Girgis Obaid

Assistant Professor

girgis.obaid@utdallas.edu
Phone: 972-883-8830
Office: BSB 13.510

800 West Campbell Rd.
Mailstop: BSB11
Richardson, TX 75080-3021

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Education

BSc. in Biochemistry, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
Postdoctoral Fellow and Instructor, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School

Overview

Dr. Girgis Obaid is an Assistant Professor of Bioengineering and has over 10 years of experience in developing tumor targeted nanomedicines. Dr. Obaid has been supported by an NIH-NCI K99/R00 award to develop strategies to better engineer tumor-specific nanomedicines using molecular imaging. His research integrates nanomedicines with photodynamic therapy to improve tumor drug delivery, reduce the toxicity of chemotherapy, activate the immune system, and improve treatment responses. Other research avenues include image guided surgery and immunotherapy.

Research Interests

Photodynamic therapy

nanomedicine

image guided surgery

nano-immunoengineering

lipid nanoparticles

pancreatic cancer

head and neck cancer.