Biography

Amusa S. Adebayo’s current research focus is on nanotechnology-based passive-active translational drug delivery to colorectal cancer cells. He has a broad background in pharmaceutical sciences with specific training and expertise in pharmaceutical technology incorporating development of novel polymeric materials of plant or synthetic origin, their characterization and application in drug delivery and targeting. He is currently an Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Pharmaceutics) and Interim Vice Chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the Howard University College of Pharmacy.  He received his B. Pharm and MBA degrees from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria and his PhD (Pharmaceutics & Industrial Pharmacy) from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He also holds the MSc in Health Informatics degree of the University of Illinois, Chicago and a Certificate in Data Science & Visualization from the Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. Dr. Adebayo is widely published in reputed journals with several conference abstract to his name. He is a co-author of “Hard Shell Capsules in Clinical Trials. In Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms (pp. 31-74). CRC Press.

Amusa has received the Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award of Howard University College of Pharmacy. He is a member of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientist and the American Association for Cancer Research.