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Mansa Fredua-Agyeman (née Dennison)

Mansa Fredua-Agyeman (née Dennison)
Lecturer
mfredua-agyeman@ug.edu.gh

Academic Qualifications

  • PhD (UCL School of Pharmacy, London, UK)
  • MSc (Distiction) (UCL School of Pharmacy, London, UK).
  • BPharm (KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana)

Dr. (Mrs.) Fredua-Agyeman joined the School in 2009. She read Pharmacy at KNUST and graduated in 2006 with a first class honours degree. Following a teaching assistantship position with KNUST, she obtained a scholarship to undertake post-graduate studies at UCL School of Pharmacy, UK where she graduated with distinction and won the AstraZeneca Prize for best overall performance for the degree of MSc in Drug Delivery as well as the best science award at the Drug Delivery Lung Conference 19, UK. She undertook her PhD studies at the UCL School of Pharmacy between 2011 and 2015 under the supervisions of Prof. Simon Gaisford and Prof. Abdul Basit. Dr. Fredua-Agyeman is an associate fellow of the Higher Education Academy and has taught on the undergraduate MPharm programme and the postgraduate course, Qualified Person-Q3P in UCL (UK). She also supervised both undergraduate and postgraduate research projects in UCL.

Honours

  • AstraZeneca Prize for best overall performance for the degree of MSc in Drug Delivery.
  • Best science award, Drug Delivery Lung Conference 19
  • Associate Fellow Higher Education Academy (UK)

Area of Specialization

  • Drug Delivery and Formulation,
  • Biopharmaceutics, Gastrointestinal physiology and bacteria,
  • Colonic targeting,
  • Inhalation delivery,
  • Pharmaceutical material characterization,
  • Polymorphism,
  • Amorphous content quantification,
  • Calorimetry.

Research Interest:

  • Drug delivery and formulation: oral delivery, pulmonary delivery
  • Pharmaceutical material characterization: amorphous content quantification, calorimetry
  • Gut bacteria in health and diseases: antibiotic associated diarrhea, probiotics and prebiotics, microbially triggered drug delivery
  • Application of microcalorimetry in studying bacteria metabolism

Current Research

  • Gut bacteria in health and diseases
  • Probiotics and prebiotics
  • Oral drug delivery
  • Microbially triggered drug delivery
  • Development and characterization of probiotic products

Courses Taught:

  • Introduction to Principles of Pharmacy
  • Physical Pharmacy
  • Pharmaceutical Technology
  • Veterinary Pharmacy
  • Pharmaceutical Microbiology 

Publications

  • Fredua-Agyeman, M., Gaiford, S., Beezer, A. E. 2018. Observation with microcalorimetry: Behaviour of P. aeruginosa in mixed cultures with S. aureus. Thermochimica Acta, 663, 93-98.
  • Fredua-Agyeman, M., Stapleton, P., Basit, A., Gaisford, S. 2017. Microcalorimetric evaluation of a multi-strain probiotic: interspecies inhibition between probiotic strains. Journal of Functional Foods, 36, 357-361.
  • Fredua-Agyeman, M., Stapleton, P., Basit, A.W., Beezer, A. E., Gaisford, S. 2017. In vitro inhibition of Clostridium difficile by commercial probiotics: a microcalorimetric study. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 517, 96-103.
  • Fredua-Agyeman, M., Parab, S., Gaisford, S. 2016. Evaluation of commercial probiotic products. British Journal of Pharmacy, 1 (1). ISSN 2058-8356.
  • Fredua-Agyeman, M., & Gaisford, S. 2015. Comparative Survival Of Commercial Probiotic Formulations: Tests In Biorelevant Gastric Fluids And Real-Time Measurements Using Microcalorimetry. Beneficial Microbes, 6, 141-51.
  • Fredua-Agyeman, M., Basit, A., Stapleton, P., A. E. Beezer, Gaisford, S. 2014. A Real-Time Study Of Defined Mixed Cultures Of Bacteria, Isbc Xviii, 2.
  • Fredua-Agyeman, M., Basit, A., Stapleton, P., A. E. Beezer, Gaisford, S. 2014. In Vitro Demonstration Of Inhibition Of Clostridium Difficile By Commercial Probiotics: A Real Time Study. Eccmid P0806.
  • Fredua-Agyeman, M., Basit, A., Gaisford, S. 2014. A Microcalorimetric Assay Of Probiotic Viability After Exposure To Gastric Fluids, Aps Ukpharmsci,
  • Fredua-Agyeman, M., Basit, A., Stapleton, P., Beezer, A. E., Gaisford, S. 2013. A Microcalorimetric Study Of Mixed Cultures Of P. Aeruginosa, S. Aureus And E. Coli. Aaps Journal M1277.
  • Fredua-Agyeman, M., Basit, A., Stapleton, P., Beezer, A. E., Gaisford, S. 2013. Assessment Of Commercial Probiotic Viability In Pig And Simulated Gastric Fluids. Aaps Journal R6094
  • Fredua-Agyeman, M., Basit, A., Stapleton, P., A. E. Beezer, Gaisford, S. 2013. Continuous Real Time Observation Of Inhibition Of Clostridium Difficile By Probiotics. 2013. Aaps Journal, R6015.
  • Jones, M. D., Santo, J. G. F., Yakub, B., Dennison, M., Master, H. & Buckton, G. 2010. The Relationship Between Drug Concentration, Mixing Time, Blending Order And Ternary Dry Powder Inhalation Performance. International Journal Of Pharmaceutics, 391, 137-147.
  • Gaisford, S., Dennison, M., Tawfik, M. & Jones, M. D. 2010. Following Mechanical Activation Of Salbutamol Sulphate During Ball-Milling With Isothermal Calorimetry. International Journal Of Pharmaceutics, 393, 74-78.