George A. Digenis, Ph.D. - University of Kentucky - College of ...

"Use of a Remote Drug Delivery Capsule (RDDC) for Non-Invasive (GI) Regional Drug
Absorption Studies in Man and Studies on Solubilization and Bioavailability Enhancement
Through Formulation and Chemical Approaches", ONO Pharmaceutical Company, Osaka,
Japan, March 29, 1999.
"Recent Advances in the Scintigraphic Evaluation of Novel Drug Delivery Systems as
Alternatre Routes of Administration", Takeda Pharmaceutical Development Laboratories,
Osaka, Japan, March 29, 1999.
"Gamma Scintigraphy in Drug Development" Invited Speaker to American Association of
Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) Northeast Regional Discussion Group, Rocky Hill, CT, April
25-26, 1999.
Attended Meeting of the Protein Delivery Scientific Advisory Board Meeting, Durham, NC,
April 28, 1999.
"Assessing Extent and Uniformity of Spread of Vaginal Chemical Barriers", Invited Speaker at
the 10th World Congress on Human Reproduction, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, May 4-8, 1999.
"Novel Techniques to Assess the Extent and Uniformity of Spread of Vaginal Product in
Humans" Invited Speaker, FDA, Washington, DC, June 9, 1999.
Invited to attend CONRAD Technical Advisory Committee Meeting, Washington, DC, June 7-
8, 1999.
"Novel Approaches to Oral Delivery of Therapeutic Proteins and Peptides, Invited speaker at
the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) Southeast Conference, June
21, 1999.
Attended Controlled Release Society Meeting, Boston, MA, June 22-24, 1999
Participated in evaluation of proposals in connection with PENED'99 Program to strengthen
research capabilities, Greek Ministry of Development, General Secretary of Research and
Technology, Athens, Greece, June 28-July 9, 1999.
Seminar speaker on the "Chemistry and Biology of Gelatin Cross-Linking", Hoffmann-
LaRoche, Inc., Nutley, NJ, July 22-23, 1999.
"Biological Issues That Affect the Performance of Polymers Used in Oral Drug Delivery",
Invited Speaker at a Symposium on the "Emerging Trends for Polymer Application in Oral
Drug Delivery", National Meeting of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists,
New Orleans, LA, Nov. 16, 1999.
Invited Seminar Speaker, “The Crosslinking of Gelatin Capsules and a New IN-Vitro Two-Tier
Dissolution Medium”, Hoffman-LaRoche Pharmaceutical Company, May 26, 2000
External Evaluator for the Graduate program of the Department of Pharmaceutical
Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, University of Athens, Athens, Greece, June 2000.
External Evaluator for the Program entitled Evaluation of the Educational Activities
(Undergraduate) of the School of Pharmacy, University of Athens, Athens, Greece, June 2000.
Attend Controlled Release Scoeity Annual Meeting, Paris, France, July 7-13, 2000.
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RESEARCH AND/OR CREATIVE PRODUCTIVITY
Publications
1. Whitlock, H.W., Jr. and Digenis, G.A., "An Oxidative Amine Fragmentation,"
Tetrahedron Letters, 24, 1521 (1964).