Le Tra Giang Nguyen

Ph.D. Student (2022-2027)

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Education

2015-2020
BSc. in Pharmacy
University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
2022-2027
Ph.D. Student in Pharmacology
University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy, Storrs, CT

 

Working Experience

2017-2022
Volunteer Research Assistant, Department of Pharmaceutical IT, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam
2020-2021
Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam
2020-2022
Product Specialist, OEP Pharma Group, Vietnam
2024
Summer Internship, Boehringer Ingelheim, Ridgefield, CT

 

Honors and Awards

2016
National Prize for Elite Volunteer
2018
Scholarship for Excellent Student from Minoru Shirota Support Fund
2018
The 2nd Prize in Summer Research Scholarship Program
2015-2020
Pharmacy Scholarship for Excellent Student
2020
Outstanding Undergraduate Student in University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City

 

Extracurricular Activities

2015-2019
Chairman of Pharmacy Social Work Club
2016
Leader of Green Summer Campaign
2016-2020
Founder of Class for the Deaf
2019-2020
Chairman of Pharmacy Student Association

 

Poster Presentations

05/2023
ASPET 2023 Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri
Nguyen LTG, Jin J, and Zhong XB. Functional characterization of alternative transcripts of lncRNA HNF4A-AS1 in human liver cells
09/2024
26th North American ISSX and 39th JSSX Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii
Nguyen LTG, Tawfik SM, Jin J, Durwin A, Armanios B, and Zhong XB. The impact of glucose levels on efficacy of the FDA-approved antisense oligonucleotide drugs

 

Publications
Nguyen PTV, Nguyen GLT, Dinh OT, Duong CQ, Nguyen LH, Truong TN. In search of suitable protein targets for anti-malarial and anti-dengue drug discovery. J Mol Struct, 2022, 1256:132520. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2022.132520.

Nguyen PTV, Van Dat T, Mizukami S, Nguyen DLH, Mosaddeque F, Kim SN, Nguyen DHB, Dinh OT, Vo TL, Nguyen LTG, Duong CQ, Mizuta S, Tam DNH, Truong MP, Nguyen TH, and Hirayama K. 2D-quantitative structure–activity relationships model using PLS method for anti-malarial activities of anti-haemozoin compounds. Malaria Journal, 2021, 20:264. PMID:34116665. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-021-03775-2.

Jin J, Nguyen LTG, Wassef A, Sadek R, Schmitt TM, Guo GL, Rasmussen TP, and Zhong XB. Identification and functional characterization of alternative transcripts of lncRNA HNF1A-AS1 and their impacts on cell growth, differentiation, liver diseases, and in response to drug induction. Noncoding RNA, 2024, 10,28. PMID:38668386. PMCID:PMC11053763. DOI:10.3390/ncrna10020028.

Jin J, Nguyen LTG*, Wassef A, Sadek R, Schmitt TM, Guo GL, Rasmussen TP, and Zhong XB. Correlations of lncRNA HNF4A-AS1 alternative transcripts with liver diseases and drug metabolism. Drug Metabolism and Disposition, 2024, DMD-AR-2024-001873. PMID:39168525. DOI:10.1124/dmd.124.001873. *Co-first author.

Jin J, Armanios B, Nguyen LTG, and Zhong XB. Epigenetic regulation of drug metabolism and transport by long noncoding RNAs. Pharmacoepigenetics, 2nd Edition. Elsevier, Hardback ISBN: 9780443187223. eBook ISBN: 9780443187230.

 

Contact Information
Emaille_tra_giang.nguyen@uconn.edu
Phone860-486-6803
Mailing AddressDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Connecticut, 69 North Eagleville Road, Storrs, CT 06269
Office LocationPBB-230A