Dr. Sherief Khalifa

Dr. Khalifa received his BSc (Pharm) at King Saud University in 1986, and his PhD at the University of Mississippi (USA) in 1994.  His specialty is pharmacognosy (the study of medicines from natural sources) with a particular interest in bioactive substances derived from marine sources.  Upon graduation, Dr. Khalifa joined Suez Canal University  (SCU) as an adjunct professor in the Faculty of Pharmacy with linkage to the Biotechnology Research Centre at that institution.  He became a full-time Assistant Professor in 1995 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2002.  He remained with SCU until 2007, when he joined the Faculty of Pharmacy at Misr International University (MIU).  He was promoted to Full Professor at the MIU in 2009.  Before leaving MIU to join Qatar University, Dr. Khalifa was Professor and Head, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Pharmacy in the Faculty of Pharmacy.

Dr. Khalifa received the  Ahmad Askar Best Research Award (SCU) in 2005, a Fulbright Teaching & Research Scholarship in 2001 and the Model Pharmacist Award for the Suez Canal Area in 1999.  He has 43 peer-reviewed research papers, 15 invited presentations and several research grants.  His most recent publication focuses on the enhancement of oleandrin production in suspension cultures of Nerium oleander by combined optimization of medium composition and substrate feeding.  This was published in Plant Biosystems 2009. 

He has supervised 12 MSc and 4 PhD students.  He also holds a patent for preparation of cembranoid derivatives with chemopreventive activity.  Dr. Khalifa has been instrumental in establishing linkages between SCU/MIU and USA-based academic institutions including the University of Mississippi, South Carolina College of Pharmacy and the University of Georgia.  While his research focus is in pharmacognosy, he has a passion for advancing pharmacy practice in this part of the world.  He was responsible for introducing clinical pharmacy into the MIU curriculum and will continue this quest while in Qatar.  We're extremely pleased that he has decided to join us and have no doubt that he will make a significant contribution to our new program.

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Dr. Kheir received his Bachelor's degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences in 1982 from Cairo University (Egypt). He was awarded a postgraduate diploma in Pharmacy from Otago University in New Zealand in 1997 and PhD from the same university in 2003. His doctoral degree looked at validation of asthma health outcome measures in the New Zealand context, and specifically addressed three components: asthma (as a model of a chronic condition), quality of life, and the emerging practice of Pharmaceutical Care.

Dr. Kheir holds an Honorary Senior Clinical Lectureship with the School of Pharmacy, University of Auckland. He is also a Fellow with New Zealand College of Pharmacists, member of the Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand, the Clinical Advisory Pharmacists Association, and New Zealand’s Healthcare Pharmacists’ Association. While in New Zealand, he functioned as pharmaceutical care consultant and clinical pharmacy consultant.

Dr. Kheir’s research interests are in the areas of health outcomes, ethics and professionalism in pharmacy practice, and the application and evaluation of pharmaceutical care practices.

His professional and academic career include his posts of Superintendent of Pharmacy Department, the Royal Hospital (Oman); Senior Pharmacist, Medical Services Department, Qatar Petroleum (Qatar); an adjunct appointment as clinical pharmacy consultant at Middlemore Hospital (New Zealand); Teaching Assistant at Otago University; and lecturer with the School of Pharmacy at the University of Auckland (New Zealand), where he was a member of the foundation team of the School. He was also the Clinical Pharmacy Course Coordinator (Professional Pharmacy Year 3) at the School of Pharmacy, University of Auckland. While in these roles, Dr. Kheir spearheaded the introduction of clinical pharmacy at the Royal Hospital, proposed Patient-Integrated Teaching (PIT) at the School of Pharmacy in the University of Auckland, and developed the Pharmacy Strategic Plan for the Division of Pharmacy, Medical Services, Qatar Petroleum.

Dr. Kheir has 18 peer-reviewed publications, over 45 research abstracts and presentations, and over 30 invited presentations to his credit. He is currently involved in writing a chapter in a book edited by Professor Linda Strand, Cipolle, and Morley on Medication Therapy Management, and is an international research advisor in collaborative projects with research teams from Brazil and New Zealand, involving the application and evaluation of pharmaceutical care.

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Dr. Younes received his undergraduate training at Al-Mansourah University (Egypt). After completing his BSc (Pharmaceutical Sciences) degree in1992, he completed an MSc (Pharmaceutical Technology) at the Jordan University of Science and Technology (Jordan) in 1995.  In 2002, Dr. Younes received his PhD (Pharmaceutical Sciences) from the University of Alberta (Canada).

Dr. Younes was previously an Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology at the School of Pharmacy, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada.  He has taught physical pharmacy and pharmaceutics as a teaching assistant, lecturer and sole instructor since 1993.

He has also served as a technical manager for Research & Development (R&D) Department, Eastern Chemical Company for Pharmaceuticals, and has been practiced in community pharmacy.

Dr. Younes and his research lab conduct research in the areas of biodegradable polymers for delivery of therapeutic proteins and cytokines that are used in cancer therapy. In addition, he has conducted studies on the effect of inflammation on the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic parameters of antihypertensive drugs.  Dr. Younes currently holds a prestigious National Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Discovery Grant, has 10 peer-reviewed publications, and 12 invited conference presentations and research abstracts to his credit. 

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Dr. Wilbur received her undergraduate training at the Dalhousie University College of Pharmacy in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. After receiving her BSc (Pharm) in 1997, she went on to complete an accredited Hospital Pharmacy Residency at the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre in 1998. Following this intensive general practice training, Dr. Wilbur crossed Canada and joined the postgraduate Doctor of Pharmacy Program at the University of British Columbia. She graduated in 2000, winning the Merck Frosst Doctoral Prize (Academic) for her distinction as the head of the graduating class.

After completing her training, Dr. Wilbur joined the Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre as a Clinical Pharmacotherapeutic Specialist (General Medicine) in 2000 and was appointed this large teaching hospital's Hospital Pharmacy Residency Program Coordinator between 2002-2006.  Dr. Wilbur has also had a clinical appointment with the University of British Columbia since 2000, and is currently a Clinical Associate Professor. She teaches extensively in the undergraduate, residency and doctoral programs and her general research focus is optimizing medication use and health outcomes in the hospitalized adult population. In her six years since graduation, she has amassed 16 peer-reviewed publications, 30 abstracts and 21 invited presentations. She has also received 8 research and academic awards since entering practice.

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Dr. Maguy El-Hajj

Dr. El-Hajj received her educational training at the Lebanese American University (LAU) where she earned a Bachelor of Pharmacy (with high distinction) in 2005 and a Doctor of Pharmacy degree (with high distinction) in 2006.  She held the highest GPA at the LAU School of Pharmacy for four years (2002-2006) and was the recipient of LAU President Award in July 2005.   LAU is the only school of pharmacy to be accredited by the U.S. Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education outside of the United States.

Dr. El-Hajj was previously a part-time faculty member with the Lebanese International University and responsible for teaching across a wide variety of courses including physical pharmacy, pharmaco-therapeutics, pharmacy history and ethics, management and marketing, and pharmacy biotechnology.  She is also a clinical preceptor for senior year pharmacy students in community and hospital settings.  In addition to her teaching responsibilities, Dr. El-Hajj is also a registered pharmacist and practices as a clinical pharmacist at the Rafic Hariri University Hospital in Beirut, Lebanon. Her initial research interests include the use of unfractionated heparin for prevention and treatment of thromboembolic conditions in the hospital setting.

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Dr. Bridget Javed

Dr. Javed received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree in 2002 at the University of Florida College of Pharmacy (an accredited program) and was licensed as a pharmacist in Texas in 2002.  She completed a Post-PharmD Pharmacy Practice Residency at the Parkland Health and Hospital System (Texas) in 2003 and a Primary Care Specialty Residency at the same institution in 2004. 

Dr. Javed practiced at the deHaro Saldivar Health Centre for four years (2004-2008) as a Primary Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist and also the Site Coordinator for their Diabetes Program.  During this time, Dr. Javed held an adjunct appointment with the University of Texas and University of Houston as a Clinical Instructor.  In this capacity, she was responsible for the training of pharmacy students and residents in the ambulatory care setting.  Dr. Javed's research interests focus on the optimization of pharmacotherapy in the institutional and ambulatory settings.  She has completed several projects and delivered numerous posters and invited presentations on topics ranging from the analysis of sliding scale insulin use to dyslipidemia in the geriatric patient to treatment strategies for postmenopausal women.

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Dr. Daoud Al-Badriyeh

Dr. Al-Badriyeh completed his PhD in Pharmacoeconomics at Monash University (MU, Melbourne, Australia) in 2010. Prior to this, he obtained a BPharm at Al-Isra University (Jordan, 2001) and an Honours Degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Sydney (2005). During his tenure at MU, Dr. Al-Badriyeh held a part-time teaching appointment with the Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and undertook a GradCert in Pharmacoeconomics at the Faculty of Business and Economics.

Dr. Al-Badriyeh’s research interests involve the application of economic evaluations and decision-analytic modeling to assess the relative benefits of various medical interventions. He conducted clinical studies in humans, and is developing economic models and Monte Carlo simulations for hospitals in Australia and overseas. His research has primarily focussed on framework studies pertaining to the utilization of high-cost systemic antifungal medications in Australian medical practice. Other research interests include cardiovascular medications and the management of diabetes. Furthermore, he has experiences in analytical assay development and dosage formulation research.

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Dr. Dalia Hamdy

Dr. Hamdy completed her PhD in Pharmacokinetics at the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Alberta (Canada) in September 2010. Prior to this, she obtained a M Pharm Sci (Pharmaceutical Analytical Chemistry) at Alexandria University (Egypt) in 2004 and a BSc (Pharm and Pharm Sci) at the same institution in 2000. During her tenure at UA, Dr. Hamdy was a part-time teaching assistant (2006-2009). Prior to this she was a full-time lecturer (2004-2005) and demonstrator (2000-2004) at Alexandria University. She has also practiced as a community pharmacist (2000-2002) in Egypt. Dr. Hamdy is a licensed clinical pharmacist in Egypt and in Alberta, Canada. She has completed several UA training courses pertaining to academic integrity, research ethics, animal handling, teaching, time management, analytical techniques and related topics. Dr. Hamdy is also the recipient of several awards for research and academic excellence.

Dr. Hamdy’s research interests are in the fields of pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, drug metabolism and pharmaceutical analysis. Her research laboratory is currently investigating the following topics: 1. The use of azole antifungal drugs in prophylaxis and/or treatment of immunocompromised population. 2. The effect of hyperlipidemia on the pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and drug-drug interactions of some lipophilic drugs used in cancer treatment regimens. 3. Developing pharmaceutical analytical methods for the determination of drugs in biological fluids using the latest chromatography systems. She has published fifteen peer-reviewed papers and delivered nineteen research abstracts/posters at scientific national and international conferences. She has supervised nine undergraduate students ‘research projects. Dr. Hamdy is also a reviewer of several journals and granting agencies. She is a holder of a few QNRF and Qatar University research grants.

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Dr. Fatima Mraiche

Dr. Mraiche received her BSc. in Pharmacology with distinction at the University of Alberta (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada). After completing her BSc in 2004, Dr. Mraiche pursued a PhD in Medical Sciences at the University of Alberta. She graduated in 2010, receiving numerous national and provincial scholarships, including the Canadian Institute of Health Research Frederick Banting and Charles Best Doctoral Scholarship, Heart and Stroke Foundation Doctoral Scholarship and the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Doctoral Scholarship.

Dr. Mraiche specializes in cardiovascular research and has extensive training in molecular biology, creation, maintenance and use of transgenic animals and adenoviruses, all highly specialized biomedical techniques. She is also highly skilled in heart perfusions, as well as performing animal surgery. She has received two teaching certificates, one from the University of Alberta Teaching Services and the second from the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology. She has also been trained and certified in problem-based learning. She has published six peer-reviewed papers in international peer reviewed journals. She has also presented and published over 25 abstracts at international and national scientific conferences.

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Dr. Ahmed Awaisu

Dr. Ahmed received both his M.Pharm (Clinical Pharmacy) in 2004 and his PhD (Clinical Pharmacy) in 2009 at the Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). Dr. Ahmed is also a licensed pharmacist and has practiced in the hospital setting since 2002. He is currently the Head, Department of Pharmacy at the Rasheed Shekoni Specialist Hospital in Dutse, Jigawa State, Nigeria. He has held various academic and professional posts including Visiting Lecturer, USM (2006 – 2010), Lecturer, International Islamic Darul Makmur, Malaysia (2005 – 2006), Central Facilitator for the National Program on Immunization, Nigeria (2005). He is a member of ACCP, the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria.

Dr. Ahmed is a prolific researcher and author. He has 40 peer-reviewed publications, 10 research abstracts/posters and over 13 invited presentations to his credit. He was the recipient of the University Science Malaysia’s Award for Publication Excellence in 2008 and the Best Poster Award, TB and Lung Disease Symposium 2010 (jointly organized by Jabatan Kesihatan Negeri Pulau Pinang, Respiratory Department Penang Hospital, and MAPTB in 2010). His research focus areas include clinical pharmacy, evidence-based therapeutics, pharmacoepidemiology, medication safety and pharmacy education.

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Dr. Shankar Munusamy

Dr. Shankar received his BPharm from Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical University, Tamilnadu (India) in 2001, a MSc (Pharmacology and Toxicology) from the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (India) in 2001 and his PhD in Pharmacology from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (USA) in 2008. He is currently an Instructor with the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Mississippi. Prior to this, Dr. Shankar was a post-doctoral fellow at the same institution. He has also served as a Lecturer at Pallavan Phamacy College (India).

Dr. Shankar has published 7 peer-reviewed papers, 10 research abstracts, 9 research posters and has 12 oral research presentations to his credit. Over the past ten years, he has been active on various research projects involving whole organ, animal and cell culture models to understand the pathophysiological mechanisms in various disease states such as stroke, diabetes, and obesity. His primary research focus addresses the specific role of mitochondrial dysfunction and endoplasmic reticulum stress in the etiology of organ dysfunction during metabolic and cardiovascular diseases such as diabetes, obesity and hypertension, and he seeks to evaluate the therapeutic potential of cell organelle-targeted treatment modalities using animal models of metabolic and cardiovascular disease-induced end-organ damage. He also intends to continue his investigations into the molecular & cellular mechanisms that underlie drug-induced toxicities to mitochondria.

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Dr. Mohamed Izham

Dr. Izham received his B.Pharm degree from Universiti Sains Malaysia in 1990, and a PhD in Pharmacy Administration from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy & Sciences, USA in 1995. His areas of scholarly interest include pharmaceutical economics and policy, pharmacoepidemiology, socio-behavioral aspects of pharmacy and quality of life. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers, multiple proceedings, monographs, research reports, bulletins, newsletters. He has also authored 7 books and multiple book chapters, presented more than 40 invited presentations, and is the recipient of 9 international, 17 national and 8 university research grants.

Dr. Izham has supervised and/or participated in the training of over 50 MSc and PhD graduate students from several countries. He has also functioned in multiple consultant roles to government and non-governmental bodies at national and international levels.

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Dr. Ashraf Khalil

Dr. Ashraf received his PhD in Organic/Medicinal Chemistry from School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi (USA) in 1997 and his BSc (Pharmacy) from Al Azhar University (Egypt) in 1983. He was a Research Associate with Virginia Polytechnic Institution and State University (1998 – 1999), followed by an Assistant Professor position with the College of Pharmacy at King Saud University (KSA) (1999 – 2002). He returned to the USA to assume a position as a Senior Scientist with Analytical Biochemistry Laboratory in 2002 as he conducted several studies in the field of drug metabolism and returned to VPISU in 2003. Most recently he was with the College of Clinical Pharmacy, King Faisal University (KSA) as an Assistant Professor and the Coordinator of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Dr. Ashraf has published over 20 peer-reviewed papers and has 17 research presentations to his credit. His primary research focus is the isolation and characterization of a monoamine oxidase B selective inhibitors associated with tobacco smoke and the synthesis of biologically active compounds. He has also taught organic and medicinal chemistry for over 20 years.

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Dr. Emily Black

Dr. Emily received her Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 2007. She then completed a hospital pharmacy residency at Capital Health in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 2008. Dr. Emily received her Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of British Colombia in Vancouver, British Columbia in 2011. Emily worked as a clinical pharmacist in general and vascular surgery at the Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster, British Columbia for two years and continues in a part-time capacity. As a Doctor of Pharmacy student, she has had the opportunity to complete clinical and research rotations in hospitals and universities across Canada and internationally.

Dr. Emily's interests include clinical pharmacy practice, emergency medicine, critical care, and infectious disease. Emily has participated in several research projects and has been an author on a number of peer-reviewed publications and research posters. She has delivered 13 research seminars and continuing education lectures, and is the recipient of 2 national research awards and 6 student and leadership awards. She has taught undergraduate pharmacy students, medical students and residents, pharmacists, and nurses throughout Canada. She has also participated in various capacities as a committee member of various pharmacy associations in Canada.

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