other service.
  • Peer Teaching Observation, College of Pharmacy. 09/2013 - 09/2013. College service.
  • Reviewer, U of U Seed Grant. 08/2013 - 12/2013. University service.
  • Graduate Admission Committee, Department of Biomedical Engineering . Member, 01/2013 - 01/2020. Department service.
  • Member, Technology Peer Evaluation Panels (TPEPs), Technology Commercialization Office. 01/2013 - 01/2015. University service.
  • Faculty Search Committee for a Position in Pharmaceutics . Member, 01/2012 - 12/2013. Department service.
  • Task Force 6 for evaluation of standards for accreditation of College of Pharmacy . Member, 01/2012 - 12/2013. College service.
  • Search Committee for Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs . Member, 01/2012 - 06/2013. University service.
  • College of Pharmacy Strategic Planning Committee . Member, 01/2012 - 12/2012. College service.
  • Advisory Committee, Bioengineering Retention, Promotion and Tenure Committee. Member, 08/2010 - present. Department service.
  • Entrepreneurial Faculty Advisory Committee. 01/2009 - 01/2022. Department service.
  • Founder and Director, Utah Center for Nanomedicine . 01/2008 - present. University service.
  • Graduate Admission Committee, Department of Pharmaceutics & Pharmaceutical Chemistry . Chair, 01/2008 - 12/2015. Department service.

Outreach

  • Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, Lecturer. 02/2021 - present
  • Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, Lecturer. 02/01/2017 - 02/28/2017
  • Session Moderator, Physical Oncology: Modulating Tumor Microenvironment for Drug Delivery, Controlled Release Society Annual Meeting. 07/17/2016 - 07/20/2016
  • Session Chair, Mechanisms and Barriers in Nanomedicine” Workshop, Beaver Run Resort, Breckenridge, Colorado. 07/15/2016 - 07/16/2016
  • Member, Organizing Committee, NanoUtah 2015. 10/2015 - 10/2015
  • Session Moderator, Nano-systems for Non-Oncology Drug Delivery, Controlled Release Society Annual Meeting, Edinburgh, Scotland,. 07/26/2015 - 07/29/2015
  • Session Chair, 17th International Symposium on Recent Advances in Drug Delivery Systems, Salt Lake City, Utah. 06/14/2015 - 06/17/2015

Honors & Awards

  • Distinguished Service Award . Controlled Release Society , 07/2023
  • 2022 Outstanding Educator Award of Health Sciences Graduate Students. University of Utah , 01/01/2022
  • 2017 College of Engineering Top Undergraduate Teacher Award . University of Utah, 01/2018
  • Fellow. American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, 2010

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