Qualifications:
BSc (Chemistry), American University of Beirut, Lebanon
MSc (Biomedical Engineering), University of New South Wales, Australia
PhD (Biomedical Engineering), University of New South Wales, Australia
Research interests:
- Development of novel polymeric biomaterials that can be ultimately used as implants for bio-applications
- Synthesis of biodegradable conducting polymers based on thiophene monomers with tailored properties
- Incorporation of therapeutic agents such as growth factors either by covalent binding or by physical entrapment while maintaining their biological activity
- Evaluation of drug delivery systems: loading, release rate and release profiles.
Key publications:
D. Mawad, P. Martens, LH. Koole, LA. Poole-Warren, and CSJ. van Hooy-Corstjens. Synthesis and characterisation of radiopaque iodine-containing degradable poly (vinyl alcohol) hydrogels. Biomacromolecules 2008; 9(1):263-8.
D. Mawad, JL. Foster, A. Lauto. Drug-delivery study and estimation of polymer-solvent interaction parameter for bisacrylate ester-modified pluronic
hydrogels. International Journal of Pharmaceutics 2008; 360: 231-235.
D. Mawad, P. Martens, L. Ferris, R. Odell, L. Poole-Warren. The effect of redox polymerisation on degradation and cell responses to poly (vinyl alcohol) hydrogels. Biomaterials 2007; 28(6):947-955.
email address: damia@uow.edu.au
phone number : 61 2 4298 1435
fax number : 61 2 4298 1477
Office number: 231.239
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