Post-doc
University of Michigan
Dr. Haggag is working as a Visiting Assistant Research Scientist of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, the USA from December 2021 till now.
Dr. Yusuf Haggag is a pharmacist with an MSc in Pharmaceutical Technology from the faculty of Pharmacy, Tanta University, Egypt. I earned my Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology and Drug delivery as joint supervision between the school of pharmacy, Ulster University, UK, and Tanta University in 2018.
I have over six months of industrial formulation and drug delivery experience gained working with CID and Sigma pharmaceutical companies, in Egypt.
Dr Haggag has his contributions to the treatment of COVID-19, he has two published research articles about possible treatments of COVID-19, and also has a registered clinical trial for the same purpose registered on Clincaltrials.gov. to be published soon.
Dr. Haggag has work recognized in the area of treatment of breast cancer and diabetes. The main area of research is the development of nanotherapeutics for the treatment of different types of cancer such as breast, lung, and colon cancer.
Dr. Haggag published 24 papers and has an h index of 13.
The following are current areas of interest that I am pursuing:
1-Design, formulation, in vitro, and in vivo evaluation of different nanosystems for drug delivery.
2-Targeted drug delivery: Dr. Haggag has carried out extensive work in the development of a cancer-targeted drug delivery system using nanotechnology technology. His current research is focused on the development of a safe and effective drug delivery system using biodegradable nanoparticles that selectively target cancer tissues.
3-Drug repositioning: Identification and screening of some old drugs for new indications in cancer treatment.