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Bringing nanomedicine to clinical practice
Dr. Joy Wolfram and her team are advancing research on the use of nanotechnology, which can increase therapeutic efficacy and reduce side effects of treatment for breast cancer, liver damage and other conditions.
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Regenerating tissues using stem cells
The Nanomedicine and Extracellular Vesicles Lab studies how tissue regeneration using stem cell-derived vesicles can provide therapeutics for people with organ damage.
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Expanding opportunities in science
The Nanomedicine and Extracellular Vesicles Lab's mission is also to inspire and support underrepresented minorities in science. Our lab is actively involved in community outreach and scientific education.
Overview
The Nanomedicine and Extracellular Vesicles Laboratory of Joy Wolfram, Ph.D., at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, focuses on nanomedicine to develop new strategies for the treatment of disease.
In particular, Dr. Wolfram is leading research to develop extracellular vesicle therapeutics for liver regeneration and methods for organotropic drug delivery. Our lab is developing new treatments for metastatic breast cancer and various forms of liver damage.
Nanotechnology enables the design of multifunctional and targeted therapies, thereby increasing therapeutic efficacy and reducing side effects of treatment for breast cancer, liver damage and other conditions.
Dr. Wolfram's ultimate goal is to bring new nanomedicine treatments to clinical practice at Mayo Clinic. She also aspires to generate fruitful interinstitutional research collaborations around the world with researchers also focusing on extracellular vesicles, microvesicles, drug delivery, nanodelivery and nanotechnology. Considered an emerging researcher to watch, Dr. Wolfram is an assistant professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science in Jacksonville, Florida.