Uyen Minh Le, PhD

Chair of Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences
Chair and Professor, Pharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics

Phone: (916) 686-8552
Uyen.Le@cnsu.edu

Education

• Ph.D. Pharmaceutical Sciences (major) and Statistics (minor) (2008), Oregon State University College of Pharmacy
• M.S. Pharmaceutical Sciences (2003), Hochiminh city University of Medicine & Pharmacy, Vietnam
• B.S. Pharmacy (1998), Hochiminh city University of Medicine & Pharmacy, Vietnam

Research Interest

• Topical/transdermal drug delivery
• Healthcare outcome
• Pharmacy education

Selected Publications

• Le U, Tran TT, Vinall R, Kreys E, Phan V, Malhotra A. Impact of high-stakes exams, incentives, and preparation on student performance: Insights from the pharmacy curriculum outcomes assessment. Curr Pharm Teach Learn. 2023 Dec 28:S1877-1297(23)00317-9.
• Wang H, Tran TT, Duong KT, Nguyen T, Le U. Options of Therapeutics and Novel Delivery Systems of Drugs for the Treatment of Melanoma. Mol Pharm. 2022 Dec 5;19(12):4487-4505.
• Tran T, Le U, Shi Y. An effective up-sampling approach for breast cancer prediction with imbalanced data: A machine learning model-based comparative analysis. PLoS One. 2022 May 27;17(5):e0269135.
• Hong EJ, Sumanasekera W, Le U. Physical Stability and Release Profile of Compounded Gabapentin Containing Pluronic Lecithin Organogel for Neuropathic Pain Management. Int J Pharm Compd. 2022 Jan-Feb;26(1):65-71.
• Le U, Baltzley S, AlGhananeem A. Gabapentin in Elastic Liposomes: Preparation, Characterization, Drug Release, and Penetration Through Porcine Skin. Int J Pharm Compd. 2018 Nov-Dec;22(6):498-503.

Awards

• Faculty Preceptor of the Year, 2023
• Faculty Advisor of the Year, 2022
• CNU ITLE’s Health Education Grant Award (HEGA), 2021
• CNU ITLE’s Health Education Grant Award (HEGA), 2019
• VP Academic Affairs’ Award for Excellence in Educational Outcome. CNU Institute of Teaching & Learning Excellence, 2019