Drug Delivery is the field that creates and tests novel systems to safely and effectively deliver a wide range of therapeutics in a controlled and targeted way. At Brown, faculty are designing polymer-based systems and novel devices for the sustained delivery of small drugs, therapeutic proteins and nanomaterials to control diabetes, to manage pain, to prevent infections as well as to diagnose and treat cancer. Graduate students in biotechnology take courses to expand their knowledge of drug and gene delivery, polymer science, nanoscale materials, biomaterials, and applied materials chemistry.
