Ninh (Irene) La-Beck Email & Phone Number

I have a broad background in clinical pharmacology with specific training and expertise in cancer drug delivery and pharmacology. I am currently at Texas Tech where my laboratory is investigating the impact of engineered drug carriers on antitumor immunity and tumor progression. The long term goal is to understand the interactions between nanomaterials and the immune system in order to develop nanomedicines that will exploit desired immune effects while mitigating undesired immune responses. Since the immune system plays a role in pathogenesis of many diseases, this has broad applications beyond cancer therapy.My prior work as a fellow at the University of North Carolina (UNC) Chapel Hill, utilized preclinical and clincal studies to investigate phenotypic probes of the mononuclear phagocyte system as biomarkers for personalizing therapy with anticancer liposomes. I also evaluated the pharmacokinetics of novel anticancer nanoparticles such as Stealth liposomal CKD-602 (a camptothecin analogue), Optisomal topotecan, and folate-targeted polyethylene glycol- and gadolinium-PRINT (particle replication in non-wetting template)-nanoparticles.

Listed skills include Cancer, Clinical Research, Immunohistochemistry, Oncology, and 21 others.