Emmanuel O. Akala
Director
Howard University, Center for Drug Research and Development (CDRD)
USA
Biography
Dr. Akala is Professor of Pharmaceutics, Chair, Howard University Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee d Development (IACUC) and Director, Laboratory for Nanomedicine, Drug Delivery, and Pharmaceutical & Biopharmaceutical Drug Products Design and Development. Dr. Emmanuel O. Akala received his B. Pharm. and M.Sc.(Pharmaceutics) from The University of Ife (now OAU) Nigeria and Ph.D. (Pharmaceutics) from The University of Manchester, England. He was a DAAD Research Scientist in Biopharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology at The University of Munster, Germany, NIH-Fogarty International Fellow in Pharmaceutics and Bioengineering at The University of Utah (USA). He is a registered and immunization Pharmacist in Utah, Maryland and Washington DC.
Research Interest
Dr. Akala’s research interest is in novel and conventional drug products’ design and development. Current research efforts focus on Nanotechnological Platforms for the Delivery of Bioactive (Drugs) and Diagnostic Agents.