Assistant Professor
University of Washington
Shijie Cao is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutics at the School of Pharmacy, University of Washington. He earned his Ph.D. degree in Bioengineering from the University of Washington in 2018, and his Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy from Fudan University in 2013. From 2019 to 2023, he worked as a postdoc in the School of Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago under the supervision of Dr. Jeffrey Hubbell and Dr. Cathryn Nagler. He has authored over 30 papers, including publications in esteemed journals such as Nature Biomedical Engineering, Journal of Controlled Release, Science Advances, The Journal of Clinical Investigation, Biomaterials, ACS Central Science, and Nanomedicine. His research group is currently focusing on pharmaceutical and immunoengineering approaches to control dysregulated immune responses and to develop translatable tools for the prevention and treatment of immunological disorders, including allergies, autoimmune diseases, and inflammation. He has been honored with the PhRMA foundation Faculty Start Fund Award, UW School of Pharmacy Faculty Innovation Fund, PMSE Future Faculty Award by the American Chemical Society and has received numerous travel awards from organizations including the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, the American Association of Immunologists, and the American Association of Pharmaceutical Science.
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Symposium: Out-of-the-Box Approaches for Innovation
Monday, November 10, 2025
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
Keynote: Drug Delivery Systems for Translational Immunotherapy
Monday, November 10, 2025
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CT
Engineered Nano-Prodrug for Microbial Metabolites Delivery and Immune Modulation
Monday, November 10, 2025
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM CT