Helen Burt

Helen Burt joined the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences in 1980 and is the Angiotech Professor of Drug Delivery, and Associate VP Research at UBC. Dr. Burt has developed numerous drug delivery technologies with over 30 applications in 8 patent families (several licensed to pharmaceutical companies) and over 140 peer-reviewed publications. She has received the NSERC Synergy Award for Innovation, CSPS Award of Leadership in Canadian Pharmaceutical Sciences, and YWCA Woman of Distinction Award for Science, Research and Technology. Dr. Burt is a founding scientist in the Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD), a member of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and has served on the Board of Directors of the Provincial Health Services Authority. Dr. Burt’s laboratory was instrumental in the initial application of the core polymer technology as a drug-delivery platform, and is actively working on mechanism-of-action studies for STK-01 in collaboration with the CDRD.