Research Interests for David F. Katz

Dr. Katz's research interest include methods for prophylaxis against STD's, emphasizing topical microbicides and contraception; biofluid mechanics; rheology and transport phenomena; biophysical aspects of mammalian sperm motility, sperm transport, and fertilization; and biomechanical functioning of the vitreous of the eye.

Recent Publications

1. K. M. Gupta and S. R. Barnes and R. A. Tangaro and M. C. Roberts and D. H. Owen and D. F. Katz and P. F. Kiser, Temperature and pH Sensitive Hydrogels: An Approach Towards Smart Semen-Triggered Vaginal Microbicidal Vehicles (vol 96, pg 670, 2007), Journal Of Pharmaceutical Sciences, vol. 98 no. 3 (March, 2009), pp. 1198 -- 1198, ISSN 0022-3549
2. A. J. Szeri and S. C. Park and S. Verguet and A. Weiss and D. F. Katz, A model of transluminal flow of an anti-HIV microbicide vehicle: Combined elastic squeezing and gravitational sliding, Physics Of Fluids, vol. 20 no. 8 (August, 2008), ISSN 1070-6631 [abs]
3. B. E. Lai and Y. Q. Xie and M. L. Lavine and A. J. Szeri and D. H. Owen and D. F. Katz, Dilution of microbicide gels with vaginal fluid and semen simulants: Effect on rheological properties and coating flow, Journal Of Pharmaceutical Sciences, vol. 97 no. 2 (February, 2008), pp. 1030 -- 1038, ISSN 0022-3549 [abs]
4. S. L. Kieweg and D. F. Katz, Interpreting properties of microbicide drug delivery gels: Analyzing deployment kinetics due to squeezing, Journal Of Pharmaceutical Sciences, vol. 96 no. 4 (April, 2007), pp. 835 -- 850, ISSN 0022-3549 [abs]
5. D. H. Owen and J. J. Peters and S. L. Kieweg and A. R. Geonnotti and R. L. Schnaare and D. F. Katz, Biophysical analysis of prototype microbicidal gels, Journal Of Pharmaceutical Sciences, vol. 96 no. 3 (March, 2007), pp. 661 -- 669, ISSN 0022-3549 [abs]