Projects per year
Personal Profile
Professional Overview
Giovanni M. Pauletti is Professor of Biopharmaceutics & Pharmacokinetics at St. Louis College of Pharmacy, University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy (UHSP) in St. Louis, MO. He directs an interdisciplinary, translational research program aimed at improving safety and efficacy of drugs and medical devices. To date, Dr. Pauletti contributed to more than 180 scientific papers and abstracts, one GenBank entry, and is an inventor on 9 issued U.S. patents. In collaboration with various academic and commercial partners, he successfully enabled preclinical and clinical development of various drug delivery technologies relevant to women’s health and cancer therapy.
Education/Academic qualification
Master of Pharmacy, Swiss Federal Institute Technology
PhD in Bipharmaceutics & Pharmacokinetics, Swiss Federal Institute Technology
External positions
Vice President, Board of Directors, International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP)
2026 → 2028
Scientific Secretrary, International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP)
2015 → 2023
Director, Graduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Cincinnati Medical Center
2011 → 2016
Associate Professor, University of Cincinnati Medical Center
2004 → 2019
Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati Medical Center
1998 → 2004
Assistant Professor, Texas Tech. Univ. Hlth. Sci. Center
1997 → 1998
Research Interests
- Drug Delivery
- Women's Health
- Cancer Therapy
- Nanopharmaceutics
- Drug Development
Research/Scholarship Projects
- 6 Finished
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SMART Polymer Fibers For Tampon-Like Nonsteroidal Contraceptive Devices
Pauletti, G. (PI)
9/1/21 → 8/31/24
Project: Grants
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WHO Essential Medicines List Biowaiver Classification
Pauletti, G. (PI)
12/1/19 → 11/30/23
Project: Grants
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SMART Polymer Fibers For Tampon-Like Nonsteroidal Contraceptive Devices
Pauletti, G. (PI)
9/13/19 → 8/31/21
Project: Grants
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PFI:AIR - TT: Developing an Engineering Prototype for Ultra-Low-Cost Blood Coagulation Diagnostics Using Paper-based Microfluidics
Pauletti, G. (CoPI), Steckl, A. J. (PI) & Hegener, M. A. (CoPI)
4/1/15 → 9/30/19
Project: Grants
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Peptide Ligands for Placental Transcytosis Receptors
Pauletti, G. (PI)
3/1/05 → 2/28/06
Project: Grants
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Bioresponsive Hydrogel for On-Demand Nonhormonal Contraception
Pauletti, G. M., Dwivedi, P., Li, P., Borrego-Alvarez, A., Yamamoto, H. S., Lewis, J., Alobaidi, S., Ibrahim, A., Fichorova, R. N. & Santi, C. M., Oct 27 2025, In: Gels (Basel, Switzerland). 11, 11, 858.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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How the Stakeholders’ Perception Contributes to the Pharmaceutical Strategies: A Regional Case Study in Latin America
Ferreira, T. D. S., Pauletti, G. M. & Vázquez-Suárez, L., Dec 2025, In: Journal of Market Access and Health Policy. 13, 4, p. 54 54.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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In Vitro Oral Cavity Permeability Assessment to Enable Simulation of Drug Absorption
Dwivedi, P., Kalra, P., Zhou, H., Alam, K., Tsakalozou, E., Al-Ghabeish, M., Kelchen, M. & Pauletti, G. M., Jul 17 2025, In: Pharmaceutics. 17, 7Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Methods and Compositions Comprising Surfactant Protein D (SP-D)
Rosenbaum, J. S. (Inventor), Manning, M. C. (Inventor), Katayama, D. S. (Inventor), Pauletti, G. (Inventor), Grant, S. N. (Inventor) & Holcomb, R. E. (Inventor), Dec 9 2025, Patent No. US 12,491,234Research output: Patent
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Skin-Compatible Carbopol Electrospun Fiber Membranes with pH-Dependent Rheological Properties for Biomedical Applications
Han, D., Horvath, R., Uner, B., Pauletti, G. M. & Steckl, A. J., Mar 2025, In: Macromolecular Materials and Engineering. 310, 3, 2400335.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access