Vietnam - UK Higher Education Partnership
Developing an Innovative Trans-National Education Approach to the Teaching of Natural Products Chemistry
This project is sponsored by the British Council Vietnam as part of the UK - Vietnam Higher Education Partnerships Programme
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THE SPEAKERS
Pharmacy Education in Vietnam -
Active Learning in Curriculum
Venue: Conference room 802 & 803 (7th floor) - 300A Nguyen Tat Thanh, ward 13, district 4, Ho Chi Minh city
Dr. Susan Matthews (University of East Anglia)
Dr. Susan Matthews is a UK Registered Pharmacist with 18 years of experience teaching Chemistry to undergraduates in the UK and Ireland.
She obtained her BPharm (Hons) from the University of Nottingham, UK, her PhD in Medicinal Chemistry from the University of Bath, UK and completed post-doctoral fellowships in the Czech republic, Germany and the UK.
Her research interests are focused on the interface between chemistry and biology and particularly on the use of supramolecular systems for drug and gene delivery and in novel antibacterial treatments.
Dr. Susan Matthews (UEA)
Dr Susan Matthews is a UK Registered Pharmacist with 18 years of experience teaching Chemistry to undergraduates in the UK and Ireland.
She obtained her BPharm (Hons) from the University of Nottingham, UK, her PhD in Medicinal Chemistry from the University of Bath, UK and completed post-doctoral fellowships in the Czech republic, Germany and the UK.
Her research interests are focused on the interface between chemistry and biology and particularly on the use of supramolecular systems for drug and gene delivery and in novel antibacterial treatments.
Mr. Tan Huynh (Nguyen Tat Thanh University)
Mr. Tan Huynh is a Lecturer of Pharmaceutical Department of Nguyen Tat Thanh University (NTTU). He has been teaching and doing research at NTTU for 11 years. He obtained his Master degree from the Open University of Malaysia and Diploma of TESOL from London Teacher Training College. His research interest are focused on Analytical chemistry, Pharmaceutical industry and Educational management.
Mr. Tan Huynh (NTTU)
Mr. Tan Huynh is a Lecturer of Pharmaceutical Department of Nguyen Tat Thanh University (NTTU). He has been teaching and doing research at NTTU for 11 years. He obtained his Master degree from the Open University of Malaysia and Diploma of TESOL from London Teacher Training College. His research interest are focused on Analytical chemistry, Pharmaceutical industry and Educational management.
Prof. A. Ganesan (University of East Anglia)
Ganesan obtained a BSc (Hons) in Chemistry at the National University of Singapore and a PhD in synthetic methodology and total synthesis at the Department of Chemistry, University of California-Berkeley. Following a postdoctoral fellowship at the Department of Chemistry at Harvard University, he joined the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Singapore as a Senior Research Chemist at the Centre for Natural Product Research and sunsequently became Principal Investigator of the Institute’s Medicinal and Combinatorial Chemistry group. In 1999 he joined the University of Southampton as a Reader in the Combinatorial Chemistry Centre for Excellence and in 2011 became the Chair of Chemical Biology at UEA’s School of Pharmacy. He is Director of Postgraduate Research and Head of the Healthy Ageing research theme within the School.
Ganesan's research centres around chemical biology, medicinal chemistry and organic synthesis with an emphasis on biologically active natural products and epigenetics.
Mrs. Tran Hoang Cam Tu (Nguyen Tat Thanh University)
Tu graduated from the University of Technical Education (HCMC, 2009) as an engineer and she started studying E-learning system for her MBA course at the International University (HCMC, 2014). She worked for Topica Education Group to operate the E-learning system in the field of Business Administration (2010) and then the E-learning system in university environment of NTTU to support lecturer and students (since 2011). She was appointed as the Director of the E-learning Institute in 2017 to build the E-learning courses, monitor and manage IT team at NTTU, as well as carry on join research projects.
Dr. Paul McDermott (University of East Anglia)
Paul McDermott is a Senior Lecturer in Medicinal Chemistry within the School of Pharmacy at the University of East Anglia (UEA). His education research interests focus on learners’ self-assessment and metacognitive awareness. Towards this end he has developed a number of active learning pedagogies as well as a novel method for the measurement of learners’ self-assessment accuracy. This work has been applied to a British Council funded Transnational Education Partnership between UEA and five Vietnamese institutions (Nguyen Tat Thanh University, Institute for Tropical Technology, Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Tay Nguyen University and Tay Nguyen University of Science).
Dr. Thang Nguyen (Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy)
Dr. Thang NGUYEN, working at Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy, is a Vietnamese Pharmacist with 11 years of experience teaching Clinical Pharmacy to undergraduate students in Vietnam.
He obtained his BPharm from Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vietnam, his PhD in PharmacoTherapy and Pharmaceutical Care from the University of Groningen, the Netherlands.
His research interests are focused on guideline adherence, medication adherence, and drug-related problems.
Dr. Le Minh Bui (Nguyen Tat Thanh University)
Minh is a Senior Researcher and Lecturer at NTT Hi-tech Institute of NTTU. His expertise is in synthetic biology and metabolic engineering. Currently he is focusing on designing highly active antimicrobial peptides and finding antimicrobial compounds from natural resources in Vietnam.
He has a long time experience working with South Korean researchers, as he spent 11 years for the PhD program and post-doc at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST).
Dr. Ngoc T. M. Pham (Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy)
Dr. Ngoc T.M. PHAM, working at Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy, is a Vietnamese Medical Doctor with 22 years of experience training medical skills to undergraduates students in Vietnam. She obtained the degree of general practitioner from Can Tho University, and her Master degrees in Health Profession Education from Maastricht University, the Netherlands and in Public Health from Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vietnam. She also is an education accreditor of Vietnam. She takes responsibility for building up the internal quality assurance of Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy and consulting on teaching methods, student assessment for some higher education institutions in Vietnam.
Her research interests are focused on health profession education, skills training for medical students, and teaching - learning methods.
Chair Profiles
Assoc. Prof. Dr Tran Thi Hong (Nguyen Tat Thanh University)
Professor Hong is currently the Vice President for Scientific Research and International Relations of Nguyen Tat Thanh University. She has nearly 40-year experience in Higher Education, works as many different positions like Lecturer, Head of International Relations Office – HCMC University of Technology, Vice Rector of University of Information Technology – Vietnam National University – HCMC, Director of Board of External Relations and International Project Development – Vietnam National University – HCMC. Besides that, she is also an Auditor of HCMC Center for Education Accreditation – Vietnam National University.
She received her Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Construction Bucharest, Romania in 1980 and a Master degree in Mechanical Engineering from Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand in 1993. Later then, she completed her co-advisor PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh City and University of Arkansas – United States of America in 2000.
Prof. Dr. Tran Dai Lam (Institute for Tropical Technology)
Prof. Lam got his BS. in Solid state and Semiconductor Chemistry from the Department of Chemistry, Belarusian State University (USSR, 1994) and his PhD. in Physical Chemistry of Surface and Interface from Paris Diderot University (France, 2003). He was appointed as Associate Professor (2009), Professor (2018) in Chemistry and as the Director of Institute for Tropical Technology (2019).
He was invited lecturer for Paris Diderot University in 2005, 2009, 2010. He is also a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Science and Technology (Asean Scopus, VAST) and Nano Convergence (SCI-E, Springer).
His fields or research includes inorganic chemistry, electrochemistry, and nano materials.