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Associate Professor, School of Pharmacy, Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics Associate Professor, Pharmacology Member, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

Research Interests

  • Application of pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamic, and pharmacogenetic principles in the optimization of the chemotherapeutic treatment of cancer, nanoparticle drug delivery

Research Synopsis

Zamboni has been involved in translational studies of anticancer agents for several years. His research interests focus on the application of pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamic, and pharmacogenetic principles in the optimization of the chemotherapeutic treatment of cancer. Information obtained from preclinical and clinical translational studies can greatly add to the understanding of the pharmacology of anticancer agents; permit individualization of chemotherapeutic treatment based on pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamic, and pharmacogenetic principles; and allow for the rational design of therapeutic regimens.

A second focus of his research is on the developments of nanosomal and nanoparticle anticancer agents and evaluating the relationship between the disposition f the s agents and the reticuloendothelial system. As part of these studies, he has used microdialysis to evaluate the tumor extracellular fluid disposition of anticancer agents and factors affecting the delivery and removal of anticancer agents. He has also developed methods and technologies to differentiate between the inactive-encapsulate and active-release forms of the drugs and is evaluating potential phenotypic probes from the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic disposition of nanosomal and nanoparticles. The clinical relevance of studies is underscored by the need to treat solid tumors with anticancer agents that have a high tumor delivery of liposomal and nanoparticle agents and generate administration schedules to enhance selective tumor uptake.

Publications

View complete list of published works here.

William Zamboni, PharmD, PhD