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Ho-Lun Wong, Ph.D., B.Sc.Pharm

Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

 

3307 N. Broad Street

Philadelphia, PA 19140

office Room 433

phone (215) 707-8173

email ho-lun.wong@temple.edu

Biosketch | Research | Selected Publications

 

Biosketch

Dr. Wong is an Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences. After receiving his profession degree of Pharmacy at University of Toronto, he worked as a pharmacy manager for two years, and returned to Toronto to earn his Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences. He later completed his post-doctoral training at Ohio State University. Dr. Wong's research focused on the use of nanotechnology to improve the therapeutic efficiency of anticancer compounds, in particular, the strategic use of lipid-polymer hybrid nanotechnology and lipid-based drug delivery systems to deliver novel molecular therapeutics and lipophilic small molecule drugs in single agents or combinations for treatment and prevention of drug-resistant, metastatic cancers.

Positions and Employment

2008 - date Assistant Professor, School of Pharmacy, Temple University, Philadelphia

2007 - 2008 Post-Doc Fellow, College of Pharmacy, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

2004 - 2005 Lecturer, College of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Other Experience and Professional Memberships

2011 - date Grant Reviewer, NIH/NCI Provocative Questions Special Emphasis Panel (R01, ZCA1 SRLB-9 and R21, ZCA1 SRLB-D(M1)R); Department of Defense (DOD) IPD-Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics (CET)-B panel (Breast Cancer Research Program), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Collaborative Health Research Projects Program

1998 - 2006 Pharmacy Manager/ Licensed Pharmacist, Shoppers Drug Mart, Ottawa/Toronto, Canada

1998 Pharmacy Intern, Cornwall General Hospital, Cornwall, Canada

Major Honors and Accomplishments

2012 - 2017 R01 grant, NIH/NCI (1R01CA168917)

2009 - 2010 Breast Cancer Concept Award, Dept. of Defense (W81XWH-09-1-0477)

2008 - 2009 Concept Award, Pennsylvania CURE Tobacco Settlement Formula Fund

2008 Best Paper Award 2007, European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics (as first author)

2007 AACR-Aflac, Incorporated, Scholar-in-Training Award, American Association of Cancer Research (AACR)

2007 AAAS/Science Program for Excellence in Science, American Association of Advancement in Science

2004 - 2006 Canadian Graduate Scholarship, Doctoral, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada,

2005 NCIC Travel Award, National Cancer Institute of Canada (NCIC)

2002 - 2004 Merck Frosst Postgraduate Pharmacy Fellowship Award, Merck Frosst

2001 - 2002 University of Toronto Open Fellowship, University of Toronto

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