Biography

Dr. Reina Bendayan is a Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, and Institute of Medical Sciences, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. Dr. Bendayan’s research program is primarily focused on Membrane Transport and Therapeutics with an emphasis in the field of HIV/AIDS, Antiretroviral Drug Transport and Regulation at blood-tissue barriers, sanctuary sites and cellular reservoirs of HIV. Recent work on the regulation of folate transport at brain barriers, has identified a novel approach for treating cerebral folate deficiency. Her research program is primarily funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Ministry of Health of Ontario and Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). She is the author of 135 peer-reviewed manuscripts and has supervised many graduate students and post-doctoral research fellows. She is a member of several national and international scientific associations: AAPS, CSPS, ASPET, IBBS, ISSX, and IAS. Dr. Bendayan was elected Fellow of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS; 2010), the Canadian Society of Pharmaceutical Sciences (CSPS; 2015) and the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (2021). She is the recipient of the Association of Faculties of Pharmacy of Canada Research Career Award (2013) and the AAPS (2015) and CSPS Leadership Award (2019). She served as Graduate Coordinator (1998-2003), Chair and Associate Dean Graduate Education of the Graduate Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (July 2005-July 2011) and as Acting Dean of the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy (2007). She has recently served on the Board of Directors of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, and as Chair of the CIHR Pharmaceutical Sciences Grant Review Panel.