Selected Refereed Papers
2007 Geonnotti AR, Furlow MJ, Wu T, DeSoto MG, Henderson MH, Kiser PF, and Katz DF. Measuring macro-diffusion coefficients in microbicide hydrogels via post-photoactivation scanning. Biomacromolecules (in press).
2007 Lai BE, Xie YQ, Owen DH, and Katz, DF. Dilution of microbicide gels with vaginal fluid and semen simulants: effects on rheology and coating flow. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences (in press).
2007 Henderson MH, Couchman GM, Walmer DK, Peters JJ, Owen DH, Brown MA, Lavine ML and Katz DF. Optical imaging and analysis of human vaginal coating by drug delivery gels. Contraception 75: 142-151.
2007 Owen DH, Peters JJ, Kieweg SL, Geonnotti AR, Schnaare RL, and Katz DF. Biophysical analysis of prototype microbicidal gels. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 96: 661-669.
2007 Gupta KM, Barnes SR, Tangaro RA, Roberts MC, Owen DH, Katz DF, and Kiser PF. Temperature and semen sensitive hydrogels: an approach towards smart vaginal microbicide vehicles. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 96: 670-681.
2007 Kieweg, SL and Katz, DF . Interpreting Properties of Microbicide Drug Delivery Gels: Analyzing Deployment due to Squeezing. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 96 (4): 835-850.
2006 Braun K, Henderson M, Katz D and Wax A. Label-free measurement of microbicidal gel thickness using low coherence interferometry. Journal of Biomedical Optics 11 (2): 020504.
2006 Geonnotti AR and Katz DF . Dynamics of HIV neutralization by a microbicide formulation layer: biophysical fundamentals and transport theory. Biophysical Journal 91(6): 2121-2130.
2006 Kieweg, SL and Katz, DF. Squeezing flows of vaginal gel formulations relevant to microbicide drug delivery. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 128: 540-553.
2005 Geonnotti, AR, Peters, JJ and Katz, DF. Erosion of microbicide formulation coating layers: effects of contact and shearing with vaginal fluid or semen. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 94 (8): 1705-1712.
2005 Owen, DH and Katz, DF. A review of the properties of human semen and formulation of a semen simulant. Journal of Andrology 26(4): 459-469.
2005 Henderson, MH, Peters, JJ, Walmer, DK, Couchman, GM and Katz, DF. Optical instrument for measurement of vaginal coating thickness by drug delivery formulations. Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research 9 (March 15).
2005 Henderson, MH, Peters, JJ, Walmer, DK, Couchman, GM and Katz, DF. Optical instrument for measurement of vaginal coating thickness by drug delivery formulations. Review of Scientific Instruments 76:034302.
2004 Walmer, DK, Littman, E, Rodriguez, G, Venero, N, Henderson, M, Katz, D, Edward, R and MacFayden, A. Portable colposcopy in low-resource settings. J AIDS 35: Suppl 2, S1-S4.
2004 Kieweg, SL, Geonnotti, AR and Katz, DF. Gravity-induced coating flows of vaginal gel formulations: in vitro experimental analysis. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 93: 2941-2952.
2003 Owen, DH, Peters, JJ, Lavine, MJ and Katz, DF. Effect of temperature and pH on contraceptive gel viscosity. Contraception 67: 57-64.
2001 Owen, DH, Peters, JJ and Katz, DF.Comparison of the rheological properties of Advantage-S and Replens. Contraception 64: 393-396.
2000 Owen, DH, Peters, JJ, and Katz, DF. Rheological properties of contraceptive gels. Contraception 62: 321-326.
1999 Owen, DH, Dunmire, EN, Plenys, AM and Katz, DF. Factors influencing nonoxynol-9 permeation and bioactivity in cervical mucus. Journal of Controlled Release 60: 23-34.
1999 Dunmire,EN, Plenys,AM, Katz,DF. Spectrophotometric analysis of molecular transport in gels. Journal of Controlled Release 57:127-140.
1999 Owen, DH and Katz, DF.A vaginal fluid simulant. Contraception 59: 91-95.
1999 Fulford, GR, Katz, DF, & Powell, RL. Swimming of spermatozoa in a linear viscoelastic fluid. Biorheology 35: 295-309.
1998 Katz, DF, Henderson, MH, Owen, DH, Plenys, AM and Walmer, DK. What is needed to advance vaginal formulation technology? Vaginal Microbicide Formulations Workshop, WF Rencher (Ed.), Lippencott-Raven, Philadelphia, pp. 90-99.
1998 Dunson, TR, Blumental, PD, Alvarez, F, Brache, S, Cochon, L, Dalberth, B, Glover, L, Remsburg, R, Vu, K and Katz, DF. Timing of onset of contraceptive effectiveness in NORPLANT® implant users. I. Changes in cervical mucus. Fertility and Sterility 69: 256-266.
1997 Katz, DF, Slade, DA and Nakajima, SJ. Analysis of preovulatory changes in cervical mucus hydration and sperm penetrability. Advances in Contraception 13: 143-151.
1997 Dunmire, EN and Katz, DF. Alteration of human sperm kinematics in cervical mucus due to nonoxynol 9. Contraception 55:209-217.
1995 Dunmire, EN and Katz, DF. Measurement and modulation of nonoxynol 9 permeation into human cervical mucus. Contraception 55: 115-122.
1994 Lewis, JL, Burns, SM, Samuels, SJ, Powell, RL and Katz, DF. Calibration and error analysis of a new magnetic sphere microrheometer. Review of Scientific Instruments 65: 3268-3275.
1994 Dunmire, EN and Katz, DF. Kinematic response of human spermatozoa to nonoxynol-9. Biology of Reproduction 50: 903-911.
1993 Katz, DF and Dunmire, EN. Cervical mucus: problems and opportunities for drug delivery via the vagina and cervix. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews 11: 385-401.
Selected Meeting Abstracts
2008 Geonnotti, AR, Kiser, PF, Rosen, M, Barnhart, K and Katz, DF. Three-dimensional pharmacokinetic modeling of microbicide delivery by intravaginal rings within an MRI-derived finite-element vaginal compartment. Microbicides 2008 meeting, New Delhi, India.
2008 Geonnotti, AR, Furlow, MJ, Wu, T, DeSoto, MG, Henderson, MH, Kiser, PF and Katz, DF. A technique to measure diffusion coefficients of virus-like particles and small molecules in microbicide gel vehicles via post-photoactivation scanning. Microbicides 2008 meeting, New Delhi, India.
2008 Henderson, MH, Peters, JJ, Walmer, DK and Katz, DF. Simulated coitus and gel dilution influence human vaginal distribution in gel-specific ways. Microbicides 2008 meeting, New Delhi, India.
2008 Katz, D, Lai, B, Geonnotti, A, Peters, J and Owen, D. Comparison of placebo gels used in microbicide trials. Microbicides 2008 meeting, New Delhi, India.
2008 Katz, D, Peters, J, Walmer, D, Couchman, G and Henderson, M. Vaginal coating by microbicide gels is incomplete: meta analysis across different gels and conditions of application. Microbicides 2008 meeting, New Delhi, India.
2008 Lai, BE, Xie, YQ, Lavine, ML, Szeri, AJ, Owen, DH and Katz, DF. Dilution of microbicide gels with vaginal fluid and semen simulants: effects on rheological properties and coating flow. Microbicides 2008 meeting, New Delhi, India.
2008 Lai, B, Geonnotti, A, DeSoto, M, Henderson, M, Kiser, P, Montefiori, D and Katz, D. Development of a novel in vitro assay to evaluate microbicide products in a layered, polarized configuration. Microbicides 2008 meeting, New Delhi, India.
2008 Morrow, KM, Rosen, RK, Henderson, M, Vargas, S, Barroso, C and Katz, D. Co-optimizing vaginal microbicide gel acceptability and vaginal deployment. Microbicides 2008 meeting, New Delhi, India.
2008 Szeri, A, Park, SC, Verguet, S and Katz, D. Predicting intravaginal microbicide gel distribution from properties of both gel and vagina: advanced biomechanical modeling. Microbicides 2008 meeting, New Delhi, India.
2008 Wax, A, Drake, T, Robles, F, Geonnotti, A, Henderson, M and Katz, D. Development of a label-free optical method for human in vivo imaging of microbicide gel vaginal distribution. Microbicides 2008 meeting, New Delhi, India.
2006 Gupta, K, Barns, S, Tangaro, R, Roberts, M, Katz, D, Owen, D and Kiser, P. A semen-responsive molecular condom for microbicide delivery. Microbicides 2006 meeting, Cape Town, South Africa.
2006 Katz, D, Henderson, M, Couchman, G, Kieweg, S, Owen, D, Peters, J and Walmer, D. Relating microbicide formulation properties to human vaginal distribution: imaging interpreted by biomechanics. Microbicides 2006 meeting, Cape Town, South Africa.
2006 Owen, D, Kieweg, S, Zimmerman, A and Katz, D. Measurement and characterization of yield stresses in microbicidal gels. Microbicides 2006 meeting, Cape Town, South Africa.
2006 Race, S, Barnhart, K, Fairhurst, D, Chubb, K, Romano, J and Katz, D. The rheological properties of vaginal gels critically affect spreading characteristics within the vagina. Microbicides 2006 meeting, Cape Town, South Africa.
2006 Kieweg, S and Katz, D. Interpreting properties of microbicide formulations: translating fundamental fluid mechanics into guidance to formulators. Microbicides 2006 meeting, Cape Town, South Africa.
2006 Geonnotti, A and Katz, D. Dynamics of HIV neutralization by a microbicide formulation layer: biophysical fundamentals and transport analysis. Microbicides 2006 meeting, Cape Town, South Africa.
2005 Katz, DF. Assessment of drug-vehicle distribution at the luminal mucosal surface -- a bioengineering approach. Annual meeting of American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Orlando, FL.
2005 Kieweg, SL, Geonotti, AR and Katz, DF. Determinants of vaginal coating by anti-HIV and other drug delivery formulations. Annual meeting of Biomedical Engineering Society, Baltimore , MD.
2005 Owen, DH, Kieweg, SL, Zimmerman, A and Katz, DF. Yield stress analyses of vaginal contraceptive and microbicidal drug delivery gels. Annual meeting of American Society of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nashville , TN.
2005 Weiss, A, Katz, DF and Szeri, AJ. A model of inter-epithelial flow of a drug delivery vehicle: simultaneous elastic squeezing and gravitational sliding. Annual meeting of American Physical Society, Chicago , IL .