125 stories for 125 years

Professor Ho-Leung Fung

Dr. Fung is a Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University at Buffalo (UB), State University of New York. He received his undergraduate pharmacy training at the Victorian College of Pharmacy, graduating in 1967 and his PhD in Analytical Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Pharmaceutics from the University of Kansas (1970).

His awards include Research Achievement Awards from the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS, in 1988) and the American Pharmaceutical Association (1992), a MERIT grant award from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (1988), and the Takeru and Aya Higuchi Award from the Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology Japan (1995). He has been a member of the NIH Pharmacology Study Section (1988-1992), member (1995-7) and Chairman (1996-8) of the NIGMS Pharmacological Sciences Review Committee. He served as President of AAPS in 1997.

His research interests involve the bioanalysis, drug delivery, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of nitric oxide donors and nitric oxide synthase inhibitors.

‘I am delighted and honored to be included in this internet feature celebrating the 125th anniversary of VCP. Like many others, I owe the college a great deal for providing me with an excellent scientific and professional training, a stimulating learning experience, and opportunities for lifelong friendships. My years at the VCP left me with some of my most treasured memories.’