Investigating antibiotics earned Vietnamese pharmacist top marks
Fri, 13 Nov 2015 16:44:00 GMT
Nga Vo aims to continue researching drug delivery systems in her doctoral study
EAGER to make a contribution to medicine and patient care, Vietnamese student Nga Vo decided that pharmacy would be a rewarding route. Now, she has made an exceptional success of her postgraduate course at the University of Huddersfield and has discovered a strand of research that fascinates her.
Aged 25, Nga studied for her Bachelor of Pharmacy degree at a university in her native Ho Chi Minh City. She decided to go overseas for further study. The University of Huddersfield offered a Master’s in Pharmaceutical and Analytical Science that was exactly what she was looking for – and she was offered a fee-waiver scholarship.
Nga achieved ultra-high marks for her work, including 82 per cent for a research project that was supervised by Professor Barbara Conway and Dr Adeola Adebisi. It was an investigation into the possibilities of using a special technique to deliver two different anti-biotic drugs simultaneously.
This could reduce dosing frequency and therefore diminish the side effects, explained Nga, whose success at her Master’s studies has earned her a Chancellor’s Prize, awarded to the highest-achieving students every year throughout the University of Huddersfield.
Nga’s goal now is to move on to doctoral study, continuing to investigate drug delivery systems. Beyond that she, she aims for a career as a pharmacy lecturer and researcher.
She is glad of her choice of university for a Master’s degree. “Studying at Huddersfield has fabulous. I have been provided with up-to-date knowledge and the student experience is great.”
