Biography
Dr Phuong (Nana) Pham is a Lecturer in Pharmacy (Pharmaceutics) at the School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, UNSW Sydney. She holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from UNSW, a Master’s degree in Pharmaceutical Science and a Bachelor’s degree in Biology. Before joining the School of Health Sciences, Nana was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Cardiometabolic Disease Research Group at the School of Biomedical Science,...view more
Dr Phuong (Nana) Pham is a Lecturer in Pharmacy (Pharmaceutics) at the School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, UNSW Sydney. She holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from UNSW, a Master’s degree in Pharmaceutical Science and a Bachelor’s degree in Biology. Before joining the School of Health Sciences, Nana was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Cardiometabolic Disease Research Group at the School of Biomedical Science, UNSW.
Nana is interested in developing advanced biopharmaceuticals and nanomedicines for the diagnosis and treatment of chronic diseases, including cancer, chronic infections, and cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. She is eager to apply her research experience to pharmacy education and support the development of future pharmacists
My Grants
The Award for Talented Young Scientists from the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (2023-2025)
My Qualifications
PhD (2022), University of New South Wales, Australia
MSc (2018), Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea
BSc (2016), Astrakhan State Technical University, Astrakhan, Russia
My Awards
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2025:
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New South Wales Cardiovascular Research Network (NSW CVRN) 2025 Professional Development Award;
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and The Cardiovascular Metabolic Medicine (CVMM) Research Dissemination Top-up Grant 2025 (UNSW)
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2024: University of New South Wales Postdoctoral travel award
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2022: The Award for Talented Young Scientists from the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology
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2018-2022: The Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship (RTP) for study for a PhD in Chemical Engineering, UNSW, Australia
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2016-2018: The Outstanding Foreign Student Scholarship award to study for MSc degree in Pharmacy at Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea
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2011-2016:
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The Vietnamese Government Scholarship to study for a BSc degree in Biology in the Russian Federation;
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Certificates of Merit from The Vietnamese Ambassador in the Russian Federation
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My Research Activities
Current research interests
Drug delivery | Theranostic nanomedicine |Nanoparticle synthesis and modification | Nanomedicine for cancer, cardiovascular and metabolic disease | Antimicrobial and wound healing biomaterials | Microbiome | Live Biotherapeutics
Publications
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Phuong PTT, Lee S, Lee C, Seo B, Park S, Oh KT, et al. Beta-carotene-bound albumin nanoparticles modified with chlorin e6 for breast tumor ablation based on photodynamic therapy. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces. 2018; 171:123-33. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927776518304636)
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Pham, Phuong Thi Thu et al. Indocyanine Green and Curcumin Co-Loaded Nano-Fireball-Like Albumin Nanoparticles Based on Near-Infrared-Induced Hyperthermia for Tumor Ablation. Int J Nanomedicine. 2020; 15:6469-84. (https://doi.org/10.2147/IJN.S262690)
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Phuong, P. T.; Oliver, S.; He, J.; Wong, E. H. H.; Mathers, R. T.; Boyer, C., Effect of Hydrophobic Groups on Antimicrobial and Hemolytic Activity: Developing a Predictive Tool for Ternary Antimicrobial Polymers. Biomacromolecules 2020 (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.biomac.0c01320)
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Pham, P.; Oliver, S.; Wong, E. H. H.; Boyer, C., Effect of hydrophilic groups on the bioactivity of antimicrobial polymers. Polymer Chemistry 2021, 12 (39), 5689-5703 (DOI https://doi.org/10.1039/D1PY01075A)
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Pham, P.; Oliver, S.;, Duong T. Nguyen.; Boyer, C., Effect of Cationic Groups on the Selectivity of Ternary Antimicrobial Polymers. (Submitted to journal Macromolecular Rapid Communications)
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Pham, P.; Oliver, S.; Boyer, C., Design of Antimicrobial Polymers. (Submitted to journal Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics).
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Oliver S, Pham TTP, Li Y, Xu F-J, Boyer C. More than skin deep: using polymers to facilitate topical delivery of nitric oxide. Biomaterials Science. 2020 (Co-first author) (http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/D0BM01197E)
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Schaefer, S., Pham, TTP., Brunke, S., Hube, B., Jung, K., Lenardon, M. D., & Boyer, C. (2021). Rational Design of an Antifungal Polyacrylamide Library with Reduced Host-Cell Toxicity. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 13(23), 27430-27444. doi:10.1021/acsami.1c05020 (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsami.1c05020)
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Oliver, S.; Lei, L.; Fan, K. W.; Wang, C.; Baena, J.-C.; Pham, P.; Lin, Q.; Kabir, I. I.; Wong, E. H. H.; Yuen, A. C. Y.; Boyer, C.; Yeoh, G. H., Wet or dry multifunctional coating prepared by visible light polymerisation with fire retardant, thermal protective, and antimicrobial properties. Cellulose 2021 (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10570-021-04095-z)
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Do, T.D.; Pham, U.T.; Nguyen, L.P.; Nguyen, T.M.; Bui, C.N.; Oliver, S.; Pham, Pet al. Fabrication of a Low-Cost Microfluidic Device for High-Throughput Drug Testing on Static and Dynamic Cancer Spheroid Culture Models. Diagnostics 2023, 13, 1394 ( https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13081394)
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Nguyen, X.T.; Pham, P.T.T.; Pham, U.T.; Nguyen, D.T.; Nguyen, D.V.; Nguyen, T.Q. Optimization of Green Processes for Catechin Extraction and Evaluation of the Antioxidant Activity of Extracts from Shan Tuyet Tea Leaves in Vietnam. Compounds 2025, 5, 46. https://doi.org/10.3390/compounds5040046
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Nguyen, Q.T.; Pham, P.T.T.; Pham, U.T.; Nguyen, D.T.; Luu, T.T.; Nguyen, D.V. Engineering Synergistic and Stable Polycatechin-Capped Copper Nanoparticles as a Green Nano-Antibacterial Platform Against Resistant Pathogens and Biofilms. Micro 2025, 5, 55. https://doi.org/10.3390/micro5040055
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My Teaching
Contribute to teaching activities in Pharmaceutics for Pharmacy (PHRM 3011); and Biochemistry (CHEM204) at Australian Catholic University