IGERT Nano-Bio Innovation Seminar with Adnan Nasir, MD, PhD

Date: 04/03/2013
Time: 5:30 pm
Location: 335 Shillman Hall
Speaker: Adnan Nasir, MD, PhD, Clinical Professor of Dermatology, UNC Chapel Hill

Adnan Nasir, MD PhD, is a leader in dermatology and nanotechnology in the United States. Since 2010, he has been president of the Nanodermatology Society. Currently, he is Clinical Professor of Dermatology at UNC Chapel Hill. As medical director and Principal Investigator in Dermatology at Wake Research Associates, he has conducted over 100 clinical studies in psoriasis, eczema, hyperhidrosis, skin cancer, cutaneous infections, and cosmetic dermatology. He has presented his clinical and scientific work at national and international conferences.

Dr. Nasir is directing a collaboration between the UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine Department of Dermatology and the Swiss Nanoscience Institute in Basel on research applications of nanocantilevers for the diagnosis of melanoma. He is overseeing a project at the UNC/NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering in the use of two-photon polymerization for the synthesis of micro and nanostructures for drug and vaccine delivery to the skin and for the creation of the next generation of skin suture substitute material.

Dr. Nasir maintains an interest in promoting nanotechnology education in dermatology. He has conducted surveys on nanotechnology knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions in the dermatologic community, and has identified gaps to target in medical education for inclusion in the canonical dermatology curriculum. Dr. Nasir is on the editorial board of the scientific journal Nanomedicine, and contributes to Men’s Health, where he has been a dermatology consultant since 2000. He is the author of a book for the general public on atopic dermatitis and is the senior editor of the leading textbook on nanotechnology for dermatologists. He is past President of the North Carolina Dermatology Association, and a North Carolina Medical Society Leadership College scholar.