Page 1 of 48 Dr. PRADEEP KUMAR Associate Professor: Regenerative Medicine and Molecular Pharmaceutics Co-Director | Principal Researcher: Wits Advanced Drug Delivery Platform (WADDP) Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa Research Portfolio Leader: Gauteng DoH SCI Work Group Member: Global Young Academy (GYA); SAYAS E: [email protected] I T: +27-79-584-5643 W: https://www.wits.ac.za/staff/academic-a-z-listing/k/pradeepkumarwitsacza/ BIOSKETCH: Dr. Pradeep Kumar (BPharm, MPharm, PhD) is currently an Associate Professor of Pharmaceutics at Wits’ Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, and Co-Director and Principal Researcher at the Wits Advanced Drug Delivery Platform (WADDP) Research Unit. Dr. Kumar has an experience of over 10 years in academic teaching and research with pharmaceutics as the core subject along with biomaterial design, tissue engineering, and nanomedicine. His PhD thesis was focused on the design and development of Polymer- Engineered Neural Devices for potential application in reducing neurological deficits after spinal cord injuries and was awarded the Wits Faculty of Health Sciences’ Most Prestigious PhD Degree Award. He holds a Y1 rating from the NRF. Most recently, Dr. Kumar has been included in the OECD Global Science Forum’s Scoping Group on the Research Precariat Project, has joined the Steering Committee of the ASSAf Scientific Advisory Group on Emergencies (SAGE), is appointed as the Research Portfolio Leader in the Gauteng DoH Spinal Cord Injury Work Group, and is co-leading the Scientific Excellence Working Group in the GYA. As an Expert Group Member, he has proudly contributed to the IAP Statement on Regenerative Medicine published in 2021. Dr. Kumar is a recipient of several prestigious awards including the InterAcademy Partnership/World Health Summit’s Young Physician Leadership Programme (2021), Wits Health Consortium’s Great Leap Forward Entrepreneurial Academic Award (2021), ALBA-FKNE-YIBRO diversity grant (2020), Global Young Academy Membership (2020), INGSA-Africa Science Advice diploma (2020), Great Leap Forward Academic Entrepreneurship Program Fellow (2020), Wits’ Friedel Sellschop Research (2019), South African Young Academy of Science Membership (2018), ASRT (Egypt) Young African Researcher Award 2018 (Category: Health and Pharmaceutical Sciences), Mail & Guardian’s Top 200 Young South Africans 2018 (Category: Science and Technology), Golden Key International Honours Society Membership (2018), Claude Leon Foundation Merit Award (2018), African-German Network of Excellence in Science (AGNES) Junior Researcher Grant (2018) funded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and the German Ministry of Education and Research, Society of Pharmaceutical Education and Research’s Young Scientist Award at PST 2018, Wits Innovators Forum’s First-time (2013), Prolific (2014) and International (2016) Inventor Awards, International Society of Developmental Neuroscience Scholarship (2012), and Elsevier’s NanoToday PhD student Award (2011). Three of his publications have won the best pharmaceutics paper award at PSSA conference (2013, 2014, and 2015) and eight of his presentations have won best oral/poster presentation including two young researcher awards. He was a recipient of the prestigious Prime Minister’s Scholarship (Ministry of Defence, Govt. of India) and an AICTE (India) fellowship during his MPharm. Dr. Kumar’s research findings have been published as over 260 ISI publications (H-index: 37), 4 editorials, 3 edited books, and 40 book chapters in the area of biomaterials, pharmaceutics, and molecular modelling. He has proudly presented his research across the globe (USA, France, Spain, Australia, Denmark, Canada, Thailand, Russia, and India). To date he has supervised 14 PhD students to graduation and currently supervising 12 doctoral projects. Dr. Kumar is an inventor on 22 granted patents (6 USA, 5 RSA, 4 Europe, 4 China, 1 Japan, 1 India, and 1 ARIPO). His research is funded by NRF, SAMRC, Technology Innovation Agency, Claude Leon Foundation, Wits’ FRC and URC. Dr. Kumar is on expert reviewer panel of various national and international funding agencies such as National Research Foundation (Singapore), Claude Leon Foundation, EDCTP, Agence Nationale de la Recherche (France), Euregio Science Fund, and the NRF (South Africa). He is on the reviewer panel of over 100 scientific journals with over 700 reviews. For his reviewer contributions, Dr. Kumar was placed among Top Reviewers in 4 categories (Publons Global Peer Review Awards 2018 and 2019), is recognized as an Excellent Reviewer on Publons. He is an Associate Editor of the journal 3 BioTech and for the Clinical Diabetes Special Section of 4 Frontiers Journals. Dr. Kumar, a Registered Pharmacist in two countries (India and South Africa), is a member of several prestigious societies such as CRS, ISN, FENS, ESN, SAYAS, RSSAf, SASCA, TERMIS, ISID, Eur Peptide Soc, Int Chem Biol Soc and the Soc for the Advancement of Sci in Africa.
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Dr. PRADEEP KUMAR Associate Professor: Regenerative Medicine and Molecular Pharmaceutics Co-Director | Principal Researcher: Wits Advanced Drug Delivery Platform (WADDP) Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa Research Portfolio Leader: Gauteng DoH SCI Work Group Member: Global Young Academy (GYA); SAYAS E: [email protected] I T: +27-79-584-5643 W: https://www.wits.ac.za/staff/academic-a-z-listing/k/pradeepkumarwitsacza/ BIOSKETCH: Dr. Pradeep Kumar (BPharm, MPharm, PhD) is currently an Associate Professor of Pharmaceutics at Wits’ Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, and Co-Director and Principal Researcher at the Wits Advanced Drug Delivery Platform (WADDP) Research Unit. Dr. Kumar has an experience of over 10 years in academic teaching and research with pharmaceutics as the core subject along with biomaterial design, tissue engineering, and nanomedicine. His PhD thesis was focused on the design and development of Polymer-Engineered Neural Devices for potential application in reducing neurological deficits after spinal cord injuries and was awarded the Wits Faculty of Health Sciences’ Most Prestigious PhD Degree Award. He holds a Y1 rating from the NRF. Most recently, Dr. Kumar has been included in the OECD Global Science Forum’s Scoping Group on the Research Precariat Project, has joined the Steering Committee of the ASSAf Scientific Advisory Group on Emergencies (SAGE), is appointed as the Research Portfolio Leader in the Gauteng DoH Spinal Cord Injury Work Group, and is co-leading the Scientific Excellence Working Group in the GYA. As an Expert Group Member, he has proudly contributed to the IAP Statement on Regenerative Medicine published in 2021. Dr. Kumar is a recipient of several prestigious awards including the InterAcademy Partnership/World Health Summit’s Young Physician Leadership Programme (2021), Wits Health Consortium’s Great Leap Forward Entrepreneurial Academic Award (2021), ALBA-FKNE-YIBRO diversity grant (2020), Global Young Academy Membership (2020), INGSA-Africa Science Advice diploma (2020), Great Leap Forward Academic Entrepreneurship Program Fellow (2020), Wits’ Friedel Sellschop Research (2019), South African Young Academy of Science Membership (2018), ASRT (Egypt) Young African Researcher Award 2018 (Category: Health and Pharmaceutical Sciences), Mail & Guardian’s Top 200 Young South Africans 2018 (Category: Science and Technology), Golden Key International Honours Society Membership (2018), Claude Leon Foundation Merit Award (2018), African-German Network of Excellence in Science (AGNES) Junior Researcher Grant (2018) funded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and the German Ministry of Education and Research, Society of Pharmaceutical Education and Research’s Young Scientist Award at PST 2018, Wits Innovators Forum’s First-time (2013), Prolific (2014) and International (2016) Inventor Awards, International Society of Developmental Neuroscience Scholarship (2012), and Elsevier’s NanoToday PhD student Award (2011). Three of his publications have won the best pharmaceutics paper award at PSSA conference (2013, 2014, and 2015) and eight of his presentations have won best oral/poster presentation including two young researcher awards. He was a recipient of the prestigious Prime Minister’s Scholarship (Ministry of Defence, Govt. of India) and an AICTE (India) fellowship during his MPharm. Dr. Kumar’s research findings have been published as over 260 ISI publications (H-index: 37), 4 editorials, 3 edited books, and 40 book chapters in the area of biomaterials, pharmaceutics, and molecular modelling. He has proudly presented his research across the globe (USA, France, Spain, Australia, Denmark, Canada, Thailand, Russia, and India). To date he has supervised 14 PhD students to graduation and currently supervising 12 doctoral projects. Dr. Kumar is an inventor on 22 granted patents (6 USA, 5 RSA, 4 Europe, 4 China, 1 Japan, 1 India, and 1 ARIPO). His research is funded by NRF, SAMRC, Technology Innovation Agency, Claude Leon Foundation, Wits’ FRC and URC. Dr. Kumar is on expert reviewer panel of various national and international funding agencies such as National Research Foundation (Singapore), Claude Leon Foundation, EDCTP, Agence Nationale de la Recherche (France), Euregio Science Fund, and the NRF (South Africa). He is on the reviewer panel of over 100 scientific journals with over 700 reviews. For his reviewer contributions, Dr. Kumar was placed among Top Reviewers in 4 categories (Publons Global Peer Review Awards 2018 and 2019), is recognized as an Excellent Reviewer on Publons. He is an Associate Editor of the journal 3 BioTech and for the Clinical Diabetes Special Section of 4 Frontiers Journals. Dr. Kumar, a Registered Pharmacist in two countries (India and South Africa), is a member of several prestigious societies such as CRS, ISN, FENS, ESN, SAYAS, RSSAf, SASCA, TERMIS, ISID, Eur Peptide Soc, Int Chem Biol Soc and the Soc for the Advancement of Sci in Africa.
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EDUCATION
Degree Year Institution Title of Research
Doctor of Philosophy (Most Prestigious PhD Degree Award)
2017 University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Design and development of a bioactive-loaded Polymer-Engineered Neural Device for potential application in reducing neurological deficits after spinal cord injuries and neuro-regeneration
Master of Pharmacy
2008 GJUS&T, Hisar, India
Formulation and optimization of cinnarizine loaded microspheres using central composite design
Bachelor of Pharmacy
2006 Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, India
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ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Position held Year Institution
Associate Professor
Apr 2019 - current
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology (Pharmaceutics)
Co-Director | Principal Researcher
October 2020 - current Wits Advanced Drug Delivery Platform (WADDP)
Research Portfolio Leader
Jan 2021 - current Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Work Group Gauteng Provincial Government’s Department of Health; National Department of Health (Republic of South Africa)
OECD-GSF Research Precariat Scoping Group
May 2021 - current Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Global Science Forum (GSF)
SAGE Steering Committee
April 2021 - current Scientific Advisory Group on Emergencies (SAGE) – Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)
Co-Lead: Scientific Excellence
June 2021 - current Global Young Academy - Science Excellence Working Group
GYA Member (5-Yr appointment)
Jun 2020 - current Global Young Academy Halle (Saale), Germany
Deputy Chair: Teaching and Learning Committee
Jun 2019 – current
School of Therapeutic Sciences’ Teaching and Learning Committee, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology (Pharmaceutics)
Associate Editor March 2019 - current 3 BioTech, Springer Nature
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Associate Editor March 2021 - current Speciality Section: Clinical Diabetes (Frontiers in Endocrinology, Frontiers in Public Health, Frontiers in Neuroscience, and Frontiers in Nutrition)
SAYAS Member (5-Yr appointment)
Oct 2018 – current South African Young Academy of Science Pretoria, South Africa
Wits Research Animal Facility Advisory Board
Jan 2018 – current University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology
Young Academy Interaction Manager - Policy Influence Working Group
Oct 2019 – current South African Young Academy of Science Pretoria, South Africa
Global Rapporteur – INGSA-OxCGRT Scan
Feb 2021 – Apr 2021 International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA) – OxCGRT Partnership
Fellow - Great Leap Forward (GLF) Entrepreneurial Academic Fellowship Programme (2020/21 GLF Award Winner)
Jan 2020 – Apr 2021 Wits Health Consortium (Pty) Ltd.
BPharm II Year Coordinator
Jan 2013 – Dec 2020 University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology
Community Service Pharmacist
Sep 2019 – Oct 2020 National Department of Health (Republic of South Africa), Pretoria, South Africa
Judge: Chemical & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Jun 2020 – current The Global Undergraduate Awards 2020, Dublin
Global Rapporteur – COVID-19 Pandemic Policy-Making Tracker
May 2020 – Oct 2020 International Science Council (ISC) – International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA) - ‘Citizen-Social-Science’ Project
Mentor – MIT COVID 19 Challenge(s)
May 2020 – Aug 2020 MIT COVID-19 Challenge Africa Takes on COVID-19 (May 2020) India Turning the tide (August 2020)
Essential Services Staff (COVID-19 pandemic)
Mar 2020 – Oct 2020 Critical Maintenance and Repair Services, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Senior Researcher Aug 2017 – Sep 2020 Wits Advanced Drug Delivery Platform, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Member – Animal Research Ethics Committee
Jan 2018 – Dec 2019 University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Research Office
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Acting Chair: Teaching and Learning Committee
Jun 2019 – Dec 2019
School of Therapeutic Sciences’ Teaching and Learning Committee, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology (Pharmaceutics)
Senior Lecturer
Oct 2017 - Mar 2019
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology (Pharmaceutics)
Wits FHS IP Scout Jan 2017 - Dec 2018 Wits Enterprise, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Lecturer
Mar 2012 - Sep 2017
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology (Pharmaceutics)
Researcher Mar 2012 - Aug 2017
Wits Advanced Drug Delivery Platform, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Pharmacist Intern Nov 2014 – Oct 2015 Dis-Chem Norwood Gardens, Johannesburg
Assistant Professor Aug 2008 – Dec 2009 Chitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Rajpura, India
NRF RATING
Rating Period Definition*
Y1 2020-2025 A young researcher (within 5 years from PhD) who is recognised by all reviewers as having the potential (demonstrated by research products) to establish him/herself as a researcher with some of them indicating that he/she has the potential to become a future leader in his/her field.
*Definition as per the NRF Rating Guidelines, 2014 TEACHING RESPONSIBILITES Undergraduate level*
Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm II) Pharmaceutics I (PACY2001) Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm IV) Pharmaceutics III (PACY4002) Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm IV) Special Research Elective Course (PACY4003)
Postgraduate level*
Master of Pharmacy (M.Pharm) by full-time research dissertation (MMR003) Master of Science in Medicine (MSc.) by full-time research dissertation (MMR005) Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) by full-time research thesis (MD0000)
*Includes curriculum development, course management, research conceptualization and protocol development. COMMITTEES AND ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES 1. Head of Department Representative (Senior Staff) for screening, shortlisting, intervieweing, and
appointment of academic staff (Clinical Pharmacy) under the ‘New Generation of Academics’ (nGAP) Programme under the aegis of Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET)’s University Capacity Development Programme (UCDP): August 2021.
2. Pharmaceutical Chemistry Lecturer (AC.08) Screening and Shortlisting Committee: May 2021.
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3. Pharmaceutics Lecturer (AC.08) Screening and Shortlisting Committee: April 2021. 4. Member: Planning and Organising Committee for GYA eAGM 2021. 5. Co-Conspirator: Working Group Coordination Sessions at the GYA eAGM 2021. 6. Global Young Academy (New) Member Selection Committee: 2020/21. 7. Key Participant from Faculty of Health Sciences to form part of the Council of Higher Education’s
Review of Doctoral programmes at Wits: October 2020 8. Chair: Molecular Biosciences Research Session at Faculty of Health Science Research Day: 2020 9. Theme Leader: Clinical Sciences and Therapeutics of Health at the Faculty of Health Science
Research Day: 2020 10. Faculty of Health Science Research Day Scientific Committee: 2020 11. FameLab Judge; South African Science Forum: 2019. 12. Chair: School of Therapeutic Sciences Biennial Research Day Scientific Committee: 2019. 13. Faculty of Health Sciences Teaching and Learning Committee: 2019 to 2020. 14. School of Therapeutic Sciences UG Committee: 2019 to date. 15. School of Therapeutic Sciences Research & PG Studies Committee: 2019 to 2020. 16. School of Therapeutic Sciences’ Teaching and Learning Committee: 2019 to date. 17. FameLab Judge; South African Science Forum: 2018. 18. SAYAS Blog Competition Judge: 2018. 19. PharmApprentice Program Judge: 2018. 20. Faculty of Health Sciences’ Research Day Poster Adjudicator: 2018. 21. Faculty of Health Sciences Assessor Group: September 2018. 22. Wits University Animal Research Ethics Committee: 2018 to 2020. 23. School of Therapeutic Sciences Assessor Group: 2016 to date. 24. BPharm II Course Coordinator: 2013 to 2020. 25. Faculty of Health Sciences’ 2nd Year Working Party: 2013 to 2020. SPECIAL PROJECTS 1. 2021: Wits Division of Pharmaceutics – Curriculum Development – Institution and Planning of an
Industrial Pharmacy based pharmaceutics curriculum at Wits including course content development and distribution of academic and practical load within the four-year BPharm degree.
2. 2021: School of Therapeutic Sciences Assessment Project – Appointed by HoS and Lead a team of five academics in this teaching and learning project to advise the Head of School about the assessment literacy and strategies prevalent at the School and in preparation of the Quinquennial Review if the School in 2022.
3. 2021: Global Young Academy Science Advice Working group’s Science Advice Writing Contest 2021 – planning, organization, revieweing, writing, and contributing to the Science Advice Resource Centre (SARC) content.
4. 2019: Wits’ History of Pharmacy Project – Collation of Historical Facts and Figures from various sources dating back to 1904 and desiging of the “History of Pharmacy at Wits” poster as part of the Faculty of Health Sciences Centenary (1919-2019) celebrations.
5. 2012: WDDP to WADDP – Prepared motivation and collated data for the establishment and promotion of Wits Drug Delivery Platform (WDDP) to the Wits Advanced Drug Delivery Platform (WADDP).
STATEMENTS AND SPECIAL REPORTS 1. InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) Statement on Regenerative Medicine 2021 written as part of an
expert working group comprising of Volker ter Meulen (Germany, chair) Consuelo Milagro Macías Abraham (Cuba) Hidenori Akutsu (Japan) Lara Theresa Alentajan-Aleta (Philippines) Mamun Al Mahtab (Bangladesh) Andrés Caicedo (Ecuador) Antonio Carlos Campos de Carvalho (Brazil) Miodrag Čolić (Serbia) Jillian Cornish (New Zealand) Patrice Debré (France) Geoffrey Dierckxsens (Czech Republic) Nagwa El-Badri (Egypt) Patrick Ching-Ho Hsieh (Taiwan, China) Maneesha S Inamdar (India) Pradeep Kumar (South Africa) Romaldas Mačiulaitis (Lithuania) Fergal O’Brien (Ireland) Michael Sean Pepper (South Africa) Robin Fears (UK, secretariat) In discussion with: Giulio Cossu (UK/Italy) George Griffin (UK).
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2. Jerome Amir Singh, David McQuoid Mason, Glenda Gray, Basil Pillay, Marizvikuru Manjoro, Adeyemi Aremu, Keagan Pokpas, Sershen Naidoo, Pradeep Kumar, Aliza Le Roux, Anthony Pillay, Situational and strategic advisory on social and political instability in South Africa: July 2021 (under the auspices of The Scientific Advisory Group on Emergencies (SAGE)).
3. Andrew Wood, Tim Nusser, Martina Di Folco, Helen Tatlow, Naomi Simon-Kumar, Toby Phillips, Tatjana Buklijas, Ariana L. Detmar, Anthony Sudarmawan, Jiayi Li, Shiwen Lai, Ariq Hatibie, Nicole Wu, Xingyan Lin, Qingling Kong, Akhila K Jayaram, Tiwalade Ighomuaye, Victoria Cavero, Israa Mohammed, Sheku Bangura, Teki Surayya, Saroj Jayasinghe, Aishwarya Lakshmi Vidyasagaran, Muhammad Djindan, Purity Rima Mbaabu, N. J. Umuhoza Karemera, Kristoffer B. Berse, Tomáš Michalek, Keith Kiswili Julius, Pradeep Kumar, Lianne Angelico Depante, 2021, OxCGRT (Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, United Kingdom) and INGSA Scan: Online education for schoolchildren during COVID-19: a scan of policies and initiatives around the world: May 2021.
4. Andrew Wood, Helen Tatlow, Victoria Cavero, Ayanna Griffith, Tiwalade Ighomuaye, Israa Mohammed, Kaitlyn Myers, Tim Nusser, Syed Shoaib Hasan Rizvi, Kaisa Saarinen, Ellen Sugrue, Naomi Simon-Kumar, Kristoffer Berse, Tomáš Michalek, Muhammad Djindan, Pradeep Kumar, Trang Nghiem Nguyen Minh. OxCGRT (Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, United Kingdom) and INGSA Scan: A global scan of mental health policy responses for long-term care home residents during COVID-19: March 2021.
AWARDS AND ACCOLADES 1. Nominated for the Vice Chancellor’s Innovation Award (Team): 2021 (results awaited). 2. Young Physician Leader (20 leaders globally) under the aegis of InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) in
collaboration with the European School of Management and Technology (ESMT) with the support of the Tides Foundation, the Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Bayer Foundation and in partnership with the M8 Alliance of Academic Health Centres and Medical Universities and an invitation to the World Health Summit (WHS): 21-27 October, 2021.
3. Panellist at the Kajita-Novoselov-Amano Nobel Laureates Special Session at the Tsukuba Conference 2021: Inclusive Innovation for New Normal: Sep 2021.
4. The Wits Health Consortium’s Great Leap Forward (GLF) Entrepreneurial Academic Award (02 awards anually) and a Seed Funding for an entrepreneurial, clinically-inspired, academic-led, social-impact project: July 2021.
5. Appointed on the Steering Committee of the Scientific Advisory Group on Emergencies (SAGE) under the auspices of the Science Granting Councils Initiative in Sub-Saharan Africa (SGCI), the National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa, the Canadian International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the Swedish International Development Co-operation Agency (SIDA), the United Kingdom (UK) Department for International Development (DFID), UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) through the Newton Fund, South Africa’s Department of Science and Innovation (DSI), and Fonds de Recherche du Québec (FRQ): June 2021-onwards.
6. Appointed on the OECD Global Science Forum (GSF) Scoping Group on “Training and initiatives to promote alternative and more flexible career paths for scientists”. This is a follow-up to a recently published GSF report on Precarity in research careers. The aim of the Scoping Group is to develop the terms of reference for the project: June 2021-onwards.
7. Represented the Republic as part of a two-member academic delegation at the 44th meeting of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Global Science Forum organised by the OECD’s Committee for Scientific and Technological Policy, Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation (Theme: Enhancing access to research data during crises). On behalf of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), prepared and presented South Africa’s response the Effect of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the Research Workforce and the Research Workforce of the Future: 21-22 April, 2021.
8. Appointed as Research Portfolio Leader (two-year appointment) on the Spinal Cord Injury Working Group, Gauteng Province, Department of Health under the aegis of National Department of Health (Republic of South Africa), Pretoria, South Africa: April 2021.
9. Nominated by Wits’ Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology for the prestigious Phillip V Tobias Teaching Award 2020: March 2021.
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10. Supervision: Wits Faculty of Health Sciences Most Prestigious Degree Award for the project titled “3D printed, artificial extracellular matrix for potential neuroregeneration” (Kate Da Silva): May 2021.
11. Congratulatory Letter from Prof Himla Soodyall, Executive Officer, Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) on the publication of the article "COVID-19 non-pharmaceutical interventions in the SADC region: collaborative engagement on policy briefs" (First and corresponding author of the article): January 2021.
12. Awarded a GYA-Young Scientist Ambassador Program (YSAP) Mission and virtually hosted Prof Filippo Rossi (Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta” at Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy) and his research team at the WADDP. The theme of the mission was Biomaterials in Trauma and 06 WADDP PG students (02 PhDs and 04 Masters) participated and presented at the mission program: November 2020.
13. Participated as one of the GYA Science Advice working group members and contributed towards shaping the G20 Science 20 Summit through Dr. Yoko Shimpuku (Hiroshima University, Japan), the Executive Committee (EC) portfolio responsible for G7/G20 relations and the Co-lead of the S20 Taskforce 4, “Connecting the Dots”. The theme for S20 in 2020 is “Foresight: Science for Navigating Critical Transitions”: October 2020.
14. Listed in the Stanford University’s "Ranking of the World Scientists: World's Top 2% Scientists" based on standardized information on citations, h-index, co-authorship-adjusted hm-index, citations to papers in different authorship positions, and a composite indicator: October 2020.
15. Certificate of Recognition awarded by INGSA for my role as Global Rapporteur for the International Network of Government Science Advice Covid-19 Evidence to Policy Tracker ‘Citizen-Social-Science’ Project under the aegis of International Science Council (ISC): September 2020.
16. Invited, Honoured, and Felicitated for ‘contributions in the field of education in South Africa and keeping the Indian Flag flying high’ by the Consulate General of India, Johannesburg under the ‘Teachers form India’ campaign: September 2020.
17. Invited (by the Ministry of External Affairs, India) and accepted (by the Directorate of Systems and Technology Analysis, Defence Research Development Organization, India) to the Vaishvik Bhartiya Vaigyanik (VAIBHAV) Summit, a Global Summit of Indian Overseas Researchers and Academicians with leading Academic Institutions in India: 2020.
18. Mentored two teams at the MIT COVID Challenge - India Turning the Tide: August 2020. 19. Nominated by the GYA (Global Young Academy); invited, and appointed by the IAP (InterAcademy
Partnership) to be part of the Statement Working Group (SWG; 20 members globally) on the IAP Statement on Regenerative Medicine: August 2020.
20. ALBA-FKNE-YIBRO grant: Granted by the ALBA Network, the FENS-Kavli Network of Excellence (FKNE) and the Young IBRO Committee (YIBRO) in partnership with the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS), International Brain Research Organization (IBRO), the Federación Latinoamericana de Neurociencias y el Caribe (FALAN), the Federation of Asian-Oceanian Neuroscience Societies (FAONS), and the Society of Neuroscientists of Africa (SONA): July 2020.
21. Appointed as a Judge under the Chemical & Pharmaceutical Sciences category at The Global Undergraduate Awards 2020, Dublin: June-September, 2020.
22. Accenture Rising Star Awards: Featured among Top 10 in South Africa under the “Service: Public & Private” Category: May-June 2020.
23. Mentored four teams at the MIT COVID Challenge: Africa takes on COVID-19: May 2020. 24. Inducted as a member of the Global Young Academy (GYA) based on an outstanding track record
as a successful scientist and the commitment to applying science for the benefit of society: 2020 25. Winner of the “International Network of Government Science Advice (INGSA)-Africa Science Advice
Articles Competition (State of science advice to governments in African countries)” for an article titled “Impact of evidence-based science advice to government: Evidence from the health section in South Africa”: 2020
26. Accepted as a Fellow of the Great Leap Forward (GLF) Entrepreneurial Academic Fellowship Programme offered by the Wits Health Consortium (Pty) Ltd.: 2020
27. Awarded a National Research Foundation (NRF) Y1 rating: 2020-2025. 28. Wits Faculty of Health Sciences Research Awards 2019, Recognition of outstanding research
achievements and contributions: August 2019. 29. Joined the Online Consultative Group in the office of the Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) to
Government of India: June 2019.
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30. Nominated by Wits University (two nominations annually) for the prestigious NRF Early Career/Emerging Researcher Award 2019.
31. Wits University’s prestigious Friedel Sellschop Award – a research award to recognise and encourage exceptional young researchers: 2019.
32. Publons Global Peer Review Awards 2019 - Top 1% of reviewers in 4 categories: Chemistry; Pharmacology & Toxicology; Cross Fields; Biology & Biochemistry.
33. Nominated by UG students for the prestigious Phillip V Tobias Teaching Award (2018-19): October 2018.
34. Publons Global Peer Review Awards 2018 - Top 1% of reviewers in 2 categories: Chemistry; Pharmacology & Toxicology.
35. Inducted as a member of the South African Young Academy of Science (SAYAS), based on the high level of academic merit and depth of the nominations received: 2018.
36. Semi-finalist (Top 25 selected from 1151 submissions) at the INNOVENTIA innovation challenge in healthcare (a Cipla initiative) for the “Oral Delivery of Proteins” idea: July 2018.
37. Wits Faculty of Health Sciences Research Awards 2018, Recognition of outstanding research achievements and contributions: July 2018.
38. Won the Young African Researcher Award 2018 in the category of Health and Pharmaceutical Sciences conferred by the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT), Egypt (under the aegis of the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP)): July 2018.
39. Certificate of Achievement by Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) Research for completion of the CANSA project (2013-2015; co-author/co-investigator on the project) and publication of 3 research outputs: July 2018.
40. Mail & Guardian Top 200 Young South Africans (Category: Science and Technology): June 2018. 41. Ranked 3rd among Highly Cited Researchers at Wits in the subject category Engineering and
Technology: 2018. 42. The Wits Faculty of Health Sciences Most Prestigious Degree Award (PhD): 2017/18. 43. African-German Network of Excellence in Science (AGNES)/Alexander von Humboldt/ the German
Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) Junior Researcher Award: 2018. 44. Claude Leon Foundation Merit Award: 2018. 45. Society of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (SPER, India) Young Scientist Award: 2018. 46. Invited Lecture: Processing and Templating of 3D Printed Polymeric Architectures: Challenges and
Solutions, at International Conference and Exhibition on Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology 2018 (PST 2018), Bangkok, Thailand. January 24 - 25, 2018.
47. Golden Key International Honours Society membership: 2018. 48. Wits’ Faculty of Health Sciences Dean’s Long Service Recognition (5 Years): December 2017. 49. Distinguished Researcher: Featured among the Highly Productive and Highly Cited Researchers at
Wits University. Ranked 4th in under the Medical and Health Sciences category and Ranked 8th in under the Engineering and Technology category based on number of publications in journals indexed by the Web of Science and the percentage of publications with citations (2013 to 2017).
50. Wits Faculty of Health Sciences Honours Celebrations: November 2017. 51. Wits Innovators Forum International Inventor Award for having granted 3 international patents,
Wits Commercial Enterprise (Pty) Ltd., 2016. 52. Distinguished Researcher: Featured among the Highly Productive and Highly Cited Researchers
(under Natural and Health Sciences category) that have produced 40 or more publications in journals indexed by the Web of Science (ISI journals) (2011 to 2015).
53. Featured among the Wits-affiliated researchers that produced the most research in 2014 in Wits 2014 Research Report published by Wits University Research office.
54. Featured under Researcher Profile in Health Sciences Research News: July 2015. 55. Top 10 Most Downloaded Articles in Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences for Jul-Sep 2014 (421
times): A Comprehensive Review of Advanced Biopolymeric Wound Healing Systems, Naeema Mayet, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Lomas K. Tomar, Charu Tyagi, Lisa C. du Toit and Viness Pillay, Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 103(8), 2211–2230, 2014.
56. Cover Page: In silico image selected as the Cover Page of the July issue of Pharmaceutical Research from the article “Oluwatoyin A. Adeleke, Yahya E. Choonara, Lisa C. du Toit, Pradeep Kumar, Viness Pillay, 2015, In Vitro, Ex Vivo and In Silico Mechanistic Elucidation of the Performance of an Optimized Porosity-Controlled Multi-Elemental Transbuccal System, Pharmaceutical Research, 32, 2384–2409”.
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57. Best Research Publication in Pharmaceutics awarded at the 35th Annual Conference of the Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences of South Africa 2014 for – “A Novel Stimuli-Synchronized Alloy-Treated Matrix for Space-Defined Gastrointestinal Delivery of Mesalamine in the Large White Pig Model, Priya Bawa, Yahya E. Choonara, Lisa C. du Toit, Pradeep Kumar, Valence M.K. Ndesendo, Leith C.R. Meyer and Viness Pillay, Journal of Controlled Release, 166(3):234-245, 2013.
58. Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry, 47, 491-502: Ranked 1 among the most cited articles - Aug 2010-Jan 2014 (Corresponding Author of the publication).
59. Wits Innovators Forum Prolific Inventor Award for having disclosed more than five patents, Wits Commercial Enterprise (Pty) Ltd., 2014.
60. Cover Page: Review paper “P Kumar, RA Khan, YE Choonara, V Pillay, 2015, A Prospective Overview of the Essential Requirements in Molecular Modeling for Nanomedicine Design, Future Medicinal Chemistry, 5(8), 929-946” featured as one of the highlights on the Cover Page of the May 2013 issue of Future Medicinal Chemistry.
61. Best Research Publication in Pharmaceutics awarded at the 34th Annual Conference of the Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences of South Africa 2013 for – “Surface-Engineered Nanoliposomes by Chelating Ligands for Modulating the Neurotoxicity Associated with β-Amyloid Aggregates of Alzheimer’s disease”, Maluta S. Mufamadi, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Girish Modi, Dinesh Naidoo, Valence M. K. Ndesendo, Lisa C. du Toit, Sunny E. Iyuke and Viness Pillay, Pharmaceutical Research (2012) 29:3075–3089, 2012.
62. Wits Innovators Forum First-Time Inventor Award for having disclosed a first patent, Wits Commercial Enterprise (Pty) Ltd., May 2013.
63. Exceptional Skills Work Permit (Computational Simulations and Nanofabrication) allotted by the Department of Home Affairs, Republic of South Africa: 2021
64. Best Research Publication in Pharmaceutics awarded at the 33rd Annual Conference of the Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences of South Africa 2012 for – “Polymeric emulsion and crosslink-mediated synthesis of super-stable nanoparticles as sustained-release anti-tuberculosis drug carriers, Yahya E. Choonara, Viness Pillay, Valence M.K. Ndesendo, Lisa C. du Toit, Pradeep Kumar, Riaz A. Khan, Caragh S. Murphy, Debbie-Leigh Jarvis, Colloid and Surf B: Biointerfaces, 87(2), 243-254, 2011.
65. The World Federation for NeuroRehabilitation – WCNR 2012 – Scientific Committee Student Scholarship for 7th World Congress for NeuroRehabilitation.
66. Elsevier’s International Society for Development Neuroscience 2012 Student Scholarship. 67. Elsevier’s Nano Today 2011 PhD Student Award. 68. NRF Grant Holder linked bursary: South African Research Chair initiative: 2010-12. 69. Postgraduate Merit Award: 2011 (WITS). 70. PG Merit Scholarship for academic excellence: 2011 (WITS). 71. International Travel grant: 2011 (WITS). 72. All India Council of Technical Education scholarship for M. Pharm.: 2006-08. 73. Awarded Prime Minister Scholarship by Ministry of Defence: 2006-08. 74. Qualified the Graduate Aptitude Test of Engineering (GATE), 2006, conducted by Indian Institute of
Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, with 91.15 percentile. 75. Qualified the National Mathematics Olympiad (India): 1998. MANTEE/STUDENT AWARDS AND ACCOLADES 76. Novel Self-cleaning Mechanism: Wits Pharmacy graduates, Mbuso Thwala and Mpho Maake, won
and were awarded seed funding of R100,000.00 for their automated, antimicrobial pill-dispensing innovation, Ra-Pill, at the Prospector@WITS course: July, 2021.
77. Dr Sunaina Indermun (PostDoc Fellow) selected to attend 70th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting (Interdisciplinary): 26 June – 2 July 2021.
78. Dr Victorien Tamègnon DOUGNON (University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin; and GYA colleague) - Young African Researcher Award 2021 in the category of Health and Pharmaceutical Sciences conferred by the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT), Egypt (aegis of the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP)): April 2021.
79. Mr Brian Kariithi – Wits’ FameLab Heat Winner and South Africa FameLab Finalist 2021. 80. Wits Faculty of Health Sciences Most Prestigious Degree Award (Kate Da Silva): May 2021.
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81. Best Oral Presentation (Masters Student: Kate Da Silva) in the Clinical Sciences and Therapeutics Track at Faculty of Health Sciences Research Day: October 2020.
82. Best Oral Presentation (PhD Student: Divesha Essa) in the Non-infectious Diseases Track at Faculty of Health Sciences Research Day: October 2020.
83. Ms Gillian Mahumane (PhD student) and Dr Sunaina Indermun (Postdoc Fellow) selected to attend and present at the 5th BRICS Young Scientist Forum 2020 orgaised by and at South Ural State University, Russia: September 2020.
84. Ms Zakkiyya Cassim – Wits’ FameLab Heat Winner and South Africa FameLab Finalist 2020. 85. Dr Cletos Mapiye (Stellenbosch University, South Africa; and SAYAS colleague) - Young African
Researcher Award 2020 in the category of Agriculture and Food Sciences conferred by the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT), Egypt (aegis of the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP)): October 2020.
86. Second Prize for Oral Presentation (Masters Student: Kate Da Silva) in the PhD track at the Molecular Biosciences Research Thrust Research Day: December 2019.
87. Best Oral Presentation (PhD Student: Hillary Mndlovu) in the PhD track at the Molecular Biosciences Research Thrust Research Day: December 2019.
88. Winner for the Young Scientist Competition (co-author of the paper: Kara De La Harpe) at the 40th Academy of Pharmaceutical Society of South Africa (APSSA) Conference, Centurion, Pretoria: October 2019.
89. Second Prize for the Young Scientist Competition (PhD candidate: Lara Freidus) at the 40th Academy of Pharmaceutical Society of South Africa (APSSA) Conference, Centurion, Pretoria: October 2019.
90. Winner of the Falling Walls Lab competition (Masters Student: Zakkiyya Cassim) for a presentation entitled: “Breaking the Wall of Vulvovaginal Candidiasis” that described the design of a dual antifungal-probiotic pessary (NRF, South Africa – DAAD, Germany): September 2019.
91. Best Oral Presentation (Masters Student: Kate Da Silva) at the School of Therapeutic Sciences Biennial Research Day: September 2019.
92. Runner-up Oral Presentation (PhD Student: Yasar Hoosen) at the School of Therapeutic Sciences Biennial Research Day: September 2019.
93. Best Oral Presentation (PhD Student: Hillary Mndlovu) in the Faculty of Health Sciences track at the Cross-Faculty PG Symposium: September 2019.
94. Ms Gillian Mahumane – Wits’ FameLab Heat Winner and South Africa FameLab Finalist 2019. 95. Ms Funanani Takalani (PhD Student) received a 3-year funding from the Bongani Mayosi National
Health Scholars Programme under the eagis of the National Health Research Committee (NHRC) and funded by the Public Health Enhancement Fund (PHEF) of National Department of Health (NDoH): 2018-2021.
96. 2nd Best Presenter Award (PhD Student: Yasar Hoosen) at the 43rd SACI National Convention: December 2018.
97. Best Oral Presentation (PhD Student: Lara Freidus) in the Clinical Sciences and Therapeutics Track at Faculty of Health Sciences Research Day: September 2018.
98. Ms Gillian Mahumane (PhD Student) received a 3-year funding from the Bongani Mayosi National Health Scholars Programme under the eagis of the National Health Research Committee (NHRC) and funded by the Public Health Enhancement Fund (PHEF) of National Department of Health (NDoH): 2017-2020.
99. Best poster presentation (PhD Student: K. Murugan) at the 13th International Conference on Nanosciences and Nanomedicine, Greece, 2016.
100. Best Poster at the Wits 7th Postgraduate Cross-Faculty Symposium held at the Professional Development Hub, Jonathan Pantshwa, Yahya E. Choonara, Lisa C. du Toit, Pradeep Kumar, Viness Pillay, Professional Development Hub, Wits University, Johannesburg, South Africa, March 2016.
101. Best Young Scientist Research Award (PhD Student: K. Murugan) at the 36th Annual Conference of the Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences (APSSA) and the South African Association of Pharmacists in Industry (SAAPI) entitled “Surfactant-directed synthesis and self-assembly of geometric cytotoxic copper nanocrystals” Karmani Murugan, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit, Viness Pillay, CedarWood Conference Centre, Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa, 17-19th September 2015.
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102. Best Poster at the 36th Annual Conference of the Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences (APSSA) and the South African Association of Pharmacists in Industry (SAAPI) entitled “Design of an Inflammation-Targeted Nanosystem”, Lisa C. du Toit, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara and Viness Pillay, CedarWood Conference Centre, Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa, 17-19th September 2015.
103. Young Investigator Award for oral presentation: Poly(PEGDMA-MAA) copolymeric nanoparticles for oral insulin delivery: A molecular mechanistic revisit; at International Joint Conference on Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Technology, 6-7 September, 2012, India International Centre, New Delhi [Co-author of the publication].
104. Young Scientist Competition Award (Pharmaceutics category) at 6th International Conference on Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences (ICPPS 2011) [Co-author of the publication]:2011.
COVID-19 PANDEMIC CONTRIBUTIONS 1. Pradeep Kumar, 2021, The three dimensions of human vulnerability to COVID-19, in GYA
Connections, Halle (Saale), Germany: Global Young Academy at the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Issue 9, pp. 6-7. DOI: https://doi.org/10.26164/GYA_00295.
2. Pradeep Kumar, 2021, T – Technology as one of the A-to-Z Reasons for hope during the COVID-19 pandemic. GYA Connections, Halle (Saale), Germany: Global Young Academy at the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Issue 9, pp. 40. DOI: https://doi.org/10.26164/GYA_00295.
3. Fact Checker and Scientific Reviewer: SAYAS Covid-19 Vaccine Myth vs Truth Poster for Public. 4. Published a news piece titled “COVID-19 policy briefs must be realistic: a review by young southern
African scientists” in The Conversation: 19th January, 2021. 5. Published an INGSA Commentary titled “COVID-19 non-pharmaceutical interventions in the SADC
region: collaborative engagement on policy briefs” for the International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA) under the aegis of International Science Council: 11th January, 2021.
6. Mentored two teams at the MIT COVID Challenge - India Turning the Tide: August 2020. 7. Participated in the “Ending Homelessness Challenge” under the aegis of The Collective Foundation,
UK; and Crisis, UK – a two-month innovation programme to develop ideas to prevent and tackle homelessness: May-June 2020
8. Published an INGSA/Koi Tu Exclusive Commentary titled “Food for thought: Sustaining nutritional resources throughout the crisis” for the International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA) under the aegis of International Science Council: 25th May, 2020.
9. Regulatory Compliance Advisor for the MIT COVID Challenge’s Mask Aid Project wherein the proposed “Mask Reborn Box” is a device that can set a used medical mask or N95 back to the time it was sold.
10. Appointed Global Rapporteur by International Science Council (ISC) – International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA) under “COVID-19 Pandemic Policy-Making Tracker ‘Citizen-Social-Science’ Project”: May-October, 2020
11. Panellist, presenter, and organizer of a CADD online workshop-cum-webinar for in silico repurposing of potential COVID-19 therapeutics – in collaboration with IIMT, India: 05th, May 2020
12. Published an INGSA/Koi Tu Exclusive Thinkpiece titled “Easing the lockdown and identifying the at risk regions” for the International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA) under the aegis of International Science Council: 06th May, 2020.
13. Assisted COVID-19 volunteers at the Wits Medical School-Johannesburg General Hospital. 14. Mentored four teams at the MIT COVID Challenge: Africa takes on COVID-19: May 2020. 15. Troubleshot hand sanitizer formulation for two commercial enterprises on voluntary basis. 16. Gel-based, long-acting, hand sanitizer prepared to date: 1000L (40x25L batches). 17. Essential Services Staff at Wits University: March 2020- onwards (>500 Days). RESEARCH GRANTS/INCENTIVES Currently active grants 1. Wits Health Consortium (Pty) Ltd.-Great Leap Forward (GLF) Seed Fund for the project “Secretome
mediated, 3D (bio) printed, bio memetic intervention for neurotrauma”: R 150,000.00, 2021.
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2. Wits-TIA Seed Fund Grant for the development and commercialization of a “Nerve Conduit”, (Principal Investigator), R 500,000.00, 2021.
3. National Intellectual Property Management Office (NIPMO), Department of Science and Innovation funding for the project “Polymer engineered spinomimetic scaffold for acute spinal cord injuries”: R 353,000.00, 2021.
4. Wits Research Incentive (RINC) Funding (FY2019), R 56,600.00, 2021. 5. Wits Biomedical Innovation Research Fund (WBRF) Grant for the project “Polymer engineered
spinomimetic scaffold for acute spinal cord injuries” awarded by Wits Faculty of Health Sciences, Wits Commercial Enterprise (Pty) Ltd (“Wits Enterprise”) through the Innovation Support Office (“IS”) of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg: R 430,000.00, 2020-21.
6. South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) Self-Initiated Research (SIR) Grant for a project titled “3D-printed, neuromimetic scaffolds for traumatic brain injury intervention and potential neuroregeneration” (Principal Investigator): R446,100.00 (R148,700.00/annum) (2019/20 to 2021/22).
7. Wits’ University Research Committee (URC) Friedel Sellschop Research Grant for the project titled “3D-printed, neuromimetic scaffolds for neuroregeneration and traumatic neural injury intervention”, (Principal Investigator), R435,000.00 (R145,000.00/annum), 2019-2021.
8. NRF Competitive Support for Unrated Researchers (CSUR) grant for the project titled “Extracellular matrix-mimicking, three-dimensional scaffolds for neuronal repair and regeneration”, (Principal Investigator), R1,017,300.00, 2019-2021.
9. BRICS Multilateral Joint Science and Technology Research Collaboration 2018 (BRICS STI) Grant for a project titled “Development of dual inhibitors targeting Wnt signalling as colorectal cancer therapeutics” (NRF, South Africa; DST, India; RFBR, Russia), (South African Principal Investigator), 2019/20-2021/22: R 942,000.00.
Previously awarded grants
10. NRF Innovation Postdoctoral Research Grant for the project titled “Nanoformulation of Multi-Target
Inhibitors in Alzheimer's Therapy using Nanodrug Delivery Approaches”, Project transferred (PDF Host): R530,000.00 (R265,000.00/annum) (2021-2022).
11. GYA-Young Scientist Ambassador Program (YSAP) Missions 2020 grant to virtually host Prof Filippo Rossi (Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy) and his research team at the WADDP, €150.00, Nov 2020.
12. ALBA-FKNE-YIBRO grant by the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS), International Brain Research Organization (IBRO), the Federación Latinoamericana de Neurociencias y el Caribe (FALAN), the Federation of Asian-Oceanian Neuroscience Societies (FAONS), and the Society of Neuroscientists of Africa (SONA), €350.00, July 2020.
13. Wits Research Incentive (RINC) Funding (FY2018), R 76,600.00, 2020. 14. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute Reviewer Funding for covering Article Processing Charges
(Biomolecules, Polymers, Membranes), CHF3500.00, 2020. 15. NRF Research Equipment Grant under the “National Equipment Program”, for a NanoAssemblr
Platform (Co-Applicant), R2,960,865.00, 2019. 16. NRF Knowledge Interchange and Collaboration (KIC) grant to attend CRS2019, Valencia, Spain
(Principal Investigator), R30,000.00, 2019. 17. Wits Health Sciences Research Office Seed Fund for the project titled “Nano-enclatherated, hydro-
filled, 3D scaffold implant for neural tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications”, (Principal Investigator), R60,000.00, 2019.
18. Wits Research Incentive (RINC) Funding (FY2017), R 99,800.00, 2019. 19. PhD Incentive Grant (Wits), R15,000.00, 2018. 20. South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) Self-Initiated Research (SIR) Grant for a project
titled “Arresting the progression of Chondroitin Sulphate Proteoglycans for Ovarian Adenocarcinoma Recognition and Intervention” (co-investigator), R195,000.00/annum, 2019-2021.
21. Wits Faculty of Health Sciences Multidisciplinary Grant for a project titled “Arresting the progression of Chondroitin Sulphate Proteoglycans for Ovarian Adenocarcinoma Recognition and Intervention” (co-investigator), R169,300.00, 2018.
22. Claude Leon Foundation Merit Award (Principal Investigator), R50,000.00, 2018. 23. NRF Knowledge Interchange and Collaboration (KIC) grant to attend PST2018, Bangkok, Thailand
(Principal Investigator), R18,000.00, 2018.
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24. Wits Research Incentive (RINC) Funding (FY2016), R 89,100.00, 2018. 25. African-German Network of Excellence in Science (AGNES)’s Junior Researcher Grant funded by the
Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Foundation and the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) (Principal Investigator), EUR(€) 1000.00, 2018.
26. Wits Health Sciences Research Office Seed Fund for the project titled “Functionalized Carbon nanotube system for targeting the inflammatory biomarkers in Ischemic stroke”, (Principal Investigator), R50,000.00, 2017.
27. Wits-TIA Seed Fund Grant for the development and commercialization of “Orodispersible Waflet”, (Principal Investigator), R464,291.03, 2017.
28. NRF Thutuka Grant entitled, ‘Novel metal-liganded bioactives for enhanced trans-membrane transport, R354,000 (co-investigator), 2017.
29. Research Development Grants for Y-Rated Researchers (YRGR) entitled, ‘A bioresponsive 3D-printed device’ (co-investigator), R213,000, 2017.
30. Wits Research Incentive (RINC) Funding (FY2015), R 87,215.00, 2017. 31. FRC Travel Grant to attend 10th World Biomaterials Congress, Montreal, Canada, (Principal
Investigator), R15,000.00, 2016. 32. Wits-TIA Seed Fund Grant for the development and commercialization of “Resorbable wound
dressing”, (Principal Investigator), R499,757.00, 2016. 33. NRF Research Grant under the program “Competitive Funding for Rated Researchers” project entitled
‘Peptido-Silica Superfluorophoric Nanoprobes for Early Cancer Detection and Imaging’, (Co-Investigator), R260,000.00, 2016.
34. Wits Research Incentive (RINC) Funding (FY2014), R 65,240.00, 2016. 35. NRF Research Equipment Grant under the “National Equipment Program”, for a ElastoSens BIO2
System, (Co-investigator), R2,697,741.28, 2016. 36. URC Research Minor Equipment Award for a Jenway 6285 Fluorimeter (190-850nm), University of the
Witwatersrand, (Co-investigator), R151,568.00 2016. 37. Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) Research Grant, ‘Drug-Loaded Nanomicelles
Conjugated to Mucin Antibodies for Direct Targeting of Ovarian Cancer Cells Expressing Mucin Antigens’, (Co-investigator), R120,000.00, 2015.
38. Wits Research Incentive (RINC) Funding (FY2013), R 80,780.00, 2015. 39. NRF Research Equipment Grant under the “National Equipment Program”, for a BioTester 5000
System, (Co-investigator), R3,652,331.00, 2015. 40. Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) Research Grant, ‘Drug-Loaded Nanomicelles
Conjugated to Mucin Antibodies for Direct Targeting of Ovarian Cancer Cells Expressing Mucin Antigens’, (Co-investigator), R131,250.00, 2014.
41. SPARC “Thuthuka-like” Grant for International Academics (Principal Investigator), R48,000.00, 2014. 42. WITS Health Sciences Faculty Research Committee (FRC) Individual Research Grant (Principal
Investigator), R8,000.00, 2014. 43. Wits Research Incentive (RINC) Funding (FY2012), R 48,580.00, 2014. 44. URC Research Minor Equipment Award for an Inovenso NanoSpinner24 electrospinning equipment,
University of the Witwatersrand, (Co-investigator), R150,000.00, 2014. 45. NRF Research Equipment Grant under the “National Equipment Program”, for a 3D-Bioplotter System,
(Co-investigator), R2,603,082.00, 2014. 46. Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) Research Grant, ‘Drug-Loaded Nanomicelles
Conjugated to Mucin Antibodies for Direct Targeting of Ovarian Cancer Cells Expressing Mucin Antigens’, (Co-investigator), R120,000.00, 2013.
47. WITS Health Sciences Faculty Research Committee (FRC) Individual Research Grant (Principal Investigator), R10,000.00, 2013.
48. FRC Travel Grant to attend 25th European Conference on Biomaterials, Madrid, Spain (Principal Investigator), R12,000.00, 2013.
49. Wits Research Incentive (RINC) Funding (FY2011), R 27,240.00, 2013. 50. WITS Health Sciences Faculty Research Committee (FRC) Individual Research Grant (Principal
Investigator), R8,000.00, 2012. 51. SPARC Special Funding for increasing outputs in ISI journals (WITS) (Principal Investigator),
R20,000.00, 2012. 52. University of the Witwatersrand Start-up Funding (Principal Investigator), R15,000.00, 2012.
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53. FRC Travel Grant to Attend 10th Biennial SASCA Congress, Cape Town (Principal Investigator), R5,000.00, 2012.
54. Elsevier’s International Society for Development Neuroscience 2012 Student Scholarship and travel grant, USD 900.00, 2012.
55. Elsevier’s Nano Today PhD Student Award, USD 350.00, 2011. POSTGRADUATE SUPERVISION/CO-SUPERVISION Postdoctoral Fellows 1. Dr. Pavan Walvekar (2021-)
Research Project: Polymer drug conjugates for antimicrobial drug delivery. 2. Dr. Sunaina Indermun (2020-) Research Project: Wits Biomedical Innovation Fund - Polymer engineered spinomimetic scaffold for
acute spinal cord injuries 3. Dr. Mershen Govender (2020-2021) Research Project: Wits Biomedical Innovation Fund - Polymer engineered spinomimetic scaffold for
acute spinal cord injuries Doctoral students Graduated/Completed 1. S. Indermun, Masters-upgraded-to-PhD (Pharmaceutics), PhD awarded, Graduated July 2015. Research Project: Innovative Applications of Modified Food Grade Materials in Drug Delivery. 2. F. Hossain, Masters-upgraded-to-PhD (Pharmaceutics), PhD awarded, Graduated July 2016. Research Project: A dual oral intestinal film for pulsatile release of a mood stabilizing agent in the
treatment of schizoaffective disorder. 3. N. Mayet, Masters-upgraded-to-PhD (Pharmaceutics), PhD awarded, Graduated July 2016. Research Project: Inflammatory dependent bioresponsive smart transdermal delivery system
incorporating suspended nanofibrous mats as a platform for wound healing. 4. K. Murugan, Masters-upgraded-to-PhD (Pharmaceutics), PhD awarded; Graduated July 2017. Research Project: Neogeometrical nanoparticulates for enhanced cellular uptake and enrichment of
psoriasis therapy. 5. B. Choonara, Masters-upgraded-to-PhD (Pharmaceutics), PhD awarded; Graduated Dec. 2017. Research Project: Oral core-melt tablet matrix for enhanced delivery of gastro-sensitive biotech drug
molecules. 6. M. Siyawamwaya, Masters-upgraded-to-PhD (Pharmaceutics), PhD awarded; Graduated Dec. 2017.
Research Project: Novel polyelectrolyte complexes for the effective delivery of BCS class II and class IV anti-HIV drugs.
7. P. Ramburrun, Masters-upgraded-to-PhD (Pharmaceutics), PhD awarded; Graduated Dec. 2017. Research Project: Intercalated-pristine polymer composites for the controlled release of bioactives in
treating peripheral nerve injury. 8. M. Sithole, Doctor of Philosophy (Pharmaceutics), PhD awarded; Graduated December 2019. Research Project: 3D printed scaffolds for bone tissue engineering. 9. L. Freidus, Masters-upgraded-to-PhD (Pharmaceutics), PhD awarded; Graduated December 2020.
Research Project: Theranostics in Cancer Therapy. 10. Y. Hoosen, Master-upgraded-to-PhD (Pharmaceutics), PhD awarded, Graduated July 2021.
Research Project: Nanoliposomes for the retardation of ovarian cancer growth. 11. H. Mndlovu, Master-upgraded-to-PhD (Pharmaceutics), PhD awarded, Graduated July 2021.
Research Project: Fast-gelling hydrogel for wound dressing applications. 12. G. Mahumane, Doctor of Philosophy (Pharmaceutics), PhD awarded, Graduated July 2021.
Research Project: Nano-reinforced scaffold for neural tissue engineering. 13. A. Sharma, Doctor of Philosophy (Pharmaceutics), PhD awarded, to graduate in December 2021.
Research Project: Fast-gelling hydrogel for wound dressing applications. 14. V. Puri, Doctor of Philosophy (Pharmaceutics), PhD awarded, to graduate in December 2021.
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Research Project: Fast-gelling hydrogel for wound dressing applications.
In progress/continuing 15. L. Mapela, Doctor of Philosophy (Pharmaceutics), in progress, to graduate in 2022.
Research Project: PLGA-conjugated-Polysaccharide Nanosystem. 16. M. Nyoka, Doctor of Philosophy (Pharmaceutics), in progress, to graduate in 2022.
Research Project: Nanoparticles for potential treatment of Parkinson’s Disease. 17. O. Uwaezuoke, Doctor of Philosophy (Pharmaceutics), in progress, to graduate in 2022.
Research Project: Protein resistant ocuterials. 18. F. Takalani, Doctor of Philosophy (Pharmaceutics), in progress, to graduate in 2022.
Research Project: Intravaginal resident device. 19. C. Kibungu, Doctor of Philosophy (Pharmaceutics), in progress, to graduate in 2022.
Research Project: Derivatized carbohydrates for drug delivery applications. 20. T. Adekiya, Doctor of Philosophy (Pharmaceutics), in progress, to graduate in 2022.
Research Project: Functionalized nanosystem for schistosomiasis intervention. 21. S. Mavuso, Doctor of Philosophy (Pharmaceutics), in progress, to graduate in 2023.
Research Project: Geometrically variant 3D printed implantable device. 22. P. Purazi, Doctor of Philosophy (Pharmaceutics), in progress, to graduate in 2023.
Research Project: Textured foam for topical drug delivery. 23. B. Karithi, Doctor of Philosophy (Pharmaceutics), in progress, to graduate in 2024.
Research Project: Nanogels for Glioblastoma multiforme intervention. 24. F. Peer, Doctor of Philosophy (Pharmaceutics), in progress, to graduate in 2024.
Research Project: Dental aECM for soft tissue engineering. 25. K. Da Silva, Doctor of Philosophy (Pharmaceutics), in progress, to graduate in 2024.
Research Project: 4D printed aECM for soft tissue engineering. 26. L. Khoza, Doctor of Philosophy (Pharmaceutics), in progress, to graduate in 2024.
Research Project: Immunomodulatory, Host-directed therapies for TB intervention.
Masters students 27. P. Kondiah, Masters-upgraded-to-PhD (Pharmaceutics), Graduated July 2015.
Research Project: In vitro and Ex vivo Optimization of Nanostructures for Intracellular Drug Delivery in Motor Neuron Disease.
28. A. Zardad, Master of Pharmacy (Pharmaceutics), Graduated December 2016. Research Project: NanoVectors for Targeted Chemotherapy in Cervical Cancer. 29. S. Mavuso, Master of Pharmacy (Pharmaceutics), Graduated December 2016. Research Project: A Dermal Sludge for Targeted Genetic Auto-Inflammatory Skin Disorders. 30. M. Sithole, Master of Pharmacy (Pharmaceutics), M. Pharm (cum laude) awarded, Graduated
December 2016. Research Project: The synthesis of semi-synthetic biopolymers for the design of a nano-enabled drug
delivery system. 31. F. Mia, Master of Pharmacy (Pharmaceutics), Graduated December 2016. Research Project: A novel topically administered drug delivery system for targeted drug delivery to
the posterior segment of eye and to undertake real-time imaging of the system in the rabbit eye. 32. Z. Hayiyana, Master of Pharmacy (Pharmaceutics), Graduated December 2016. Research Project: Development of an eluting-supramolecular assembled contact lens-like device for
the topical biogenic treatment of cataracts. 33. J. Richter-Johnson, Master of Pharmacy (Pharmaceutics), Graduated December 2019.
Research Project: A microneedle array for transdermal drug delivery. 34. A. Parak, Master of Pharmacy (Pharmaceutics), in progress, Graduated December 2019.
Research Project: Functionalized 3D printed platforms. 35. M. Anwary, Master of Pharmacy (Pharmaceutics), Graduated December 2020.
Research Project: Injectable system for posterior segment inflammation intervention. 36. P. Mahlumba, Master of Pharmacy (Pharmaceutics), Graduated July 2021. Research Project: A GeoColloid System For Minimally Invasive Intraocular Peptide Delivery.
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37. K. da Silva, MSc Med (Pharmaceutics), Dissertation Graduated July 2021. Research Project: 3D printed aECM scaffold.
38. S. Kola, Master of Pharmacy (Pharmaceutics), Graduated July 2021. Research Project: A platelet drug delivery system.
39. M. Sumaila, MSc Med (Pharmaceutics), Graduated July 2021. Research Project: A liposaccharide platform for infectious disease intervention.
In progress/continuing
40. Z. Cassim, Master of Pharmacy (Pharmaceutics), in progress, to graduate in 2021. Research Project: A probiotic drug delivery system for localised therapeutic actions.
41. R. Khan, Master of Pharmacy (Pharmaceutics), in progress, to graduate in 2021. Research Project: Topical formulation against gas gangrene.
42. H. Cassimjee, Master of Pharmacy (Pharmaceutics), in progress, to graduate in 2021. Research Project: 3D printed, self-assembling, neuroECM scaffold.
43. T. Sarwan, Master of Pharmacy (Pharmaceutics), in progress, to graduate in 2021. Research Project: Injectable wound dressing.
44. M. Lategan, Master of Pharmacy (Pharmaceutics), in progress, to graduate in 2021. Research Project: Neurocompatible nanofibrous scaffold.
45. L. Mothabeng, Master of Pharmacy (Pharmaceutics), in progress, to graduate in 2021. Research Project: Design of polymeric biomimetic injectable.
46. K. Moodley, Master of Pharmacy (Pharmaceutics), in progress, to graduate in 2021. Research Project: Vascular scaffold for decalcification of blood vessels.
47. S. Ayodele, Master of Pharmacy (Pharmaceutics), in progress, to graduate in 2022. Research Project: Design of targeted anti-TB nanotherapeutics.
48. K. Mazarura, Master of Pharmacy (Pharmaceutics), in progress, to graduate in 2022. Research Project: A 3D-printed tablet for pain management.
COLLABORATORS (non-WITS) 1. C. Reis, University of Lisbon, Portugal (03 papers published) 2. C. Dora, NIPER, India (02 papers published) 3. M. Ahuja, GJUS&T, India (03 papers published) 4. P. Komane, University of Johannesburg, South Africa (03 papers published) 5. K. Nagpal, Amity University, India (02 papers published) 6. K. Dua, University of Technology Sydney, Australia (05 papers published) 7. T.W. Wong, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia (01 paper accepted) 8. I. Singh, Chitkara University, India (19 papers published) 9. A. Lalatsa, University of Portsmouth, UK 10. N. Nguwuluka, University of Jos, Nigeria 11. R. Kumar, Karolinska Institute, Sweden 12. O. Sebolai, University of Free State, South Africa 13. B. Aderibighe, University of Forthare, South Africa (02 papers published) 14. D. Kumar, IIT-BHU, Varanasi, India. EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITIES 1. Special Issue Editor – Pharmaceutics (MDPI): Decorated and Multifunctional Nanomedicinal Strategies
for Infectious Diseases Intervention. 2. Section Editor: Current Drug Delivery, 2021-onwards. 3. Associate Editor (Speciality Section: Clinical Diabetes): Frontiers in Endocrinology, Frontiers in Public
Health, Frontiers in Neuroscience, and Frontiers in Nutrition. 4. Topic Editor: Pharmaceutics (Basel), 2020-onwards. 5. Reviewer Board: Membrane (Basel), 2020-onwards. 6. Reviewer Board: Polymers (Basel), 2020-onwards. 7. Associate Editor (Biomedical theme): 3 BioTech, 2019-onwards.
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8. Editorial Board member: Biomaterials and Biomechanics in Bioengineering, an International Journal (KAIST, Korea), 2019-onwards.
9. Editor of the Book entitled “Nanosystems and 3D-Printed Systems for Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering” published by Elsevier in 2020.
10. Guest Editor: Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) Special Issue titled “Smart Polymers for Delivery of Bioactive Molecules”: 2018
11. Guest Editor: BioMed Research International Special Issue titled “Biomedical Materials for Extracellular Matrix-Mimicking 3D Assemblies”: 2018
12. Assistant Editor: Unfolding the Biopolymer Landscape. Bentham Science Publishers, 2015. 13. Assistant Editor: Advances in Neurotherapeutic Delivery Technologies. OMICS Group eBooks, 2015,
ISBN: 978-1-63278-036-2. EXPERT REVIEWER FOR FUNDING AGENCIES 1. Innovation and Technology Commission (ITC), the Government of the Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region (HKSAR) 2. Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) - National funding agency of the State of Qatar 3. DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance (India Alliance) 4. Campus for Research Excellence And Technological Enterprise (CREATE) - National Research
Foundation (NRF): Singapore 5. Claude Leon Foundation (CLF), South Africa 6. European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) 7. Agence Nationale de la Recherche (a French institution tasked with funding scientific research) 8. Euregio Science Fund - Interregional Project Networks (EGTC-IPN) 9. National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa. MANUSCRIPT REVIEWING and EDITING Publons profile: https://publons.com/author/1309922/pradeep-kumar#profile
No. of manuscripts reviewed: 715
No. of journals reviewed for: 100
No. of manuscript Edited for 3BioTech: 125
No. of manuscripts Edited for Frontiers: 06 Journals reviewed for Carbohydrate Polymers, Polymers, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, International Journal of Pharmaceutics, Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, Pharmaceutics, Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies and Applications, AAPS PharmSciTech, Journal of Inclusion Phenomena and Macrocyclic Chemistry, Molecules, BioMed Research International, Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery, Heliyon, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Materials & Design, Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal, Current Traditional Medicine, European Polymer Journal, Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects, Biomaterials, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, Journal of Controlled Release, Nanomedicine, 3 Biotech, Drug Delivery, Emergent Materials, International Journal of Nanomedicine, Journal of Drug Delivery, Reactive and Functional Polymers, Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology, Trends in Food Science & Technology, ACS Chemical Neuroscience, Applied Surface Science, Aquaculture, Archives of Medical Research, Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine, Bioorganic Chemistry, Cancers, Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy, Journal of Food and Drug Analysis, Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry, Journal of Inclusion Phenomena, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, MethodsX, Military Medical Research, Nano LIFE, Plos One, Polysaccharides, The Thai Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, Advances in Biomaterials, African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Bioactive Materials, Bioanalysis, Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports, Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications, Biology, Biomedical Materials, Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express, Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology, Cancer Management and Research, Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems, Chronic Diseases and Translational Medicine, Clinical Nutrition Open Science, Composites Part B: Engineering, Crystal Growth & Design, Egyptian Journal of Chemistry, Engineering Reports, Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal, Entropy, European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry Reports, Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents, Food Hydrocolloids, Frontiers in Endocrinology, Frontiers in Pharmacology, Informatics in Medicine Unlocked, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, International Journal of Polymeric Materials and Polymeric Biomaterials, Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Journal of Macromolecular Science: Part A, Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, Journal of Science: Advanced Materials and Devices, Journal of Taibah University for Science, Macromolecular Research, Materials Research Express, Materials Today Chemistry, Mathematical Problems in Engineering,
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Medical Hypotheses, Pertanika Journal of Science and Technology, RSC Advances, SN Applied Sciences, Saudi Journal of Medicine & Medical Sciences, South African Medical Journal.
Certificates for outstanding reviewer contributions by Elsevier:
Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces: September 2018
Heliyon: September 2018
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules: June 2018
Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine: November 2017
Journal of Food and Drug Analysis: November 2017
International Journal of Pharmaceutics: September 2017
Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy: July 2017
Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal: July 2017
Carbohydrate Polymers: June 2017 EXAMINER OF POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH PROJECTS 1. External examiner of PhD in Pharmacy thesis “Design and Synthesis of Smart Biomaterials for
Development of Multifunctional Stimuli-Responsive Antibiotic Nano- Delivery Systems”, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville, Durban: 2021.
2. International Examiner and Evaluator for PhD in Pharmaceutics thesis “Pharmaceutical Multicomponent Systems: Preparation Evaluation and Commercial Feasibility Studies”, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER-Hyderabad), India: 2021.
3. International Evaluator and Viva Voce Examiner for PhD in Biotechnology thesis “Structural and Functional Characterizations of Chitin Binding Lectins”, Sharda University, India: 2020.
4. External examiner of PhD in Pharmacy thesis “Innovative self-assembling nanodelivery systems to combat bacterial infections”, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville, Durban: 2020.
5. Internal examiner of PhD in Engineering thesis “Antimicrobial Surface Coatings via Cold Spray and 3D Printing Technologies”, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of the Witwatersrand: 2020.
6. International Evaluator and Viva Voce Examiner for PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences thesis “Nephroprotective activity of selected medicinal plants and development of polyherbal combination” Dr APJ Abdool Kalam Technical University, Lucknow, India: 2020.
7. External examiner for MSc in Science (full thesis) “Development of a Low-Cost Bioprinting System for Engineering of Human Tumour Models” Biotechnology Innovation Centre, Rhodes University, Grahamstown: 2020.
8. External examiner for MSc in Biomedical Engineering dissertation “Patient-specific endovascular aortic repair (EVAR)”, Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town: 2019.
9. Internal examiner of MSc in Medicine dissertation “Anticariogenic properties of Dodonaea viscosa var. angustifolia derived flavone stabilized nanoparticles”, Oral Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand: 2019.
10. Internal examiner of Master of Pharmacy dissertation “Interactive Efficacies Between Fever-Reducing Plants And Silver Nanoparticles”, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of the Witwatersrand: 2018.
11. External examiner for PhD Thesis, “Molecular Modelling Approaches for the Design and Understanding of Structural Features of Novel Materials and Nano-Based Drug Delivery Systems to Address the Challenges in Antibacterial Therapy”, School of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville, Durban: 2018.
12. Internal examiner of Msc (Med) Pharmaceutical Affairs research report, “Antimicrobial Properties of South African Honeys against Pathogens Associated with Wound Infections”, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of the Witwatersrand: 2013.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS 1. Member of the International Science Council (ISC) Science Communications (scicomm) Network: 2021
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2. Founding Member: South Africa CRS Chapter: 2021 3. Member of the World Biomaterials Community: 2020-2022 4. Member of the Global Young Academy: 2020-2025 5. Member of Society for Advanced Cell Culture Modelling for Africa: 2020 6. Member of the Consultative Group in the office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to Government of India:
2019 onwards. 7. Member of the Controlled Release Society (CRS): 2019 onwards 8. Principle Investigator @ Centre for High Performance Computing (CHPC), Cape Town: 2019 onwards 9. Full Member of the International Society of Neurochemistry (ISN): 2019 onwards 10. Member of the European Society of Neurochemistry (ESN): 2019 onwards 11. Member of the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS): 2019 onwards 12. Member of the South African Young Academy of Science (SAYAS): 2018 onwards 13. Member of the Royal Society of South Africa (RSSAf): 2018 onwards 14. Life member of the Golden Key International Honours Society: 2018 onwards 15. Life member of the Society of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (SPER): 2018 onwards 16. Member of the Young Professional Biological Engineering Advisory Group (YPBE-AG) created by the
Society of Bioengineering, USA and the Food, Pharmaceutical and Bioengineering Division (FP&B Division, aka Division 15) of American Institute for Chemical Engineers (AIChE): 2018 onwards
17. Member of the European Peptide Society: 2017 onwards. 18. Member of the International Chemical Biology Society: 2017 onwards. 19. Member of the Society for the Advancement of Science in Africa: 2017 onwards. 20. Member of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS): 2016
onwards. 21. Member of the International Society for Infectious Diseases (ISID): 2015 onwards. 22. Member of the Pharmaceutical Society of South Africa (PSSA): 2010 onwards. 23. Member of the Southern African Spinal Cord Association (SASCA): 2012 onwards. BOOK CHAPTERS (Published) 1. Samson A. Adeyemi, Pradeep Kumar, Viness Pillay, Yahya E. Choonara, Improved Solid Lipid Nano-
formulations for Pulmonary Delivery of Paclitaxel for Lung Cancer Therapy. In: Yashwant Pathak, Nazrul Islam (eds). Handbook of Lung Targeted Drug Delivery Systems: Recent Trends and Clinical Evidences, CRC Press, Boca Raton. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003046547
2. Mershen Govender, Sunaina Indermun, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara, Viness Pillay,
Injectable nanosystems and inherent nanoparticulate-serum interactions, In: Patel J.K., Pathak Y.V. (eds) Emerging Technologies for Nanoparticle Manufacturing. Springer, Cham, 2021, pp 561-572. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-50703-9_26
3. Viness Pillay, Samson Adeyemi, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit, Yahya E. Choonara, Three
Dimensional Printing (3DP) for Space Pharmaceuticals. In: Pathak Y., Araújo dos Santos M., Zea L. (eds) Handbook of Space Pharmaceuticals. Springer, Cham, 2020, 1-38. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-50909-9_36-1.
4. Mershen Govender, Sunaina Indermun, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara, Viness Pillay, Advanced drug delivery systems for respiratory diseases, Editor(s): Kamal Dua, Philip M. Hansbro, Ridhima Wadhwa, Mehra Haghi, Lisa G. Pont, Kylie A. Williams, Targeting Chronic Inflammatory Lung Diseases Using Advanced Drug Delivery Systems, Academic Press, 2020, Pages 41-55. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-820658-4.00003-0.
5. Sunaina Indermun, Mershen Govender, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara, Viness Pillay, Porous
particulate platforms for enhanced pulmonary delivery of bioactives, Editor(s): Kamal Dua, Philip M. Hansbro, Ridhima Wadhwa, Mehra Haghi, Lisa G. Pont, Kylie A. Williams, Targeting Chronic Inflammatory Lung Diseases Using Advanced Drug Delivery Systems, Academic Press, 2020, 359-373. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-820658-4.00017-0.
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6. Sunaina Indermun, Mershen Govender, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara, Viness Pillay, Inorganic Nanomaterials for Enhanced Therapeutic Safety. In: Yata V., Ranjan S., Dasgupta N., Lichtfouse E. (eds) Nanopharmaceuticals: Principles and Applications Vol. 3. Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World, vol 48. Springer, Cham, 2020, 1-24. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-47120-0_1.
7. Pierre P.D. Kondiah, Yahya E. Choonara, Pariksha J. Kondiah, Thashree Marimuthu, Lisa C. du Toit,
Pradeep Kumar and Viness Pillay, Recent progress in 3D-printed polymeric scaffolds for bone tissue engineering, In: Advanced 3D-Printed Systems and Nanosystems for Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering, Edited by Lisa Claire du Toit, Pradeep Kumar, Viness Pillay and Yahya Choonara, Elsevier, 2020, 59-81.
8. Lisa Claire du Toit, Yahya Choonara, Pradeep Kumar and Viness Pillay, 4D printing and beyond:
where to from here?, In: Advanced 3D-Printed Systems and Nanosystems for Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering, Edited by Lisa Claire du Toit, Pradeep Kumar, Viness Pillay and Yahya Choonara, Elsevier, 2020, 139-157.
9. Pierre P D Kondiah, Yahya E Choonara, Thashree Marimuthu, Pariksha J Kondiah, Lisa C du Toit,
Pradeep Kumar and Viness Pillay, Nano-technological Paradigms for Neurodegenerative Disease Interventions, In: Advanced 3D-Printed Systems and Nanosystems for Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering, Edited by Lisa Claire du Toit, Pradeep Kumar, Viness Pillay and Yahya Choonara, Elsevier, 2020, 277-292.
10. Pierre P.D. Kondiah, Yahya E. Choonara, Zikhona Hayiyana, Pariksha J. Kondiah, Thashree
Marimuthu, Lisa C. du Toit, Pradeep Kumar, Viness Pillay, Multi-Cyclodextrin Supramolecular Encapsulation Entities for Multifaceted Topical Drug Delivery Applications, In: Applications of Encapsulation and Controlled Release, Edited By Munmaya K. Mishra, Taylor and Francis, 2019, 1-17, DOI: 10.1201/9780429299520-1.
11. Poornima Ramburrun, Sunaina Indermun, Mershen Govender, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit,
Yahya E. Choonara, Viness Pillay, Research progress of scaffold materials, In: Handbook of Tissue Engineering Scaffolds Volume 1, Edited by Masoud Mozafari, Farshid Sefat, and Anthony Atala, Elsevier, 2019, 93-108.
12. Sunaina Indermun, Mershen Govender, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara, and Viness Pillay,
Current and combinative curcumin therapeutics for treating spinal cord injury, In: Curcumin Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders, Edited by Tahira Farooqui and Akhlaq Farooqui, Elsevier, 2019, 419-435.
13. Samson A. Adeyemi, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara, and Viness Pillay, Stealth Properties of
Nanoparticles against Cancer: Surface Modification of NPs for Passive Targeting to Human Cancer Tissue in Zebra Fish Embryos, In: Surface Modification of Nanoparticles for Targeted Drug Delivery, Edited by Yashwant V Pathak, Springer, 2019, pp. 99-124.
14. Sunaina Indermun, Mershen Govender, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara and Viness Pillay,
Polymers in Soft Tissue Cartilage Engineering. In: Encyclopedia of Polymer Applications, Edited by Dr. Munmaya Mishra, CRC Press (Taylor & Francis), 2019, pp. 2704-2708.
15. Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit, Priyamvada Pradeep, Yahya E. Choonara, Viness Pillay,
Nanoengineered biomaterials for vascular tissue engineering, In: Nanoengineered Biomaterials for Regenerative Medicine, Edited by David Kaplan, Jayakumar Rajadas, Masoud Mozafari, Elsevier, Micro and Nano Technologies, 2019, pp. 125-144.
16. Pradeep Kumar, Priyamvada Pradeep, Sunaina Indermun, Mershen Govender, Yahya E. Choonara,
Viness Pillay, Physicochemical Basic Principles for Solid Dosage Forms, Handbook of Space Pharmaceuticals, Edited by: Yashwant Pathak, Marlise Araújo dos Santos and Luis Zea, Springer, 2018, pp.1-19 (https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50909-9_13-1).
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17. Ravindra V. Badhe, Dharmesh R. Chejara, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara and Viness Pillay,
Neurodegenerative disease conditions and genomic treatment for better health, In: Genomics‐Driven Healthcare: Trends in Disease Prevention and Treatment, Edited by Dr. Yashwant Pathak, Springer, 2018, pp. 281-310.
18. Dharmesh R Chejara, Ravindra V Badhe, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E Choonara, Lomas K Tomar,
Charu Tyagi and Viness Pillay, Rethinking drug discovery and targeting after the genomic revolution, In: Genomics‐Driven Healthcare: Trends in Disease Prevention and Treatment, Edited by Dr. Yashwant Pathak, Springer, 2018, pp. 1-17.
19. Priyamvada Pradeep, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara, Viness Pillay, Integrated Polymer
Composites for Electro-Responsive Drug Delivery, In: Stimuli-Responsive and Triggered Drug Delivery Systems, Edited by Mansoor Amiji and Amit Singh, RSC Press, 192-208.
20. Sunaina Indermun, Mershen Govender, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara and Viness Pillay,
Stimuli-Responsive Polymers as Smart Drug Delivery Systems: Classifications Based On Carrier Type and Triggered Release Mechanism, In: Stimuli Responsive Polymeric Nanocarriers for Drug Delivery Applications, Volume 1 Types and Triggers, Edited by Abdel Salam Hamdy Makhlouf and Nedal Y. Abu-Thabit, Elsevier, Woodhead Publishing Series in Biomaterials, 2018, pp. 43-58.
21. Pierre P.D. Kondiah, Yahya E. Choonara, Pariksha J. Kondiah, Thashree Marimuthu, Pradeep
Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit, Girish Modi, and Viness Pillay, Nanocomposites for Therapeutic Application in Multiple Sclerosis, In: Applications of Nanocomposite Materials in Drug Delivery, Edited by Inamuddin Inamuddin, Abdullah Mohamed Asiri, Ali Mohammad, Elsevier, 2018, pp. 391-408.
22. Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara, Viness Pillay. Thermo-intelligent Injectable Implants - Intricate
Mechanisms and Therapeutic Applications. In: Polymer Gels. Edited by Vijay Thakur. Springer (Singapore), 2018, pp. 341-359.
23. Lisa C. du Toit, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara, Viness Pillay. Use of nanostructured materials
in hard tissue engineering. In: Nanobiomaterials. Edited by Roger Narayan. Elsevier Ltd., 2018, pp. 257–295.
24. Transbarrier trafficking of nanoparticles: perspectives for cancer therapeutics. In: Biomedical
Application of Nanoparticles. Lisa C. du Toit, Priyamvada Pradeep, Thashree Marimuthu, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar and Viness Pillay. Editor: Bertrand Rihn, Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, USA, 2017, pp. 237-276.
25. Mershen Govender, Miles C. Braithwaite, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara, Viness Pillay.
Biopolymeric Archetypes for the Oral Delivery of Nutraceuticals. New Polymers for Encapsulation of Nutraceutical Compounds, First Edition. Edited by Jorge Carlos Ruiz Ruiz and Maira Rubi Segura Campos. Wiley Blackwell, 2017, pages 231-249.
26. Lisa C. du Toit, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Viness Pillay. Electroactive Polymers and
Coatings. In: Industrial Applications for Intelligent Polymers and Coatings. Edited by Majid Hosseini. Springer International Publishing, 2016, pages 51-89. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-26893-4_3.
27. Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara, Girish Modi, Viness Pillay. Bioactive polymer nanocomposites
for spinal cord tissue engineering. In: Nanocomposites for Musculoskeletal Tissue Regeneration. Edited by Huinan Liu. Elsevier Ltd., 2016, pages 143–159. doi:10.1016/B978-1-78242-452-9.00006-6.
28. Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara, Viness Pillay. Formulation Approaches for the Oral Delivery of
Vaccines: Concepts and Prospects. In: Advances and challenges in oral delivery of macromolecules.
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Edited by Greg Russell-Jones. Future Science Group. February 2016, Pages 66-87. doi: 10.4155/fseb2013.13.112.
29. Pradeep Kumar, Girish Modi, Yahya E. Choonara, Viness Pillay. Nano(neuro)medicinal Interventions
for Neurodegenerative Disorders: Concurrent Challenges and Strategic Solutions. In: Recent Advances in Novel Drug Carrier Systems. Editor: Jose L. Arias. CRC Press. March 2016. Pages 284–323. DOI: 10.1201/b19976-13.
30. Inderbir Singh and Pradeep Kumar. Gums and Mucilages Based Mucoadhesive Biopolymers. In:
Unfolding the Biopolymer Landscape. Edited by Viness Pillay and Yahya E. Choonara, Bentham Science Publishers, Vol. 2, 2016, pages 54-75.
31. Lisa C. du Toit, Thashree Marimuthu, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara, Viness Pillay. Customized
shape memory biopolymers, In: Unfolding the Biopolymer Landscape. Edited by Viness Pillay and Yahya E. Choonara, Bentham Science Publishers, Frontiers in Biomaterials, Vol. 2, 2016, 92-123.
32. Olufemi D. Akilo, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit, Viness Pillay. Nose-to-Brain
Neurotherapeutic Interventions. In: Advances in Neurotherapeutic Delivery Technologies. Edited by Viness Pillay and Yahya E. Choonara, OMICS Group eBooks, 2015, pp.80-107.
33. Viness Pillay, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E Choonara. Integrated Biomaterial Composites for
Accelerated Wound Healing. In: Biomaterials in Regenerative Medicine and the Immune System. Edited by Laura Santambrogio. Springer International Publishing Switzerland, 2015, chapter 12, pages 209-223.
34. Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara and Viness Pillay. Prolamine-based matrices for biomedical
applications, In: Handbook of Polymers for Pharmaceutical Technologies: Bioactive and Compatible Synthetic/Hybrid Polymers (Volume 4), Edited by Vijay Kumar Thakur, Manju Kumari Thakur, 12/2015: chapter Prolamine-Based Matrices for Biomedical Applications: pages 203-229; Wiley-Scrivener.
35. Viness Pillay, Pradeep Kumar, Valence M.K. Ndesendo, Yahya E. Choonara, Lisa C. du Toit. Dosage
Forms for Microbicides Formulation: Advantages and Pitfalls. In: Drug Delivery and Development of Anti-HIV Microbicides. Editor: José das Neves and Bruno Sarmento. Pan Stanford Publishing Pte. 2014. Pages 193–219. DOI: 10.1201/b17559-7
36. Viness Pillay, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara. Cutting-edge techniques for molecular imaging
with relevance to therapeutic delivery methods. In: Therapeutic delivery methods: concise overview of emerging areas. Editor: Professor Beom-Jin Lee. Future Science Group. Nov 2013, Pages 126-144.
37. Viness Pillay, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara, Girish Modi, Dinesh Naidoo, Lisa C. du Toit.
Processing and Templating of Bioactive-loaded Polymeric Neural Architectures: Challenges and Innovative Strategies. In: Nanotechnology and Drug Delivery. Editor: Ali Demir Sezer. InTech - Open Access Publisher, 2012. ISBN Number 979-953-307-1092-8. DOI: 10.5772/51256.
38. Viness Pillay, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit, Valence M.K. Ndesendo.
Legislative measures for in vitro/in vivo correlations and pharmacokinetic modelling. In: Patenting nanomedicines. Eliana B. Souto: Editor. Published by Springer. 2012, pp. 49-96. ISBN: 978-3-642-29264-4.
39. Viness Pillay, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara, Lisa C. du Toit, Crosslinked-Alginates for
Modified Drug Delivery Applications: A molecular mechanistic revisit. In: Alginates: Production, Types and Applications. Editors: Manuel E. Molina and Andres J. Quiroga. Nova Science Publishers, Inc. 2012, pp. 123-150. ISBN: 978-1-61942-546-0.
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PATENTS GRANTED (22)
Patent Family Inventors (order may vary as per jurisdiction)
Jurisdiction (date granted, reverse chronological order)
Rapidly dissolving pharmaceutical composition (Applicant: Wits University)
Pradeep Kumar, V. Pillay, Y.E. Choonara
India IP317965 (Aug 2019) Europe EP2895147B1 (Jun 2019) China CN104797239B (Sep 2018) USA US9284341B2 (Mar 2016) RSA ZA201502355B (Jan 2016)
Resorbable wound dressing (Applicant: Wits University)
V. Pillay, Y.E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, L.C. du Toit, N. Mayet
China CN107106720B (Jun 2020) Japan JP6506311B2 (Apr 2019) Europe EP3151872B1 (Dec 2018) USA US10080816B2 (Oct 2018)
Biodegradable implant (Peripheral nerve injury) (Applicant: Wits University)
V. Pillay, Y.E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, L.C. du Toit, P. Ramburrun
China CN108463256B (April 2021) Europe EP3344301B1 (Sep 2020) RSA ZA201801497B (Sep 2020) USA US10478527B2 (Nov 2019)
Dosage form for the delivery of a peptide and/or protein (Applicant: Wits University)
V. Pillay, L.C. du Toit, Y.E. Choonara, B.F. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, P.P.D. Kondiah
USA US10973766B2 (April 2021) Europe EP3313379B1 (Feb 2020) RSA ZA201800470B (Dec 2020)
Pharmaceutical dosage form (Applicant: Wits University)
V. Pillay, Y.E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, F. Mashingaidze
USA US9439863B2 (Sep 2016) Africa (ARIPO) AP3803A (Aug 2016) China CN104203219B (Mar 2016) RSA ZA201405797B (Aug 2015)
Pharmaceutical composition (Applicant: Wits University)
N. Chirwa, V. Pillay, Y.E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, L.C. du Toit
USA US9220773B2 (Dec 2015) RSA ZA201304633B (Mar 2014)
PROVISIONAL PATENTS UNDER EXAMINATION 1. Fibrous wound dressing, Pradeep Kumar, S. Kumar, P. Kamboj, V. Kumar (Indian provisional patent
application TEMP/E-1/18674/2021-DEL). Applicants: Vipan Kumar and Pradeep Kumar. 2. Process for preparing thiolated gum ghatti for use as mucoadhesive excipient, V. Puri, A. Sharma,
Pradeep Kumar, I. Singh, Huanbatta, K (Indian full patent Application 202111016099). Start-up: Chitkara Innovation Incubator Foundation (CIIF).
3. Pharmaceutical composition, Pradeep Kumar, V. Pillay, Y.E. Choonara, G. Modi, (PCT/IB2018/060345) 4. A Thermoresponsive Hydrogel, Y.E. Choonara, P.P.D. Kondiah, P.J. Kondiah, Pradeep Kumar, L.C. du
Toit, T. Marimuthu, V. Pillay (PCT/IB2018/050601). 5. Polyelectrolyte complex-based oral delivery system, V. Pillay, L.C. du Toit, Y.E. Choonara, M.
Siyawamwaya, Pradeep Kumar (PCT/IB2016/055196). 6. Oral dosage form, F.G. Hoosain, L.C. du Toit, Pradeep Kumar, Y.E. Choonara, V. Pillay
(PCT/IB2015/054270). 7. pH responsive oral polymeric pharmaceutical dosage form, P.P.D. Kondiah, V. Pillay, Y.E. Choonara,
G. Modi, Pradeep Kumar, L.C. du Toit, L.K. Tomar, C. Tyagi (PCT/IB2014/063336). 8. Polymeric hydrogel pharmaceutical compositions with on-demand release, Pradeep Kumar,
S. Indermun, L.C. du Toit, Y.E. Choonara, V. Pillay (PCT/IB2014/061890). 9. Pharmaceutical dosage form, V. Pillay, Y.E. Choonara, L.C. du Toit, Pradeep Kumar, A.R. Hibbins
(PCT/IB2013/061366).
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INVITED Lectures 1. Chair: South African Young Academy of Science (SAYAS) Webinar: Bridging the Gap between
Science and Policy – make your research count, hosted by the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) with Dr Anthony Ajayi and Bendon van Niekerk as the resource persons.
2. Resource person and invited speaker (Materials Science Principles Applied in Pharmaceutical Research): International E-Faculty Development Program on the theme “Importance of Multidisciplinary Sciences in Pharmaceutical Education & Research” from 16th - 21st August 2021, at Chitkara University, Himachal Pradesh, India.
3. Presenter (ICT Strategies for Evaluating Teaching Effectiveness) and Panellist: AICTE Sponsored Online One week short-term training program (STTP) -Series III on “Pedagogy for effective use of ICT in Pharmacy” from 21th June to 26th June 2021.
4. Presenter (Continuous Evaluation of Your Teaching using Simple ICT Tools) and Panellist: AICTE Sponsored Online One week short-term training program (STTP) -Series II on “Pedagogy for effective use of ICT in Pharmacy” from 14th June to 19th June 2021.
5. Presenter (ICT Toolkits for Evaluating your Teaching) and Panellist: AICTE Sponsored Online One week short-term training program (STTP) -Series I on “Pedagogy for effective use of ICT in Pharmacy” from 7th June to 12th June 2021.
6. Moderator and Panellist: JSPG/GYA Science Policy Memo Writing Workshop, May 29-30, 2021: The Journal of Science Policy & Governance (JSPG) and the Global Young Academy (GYA) Science Advice Working Group co-hosted a science policy memo writing workshop addressing the topics of the 2021 GYA Annual General Conference “Trust in Science.” This workshop aimed to equip students and early career scholars with skills needed to write effective and impactful policy memos.
7. Mentor and Panellist: GYA New Member Science Leadership Workshop, May 2021. 8. Presenter and Panellist: Joint CBBR-WADDP Half-Day Webinar on “Nanotechnology in Health in the
Southern African Region Partnerships and Possibilities” hosted by United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and African Materials Research Society (UNECA/AMRS): 21st April, 2021.
9. Invited Lecture: Biomaterial Archetypes for Neurotrauma Intervention: Moving Forward with Drug-Free Approaches at 4th Virtual International Conference of Bangladesh Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Society (Bangabandhu StemCon 2020) Theme: Stem cell Therapy – For Today and Tomorrow: 26th December, 2020.
10. Invited Lecture: Online Teaching Evaluation/Feedback using Google Forms and QR Codes at All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) Sponsored Two Weeks Online Faculty Development Program (FDP) on “Exploration of Nascent Pedagogical Tools for Updating Teachers of Pharmacy Education” organised by Lloyd Institute of Management and Technology (Pharm.), Noida, India: 07th-19th December, 2020.
11. Invited Lecture: Exploiting Biodiversity for Producing Biomedical Materials: Putting Life Back into Life and panellist at RUSA Sponsored Two Days Interdisciplinary International Conference on “Sustainable Development Goals-Vision 2030: Embedded in Science, Technology & Peoples Participation.” Organised by University of Mumbai, India: 18th/19th December, 2020.
12. Invited speaker (sole presenter) at a webinar “Carbohydrate Polymers for Biomedical Applications” organised by GJUS&T, Hisar, India (Host: Prof Munish Ahuja): 21st July, 2020.
13. Invited panellist and presenter at the IIMT COVID-19 Computer Aided Drug Design Workshop: 05th May, 2020.
14. Invited Lecture: In silico interpretation of the performance of biopolymeric assemblies for biomedical applications: Quantification of molecular attributes via static lattice atomistic simulations, organised by American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS)- National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) Student Chapter at NIPER-Mohali, SAS Nagar, Panjab, India, 08th January, 2020.
15. Invited Lecture: Mechanistic interpretation of the performance of biopolymeric assemblies for biomedical applications: Quantification of molecular attributes via static lattice atomistic simulations, 13th Lecture in Eureka Lecture Series, at Department of Chemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 20th December, 2019.
16. Invited Lecture: Polymer-based nanoparticles for advanced drug delivery: experimental studies and molecular modelling, under the BRICS Multilateral Joint Science and Technology Research
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Collaboration at Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, 26th November, 2019.
17. Invited Lecture: Biomimicking, Biomaterial Archetypes for Functional NeuroRegeneration and NeuroTrauma Intervention, at the information session on the 70th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting (Interdisciplinary) organised by the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) at University of the Western Cape (UWC), Cape Town, South Africa, 25th September, 2019
18. Invited PG Interaction: Lipids and surfactants based colloidal drug delivery systems for enhanced dispersibility and absorption of APIs, at the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 20-21 August, 2019.
19. Invited Seminar Series: In silico interpretation of the performance of biopolymeric assemblies for biomedical applications: Quantification of energy surfaces and molecular attributes via atomistic simulations, at iMed.ULisboa - Instituto de Investigação do Medicamento - The Research Institute for Medicines of University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, 25th July, 2019.
20. Invited Presentation: Development of bioengineered 3D platforms: A biomimetic ovarian cancer model to quantitate the efficacy of drug loaded-targeted-nanoarchetypes, at the inaugural Advanced Cell Culture Collaborative Meeting (ACCCM), Cape Town, South Africa, 27–28 May 2019.
21. Invited Lecture: Biomaterial Archetypes for Neuro-ECM Mimicking and NeuroTrauma Interventions, Wits’ School of Physiology Expert Seminar Series, Physiology Seminar Room, Wits Medical School, 19th March, 2019, Johannesburg, South Africa.
22. Invited Lecture: Processing and Templating of 3D Printed Polymeric Architectures: Challenges and Solutions, at International Conference and Exhibition on Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology 2018 (PST 2018), Bangkok, Thailand, 24-25 January, 2018.
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
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1. Mumuni Sumaila, Thashree marimuthu, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara, 2021,
Lipopolysaccharide nanosystems for the enhancement of oral bioavailability, AAPS PharmSciTech, accepted for publication.
2. Kalpana Nagpal, Dhirender Singh, Amit Bhatia, Pradeep Kumar, 2021, Getting into the brain: Are
we IN yet or just knocking AT the door? Critical Reviews in Therapeutic Drug Carrier Systems, accepted for publication.
3. Onyinye J. Uwaezuoke, Pradeep Kumar, Viness Pillay, and Yahya E. Choonara, 2021, Fouling in ocular devices: implications for drug delivery, bioactive surface immobilization, and biomaterial design, Drug Delivery and Translational Research, in press, doi: 10.1007/s13346-020-00879-1.
4. Harsheen Kaur, Sandip Ghosh, Pradeep Kumar, Biswarup Basu, Kalpana Nagpal, 2021, Ellagic Acid-Loaded, Tween 80-Coated, Chitosan Nanoparticles as a promising therapeutic approach against Breast Cancer: In-vitro and In-vivo study, Life Sciences, 284, 119927.
5. Tayo A. Adekiya, Pradeep Kumar, Pierre P.D. Kondiah, Viness Pillay, Yahya E. Choonara, 2021, Synthesis and therapeutic delivery approaches for praziquantel: a patent review (2010-present), Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents, 31(9), 851-865.
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6. Patrick P. Komane, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara, 2021, Atrial Natriuretic Peptide Antibody-functionalised, PEGylated Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes for Targeted Ischemic Stroke Intervention, Pharmaceutics, 13(9), 1357.
7. Kate Da Silva, Pradeep Kumar, Sandy van Vuuren, Viness Pillay, Yahya E. Choonara, 2021, Three dimensional printability of an ECM-based Gelatin Methacryloyl (GelMA) biomaterial for potential neuroregeneration, ACS Omega, 6, 21368−21383.
8. Cuthbert Kibungu, Pierre P.D. Kondiah, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara, 2021, Recent advances in chitosan and alginate-based hydrogels for wound healing application, Frontiers in Materials 8:681960. doi: 10.3389/fmats.2021.681960.
9. Robin Fears, Hidenori Akutsu, Lara T. Alentajan-Aleta, Andrés Caicedo, Antonio C.C. de Carvalho, Miodrag Čolić, Jillian Cornish, Giulio Cossu, Patrice Debré, Geoffrey Dierckxsens, Nagwa El-Badri, George Griffin, Patrick Chingo-Ho Hsieh, Maneesha S. Inamdar, Pradeep Kumar, Consuelo M. M. Abraham, Romaldas Maciulaitis, Mamun Al Mahtab, Fergal J. O’Brien, Michael S. Pepper, Volker ter Meulen, 2021, Inclusivity and diversity: integrating international perspectives on stem cell challenges and potential, Stem Cell Reports, 16, 1847–1852, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stemcr.2021.07.003.
10. Sipho Mdanda, Philemon Ubanako, Pierre P.D. Kondiah, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara, 2021, Recent advances in microneedle platforms for transdermal drug delivery technologies, Polymers 2021, 13(15), 2405.
11. Vivek Puri, Ameya Sharma, Pradeep Kumar, Inderbir Singh, Kampanart Huanbutta, 2021, Synthesis and characterization of thiolated gum ghatti as a novel excipient: Development of compression coated mucoadhesive tablets of domperidone, ACS Omega, 6, 24, 15844–15854.
12. Satyajit Datir, Dinesh Kumar, Pradeep Kumar, Sanyog Jain, Arvind K Bansal, Nallamothu Bhargavi,
Samarth Thakore and Mrudula H. Bele, 2021, Study of different crystal habits of aprepitant: dissolution and material attributes, Applied Sciences, 11, 5604.
13. Johnel Giliomee, Lisa C du Toit, Pradeep Kumar, Bert Klumperman, Yahya E Choonara, 2021, Evaluation of composition effects on the physicochemical and biological properties of polypeptide-based hydrogels for potential application in wound healing, Polymers, 13, 1828.
14. Featured article and Cover Page: Keagan Pokpas, Sershen Naidoo, Pradeep Kumar, Jerome Amir Singh, 2021, Vaccine hesitancy: The role of the medical fraternity in debunking vaccine myths, SAMA Insider, 2021(6), 8-9.
15. Pradeep Kumar, 2021, The three dimensions of human vulnerability to COVID-19, GYA Connections, 9, 6-7 (https://doi.org/10.26164/GYA_00295).
16. Lara G Freidus, Pradeep Kumar, Thashree Marimuthu, Priyamvada Pradeep and Yahya E.
Choonara, 2021, Theranostic mesoporous silica nanoparticles loaded with a curcumin-naphthoquinone conjugate for potential cancer intervention, Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 8:670792.
17. Ana Henriques Mota, Inês Prazeres, Henrique Mestre, Andreia Silva,
Maria João Rodrigues, Noélia Duarte, Ana Teresa Serra, Maria Rosário Bronze, Patrícia Rijo, Maria Manuela Gaspar, Ana Viana, Lia Ascensão, Pedro Pinto, Pradeep Kumar, António José Almeida, Catarina Pinto Reis, 2021, A newfangled collagenase inhibitor topical formulation based on ethosomes with Sambucus nigra L. extract, Pharmaceuticals, 14, 467.
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18. Ameya Sharma, Vivek Puri, Pradeep Kumar, Inderbir Singh, Kampanart Huanbutta, 2021, Development and Evaluation of Rifampicin Loaded Alginate–Gelatin Biocomposite Microfibers, Polymers, 13(9), 1514.
19. Pakama Mahlumba, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit, Madan S. Poka, Philemon Ubanako, Yahya E. Choonara, 2021, Fabrication and Characterisation of a Photo-Responsive, Injectable Nanosystem for Sustained Delivery of Macromolecules, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22, 3359.
20. Thashree Marimuthu, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara, 2021, Visible light-curable water-
soluble chitosan derivative, chitosan hydrogel, and preparation method therefor: a patent evaluation of US2019202998A1, Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents, 35(6), 351-360.
21. Keshav Raj Paudel, Ridhima Wadhwa, Xin Nee Tew, Natalie Jia Xin Lau, Thiagarajan Madheswaran, Jithendra Panneerselvam, Farrukh Zeeshan, Pradeep Kumar, Gaurav Gupta, Krishnan Anand, Sachin K Singh, Niraj Kumar Jha, Ronan MacLoughlin, Nicole G. Hansbro, Gang Liu, Shakti D. Shukla, Meenu Mehta, Philip M Hansbro, Dinesh Kumar Chellappan, Kamal Dua, 2021, Rutin loaded liquid crystalline nanoparticles inhibit non-small cell lung cancer proliferation and migration in vitro, Life Sciences, 276, 119436.
22. Pradeep Kumar, Viness Pillay, Yahya E. Choonara, 2021, Macroporous chitosan/methoxypoly
(ethylene glycol) based cryosponges with unique morphology for tissue engineering applications. Scientific Reports 11, 3104. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-82484-x.
23. Yinghan Chan, Sin W. Ng, Dinesh K. Chellappan, Thiagarajan Madheswaran, Farrukh Zeeshan,
Pradeep Kumar, Viness Pillay, Gaurav Gupta, Ridhima Wadhwa, Meenu Mehta, Peter Wark, Alan Hsu, Nicole G Hansbro, Philip Michael Hansbro, Kamal Dua, Jithendra Panneerselvam, 2021, Celastrol-loaded liquid crystalline nanoparticles as an anti-inflammatory intervention for the treatment of asthma, International Journal of Polymeric Materials and Polymeric Biomaterials, 70:11, 754-763.
24. Jyoti Mundlia, Munish Ahuja, Pradeep Kumar, 2021, Enhanced biological activity of polyphenols on
conjugation with gellan gum, International Journal of Polymeric Materials and Polymeric Biomaterials, 70(10), 712-729.
25. Vikas Sharma, Mohit Gupta, Pradeep Kumar, Atul Sharma, 2021, A comprehensive review on fused
heterocycles as DNA intercalators: Promising anticancer agents, Current Pharmaceutical Design, 27(1), 15-42.
26. Sarah M Kola, Yahya E Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Pierre P D Kondiah, Viness Pillay, 2021,
Platelet inspired therapeutics: Current status, limitations, clinical implications, and future potential, Drug Delivery and Translational Research, 11, 24–48.
27. K. Ngece, B.A. Aderibigbe, D. T. Ndinteh, Y. T. Fonkui, P. Kumar, 2021, Alginate-gum acacia based
sponges as potential wound dressings for exuding and bleeding wounds, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 172, 350–359.
28. Ameya Sharma, Vivek Puri, Pradeep Kumar, Inderbir Singh, 2021, Rifampicin-Loaded Alginate-
Gelatin Fibers Incorporated within Transdermal Films as a Fiber-in-Film System for Wound Healing Applications, Membranes 2021, 11, 7.
29. Rakesh K Sindhu, Annima Goyal, Jaya Das, Neha, Sangay Choden, Pradeep Kumar, 2021,
Immunomodulatory Potential of Polysaccharides Derived from Plants and Microbes: A Narrative Review, Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies and Applications, 2, 100044.
30. Rakesh K Sindhu, Harnoor Kaur, Moksha Sofat, Manish Kumar, Erven Algın Yapar, Pradeep Kumar,
Zakieh Keshavarz, 2021, Ameliorating Approach of Nanorobotics in Novel Drug Delivery Systems: A Mechanistic Review, Journal of Drug Targeting, 29:8, 822-833.
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31. Loveleen Kaur, Ajay Thakur, Pradeep Kumar, Inderbir Singh, 2021, Synthesis and characterization
of Chitosan‐Catechol conjugates: Development and in vitro, in silico and in vivo evaluation of mucoadhesive pellets of lafutidine, Journal of Bioactive and Compatible Polymers, 36(2), 139-151.
32. Ana Henriques Mota, Noélia Duarte, Ana Teresa Serra, António Ferreira, Maria Rosário Bronze,
Luísa Custódio, Maria Manuela Gaspar, Sandra Simões, Patricia Rijo, Lia Ascensão, Pedro Faísca, Ana Viana, Rui Pinto, Pradeep Kumar, António J. Almeida, Catarina Pinto Reis, 2020, Further evidence of therapeutic uses of Sambucus nigra L. as a topical nanoproduct: in vitro and in vivo anti-inflammatory assessment, Pharmaceutics 2020, 12(12), 1181.
33. Wong Jin-Ying, Ng Zhao Yin, Meenu Mehta, Shakti D Shukla, Jithendra Panneerselvam, Thiagarajan Madheswaran, Gaurav Gupta, Poonam Negi, Pradeep Kumar, Viness Pillay, Nicole G Hansbro, Mary Bebawy, Peter Wark, Alan Hsu, Philip Michael Hansbro, Kamal Dua, Dinesh Kumar Chellappan, 2020, Curcumin-loaded niosomes downregulate mRNA expression of pro-inflammatory markers involved in asthma: an in vitro study, Nanomedicine, 15(30), 2955–2970.
34. Ameya Sharma, Vivek Puri, Pradeep Kumar, Inderbir Singh, 2020, Biopolymeric, Nanopatterned, Fibrous Carriers for Wound Healing Applications. Current Pharmaceutical Design, 26, 4894-4908.
35. Ameya Sharma, Anjali Mittal, Vivek Puri, Pradeep Kumar, Inderbir Singh, 2020, Curcumin‐loaded,
alginate–gelatin composite fibers for wound healing applications, 3 Biotech, 10, 464. 36. Lara G. Freidus, Pradeep Kumar, Thashree Marimuthu, Priyamvada Pradeep, Viness Pillay, Yahya
E. Choonara, 2020, Synthesis and Properties of CurNQ for the Theranostic Application in Ovarian Cancer Intervention. Molecules 25, 19, 4471.
37. Gillian D. Mahumane, Pradeep Kumar, Viness Pillay, Yahya E. Choonara, 2020, Repositioning N-
Acetylcysteine (NAC): NAC-Loaded Electrospun Drug Delivery Scaffolding for Potential Neural Tissue Engineering Application. Pharmaceutics, 12, 934.
38. Pradeep Kumar, 2020, Co-aerosolized Pulmonary Surfactant and Ambroxol for COVID-19 ARDS
Intervention: What are we waiting for? Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology (Section: Biomaterials), 8, 577172. DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.577172.
39. Tanweer Haider, Vikas Pandey, Chittaranjan Behera, Pradeep Kumar, Prem N.Gupta, Vandana
Soni, 2020, Spectrin conjugated PLGA nanoparticles for potential membrane phospholipid interactions: Development, optimization and in vitro studies, Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, 60, 102087. DOI: 10.1016/j.jddst.2020.102087
40. Vivek Puri, Ameya Sharma, Pradeep Kumar, and Inderbir Singh, 2020, Thiolation of Biopolymers
for Developing Drug Delivery Systems with Enhanced Mechanical and Mucoadhesive Properties: A Review, Polymers, 12, 1803. DOI: 10.3390/polym12081803.
41. B. Buyana, B.A. Aderibigbe, D.T. Ndinteh, T.Y. Fonkui, P. Kumar, 2020, Alginate-pluronic topical
gels loaded with thymol, norfloxacin and ZnO nanoparticles as potential wound dressings, Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, 60 (2020) 101960. DOI: 10.1016/j.jddst.2020.101960.
42. Vladimir P Berishvili, Alexander N Kuimov, Andrew E Voronkov, Eugene V Radchenko, Pradeep
Kumar, Yahya E Choonara, Viness Pillay, Ahmed Kamal, Vladimir A Palyulin, 2020, Discovery of novel tankyrase inhibitors through molecular docking-based virtual screening and molecular dynamics simulation studies, Molecules, 25, 14: 3171
43. Abdul H. Musalli, Priyanka D. Talukdar, Partha Roy, Pradeep Kumar, Tin W. Wong, 2020, Folate-
induced nanostructural changes of oligochitosan nanoparticles and their fate of cellular internalization by melanoma. Carbohydrate Polymers, 244, 116488.
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44. Mariana Amaral, Ana S. Martins, José Catarino, Pedro Faísca, Pradeep Kumar, João F. Pinto, Rui
Pint, Isabel Correia, Lia Ascensão , Ricardo A. Afonso, M. Manuela Gaspar, Adília J. Charmier, Isabel V. Figueiredo, Catarina P. Reis. 2020, How Can Biomolecules Improve Mucoadhesion of Oral Insulin? A Comprehensive Insight using Ex-Vivo, In Silico, and In Vivo Models. Biomolecules, 10, 675.
45. Kate Da Silva, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara, Lisa C. du Toit, Viness Pillay, 2020, 3D Printing
of Extracellular Matrix (ECM)-Mimicking Scaffolds: A Critical Review of the Current ECM Materials, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, 108(12), 2324-2350.
46. Patrick Komane, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara, Viness Pillay, 2020, Functionalized,
Vertically Super‐Aligned Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes for Potential Biomedical Applications, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 21, 2276; doi:10.3390/ijms21072276.
47. Taskeen Sarwan, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara, Viness Pillay, 2020, Hybrid Thermo-
Responsive Polymer Systems and Their Biomedical Applications, Frontiers in Materials, 7, Article ID 73.
48. Henna Cassimjee, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara, Viness Pillay, 2020, Proteosaccharide
combinations for Tissue Engineering Applications, Carbohydrate Polymers, 235, Article ID: 115932. 49. Mpumelelo Myoka, Yahya Essop Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Pierre P. D. Kondiah, and Viness
Pillay, 2020, Synthesis of cerium oxide nanoparticles using various methods: Implications for biomedical applications, Nanomaterials, 10, 242.
50. Tayo Alex Adekiya, Pierre P. D. Kondiah, Yahya Essop Choonara, Pradeep Kumar and Viness
Pillay, 2020, A Review of Nanotechnology for Targeted Anti-Schistosomal Therapy, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 8, Article 32.
51. Hillary Mndlovu, Lisa C du Toit, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara, Thashree Marimuthu, Pierre
P.D. Kondiah, Viness Pillay, 2020, Bioplatform Fabrication Approaches Affecting Chitosan-Based Interpolymer Complex Properties and Performance as Wound Dressings, Molecules, 25(1), 222.
52. Funanani Takalani, Pradeep Kumar, Pierre P. D. Kondiah, Yahya E. Choonara & Viness Pillay,
2020, Lipid–drug conjugates and associated carrier strategies for enhanced antiretroviral drug delivery, Pharmaceutical Development and Technology, 25(3), 267-280.
53. Ebrahim Patel, Priyamvada Pradeep, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara, Viness Pillay, 2020,
Oroactive dental biomaterials and their use in endodontic therapy, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials, 108B, 201–212.
54. KM de la Harpe, PPD Kondiah, T Marimuthu, LC du Toit, P Kumar, YE Choonara, V Pillay, 2020, An
advanced 3D monofilament biosuture, South African Pharmacy Journal, 87(1), 45-48. 55. David Ong Cherk Yong, Sanggetha Raja Saker, Ridhima Wadhwa, Dinesh Kumar Chellappan,
Thiagarajan Madheswaran, Jithendra Panneerselvam, Murtaza M. Tambuwala, Hamid A. Bakshi, Pradeep Kumar, Viness Pillay, Gaurav Gupta, Brian G. Oliver, Peter Wark, Alan Hsu, Philip Michael Hansbro, Kamal Dua, Farrukh Zeeshan, 2019, Preparation, characterization and in-vitro efficacy of quercetin loaded liquid crystalline nanoparticles for the treatment of asthma, Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, 54, 101297.
56. Ana Santos-Rebelo, Pradeep Kumar, Viness Pillay, Yahya E. Choonara, Carla Eleutério, Mariana
Figueira, Ana S. Viana, Lia Ascensão, Jesús Molpeceres, Patrícia Rijo, Isabel Correia, Joana Amaral, Susana Solá, Cecília M.P. Rodrigues, Maria Manuela Gaspar, Catarina Pinto Reis, 2019, Development and Mechanistic Insight into the Enhanced Cytotoxic Potential of Parvifloron D Albumin
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Nanoparticles in EGFR-Overexpressing Pancreatic Cancer Cells, Cancers, 11, 1733; doi: 10.3390/cancers11111733.
57. Hitesh Chopra, Pradeep Kumar, Inderbir Singh, 2019, Ionic liquid-based transdermal delivery of
propranolol: a patent evaluation of US2018/0169033A1, Pharmaceutical Patent Analyst, 8(5), 203-209.
58. Poornima Ramburrun, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara, Lisa C. du Toit, Viness Pillay, 2019,
Design and characterisation of PHBV-magnesium oleate directional nanofibers for neurosupport, Biomedical Materials, 14, 065015.
59. Samson A. Adeyemi, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit, Thashree Marimuthu,
Pierre P.D. Kondiah, Viness Pillay, 2019, Folate-decorated, endostatin-loaded, nanoparticles for anti-proliferative chemotherapy in esophaegeal squamous cell carcinoma, Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy 119, 109450.
60. Vladimir P. Berishvili, Valentin O. Perkin, Andrew E. Voronkov, Eugene V. Radchenko, Riyaz Syed,
Chittireddy Venkata Ramana Reddy, Viness Pillay, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara, Ahmed Kamal, Vladimir A. Palyulin, 2019, Time-Domain Analysis of Molecular Dynamics Trajectories Using Deep Neural Networks: Application to Activity Ranking of Tankyrase Inhibitors, Journal of Chemical Information and Modelling, 59, 8, 3519-3532.
61. Kalpana Nagpal, Pradeep Kumar, Anand Mohan, Sourav Thakur, 2019, Dendritic Platforms for
Therapeutic Delivery: Compositions, Characterizations and Current Status, Critical Reviews in Therapeutic Drug Carrier Systems, 36(4), 277–304.
62. Jyoti Mundlia, Munish Ahuja, Pradeep Kumar, Viness Pillay, 2019, Improved Antioxidant,
Antimicrobial and Anticancer activity of Naringenin on Conjugation with Pectin, 3BioTech, 9, 312. 63. Kate Da Silva, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara, Lisa C. du Toit, Viness Pillay, 2019, Pre-
processing of Medical Image Data for 3D Bioprinted Customised-Neural-Scaffolds, Tissue Engineering C: Methods, 25(7), 401-410.
64. Hillary Mndlovu, Lisa C. du Toit, Pradeep Kumar, Thashree Marimuthu, Pierre P.D. Kondiah, Yahya
E. Choonara, Viness Pillay, 2019, Development of a fluid-absorptive alginate-chitosan bioplatform for potential application as a wound dressing, Carbohydrate Polymers, 222, 114988.
65. Jyoti Mundlia, Munish Ahuja, Pradeep Kumar, Viness Pillay, 2019, Pectin-Curcumin Composite:
Synthesis, Molecular Modelling and Cytotoxicity, Polymer Bulletin, 76, 3153–3173. 66. Margaret Siyawamwaya, Lisa C. du Toit, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara, Pierre P.P.D.
Kondiah, Viness Pillay, 2019, 3D printed, controlled release, tritherapeutic tablet matrix for advanced anti-HIV-1 drug delivery, European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, 138, 99–110.
67. Gretta M'bitsi-Ibouily, Thashree Marimuthu, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya Choonara, Lisa du Toit,
Priyamvada Pradeep, Girish Modi, Viness Pillay, 2019, Synthesis, Characterisation and In Vitro Permeation, Dissolution and Cytotoxic Evaluation of Ruthenium(II)-Liganded Sulpiride and Amino Alcohol, Scientific Reports, 9, 4146, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-40538-1.
68. Zainul Sidat, Thashree Marimuthu, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit, Pierre P.D. Kondiah, Yahya E.
Choonara, Viness Pillay, 2019, Ionic Liquids as Potential and Synergistic Permeation Enhancers for Transdermal Drug Delivery, Pharmaceutics 2019, 11, 96; doi:10.3390/pharmaceutics11020096.
69. Sarah M. Kola, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara, Lisa C. du Toit, Viness Pillay, 2019,
Hypothesis: Can drug-loaded platelets be used as delivery vehicles for blood brain barrier penetration? Medical Hypotheses, 125, 75–78.
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70. Derusha Frank, Sunaina Indermun, Mershen Govender, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara, Lisa
C. du Toit, Viness Pillay, 2019, Antineoplastic Nano-Lipobubbles for Passively Targeted Ovarian Cancer Therapy, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 177, 160-168.
71. Mumuni Sumaila, Poornima Ramburrun, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara, Viness Pillay, 2019,
Lipopolysaccharide Polyelectrolyte Complex for Oral Delivery of an Anti-tubercular Drug, AAPS PharmSciTech, 20:107.
72. Olufemi D. Akilo, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara, Lisa C. du Toit, Priyamvada Pradeep, Girish
Modi, Viness Pillay, 2019, In Situ Thermo-co-Electroresponsive Mucogel for Controlled Release of Bioactive Agent, International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 559, 255-270.
73. Maluta Mufamadi, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa du Toit, Yahya Choonara, Prasanna Obulapuram, Girish
Modi, Dinesh Naidoo, Sunny Iyuke, Viness Pillay, 2019, Liposome-embedded, Polymeric Scaffold for Extended Delivery of Galantamine, Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, 50, 255-265.
74. Azraa Parak, Priyamvada Pradeep, Lisa du Toit, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya Choonara, Viness Pillay,
2019, Functionalizing bioinks for 3D bioprinting applications, Drug Discovery Today, 24(1), 198-205. 75. Muhammed Anwary, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit, Yahya E. Choonara, Viness Pillay, Polymeric,
2018, Injectable, Intravitreal Hydrogel Devices for Posterior Segment Applications and Interventions, Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine, and Biotechnology, 46:sup2, 1074-1081.
76. Kalpana Nagpal, Anand Mohan, Sourav Thakur, Pradeep Kumar, 2018, Dendritic platforms for
biomimicry and biotechnological applications, Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine, and Biotechnology, 46:sup1, 861-875.
77. Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E Choonara, Lisa C du Toit, Neha Singh, Viness Pillay, 2018, In Vitro and
In Silico Analyses of Nicotine Release from a Gelisphere-Loaded Compressed Polymeric Matrix for Potential Parkinson’s Disease Interventions, Pharmaceutics, 10, 233; doi:10.3390/pharmaceutics10040233.
78. Gillian Mahumane, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa du Toit, Yahya Choonara, Viness Pillay, 2018, 3D
Scaffolds for brain tissue regeneration: Architectural challenges, Biomaterials Science, 6, 2812-2837. 79. Inderbir Singh#, Pradeep Kumar#, Viness Pillay, 2018, Site-specific Delivery of Polymeric
Encapsulated Microorganisms: A Patent Evaluation of US 20170165201A1, Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents, 28(9), 703-708. # Equal contribution
80. Jonathan M. Pantshwa, Khadija Rhoda, Sarah J. Clift, Priyamvada Pradeep, Yahya E. Choonara,
Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit, Clement Penny, Viness Pillay, 2018, Chemotherapeutic Efficacy of Implantable Antineoplastic-Treatment Protocols in an Optimal Mouse Model for Human Ovarian Carcinoma Cell Targeting, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 19, 3030. doi:10.3390/ijms19103030.
81. Mostafa Mabrouk, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara, Lisa C. du Toit, Viness Pillay, 2018,
Artificial, Triple-Layered, Nanomembranous Wound Patch for Potential Diabetic Foot Ulcer Intervention, Materials, 11, 2128; doi:10.3390/ma11112128.
82. Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E Choonara, Viness Pillay, 2018, In silico analytico-mathematical
interpretation of biopolymeric assemblies: Quantification of energy surfaces and molecular attributes via atomistic simulations, Bioengineering and Translational Medicine, 3, 222–231.
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83. Zhao Yin Ng, Jin-Ying Wong, Jithendra Panneerselvam, Thiagarajan Madheswaran, Pradeep Kumar, Viness Pillay, Alan Hsu, Nicole Hansbro, Mary Bebawy, Peter Wark, Philip Hansbro, Kamal Dua, Dinesh Kumar Chellappan, 2018, Assessing the Potential of Liposomes Loaded with Curcumin as a Therapeutic Intervention in Asthma, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 172 (2018) 51–59.
84. Jolanda Richter-Johnson, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara, Lisa C. Du Toit, Viness Pillay, 2018,
Therapeutic applications and pharmacoeconomics of microneedle technology, Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research, 18:4, 359-369.
85. Mershen Govender, Sunaina Indermun, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara, Viness Pillay, 2018,
3D Printed, PVA-PAA Hydrogel loaded-2 Polycaprolactone Scaffold for the Delivery of Hydrophilic In-situ Formed Sodium Indomethacin, Materials, 11, 1006; doi:10.3390/ma11061006.
86. Patrick P. Komane, Pradeep Kumar, Thashree Marimuthu, Lisa C. du Toit, Pierre P. D. Kondiah,
Yahya E. Choonara, Viness Pillay, 2018, Dexamethasone-Loaded, PEGylated, Vertically Aligned, Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes for Potential Ischemic Stroke Intervention, Molecules, 23, 1406; doi:10.3390/molecules23061406.
87. Latavia Singh, Sunaina Indermun, Mershen Govender, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit, Yahya E.
Choonara, Viness Pillay, 2018, Drug Delivery Strategies for Antivirals Against Hepatitis B Virus, Viruses, 10, 267; doi:10.3390/v10050267.
88. Angus Hibbins, Mershen Govender, Sunaina Indermun, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit, Yahya E.
Choonara, Viness Pillay, 2018, In Vitro-In Vivo Evaluation of an Oral Ghost Drug Delivery Device for the Delivery of Salmon Calcitonin, Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 107, 1605-1614.
89. Ravindra V. Badhe, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara, Thashree Marimuthu, Lisa C. du Toit,
Divya Bijukumar, Dharmesh R. Chejara, Mostafa Mabrouk, Viness Pillay, 2018, Customized Peptide Biomaterial Synthesis via an Environment-Reliant Auto-Programmer Stigmergic Approach, Materials, 11(4), 609; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma11040609.
90. A. Zardad, M. Mabrouk, T. Marimuthu, L. C. du Toit, P. Kumar, Y.E. Choonara, P.P.D. Kondiah, R.
V. Badhe, D. R. Chejara, V. Pillay, 2018, Synthesis and biocompatibility of dual-responsive thermosonic injectable organogels based on crosslinked N-(isopropyl acrylamide) for tumour microenvironment targeting, Materials Science and Engineering C 90, 148–158.
91. Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E Choonara, Lisa C du Toit, Viness Pillay, 2018, Advances in patented
interpenetrating polymeric networks for biomedical applications, Pharmaceutical Patent Analyst, 7(3), 99–101.
92. Mduduzi N. Sithole, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit, Thashree Marimuthu, Yahya E. Choonara,
Viness Pillay, 2018, A 3D bioprinted in situ conjugated-co-fabricated scaffold for potential bone tissue engineering applications, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, 106A: 1311–1321.
93. Zamanzima Mazibuko, Sunaina Indermun, Mershen Govender, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit,
Yahya E. Choonara, Girish Modi, Dinesh Naidoo, Viness Pillay, 2018, Targeted Delivery of Amantadine-loaded Methacrylate Nanosphere-ligands for the Potential Treatment of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 21, 94-109.
94. Simphiwe Mavuso, Thashree Marimuthu, Pradeep Kumar, Pierre P.D. Kondiah, Lisa C. du Toit,
Yahya E. Choonara, Viness Pillay, 2018, In Vitro, Ex Vivo and In Vivo Evaluation of a Dual pH/Redox Responsive Nanoliposomal Sludge for Transdermal Drug Delivery, Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 107 (2018) 1028-1036.
95. Zaheeda Khan, Mershen Govender, Sunaina Indermun, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara, Lisa
C. du Toit, Leith C.R. Meyer, Viness Pillay, 2018, In vitro and in vivo evaluation of an oral Multi-
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Layered Multi-Disk Tablet for specialized chronotherapeutic drug delivery, Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, 45, 39–44.
96. Olufemi D. Akilo#, Pradeep Kumar#, Yahya E. Choonara, Priyamvada Pradeep, Lisa C. du Toit,
Viness Pillay, 2018, Hypothesis: Apo-lactoferrin-Galantamine Proteo-Alkaloid Conjugate for Alzheimer’s Disease Intervention, Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, 22(3), 1957-1963. # Equal contribution
97. Yasar Hoosen, Priyamvada Pradeep, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit, Yahya E. Choonara, Viness
Pillay, 2018, Nanotechnology and Glycosaminoglycans: Paving the Way Forward for Ovarian Cancer Intervention. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2018, 19, 731.
98. Pradeep Kumar, 2018, Future biomaterials for enhanced cell–substrate communication in spinal
cord injury intervention, Future Science OA, 4(2), FSO268. 99. Lara G. Freidus, Priyamvada Pradeep, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara, Viness Pillay, 2018,
Alternative fluorophores designed for advanced molecular imaging, Drug Discovery Today, 23(1), 115-133.
100. Mduduzi N. Sithole, Yahya E. Choonara, Lisa C. du Toit, Pradeep Kumar, Thashree Marimuthu,
Pierre P.D. Kondiah, Viness Pillay, 2018, Development of a novel polymeric nanocomposite complex for drugs with low bioavailability, AAPS PharmSciTech, 19(1), 303-314.
101. Gretta C. M’bitsi-Ibouily, Thashree Marimuthu, Pradeep Kumar ID , Lisa C. du Toit, Yahya E.
Choonara, Pierre P. D. Kondiah and Viness Pillay, 2017, Outlook on the Application of Metal-Liganded Bioactives for Stimuli-Responsive Release, Molecules 2017, 22, 2065; doi:10.3390/molecules22122065.
102. Felix Mashingaidze, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit, Vinesh Maharaj, Eckhart
Buchmann, Viness Pillay, 2017, Submicron matrices embedded in a polymeric caplet for extended intravaginal delivery of zidovudine, The AAPS Journal, 19, 6, 1745-1759.
103. Angus R. Hibbins, Pradeep Kumar ID , Yahya E. Choonara, Pierre P. D. Kondiah, Thashree
Marimuthu, Lisa C. du Toit and Viness Pillay, 2017, Design of a Versatile pH-Responsive Hydrogel for Potential Oral Delivery of Gastric-Sensitive Bioactives, Polymers 2017, 9, 474; doi:10.3390/polym9100474.
104. Chander Parkash Dora, Varun Kushwah, Sameer S. Katiyar, Pradeep Kumar, Viness Pillay,
Sarasija Suresh, Sanyog Jain, 2017, Improved oral bioavailability and therapeutic efficacy of erlotinib through molecular complexation with phospholipid, International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 534, 1–13.
105. Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara, Riaz A. Khan, Viness Pillay, 2017, The chemo-biological
outreach of nano-biomaterials: implications for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, Current Pharmaceutical Design, 23, 3538-3549.
106. Margaret Siyawamwaya, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Pierre P. D. Kondiah, Lisa C. du
Toit, Viness Pillay, 2017, Synthesis, comparison, and optimization of a humic acid-quat10 polyelectrolyte complex by complexation-precipitation versus extrusion-spheronization, AAPS PharmSciTech, 18(8):3116-3128.
107. Pierre P.D. Kondiah, Yahya E. Choonara, Lomas K. Tomar, Charu Tyagi, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C.
du Toit, Thashree Marimuthu, Girish Modi, Viness Pillay, 2017, Development of a gastric absorptive, immediate responsive, oral protein-loaded versatile polymeric delivery system, AAPS PharmSciTech, 18(7), 2479–2493.
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108. Miles C. Braithwaite, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara, Lisa C. du Toit, Lomas K. Tomar, Charu Tyagi, Viness Pillay, 2017, A novel multi-tiered experimental approach unfolding the mechanisms behind cyclodextrin-vitamin inclusion complexes for enhanced vitamin solubility and stability, International Journal of Pharmaceutics 530, 113–127.
109. Chander Parkash Dora, Varun Kushwah, Sameer S. Katiyar, Pradeep Kumar, Viness Pillay,
Sarasija Suresh, Sanyog Jain, 2017, Improved metabolic stability and therapeutic efficacy of a novel molecular gemcitabine phospholipid complex, International Journal of Pharmaceutics 530, 113–127.
110. Priyamvada Pradeep, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara, Viness Pillay, 2017, Targeted
nanotechnologies for cancer intervention: a patent review (2010-2016), Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents, 27(9), 1005-1019.
111. Dharmesh R Chejara, Mostafa Mabrouk, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E Choonara, Pierre P.D. Kondiah,
Ravindra V. Badhe, Lisa C. du Toit, Divya Bijukumar, Viness Pillay, 2017, Synthesis and Evaluation of a Sodium Alginate-4-Aminosalicylic Acid Based Microporous Hydrogel for Potential Viscosupplementation for Joint Injuries and Arthritis-Induced Conditions, Marine Drugs, 15(8), 257.
112. Deshika Reddy, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Mershen Govender, Sunaina Indermun, Lisa
C. du Toit, Leith C.R. Meyer, Viness Pillay, 2017, In vivo evaluation of an Ultra-fast Disintegrating Wafer matrix: A molecular simulation approach to the ora-mucoadhesivity, Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, 37, 123-133.
113. Jameel A.S. Mulla, Mostafa Mabrouk, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Dharmesh R. Chejara,
Lisa C. du Toit, Viness Pillay, 2017, Development of respirable rifampicin-loaded nano-lipomer composites by microemulsion-spray drying for pulmonary delivery, Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, 41, 13-19.
114. Famida G. Hoosain, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Lomas K. Tomar, Charu Tyagi, Lisa C.
du Toit, Viness Pillay, 2017, In Vivo Evaluation of a PEO-Gellan Gum Semi-Interpenetrating Polymer Network for the Oral Delivery of Sulpiride, AAPS PharmSciTech, 18(3), 654-670.
115. Jonathan Pantshwa, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit, Clement Penny, Viness
Pillay, 2017, Synthesis of novel amphiphilic poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-b-poly(aspartic acid) nanomicelles for potential targeted chemotherapy in ovarian cancer, Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, 39, 308-323.
116. Karmani Murugan, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit, Viness Pillay, 2017,
Cellular internalisation kinetics and cytotoxic properties of statistically designed and optimised neo-geometric copper nanocrystals, Materials Science and Engineering C, 78, 376–388.
117. Latavia Singh, Yahya E. Choonara, Lisa C. du Toit, Pradeep Kumar, Avirup Chakraborty, Viness
Pillay, 2017, Design, characterization and optimization of lamivudine-loaded amphiphilic HA-g-ECL nanoparticles, Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, 39, 75-87.
118. Mduduzi N. Sithole, Yahya E. Choonara, Lisa C. du Toit, Pradeep Kumar, Viness Pillay, 2017, A
review of semi-synthetic biopolymer complexes: modified polysaccharide nano-carriers for enhancement of oral drug bioavailability, Pharmaceutical Development and Technology, 22(2), 283-295.
119. Ndidi C. Ngwuluka, Yahya E. Choonara, Girish Modi, Lisa C. du Toit, Pradeep Kumar, Leith Meyer,
Tracy Snyman, Viness Pillay, 2017, Ex Vivo and In Vivo Characterization of Interpolymeric Blend/Nanoenabled Gastroretentive Levodopa Delivery Systems, Parkinson’s Disease, Article ID 7818123, doi:10.1155/2017/7818123.
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120. Nonhlanhla Masina, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit, Mershen Govender, Sunaina Indermun, Viness Pillay, 2017, A review of the chemical modification techniques of starch, Carbohydrate Polymers, 157, 1226–1236.
121. Pariksha J. Kondiah, Yahya E. Choonara, Pierre P.D. Kondiah, Pradeep Kumar, Thashree
Marimuthu, Lisa C. du Toit, Viness Pillay, 2017, Development of an injectable pseudo-bone thermo-gel for application in small bone fractures, International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 520, 39–48.
122. Pius Fasinu, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit, Divya Bijukumar, Riaz A. Khan,
Viness Pillay, 2017, Enhancement of the Oral Bioavailability of Felodipine Employing 8-Arm-Poly(Ethylene Glycol): In Vivo, In Vitro and In Silico Evaluation, AAPS PharmSciTech, 18(3), 617-628.
123. Poornima Ramburrun, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara, Lisa C. du Toit, Viness Pillay, 2017,
Design and characterization of neurodurable gellan-xanthan pH-responsive hydrogels for controlled drug delivery, Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery, 14(3), 291-306.
124. Ravindra V. Badhe, Divya Bijukumar, Dharmesh R. Chejara, Mostafa Mabrouk, Yahya E. Choonara,
Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit, Pierre P.D. Kondiah, Viness Pillay, 2017, A composite chitosan-gelatin bi-layered, biomimetic macroporous scaffold for blood vessel tissue engineering, Carbohydrate Polymers, 157, 1215–1225.
125. Ravindra V. Badhe, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara, Thashree Marimuthu, Olufemi D. Akilo,
Pierre P.D. Kondiah, Lisa C. du Toit, Viness Pillay, 2017, Induction of creep crack morphology in iron oxide microparticles: An outcome of the common-ion effect, Materials Letters, 188, 417–422.
126. Samson A. Adeyemi, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit, Viness Pillay, 2017,
Synthesis and in vitro characterization of a pH-responsive chitosanpolyethylenimine nanosystem for the delivery of therapeutic proteins, Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, 39, 266-276.
127. Samson A. Adeyemi, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit, Viness Pillay, 2017,
Design and Characterization of Endostatin-Loaded Nanoparticles for In Vitro Antiangiogenesis in Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Journal of Nanomaterials, Article ID 2539065, doi:10.1155/2017/2539065.
128. Maluta S. Mufamadi, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit, Girish Modi, Dinesh
Naidoo, Sunny E. Iyuke, Viness Pillay, 2017, Functionalized Nanolipobubbles Embedded Within a Nanocomposite Hydrogel: A Molecular Bio-imaging and Biomechanical Analysis of the System, AAPS PharmSciTech, 18(3), 671-685.
129. Sunaina Indermun, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit, Girish Modi, Regina
Luttge, Mershen Govender, Viness Pillay, 2017, In Vitro and In Vivo Evaluation of a Hydrogel-Based Microneedle Device for Transdermal Electro-Modulated Analgesia, Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 106, 1111-1116.
130. Thiresen Govender, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Divya Bijukumar, Lisa C. du Toit, Girish
Modi, Dinesh Naidoo, Viness Pillay, 2017, Implantable and transdermal polymeric drug delivery technologies for the treatment of central nervous system disorders, Pharmaceutical Development and Technology, 22(4), 476-486.
131. Inderbir Singh, Priya Rani, Pradeep Kumar, 2017, Microwave Assisted Grafting of Gums and
Extraction of Natural Materials, Mini Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry, 17(16):1573-1582. 132. Az-Zamakhshariy Zardad, Yahya E. Choonara, Lisa C. du Toit, Pradeep Kumar, Mostafa Mabrouk,
Pierre P.D. Kondiah, Viness Pillay, 2016, A Review of Thermo- and Ultrasound-Responsive
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Polymeric Systems for Delivery of Chemotherapeutic Agents, Polymers 2016, 8, 359; doi:10.3390/polym8100359.
133. Bibi F. Choonara, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit, Viness Pillay, 2016, Design
of an In Situ Crosslinked Eutectic Tablet for Enhanced Delivery of Gastro-Sensitive Proteins and Peptides, Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 105, 2086-2098.
134. Dharmesh R. Chejara, Mostafa Mabrouk, Ravindra V. Badhe, Jameel A.S. Mulla, Pradeep Kumar,
Yahya E. Choonara, Lisa C. du Toit, Viness Pillay, 2016, A bio-injectable algin-aminocaproic acid thixogel with tri-stimuliresponsiveness, Carbohydrate Polymers, 135, 324–333.
135. Divya Bijukumar, Yahya E. Choonara, Karmani Murugan, Bibi Fatima Choonara, Pradeep Kumar,
Lisa C. du Toit, Viness Pillay, 2016, Design of an Inflammation-Sensitive Polyelectrolyte-Based Topical Drug Delivery System for Arthritis, AAPS PharmSciTech, 17(5), 1075-1085.
136. Divya Bijukumar, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit, Viness Pillay, 2016, An
electro-conductive fluid as a responsive implant for the controlled stimuli-release of diclofenac sodium, Pharmaceutical Development Technology, 21(7), 875-886.
137. Felix Mashingaidze, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit, Vinesh Maharaj, Eckhart
Buchmann, Viness Pillay, Poly(ethylene glycol) enclatherated pectin-mucin submicron matrices for intravaginal anti-HIV-1 drug delivery, 2016, International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 503, 16–28.
138. Karmani Murugan, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit, Viness Pillay, 2016, Neo-
Geometric Copper Nanocrystals by Competitive, Dual Surfactant-Mediated Facet Adsorption Controlling Skin Permeation, Materials 2016, 9, 966; doi:10.3390/ma9120966.
139. Lisa C du Toit, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Viness Pillay, 2016, Polymeric networks for
controlled release of drugs: a patent review, Expert Opinion On Therapeutic Patents, 26(6), 703-717. 140. Margaret Siyawamwaya, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Pierre Kondiah, Lisa C. du Toit,
Viness Pillay, 2016, A Humic Acid-Polyquaternium-10 Stoichiometric Self-Assembled Fibrilla Polyelectrolyte Complex: Effect of pH on Synthesis, Characterization and Drug Release, International Journal of Polymeric Materials and Polymeric Biomaterials, 65(11), 550-560.
141. Martina Manyikana, Yahya E. Choonara, Lomas K. Tomar, Charu Tyagi, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C.
du Toit, Viness Pillay, 2016, A review of formulation techniques that impact the disintegration and mechanical properties of oradispersible drug delivery technologies, Pharmaceutical Development and Technology, 21(3), 354–366.
142. Mershen Govender, Yahya E Choonara, Sandy van Vuuren, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C du Toit, Viness
Pillay, 2016, Design and evaluation of an oral multiparticulate system for dual delivery of amoxicillin and Lactobacillus acidophilus, Future Microbiology, 11(9), 1133–1145.
143. Mershen Govender, Yahya E. Choonara, Sandy van Vuuren, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit,
Kennedy Erlwanger, Viness Pillay, 2016, A Dual-Biotic System for the Concurrent Delivery of Antibiotics and Probiotics: In Vitro, Ex Vivo, In Vivo and In Silico Evaluation and Correlation, Pharmaceutical Research, 33, 3057–3071.
144. Miles C. Braithwaite, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Lomas K. Tomar, Lisa C. Du Toit, Viness
Pillay, 2016, A novel bile salts–lipase polymeric film-infused minitablet system for enhanced oral delivery of cholecalciferol, Pharmaceutical Development Technology, 21(7), 832-846.
145. Mostafa Mabrouk, Yahya E. Choonara, Thashree Marimuthu, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit,
Sandy van Vuuren, Viness Pillay, 2016, Ca3(PO4)2 precipitated layering of an in situ hybridized
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PVA/Ca2O4Si nanofibrous antibacterial wound dressing, International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 507, 41–49.
146. Mostafa Mabrouk, Jameel A.S. Mulla, Pradeep Kumar, Dharmesh R. Chejara, Ravindra V. Badhe,
Yahya E. Choonara, Lisa C. du Toit, Viness Pillay, 2016, Intestinal Targeting of Ganciclovir Release Employing a Novel HEC-PAA Blended Lyomatrix, AAPS PharmSciTech, 17(5); 1120-1130.
147. Mostafa Mabrouk, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit, Viness Pillay, 2016, The
Influence of Lyophilized EmuGel Silica Microspheres on the Physicomechanical Properties, In Vitro Bioactivity and Biodegradation of a Novel Ciprofloxacin-Loaded PCL/PAA Scaffold, Polymers, 8, 232; doi:10.3390/polym8060232.
148. Olufemi D. Akilo, Yahya E. Choonara, André M. Strydom, Lisa C. du Toit, Pradeep Kumar, Girish
Modi, Viness Pillay, 2016, An in vitro evaluation of a carmustine-loaded Nano-co-Plex for potential magnetic-targeted intranasal delivery to the brain, International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 500, 196–209.
149. Pakama Mahlumba, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit, Viness Pillay, 2016,
Stimuli-Responsive Polymeric Systems for Controlled Protein and Peptide Delivery: Future Implications for Ocular Delivery, Molecules, 21, 1002; doi:10.3390/molecules21081002.
150. Pariksha J. Kondiah, Yahya E. Choonara, Pierre P. D. Kondiah, Thashree Marimuthu, Pradeep
Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit, Viness Pillay, 2016, A Review of Injectable Polymeric Hydrogel Systems for Application in Bone Tissue Engineering, Molecules, 21, 1580; doi:10.3390/molecules21111580.
151. Patrick P. Komane, Yahya E. Choonara, Lisa C. du Toit, Pradeep Kumar, Pierre P. D. Kondiah,
Girish Modi, Viness Pillay, 2016, Diagnosis and Treatment of Neurological and Ischemic Disorders Employing Carbon Nanotube Technology, Journal of Nanomaterials, Article ID 9417874, doi:10.1155/2016/9417874.
152. Priya Bawa, Priyamvada Pradeep, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara, Girish Modi, Viness Pillay,
2016, Multi-target therapeutics for neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders, Drug Discovery Today, 21(12), 1886-1914.
153. Priyamvada Pradeep, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Viness Pillay, 2016, “On-The-Spot”
Arresting of Chondroitin Sulphate Proteoglycans: Implications for Ovarian Adenocarcinoma Recognition and Intervention, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 17, 1136; doi:10.3390/ijms17071136.
154. Simphiwe Mavuso, Yahya E. Choonara, Thashree Marimuthu, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit,
Pierre P.D. Kondiah, Viness Pillay, 2016, A dual pH/Redox responsive copper-ligand nanoliposome bioactive complex for the treatment of chronic inflammation, International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 509, 348–359.
155. Yahya E. Choonara, Lisa C. Du Toit, Pradeep Kumar, Pierre P. Kondiah, Viness Pillay, 2016, 3D-
printing and the effect on medical costs: a new era? Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research, 16(1), 23-32.
156. Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Girish Modi, Viness Pillay, 2016, Improving drug delivery
technology for treating neurodegenerative diseases, Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery, 13(7), 1029-1043.
157. Zikhona Hayiyana, Yahya E. Choonara, Aubrey Makgotloe, Lisa C. du Toit, Pradeep Kumar, Viness
Pillay, 2016, Ester-Based Hydrophilic Cyclodextrin Nanosponges for Topical Ocular Drug Delivery, Current Pharmaceutical Design, 22, 6988-6997.
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158. Sheri-lee Harilall, Yahya E. Choonara, Lomas Kumar Tomar, Charu Tyagi, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C.du Toit, Girish Modi, Dinesh Naidoo, Sunny E. Iyuke, Michael P. Danckwerts, Viness Pillay, 2015, Development and in vivo evaluation of an implantable nano-enabled multipolymeric scaffold for the management of AIDS dementia complex (ADC), International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 496, 863–877.
159. Adeyemi S. Adebowale, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit and Viness Pillay,
2015, Functionalized Nanocarriers for Enhanced Bioactive Delivery to Squamous Cell Carcinomas: Targeting Approaches and Related Biopharmaceutical Aspects, Current Pharmaceutical Design, 21, 3167-3180.
160. Bibi F. Choonara, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit, Lomas K. Tomar, Charu
Tyagi, Viness Pillay, 2015, A Menthol-Based Solid Dispersion Technique for Enhanced Solubility and Dissolution of Sulfamethoxazole from an Oral Tablet Matrix, AAPS PharmSciTech, 771-786.
161. Charles Isaacson, Pride Mothobi, Martin Hale, Lomas Kumar Tomar, Charu Tyagi, Pradeep Kumar,
Yahya Essop Choonara, Mario Altini, Viness Pillay, 2015, Carcinogenic nitrosamines in traditional beer as the cause of oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma in black South Africans, South African Medical Journal, 105(8), 656-8.
162. Famida G. Hoosain, Yahya E. Choonara, Lomas K. Tomar, Pradeep Kumar, Charu Tyagi, Lisa C.
du Toit and Viness Pillay, 2015, Bypassing P-Glycoprotein Drug Efflux Mechanisms: Possible Applications In Pharmacoresistant Schizophrenia Therapy, Biomed Research International, Article ID 484963. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/484963.
163. Karmani Murugan, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Divya Bijukumar, Lisa C. du Toit, Viness
Pillay, 2015, Parameters and Characteristics Governing Cellular Internalisation and Trans-Barrier Trafficking of Nanostructures, International Journal of Nanomedicine, 10, 2191–2206.
164. Khadija Rhoda, Yahya E Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Divya Bijukumar, Lisa C du Toit, Viness Pillay,
2015, Potential nanotechnologies and molecular targets in the quest for efficient chemotherapy in ovarian cancer, Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery, 12(4), 613-634.
165. Kovanya Moodley, Yahya E Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C du Toit, Viness Pillay, 2015, In silico
mechanistic disposition and in vivo evaluation of zero-order drug release from a novel triple-layered tablet matrix, Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery, 12(5), 693-713.
166. Margaret Siyawamwaya, Yahya E. Choonara, Divya Bijukumar, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. Du Toit,
Viness Pillay, 2015, A Review: Overview of Novel Polyelectrolyte Complexes as Prospective Drug Bioavailability Enhancers, International Journal of polymeric Materials and Biomaterials, 64:18, 955-968.
167. Mershen Govender, Yahya Essop Choonara, Sandy van Vuuren, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa Claire du
Toit, Viness Pillay, 2015, A gastro-resistant ovalbumin bi-layered mini-tablet-in-tablet system for the delivery of Lactobacillus acidophilus probiotic to simulated human intestinal and colon conditions, Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 67, 939–950.
168. Mostafa Mabrouk, Dharmesh R. Chejara, Jameel A.S. Mulla, Ravindra V. Badhe, Yahya E.
Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit, Viness Pillay, 2015, Design of a novel crosslinked HEC-PAA porous hydrogel composite for dissolution rate and solubility enhancement of Efavirenz, International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 490, 429–437.
169. Mostafa Mabrouk, Divya Bijukumar, Jameel A.S. Mulla, Dharmesh R. Chejara, Ravindra V. Badhe,
Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit, Viness Pillay, 2015, Enhancement of the biomineralization and cellular adhesivity of polycaprolactone-based hollow porous microspheres via dopamine bio-activation for tissue engineering applications, Materials Letters,161, 503–507.
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170. Ndidi C. Ngwuluka, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit, Girish Modi, Viness Pillay,
2015, An optimized gastroretentive nanosystem for the delivery of levodopa, International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 494, 49–65.
171. Ndidi C. Ngwuluka, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit, Girish Modi, Viness Pillay,
2015, A Co-blended Locust Bean Gum and Polymethacrylate-NaCMC Matrix to Achieve Zero-Order Release via Hydro-Erosive Modulation, AAPS PharmSciTech, 16(6), 1377-1389.
172. Ndidi C. Ngwuluka, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit, Riaz A. Khan, Viness
Pillay, 2015, A novel pH-responsive interpolyelectrolyte hydrogel complex for the oral delivery of levodopa. I. IPEC modeling and synthesis, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, 103A, 1077–1084.
173. Ndidi C. Ngwuluka, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit, Riaz A. Khan, Viness
Pillay, 2015, A novel pH-responsive interpolyelectrolyte hydrogel complex for the oral delivery of levodopa part II: Characterization and formulation of an IPEC-based tablet matrix, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, 103A, 1085–1094.
174. Oluwatoyin A. Adeleke, Yahya E. Choonara, Lisa C. du Toit, Pradeep Kumar, Viness Pillay, 2015,
In Vitro, Ex Vivo and In Silico Mechanistic Elucidation of the Performance of an Optimized Porosity-Controlled Multi-Elemental Transbuccal System, Pharmaceutical Research, 32, 2384–2409.
175. Poornima Ramburrun, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit, Viness Pillay, 2015,
Design of chitospheres loaded with pristine polymer particles for extended drug delivery via polyelectrolyte complexation and particulate leaching, International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 479, 189–206.
176. Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara and Viness Pillay, 2015, In Silico Affinity Profiling of
Neuroactive Polyphenols for Post-Traumatic Calpain Inactivation: A Molecular Docking and Atomistic Simulation Sensitivity Analysis, Molecules, 20(1), 135-168.
177. Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara, Dinesh Naidoo, Girish Modi, Viness Pillay, 2015,
Multifunctional Therapeutic Delivery Strategies for Effective Neuro-Regeneration Following Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury, Current Pharmaceutical Design, 21, 1517-1528.
178. Raeesa M. Moosa, Yahya E. Choonara, Lisa C. du Toit, Pradeep Kumar, Lomas K. Tomar, Charu
Tyagi, Trevor R. Carmichael, Viness Pillay, 2015, In vitro pharmaceutical characterization and statistical optimization of a novel topically applied instantly-soluble solid eye drop matrix, Pharmaceutical Development and Technology, 20(7), 854–862.
179. Ravindra V. Badhe, Rabindra K. Nanda, Dharmesh R. Chejara, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep
Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit, Viness Pillay, 2015, Microwave-assisted facile synthesis of a new tri-block chitosanconjugate with improved mucoadhesion, Carbohydrate Polymers 130 (2015) 213–221.
180. Simphiwe Mavuso, Thashree Marimuthu, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit,
Viness Pillay, 2015, A Review of Polymeric Colloidal Nanogels in Transdermal Drug Delivery, Current Pharmaceutical Design, 21, 2801-2813.
181. Sunaina Indermun, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit, Girish Modi, Sandy van
Vuuren, Regina Luttge, Viness Pillay, 2015, Ex vivo evaluation of a microneedle array device for transdermal application, International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 496 (2015) 351–359.
182. Teboho Kgesa, Yahya E. Choonara, Charu Tyagi, Lomas K. Tomar, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du
Toit, Viness Pillay, 2015, Disulphide-Thiol Chemistry: A Multi-Faceted Tool for Macromolecular
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Design and Synthesis of Polyfunctional Materials for Specialized Drug Delivery, Current Drug Delivery, 12, 282-298.
183. Thiresen Govender, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit, Girish Modi, Dinesh
Naidoo, Viness Pillay, 2015, A Novel Melt-Dispersion Technique for Simplistic Preparation of Chlorpromazine-Loaded Polycaprolactone Nanocapsules, Polymers, 7, 1145-1176.
184. Valence M. K. Ndesendo, Yahya E. Choonara, Leith C. R. Meyer, Pradeep Kumar, Lomas K. Tomar,
Charu Tyagi, Lisa C. du Toit, Viness Pillay, 2015, In vivo evaluation of a mucoadhesive polymeric caplet for intravaginal anti-HIV-1 delivery and development of a molecular mechanistic model for thermochemical characterization, Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy, 41(8), 1274–1287.
185. Vipin Kumar, Pradeep Kumar, Vikas Sharma, 2015, Xenobiotic and Non-Xenobiotic Interventions in
the Microbiome Therapeutics, Current Drug Metabolism, 16(4):284-93. 186. Zamanzima Mazibuko, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. Du Toit, Girish Modi, Dinesh
Naidoo, Viness Pillay, 2015, A Review of the Potential Role of Nano-Enabled Drug Delivery Technologies in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Lessons Learned from Other Neurodegenerative Disorders, Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 104:1213–1229.
187. Bibi F. Choonara, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Divya Bijukumar, Lisa C. du Toit, Viness
Pillay, 2014, A review of advanced oral drug delivery technologies facilitating the protection and absorption of protein and peptide molecules, Biotechnology Advances, Biotechnology Advances, 32, 1269–1282.
188. Famida G. Hoosain, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Lomas K. Tomar, Charu Tyagi, Lisa C.
du Toit, and Viness Pillay, 2014, An Epichlorohydrin-Crosslinked Semi-Interpenetrating GG-PEO Network as a Xerogel Matrix for Sustained Release of Sulpiride, AAPS PharmSciTech, 15(5), 1292-1306.
189. Naeema Mayet, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Lomas K. Tomar, Charu Tyagi, Lisa C. Du
Toit, Viness Pillay, 2014, A Comprehensive Review of Advanced Biopolymeric Wound Healing Systems, Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 103, 2211–2230.
190. Poornima Ramburrun, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara, Divya Bijukumar, Lisa du Toit and
Viness Pillay, 2014, A Review of Bioactive Release From Nerve Conduits as a Neurotherapeutic Strategy for Neuronal Growth in Peripheral Nerve Injury, BioMed Research International, Article ID 132350.
191. Naeema Mayet, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara, Lomas K. Tomar, Charu Tyagi, Lisa C. du
Toit, and Viness Pillay, 2014, Synthesis of a Semi-Interpenetrating Polymer Network as a Bioactive Curcumin Film, AAPS PharmSciTech, 15 (6), 1476-1489.
192. Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara and Viness Pillay, 2014, A symbiotic glance at the complexities
of signature microbiomic interventions: Infusing balance, South African Journal of Science, 110(11/12), Art. #a0089.
193. Sunaina Indermun, Regina Luttge, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit, Girish Modi
and Viness Pillay, 2014, Current Advances in the Fabrication of Microneedles for Transdermal Delivery, Journal of Controlled Release, 185:130-138.
194. Raeesa Moosa, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit, Lomas K. Tomar, Charu
Tyagi, Trevor R. Carmichael and Viness Pillay, 2014, In vivo evaluation and of a rapidly dissolving solid ocular matrix for the topical delivery of timolol maleate in the rabbit eye model, International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 466(1-2), 296-306.
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195. Miles C. Braithwaite, Charu Tyagi, Lomas K. Tomar, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara and Viness Pillay, 2014, Nutraceutical-Based Therapeutics: Formulation Strategies Augmenting Their Efficiency to Complement Modern Medicine, Journal of Functional Foods, 6, 82-99.
196. Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara, Girish Modi and Dinesh Naidoo, Viness Pillay, 2014,
Nanoparticulate Strategies for the 5 R’s of Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury Intervention: Restriction, Repair, Regeneration, Restoration and Reorganization, Nanomedicine, 9(2), 331-348.
197. Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara, Girish Modi and Dinesh Naidoo, Viness Pillay, 2014,
Cur(Que)min: A Neuroactive Permutation of Curcumin and Quercetin for Treating Spinal Cord Injury, Medical Hypotheses, 82, 437-441.
198. Viness Pillay, Tong-Sheng Tsai, Yahya E. Choonara, Lisa C. du Toit, Pradeep Kumar, Girish Modi,
Dinesh Naidoo, Lomas K. Tomar, Charu Tyagi, Valence M.K. Ndesendo, 2014, A Review of Integrating Electroactive Polymers as Responsive Systems for Specialized Drug Delivery Applications, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research- Part A, 102(6), 2039–2054.
199. Raeesa Moosa, Yahya E. Choonara, Lisa C. du Toit, Pradeep Kumar, Trevor Carmichael, Lomas
Kumar Tomar, Charu Tyagi and Viness Pillay, 2014, Review of Topically Administered Mini-Tablets for Drug Delivery to the Anterior Segment of the Eye, Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 66(4), 490-506.
200. Lisa C. Du Toit, Trevor Carmichael, Thirumala Govender, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara and
Viness Pillay, 2014, In vitro, in vivo, and in silico evaluation of the bioresponsive behavior of an intelligent intraocular implant, Pharmaceutical Research, 31(3), 607-634.
201. Mershen Govender, Yahya Essop Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa Claire du Toit, Sandy van
Vuuren, Viness Pillay, 2014, A Review of the Advancements in Probiotic Delivery: Conventional vs. Nonconventional Formulations for Intestinal Flora Supplementation, AAPS PharmSciTech, 15(1), 29-43.
202. Sunaina Indermun, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit, Girish Modi, Regina
Luttge, Viness Pillay, 2014, An interfacially plasticized electro-responsive hydrogel for transdermal electro-activated and modulated (TEAM) drug delivery, International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 462(1-2), 52-65.
203. Sunaina Indermun, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit, Girish Modi, Regina
Luttge, Viness Pillay, 2014, Patient-Controlled Analgesia: Therapeutic Interventions Using Transdermal Electro-Activated and Electro-Modulated Drug Delivery, Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 103(2), 353–366.
204. Vandana Sharma, Vikas Sharma, Pradeep Kumar, Vipin Kumar, 2014, Pharmacophore mapping
studies on pyrazoles as anti-proliferative agents, Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 27(6):1851-5.
205. Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara, Lisa C. du Toit, and Viness Pillay, 2014, In Silico Elucidation
of the Inclusion Phenomenon and Permeation Behavior of a Zidovudine-Cyclodextrin Complex via Static Lattice Atomistic Simulation, Journal of Inclusion Phenomena and Macrocyclic Chemistry, 78(1-4), 445-455.
206. Derusha Frank, Charu Tyagi, Lomas Tomar, Yahya E. Choonara, Lisa C. du Toit, Pradeep Kumar,
Clement Penny, Viness Pillay, 2014, An Overview of the Role of Nano-Technological Innovations in the Detection and Treatment of Solid Tumors, International Journal of Nanomedicine, 9(1), 589 – 613.
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207. Charu Tyagi, Lomas K Tomar, Pradeep Kumar, Viness Pillay, Harpal Singh, 2014, Development and validation of dot-ELISA on modified cellulose filter paper: a simplified novel approach, Analytical Methods 6(18), 7374-7383.
208. Clare Dott, Charu Tyagi, Lomas K. Tomar, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit,
Viness Pillay, 2013, A Mucoadhesive Electrospun Nanofibrous Matrix for Rapid Oramucosal Drug Delivery, Journal of Nanomaterials, Article ID 924947.
209. Deanne Johnston, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit, Sandy van Vuuren, Viness
Pillay, 2013, Prolonged Delivery of Ciprofloxacin and Diclofenac Sodium from a Polymeric Fibre Device for the Treatment of Peridontal Disease, BioMed Research International, Article ID 460936.
210. Pierre P.D. Kondiah, Lomas K. Tomar, Charu Tyagi, Yahya E. Choonara, Girish Modi, Lisa C. du
Toit, Pradeep Kumar, Viness Pillay, 2013, A novel pH-sensitive interferon-β (INF-β) oral delivery system for application in multiple sclerosis, International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 456, 459– 472.
211. Ndidi Ngwuluka, Yahya Choonara, Girish Modi, Lisa du Toit, Pradeep Kumar and Viness Pillay,
2013, A Hybrid Methacrylate-Sodium Carboxymethylcellulose Interpolyelectrolyte Complex: Rheometry and In Silico Disposition for Controlled Drug Release, Materials, 6(10), 4284-4308.
212. Viness Pillay, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E Choonara, Girish Modi, 2013, Oral Bioavailability and
Neuro-Availability vs. “Neuro-Transmittability”: A Figment of Imagination in the Conundrum of Neuronal Intervention, Journal of Bioavailability and Bioequivalence, 5: e34. doi:10.4172/jbb.10000e34.
213. Elsabé Jones, Elizabeth Ojewole, Viness Pillay, Pradeep Kumar, Sanjeev Rambharose, Thirumala
Govender, 2013, Monolayered multipolymeric buccal films with drug and polymers of opposing solubilities for ARV therapy: Physico-mechanical evaluation and molecular mechanics modelling, International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 455(1-2):197-212.
214. Oluwatoyin A. Adeleke, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit, Lomas K. Tomar,
Charu Tyagi and Viness Pillay, 2013, Evaluation of the impact of formulation variables and excipients on the drug release dynamics of a polyamide 6,10-based monolithic matrix using mathematical tools, AAPS PharmSciTech, 14(4):1349-59.
215. Miles C. Braithwaite, Pradeep Kumar, Charu Tyagi, Lomas K. Tomar, Yahya E. Choonara and
Viness Pillay, 2013, Vitamin D Therapy and Related Metabolomics: Is the Calciferol Dose and Form the Only Requirements for Successful Clinical Therapeutics? Medical Hypotheses, 81(4), 656–663.
216. Zaheeda Khan, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa du Toit, Valence Ndesendo and Viness
Pillay, 2013, A Novel Multi-Layered Multi-Disk Oral Tablet for Chronotherapeutic Drug Delivery, Biomed Research International, Article ID 569470.
217. Felix Mashingaidze, Yahya E. Choonara Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit, Vinesh Maharaj, Eckhart
Buchmann, Valence M.K. Ndesendo and Viness Pillay, 2013, Exploration of the Biomacromolecular Interactions of an Interpenetrating Proteo-Saccharide Hydrogel Network at the Mucosal Interface, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research- Part A, 101(12), 3616–3629.
218. Lisa C. du Toit, Thirumala Govender, Trevor Carmichael, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara and
Viness Pillay, 2013, Design of an Anti-Inflammatory Composite Nanosystem and Evaluation of its Potential for Ocular Drug Delivery, Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 102(8), 2780–2805.
219. Angus R. Hibbins, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit and Viness Pillay, 2013,
Physicomechanical Characterization and Optimization of EDTA-mPEG and Avicel®-EDTA-mPEG In Situ Melt Dispersion Mini-Pellets, AAPS PharmSciTech, 14(3), 935-49.
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220. Sheri-lee Harilall, Yahya E. Choonara, Girish Modi, Lomas K. Tomar, Charu Tyagi, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit, Sunny E. Iyuke, Michael P. Danckwerts, Viness Pillay, 2013, Design and Pharmaceutical Evaluation of an Implantable Nano-Enabled Crosslinked Multipolymeric Scaffold for Prolonged Intracranial Release of Zidovudine, Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences,16(3), 470 – 485.
221. Viness Pillay, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit and Yahya E. Choonara, 2013, Five Decades of Sci-
Fi in Drug Delivery, Therapeutic Delivery 4(3), 285–287. 222. Pradeep Kumar, Riaz A. Khan, Yahya E. Choonara, Viness Pillay, 2013, A Prospective Overview
of the Essential Requirements in Molecular Modeling for Nanomedicine Design, Future Medicinal Chemistry, 5(8), 929-946.
223. Mpho Ngoepe, Yahya E. Choonara, Charu Tyagi, Lomas K. Tomar, Lisa C. du Toit, Pradeep Kumar,
Valence Ndesendo and Viness Pillay, 2013, Integration of Biosensors and Drug Delivery Technologies for Early Detection and Chronic Management of Illness, Sensors, 13(6), 7680-7713.
224. Deanne Johnston, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara, Lisa C. du Toit and Viness Pillay, 2013,
Modulation of the Nano-Tensile Mechanical Properties of Co-Blended Amphiphilic Alginate Fibers as Oradurable Biomaterials for Specialized Biomedical Application, Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 23, 80-102.
225. Viness Pillay, Ahmed Seedat, Yahya E. Choonara, Lisa C. du Toit, Pradeep Kumar and Valence M.
K. Ndesendo, 2013, A Review of Polymeric Refabrication Techniques to Modify Polymer Properties for Biomedical and Drug Delivery Applications, AAPS PharmSci Tech, 14(2), 692-711.
226. Ndidi C. Ngwuluka, Yahya E. Choonara, Girish Modi, Lisa C. du Toit, Pradeep Kumar, Valence M.K.
Ndesendo and Viness Pillay, 2013, Design of an Interpolyelectrolyte Gastroretentive Matrix for the Site-Specific Zero-Order Delivery of Levodopa in Parkinson’s Disease, AAPS PharmSci Tech, 14(2), 605-619, 2013.
227. Maluta S. Mufamadi, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Girish Modi, Dinesh Naidoo, Sandy van
Vuuren, Valence M.K. Ndesendo, Lisa C. du Toit, Sunny E. Iyuke and Viness Pillay, 2013, Ligand-Functionalized Nanoliposomes for Targeted Delivery of Galantamine, International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 448(1), 267-81.
228. Viness Pillay, Clare Dott, Yahya Choonara, Charu Tyagi, Lomas Tomar, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa du
Toit, Valence Ndesendo, 2013, A Review of the Effect of Processing Variables on the Fabrication of Electrospun Nanofibers for Drug Delivery Applications, Journal of Nanomaterials, Article ID 789289, 1-22.
229. Lomas Tomar, Charu Tyagi, Manoj Kumar, Pradeep Kumar, Harpal Singh, Yahya E. Choonara,
Viness Pillay, 2013, In vivo evaluation of a conjugated poly(lactide-ethylene glycol) nanoparticle depot formulation for prolonged insulin delivery in the diabetic rabbit model, International Journal of Nanomedicine, 8, 505-520.
230. Priya Bawa, Yahya E. Choonara, Lisa C. du Toit, Pradeep Kumar, Valence M.K. Ndesendo, Leith
C.R. Meyer, Viness Pillay, 2013, A Novel Stimuli-Synchronized Alloy-Treated Matrix for Space-Defined Gastrointestinal Delivery of Mesalamine in the Large White Pig Model, Journal of Controlled Release, 166(3), 234-245.
231. Pius Fasinu, Yahya E. Choonara, Riaz A. Khan, Lisa C. du Toit, Pradeep Kumar, Valence M.K.
Ndesendo, Viness Pillay, 2013, Flavonoids and Polymer-Derivatives as CYP3A4 Inhibitors for Improved Oral Drug Bioavailability: An In Vitro and In Silico Comparative Analysis, Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 102(2), 541-555.
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232. Shivaan Cooppan, Yahya E. Choonara, Lisa C. du Toit, Pradeep Kumar, Valence Ndesendo and Viness Pillay, 2013, A Novel Gastric Release PEG-Enclatherated Polymethacrylate-Based Memblet System, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 4327-4338.
233. Shivaan Cooppan, Viness Pillay, Yahya E. Choonara, Lisa C. du Toit, Valence M.K. Ndesendo,
Pradeep Kumar, 2013, A novel pH-dependant and crosslinked polymethacrylate-based multiparticulate system for enteric drug delivery, Pharmaceutical Development and Technology, 18(5):1066-1077.
234. Vikas Sharma, Vipin Kumar, Pradeep Kumar, 2013, Heterocyclic Chalcone Analogues as Potential
Anticancer Agents, Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry, 13, 422-432. 235. Pradeep Kumar, Viness Pillay, Yahya E. Choonara, Lisa C. du Toit, Girish Modi and Dinesh Naidoo,
2012, Novel High-Viscosity Polyacrylamidated Chitosan for Neural Tissue Engineering: Fabrication of Anisotropic Neurodurable Scaffold via Molecular Disposition of Persulfate-Mediated Polymer Slicing and Complexation. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 13, 13966-13984.
236. Inderbir Singh, Pradeep Kumar, 2012, Formulation and optimization of tramadol loaded alginate
beads using response surface methodology. Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 25(4):741-9.
237. Viness Pillay, Felix Mashingaidze, Yahya E. Choonara, Lisa C. du Toit, Valence Ndesendo and
Pradeep Kumar, 2012, Qualitative and Quantitative Intravaginal Targeting: Key to anti-HIV-1 Microbicide Delivery from Test-Tube to In Vivo Success, Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 101, 1950–1968.
238. Maluta S. Mufamadi, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Girish Modi, Dinesh Naidoo, Lisa C. du
Toit, Valence Ndesendo, Sunny Iyuke, Viness Pillay, 2012, Surface-Engineered Nanoliposomes by Chelating Ligands for Modulating the Neurotoxicity Associated with β-Amyloid Aggregates of Alzheimer’s Disease, Pharmaceutical Research, 29, 3075–3089.
239. Bongani Sibeko, Yahya E. Choonara, Lisa C. du Toit, Girish Modi, Dinesh Naidoo, Riaz A. Khan,
Valence M.K. Ndesendo, Pradeep Kumar, Sunny E. Iyuke and Viness Pillay, 2012, Composite Polylactic-Methacrylic Acid Copolymer Nanoparticles for the Delivery of Methotrexate, Journal of Drug Delivery, Article ID 579629.
240. Viness Pillay, Angus Hibbins, Yahya E. Choonara, Lisa C. du Toit, Pradeep Kumar, Valence M.K.
Ndesendo, 2012, Orally administered therapeutic peptide delivery: Enhanced absorption through the small intestine using permeation enhancers, International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics, 18(3), 259-280.
241. Valence M. K. Ndesendo, Viness Pillay, Yahya E. Choonara, Lisa C. du Toit, Pradeep Kumar, Leith
C.R. Meyer, Eckhart Buchmann, Riaz A. Khan, 2012, Optimization of a Polymer Composite Employing Molecular Mechanic Simulations and Artificial Neural Networks for a Novel Intravaginal Bioadhesive Drug Delivery Device, Pharmaceutical Development and Technology, 17(4), 407-420.
242. Rubina P. Shaikh, Viness Pillay, Yahya E. Choonara, Lisa C. Du Toit, Valence M. K. Ndesendo,
Pradeep Kumar, Riaz A. Khan, 2012, The application of a crosslinked pectin-based wafer matrix for gradual buccal drug delivery, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research B: Applied Biomaterials, 100(4):1029-43.
243. Caragh Murphy, Viness Pillay, Yahya E. Choonara, Lisa C. du Toit, Valence M. K. Ndesendo, Nthato
Chirwa, Pradeep Kumar, 2012, Optimization of a dual mechanism gastrofloatable and gastroadhesive delivery system for narrow absorption window drugs. AAPS PharmSciTech, 13(1):1-15.
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244. Rubina Shaikh, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara, Lisa C. du Toit, Viness Pillay, 2012, Crosslinked electrospun PVA nanofibrous membranes: Elucidation of their physicochemical, physicomechanical and molecular disposition, Biofabrication, 4, 025002.
245. Valence Ndesendo, Viness Pillay, Yahya E. Choonara, Lisa C. du Toit, Eckhart Buchmann, Pradeep
Kumar, Riaz A. Khan, Leith C.R. Meyer, 2012, Advanced preformulation investigations for the development of a lead intravaginal bioadhesive polymeric device, Drug Delivery and Industrial Pharmacy, 38(3): 271–293.
246. Kovanya Moodley, Viness Pillay, Yahya E. Choonara, Lisa C. du Toit, Valence Ndesendo, Pradeep
Kumar, Shivaan Coopaan, Priya Bawa, 2012, Oral drug delivery systems comprising altered geometric configurations for controlled drug delivery, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 13, 18-43.
247. Inderbir Singh, Pradeep Kumar, 2012, Preformulation studies for direct compression suitability of
Cefuroxime Axetil and Paracetamol: A mathematical and graphical representation using SeDeM diagram, Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica ñ Drug Research, 69(1), 87-93.
248. Ndidi C. Ngwuluka, Viness Pillay, Girish Modi, Dinesh Naidoo, Yahya E. Choonara, Lisa C. du Toit,
Pradeep Kumar, Valence M.K. Ndesendo, Riaz Khan, 2011, Fabrication, Modeling and Characterization of Multi-crosslinked Eudragit E100/Eudragit E100 blend Nanoparticles for Oral Drug Delivery, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 12, 6194-6225.
249. Ameena Wadee, Viness Pillay, Yahya E Choonara, Lisa C du Toit, Clement Penny, Valence MK
Ndesendo, Pradeep Kumar, C S Murphy, 2011, Recent advances in the design of drug-loaded polymeric implants for the treatment of solid tumors, Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery, 8(10),1323-1340.
250. Yahya E. Choonara, Viness Pillay, Valence M.K. Ndesendo, Lisa C. du Toit, Pradeep Kumar, Riaz
A. Khan, Caragh S. Murphy, Debbie-Leigh Jarvis, 2011, Design of Polymeric Nanoparticles by Synthetic Wet Chemical Processing Strategies for the Sustained Delivery of Anti-Tuberculosis Drugs, Colloid and Interfaces B: Biointerface, 87, 243– 254.
251. Pradeep Kumar, Viness Pillay, Yahya E. Choonara, Girish Modi, Dinesh Naidoo, Lisa C. du Toit,
2011, In silico theoretical molecular modeling for Alzheimer’s disease: The nicotine-curcumin paradigm in neuroprotection and neurotherapy, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 12(1), 694-724.
252. Pradeep Kumar, Viness Pillay, Girish Modi, Yahya E. Choonara, Lisa C. du Toit and Dinesh Naidoo,
2011, Self-Assembling Peptides: Implications for Patenting in Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering, Recent Patents on Drug Delivery & Formulation, 5(1), 24-51.
253. Priya Bawa, Viness Pillay, Yahya E. Choonara, Lisa C. du Toit, Valence M.K. Ndesendo, Pradeep
Kumar, 2011, A composite polyelectrolyte matrix for oral drug delivery, AAPS PharmSciTech, 12(1), 227-238.
254. Valence M. K. Ndesendo, Viness Pillay, Yahya E. Choonara, Lisa C. du Toit, Leith C.R. Meyer,
Eckhart Buchmann, Pradeep Kumar, Riaz A. Khan, 2011, In Vivo Evaluation of the Release of Zidovudine and Polystyrene Sulfonate from a Dual Intravaginal Bioadhesive Polymeric Device in the Pig Model, Journal of Pharmaceutical Science, 100(4), 1416–1435.
255. Tong-sheng Tsai, Viness Pillay, Yahya E. Choonara, Lisa C. du Toit, Girish Modi, Dinesh Naidoo,
Pradeep Kumar, 2011, A polyvinyl alcohol-polyaniline based electro-conductive hydrogel for controlled stimuli-actuable release of indomethacin, Polymers, 3(1), 150-172.
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256. Inderbir Singh, Pradeep Kumar, Shival Pahuja, Vineet Tung, Sandeep Arora, 2011, Development and pharmacological evaluation of cyclodextrin complexes of etoricoxib, Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica ñ Drug Research, 68(2), 279-284.
257. Inderbir Singh, Pradeep Kumar, Harinderjit Singh, Malvika Goyal, Vikas Rana, 2011, Formulation
and evaluation of domperidone loaded mineral oil entrapped emulsion gel buoyant beads, Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica n Drug Research, 68(1), 121-126.
258. Ameena Wadee, Viness Pillay, Yahya E. Choonara, Lisa C. du Toit, Pradeep Kumar, Clement
Penny, Leith Meyer, 2011, The development of an in situ forming implant for the treatment of solid tumors: Determination of the effect of methotrexate release on colon carcinoma cells and in vivo studies in the rat model, South African Pharmacy Journal, 78(9), 48-50.
259. Pradeep Kumar, Rakesh K. Sindhu, Shridhar Narayan, Inderbir Singh, 2010, Honey Collected from
Different Flora of Chandigarh Tricity: A Comparative Study involving Physico-chemical Parameters and Biochemical activities, Journal of Dietary Supplements, 7(4), 303-313.
260. Pradeep Kumar, Meenakshi Bhatia, 2010, Functionalization of chitosan/methylcellulose
interpenetrating polymer network microspheres for gastroretentive application using central composite design, PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, 64(6), 497-506.
261. Pradeep Kumar, Inderbir Singh, 2010, Formulation and Characterization of Tramadol loaded IPN
Microgels of Alginate and Gelatin: Optimization using Response Surface Methodology, Acta Pharmaceutica, 60(3), 295–310.
262. Pradeep Kumar, Inderbir Singh, 2010, Evaluation of an Oleo-Gum-Resin as a Directly Compressible
Tablet Excipient and Release Retardant, Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica ñ Drug Research, 67(3), 307-313.
263. Vikas Sharma, Pradeep Kumar, Devender Pathak, 2010, Biological Importance of the Indole
Nucleus in Recent Years: A Comprehensive Review, Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry, 47, 491-502.
264. Inderbir Singh, Pradeep Kumar, Sanjeev Kumar, Vikas Rana, 2010, Formulation and Development
of Matrix Tablets of Tramadol Using Katira Gum as Release Modifier, Yakugaku Zasshi, 130(9), 1225-1231.
265. Inderbir Singh, Ashish K Rehni, Pradeep Kumar, Manoj Kumar, Hassan Y. Aboul-Enein, 2009,
Carbon Nanotubes- Synthesis, Properties and Pharmaceutical Applications, Fullerenes, Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures, 17, 361-377.
COMMERCIAL PITCHES 1. Innov8 Talks @ Innovation Hub – Resorbable Wound Dressing, Africa Health 2019, Johannesburg,
28-30 June, 2019. 2. Spotlight Presentation - Wits Therapeutic Solutions, BIO-Europe Spring 2018, Amsterdam, The
Netherlands, 12-14 March, 2018. TEACHING AND LEARNING PRESENTATIONS 1. On-the-spot Teaching Feedback approach in a Pharmaceutical Sciences setting: QR codes and
google forms, Council on Higher Education Promotion of Quality Education Conference, 26-28th February, 2020, CSIR ICC, Pretoria, South Africa.
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2. Demystifying the ins and outs of a Pharmacy Lab Research Protocol: What are ‘WE’ looking for?, School of Therapeutic Sciences Assessors’ Workshop, 23rd May, 2019, Khanya Block, Wits Education Campus, Parktown, Johannesburg, South Africa.
3. An On-the-spot Teaching Feedback approach in a Pharmaceutics setting: QR codes and google
forms, 10th Faculty of Health Sciences Teaching and Learning Symposium, 14th May, 2019, Marie Curie Lecture Theatre, Wits Medical School, Parktown, Johannesburg, South Africa.
POSTGRADUATE MASTER-CLASS PRESENTATIONS
1. Carbohydrate Polymers for Biomedical Application: Interesting findings and lessons learnt, 22nd July,
2020, Main Lab, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Wits Medical School, Parktown, Johannesburg, South Africa.
2. Pharmaceutical Research and Development: Techniques, Practice, Management, Ethics, Do’s and Don'ts, 2nd August, 2019, Main Lab, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Wits Medical School, Parktown, Johannesburg, South Africa.
3. Hybrid Polymeric Systems: blends, grafts, composites, IPNs, PECs, conjugates, and other platform systems, 17th May, 2019, Main Lab, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Wits Medical School, Parktown, Johannesburg, South Africa.
4. Decoding Drug-loading and off-loading, 5th April, 2019, Main Lab, Department of Pharmacy and
Pharmacology, Wits Medical School, Parktown, Johannesburg, South Africa. 5. Solubility and Dissolution and their impact on drug delivery devices’ formulation and performance,
15th March, 2019, Pharmacy and Pharmacology Seminar Room, Wits Medical School, Parktown, Johannesburg, South Africa.
SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS (Selected conferences) 1. South African Spine Society, 20th-22nd May, 2021, Century City Conference Centre, Cape Town, South
Africa. 2. 11th World Biomaterials Congress, 11th-15th December, 2020. 3. 46th Controlled Release Society Annual Meeting and Exposition, 20th July – 24th July, 2019, Valencia,
Spain. 4. South African Spine Society, 30th May – 01st June, 2019, CSIR International Convention Centre,
Pretoria, South Africa. 5. NANOSMAT-Africa, 19-23 November, Somerset West, South Africa, 2018. 6. 1st Controlled Release Asia Meeting, 24-25 September, 2018, Singapore. 7. Controlled Release Society Annual Meeting, July 22-24, 2018, New York City, New York, USA. 8. 2nd Bioengineering and Translational Medicine Conference, 28-29th October, 2017, Minneapolis,
Minnesota, USA. 9. 2nd International Conference on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (ICTERM), 26-30
July 2017, Vanderbijlpark, South Africa. 10. 10th FENS Forum of Neuroscience, Copenhagen, Denmark, 02-06 July, 2016. 11. 10th World Biomaterials Congress, Palais des congrès de Montréal, Canada, 17-22 May, 2016. 12. 11th Biennial SASCA Congress, CSIR Conference Centre, Pretoria, South Africa, 2-4 October, 2014. 13. 38th Annual South African numerical and Applied Mathematics Conference, University of the
Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 14-16 April, 2014. 14. 25th European Conference on Biomaterials – September 8th – 12th, Madrid 2013. 15. 12th International Chemistry Conference Africa 2013, 8-12 July 2013, University of Pretoria, Pretoria,
South Africa. 16. 10th Biennial SASCA Congress, The Pavilion Conference Centre, V & A Waterfront, Cape Town,
South Africa, 22-24 November 2012.
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17. 22nd Biennial Congress of the Society of Neurosurgeons of South Africa, 4-6 October, 2012, Lord Charles Hotel, Western Cape.
18. 7th World Congress for NeuroRehabilitation Congress (WCNR) 16 – 19 May 2012 Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre Victoria, Australia. [Received WCNR Executive Committee Student Scholarship 2012 for the paper]
19. 19th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Developmental Neuroscience, 11-14 January 2012, Mumbai, India. [Received Elsevier’s ISDN Student Scholarship 2012 for the paper]
20. 4th International Conference on the Mechanics of Biomaterials and Tissues, Marriott Waikola Beach Resort and Spa, Hawai’i, USA, 11-14 December 2011.
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