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S. Rahima Benhabbour

The University of North Carolina

Associate Professor, UNC-NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering | Adjunct Associate Professor UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Division of Pharmacoengineering and Molecular Pharmaceutics | Founder & Director, Anelleo, Inc. (AnelleO)

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S. Rahima Benhabbour, MSc, PhD

Dr. Benhabbour is an Associate Professor in the UNC- NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering. Her Lab (https://benhabbour.web.unc.edu/) focuses on harnessing innovative engineering and chemistry tools to develop the next generation drug delivery technologies for disease treatment and prevention. Dr. Benhabbour is inventor in 7 patents and has received multiple awards and honors including ranking in the top 5% of UNC PIs for NIH funding in 2024-2025, 2025 CRS Women in Science Award, 2025 Outstanding Global Engagement Award Finalist by the NCSU Office of Global Engagement, 2024 BME Outstanding Faculty Research Award, Alexander R. Matzuk Award, CRS Member of the Year Award, the CRS Young Investigator Award, the David Sokal Innovation Award, 2021 BME Faculty Research Achievement Award, the Eshelman Institute for Innovation Award and many more. She is also the Founder &amp; Director of Anelleo, Inc. (https://anelleo.com/), a UNC spinoff company pioneering an innovative 3D printed intravaginal ring platform technology for unmet women’s health indications. For her role as an entrepreneur, she has received multiple awards including the Chancellor’s Faculty Entrepreneurship Award, University’s Technology Nominee for the J&J WiSTEM^2D competition, and NIH SEED Program Award (AnelleO).