Susanna Wu-Pong Bio

Dr. Susanna Wu-Pong, PhD, MAPP ’14 is Associate Professor and Director of Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Program at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). She has been a faculty member at VCU School of Pharmacy for 20 years, after receiving her BS degree in Pharmacy from the University of Texas at Austin, PhD from University of California at San Francisco (UCSF), and postdoctoral training in metabolism and dermatology also at UCSF.

Susanna has a passion for positive psychology, training, and development. She recently completed a Masters of Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. She is the recipient of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) Young Investigator Award, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Grant for New Investigators, has been an NIH and NSF Study section Reviewer and Reviewer for numerous scientific journals. She has published over 60 scientific papers, books, chapters and abstracts, including volumes 1& 2 of Biopharmaceutial Drug Design and Development and Applied Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics (5th and 6th editions).

In addition, Dr. Wu-Pong is a 2005 graduate of the Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute, former Program Coordinator for VCU Leadership (GEHLI), and fellow of the 2010-11 AACP Academic Fellow Leadership Program.

Wu-Pong, S. (2014). A Novel Calling Intervention for Career Development and Well-Being. MAPP capstone, University of Pennsylvania.