FAMU professor receives Fulbright

FAMU Professor Seth Y. Ablordeppey, Ph.D., has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to conduct research at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana during the 2010-2011 academic year. Ablordeppey is a professor of medicinal chemistry and the division director of basic pharmaceutical sciences in the FAMU College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Ablordeppey will work with local scientists and traditional herbalists to identify and transform plant products with antibacterial and antifungal properties into potential drugs for the treatment of one of the most threatening infections acquired while in the hospital (MRSA aka Superbug) and other opportunistic infections especially those associated with AIDS.

Ablordeppey is one of approximately 1,100 U.S. faculty and professionals who will travel abroad through the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program.

The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, sponsors the Fulbright Program. The Program operates in over 155 countries worldwide.