Associate Professor
Northeastern University
Dr. Shen is an Associate Professor at Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University. She received her Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China, and was a postdoctoral fellow and an Assistant Research Professor at the University of Connecticut. Before joining Northeastern University, Dr. Shen was a tenured Associate Professor at the University of Rhode Island. She is the recipient of several prestigious awards, including AAPS Postdoctoral Fellow Award and IPEC-Americas Foundation Emerging Researcher Award. She is currently serving as the Chair of the AAPS In Vitro Release and Dissolution Testing (IVRDT) Community and the CRS Diversified Products: Delivery Beyond Pharma (C&DP) Division. Dr. Shen has been serving as an Editorial Board member and guest editor of top-tier peer-reviewed journals such as the International Journal of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutics. Her current research interests include formulation development, in vitro performance testing, bioequivalence assessment and IVIVC of complex dosage forms such as long-acting parenterals, targeted nanocarriers, as well as locally-acting dosage forms for the treatment of difficult-to-treat diseases such as CNS diseases and cancer, infectious diseases, and substance use disorder. Her group has also been focused on 3D printing and bioprinting for pharmaceutical applications.