Spotlight on Dr. Albert Ngo, School of Pharmacy
By Brent Davis, PhD and Albert Ngo, PhD
It is amazing to consider what great people God has brought together at AUHS to build into our students skills and character. It is also amazing to look at the cultural diversity of our school. One of those amazing people is Dr. Albert Ngo from Cote d’Ivoire in Africa. Here is his story.
I am Dr. Albert Nguessan Ngo. I received the Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Science and Chemistry from the University of Missouri, Kansas City in 2018. Since 2019, I have been an Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Science at the American University of Health Sciences’ School of Pharmacy (AUHS-SOP).
I joined AUHS-SOP because it was a great opportunity and a unique experience to take AUHS-SOP from pre-candidacy to full accreditation by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE). Also, through the AUHS Foundation’s outreach program, we have diligently volunteered and served the local underserved and underprivileged, homeless population. We published two articles in this regard.
I have $30,000 in ongoing research support from Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Division of Cancer Research and Training (CDU-DCRT), and the American Cancer Society (ACS). This pilot project aims to develop an innovative smart, self-assembling, nanoparticle delivery system for prostate cancer.
I am highly motivated to embrace an academic research career and continue my research in drug delivery systems, vaccine development for cancer, and HIV-AIDS prevention and treatment.
Amazing professors at AUHS continue to teach, research, volunteer, and inspire. For all these reasons we shine the spotlight on Dr. Albert Ngo.
