Diane J. Burgess has been appointed to a five-year term as the Pfizer Distinguished Chair in Pharmaceutical Technology at UConn.
The position is funded by a 2004 donation from the pharmacy giant to support the chair holder’s academic activities, including pre- and postdoctoral graduate fellowships and a pharmaceutical technology symposium.
Burgess has generated $21 million in extramural funding and federal grants, is recognized internationally for her leadership in the development of novel pharmaceutical technologies and the improvement of formulation and delivery of small-molecule and biological drugs.
