For her pioneering approachto biomaterial developmentto regenerate damaged nerve tissue and for her development of a new method to deliver drugs tothe spinal cord and brain.
The G-20 approachtodevelopment and the U.S. global development policy announced by President Obama in New York on September 22, 2010, are mutually reinforcing: both seek to engage as partners with those governments that are willing to demonstrate the leadership required to drive a development agenda focused on sustainable, broad-based economic growth.
"We need a newapproachto address the critical challenges of global environmental change and sustainable development which is more interdisciplinary, more international, more collaborative and more responsive tothe users of research", said Prof.