Patricia Comeau PhD

Assistant Professor, Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science

Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering

Background:

Dr. Comeau completed her PhD in Biomedical Engineering at Dalhousie University, with a focus on the design and investigation of a calcium phosphate-based biomaterial for use in a localized drug delivery system towards treating bone infection. During her second postdoctoral fellowship, she worked in Dr. Manso’s lab as a senior biomaterials scientist to design and characterize dental materials loaded with photosensitive agents towards antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) based management of dental diseases. She also designed and helped build the customizable multi-LED-based light device for in-house testing of the photosensitized-loaded material systems proposed for aPDT. In August 2023 she joined Concordia University as an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering. Her current research focuses on the design and development of 3D-printable and biopolymer-based material systems for targeted and controlled therapy. Central to this research will be the use of the structure-property-function paradigm and harnessing the body's own natural responses in the healing and regeneration of damaged tissues. Dr. Comeau has been the recipient of several institutional, international and national awards including a Dalhousie President’s Award, a CGS-D2 Alexander Graham Bell NSERC Scholarship (PhD level), an NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship, and a Colgate Award for Research Excellence.

Research Interests:

  • Developing light-activated antimicrobial material systems
  • Tailoring the material design and chemistry of polymer-based biomaterials to enhance the success of hard tissue therapies
  • Optimizing localized delivery of therapeutic agents
  • Improving integration of therapeutic agent(s) in the carrier material
  • Designing material systems to assist in tissue regeneration

 

First Nations land acknowledegement

We acknowledge that the UBC Point Grey campus is situated on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm.

ADVANCING MULTIFUNCTIONAL DENTAL BIOMATERIALS

Vancouver, BC Canada

Research Excellence Clusters at UBC Vancouver is a joint initiative of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic, UBC Vancouver and the Vice-President, Research and Innovation. Funding support for the clusters is provided by Academic Excellence Funds – UBC Vancouver.

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