Uyen Minh Le, Ph.D.
Administration - Faculty
Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Pharmaceutics Lab Coordinator
Education:
Oregon State University, Oregon
Ph.D. in Pharmacy
University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Hochiminh city, Vietnam
M.S. in Industrial Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, and Pharmaceutics
University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Hochiminh city, Vietnam
B.S. in Pharmacy
Fields of Interest:
Drug Delivery for Cancer Therapy and Biopharmaceutics/Pharmacokinetics
Contact Information:
E-mail: ule@sullivan.edu
Office Phone: 502-413-8965
Office Fax: 502-515-4669
Biography
Dr. Le obtained her 5-year Bachelor of Pharmacy, Pharmacist degree in Vietnam, in 1998, and her Master degree in Industrial Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, and Pharmaceutics in 2003, both from University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Hochiminh city, Vietnam. Dr. Le got her Ph.D. in Pharmacy in 2008 from Oregon State University, Oregon.
Dr. Le had designed and developed liposomal delivery systems encapsulating gadolinium potential for the application of Tumor Gadolinium-Neutron Capture Therapy. She had also successfully designed and developed approaches to enhanced the resultant anti-tumor activity of poly(I:C) (e.g. polyinosine-cytosine, a synthetic double-stranded RNA) by integrating gemcitabine, a chemotherapy agent, or localized radiation into the poly(I:C) therapy.
Dr. Le has joined Sullivan University, College of Pharmacy since October 2008. She used to work as a faculty at University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Hochiminh city, Vietnam from 1998 to 2004.