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Full NameProfessor Sally-Ann Cryan

Drug Delivery & Tissue Engineering

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Webpage:rcsi.ie

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Research Fields

infectious disease and the immune system
cell and developmental biology/regenerative medicine
bioengineering/medical devices

Postgrad Medical Specialties

Medicine
Surgery
Paediatrics

Medical Subspecialties

Infectious diseases
Pharmacology
Respiratory Medicine

My Work

I lead the Drug Delivery and Pharmacoengineering team within RCSI Tissue Engineering Research Group (TERG) (http://www.rcsi.ie/tissueengineering) which focuses in the area of respiratory medicine including development of novel therapeutic and regenerative approaches for disease treatment. The team has developed significant expertise in and published extensively on the design and development of smart biomaterial device platforms suitable for use in convergent drug-device delivery systems and tissue engineering. These technologies have been developed for application in tuberculosis, cystic fibrosis, cancer and acute lung injury as well as in regenerative medicine. These platforms are designed to enable the clinical and commercial translation of novel gene, protein and cell-based therapeutic strategies. We collaborate extensively with clinical, industrial & biomedical research groups on the development of advanced delivery systems and implants and we are part of SFI Centre in Medical Devices (CURAM) (http://www.curamdevices.ie/) and the Advanced Materials and Bioengineering (AMBER) (http://ambercentre.ie/). All team members get the opportunity to work closely with international and industrial partners as well as receiving extensive training in scientific publication and research commercialisation.

• O'Leary, C. etal. Biomaterials.2016Apr;85:111-27.PMID: 26871888

• O'Leary, C. etal Tissue Eng Part B.2015Aug;21(4):323-44.PMID:25587703

• O'Connor, G., etal Eur J Pharm Biopharm.2019Jan;134:153-165.PMID:30385419

• Lawlor C., etal., J Mater Sci Mater Med.2012Jan;23(1):89-98.PMID:22183789