Team Member

Samantha Shortall

Samantha Shortall

Email: sshortall@uwaterloo.ca

Biography

Samantha is currently a Masters student at the University of Waterloo’s School of Pharmacy, under the supervision of Dr. Shawn Wettig. Samantha previously completed an Honours B.Sc. in Biomedical Sciences with a Minor in Psychology at the University of Waterloo. Her research interests lie in the area of nanomedicine; including non-viral gene therapy, safety and efficiency of gene therapy systems, rational design of delivery nanoparticles, and the use of targeting molecules/ligands to improve DNA transfection and cell-specific delivery.