Drug Delivery Systems for Wound Healing

Pedro Fonte is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal. He is also an Integrated Member of Centro de Ciências do Mar (CCMAR), University of Algarve and Collaborative Researcher of iBB, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal and LAQV, REQUIMTE, Department of Chemical Sciences - Applied Chemistry Lab of Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Portugal. He graduated in Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2010 and obtained his PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences – Nanotechnologies specialty from the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Portugal in collaboration with the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, in 2016. He also obtained a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Faculty of Economics and Business Management, Lusíada University, in 2012. PhD in Chemistry - Catalysis and Sustainability MSc in Pharmaceutial Sciences

1. Challenges in the translation of chronic wound therapeutics from bench to bedside 2. Self-healing biomaterials for wound healing 3. Polymeric drug delivery systems for wound healing 4. Role of lipid-based delivery carriers/systems in topical delivery of bioactive agents for wounds the treatment of wounds 5. Recent advances in Metallic nanoparticles for wound healing applications 6. Drug delivery systems for mouth wound healing 7. Microalgae-based delivery systems for skin healing 8. Delivery of therapeutic proteins for wound healing 9. Diverse modifications on carbohydrate polymers to improve Drug delivery systems for wound healing 10. Topical delivery systems of flavonoids for wound healing 11. Photodynamic therapy for skin wound healing: the role of porphyrin type photosensitizers 12. Photothermal and photodynamic drug delivery for dermal wounds 13. Laser-assisted drug delivery for wound healing 14. Fish skin as a model system for studies of regeneration and drug delivery studies