Helen Burt, O.C.
Vancouver, British Columbia
Helen Burt is a pioneer of nanoscale drug delivery systems. A professor of pharmaceutics at the University of British Columbia (UBC), she has spearheaded the development of life-saving innovations, including drug-eluting coronary stents and improved chemotherapeutics for bladder cancer. Lauded for her visionary administrative leadership, she has coupled academia and industry as the associate vice-president of Research & Innovation at UBC, and as co-founder of adMare BioInnovations. Extending her community engagement and mentorship internationally, she established an undergraduate drug delivery course and curriculum at the National University of Rwanda.