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Dr. Sharon Furtado
Associate Professor
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Faculty of Pharmacy
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Department of Pharmaceutics
Dr. Sharon Caroline Furtado is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Pharmaceutics, RUAS. She has 17 years of experience and is actively involved in teaching UG and PG courses. She has guided several research projects at both UG and PG levels. Her research interests include development of biomaterials and phytochemicals for wound healing and development of novel delivery systems for herbal actives. She has four book chapters and an Indian patent to her credit.
Qualifications
- Ph.D. with Specialization
Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2021
- P.G. with Specialization
M.Pharm in Pharmaceutics, 2005
- U.G. with Specialization
Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2001
Experience
Total Years of Experience18 Years
Academic Experience
- Faculty of Pharmacy, RUAS – 18 Years
Training Experience
- ‘Antimicrobial resistance - theory and methods’ an online non-credit course authorized by Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and offered through Coursera
- Certificate course on ‘Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics’, conducted by Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (SSX), India
- ‘Drug Commercialization’ an online non-credit course authorized by the University of California San Diego and offered through Coursera
- ‘Drug Development’ an online non-credit course authorized by the University of California San Diego and offered through Coursera
- Completed online course on ‘Latex for everyone and everything’ offered by Udemy
- Completed online course on ‘Powerpoint 2016 2019 – Master Powerpoint presentation’ offered by Udemy
- AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy Online FDP on "Drug Engineering"
- Cloud-based Hands-on Workshop on Molecular Docking, Pharmacophore Modeling, and Machine Learning organized by the Bioinformatics Division, ICMR – National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research, Noida, and Schrodinger Inc.
- Wound healing
- Herbal actives
- Natural excipients
- Novel drug delivery systems
- Pharmaceutics- Formulations and Dispensing Pharmacy, Pearson Education India, 2013
- Chapters
- Prescription
- Surgical ligatures and sutures
- Pharmaceutical aerosols
- Pharmaceutical Technology- Concepts and Applications, Pearson Education India, 2013
- Chapters
- Polymer Science
- University 2nd rank in M Pharm (Pharmaceutics) for the year 2005
- Enlisted in “World Scientist and University Ranking 2021 and 2022” list published by AD Scientific Index
- Poster contest award at International Conference on Biopolymers APA Bioforum, July 14-16 2022 on paper entitled ‘Lyophilized Biocomposite Chitin-Alginate Matrices for Wound Healing Application’
National Conference Papers : 20
International Conference Papers : 6
National Journal Papers : 14
International Journal Papers : 19
- Karnataka State Pharmacy Council
- Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India
- Association of Community Pharmacists of India
- Indian Patent on ‘Antimicrobial lyophilized wafers for wound healing’
- Patent No. 388487
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