Anne Benincasa

Email: anne.b.benincasa@vanderbilt.edu
705 Voyager Lane
North Palm Beach, Fl 33410
(615) 400-1665

Hometown: North Palm Beach, FL

Undergraduate Degree

• Currently earning BE in Biomedical Engineering at Vanderbilt University, Senior
• Duke CBIMMS REU Fellow in Biomedical Engineering, 2003

Research Interest
Biomedical instrumentation is of at most interest to me. I am also very interested in transport and delivery of drugs especially with regards to cancer research.

Research Project
Transport of Liposomal Drugs in Solid Tumors: I am exploring the possible cure for glaucoma through a drug called ethacrynic acid (ECA). ECA shrinks the trabecular meshwork in the eye to decrease intraocular pressure thus alleviating glaucoma. I am to find the optimal concentration of this drug and its time of treatment that does not prove to be toxic, yet is still effective on the cells.

Outside interests
Travel, dance, piano, and reading anything but science books

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