GMU College of Pharmacy participated in the First International Conference for Pharmacy Students which was held during March 20 and 21 at the University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. The conference was under the slogan “Promoting Sustainability in Pharmacy”. The conference aim was to educate students about the pharmacy job market, and to higlight the role in sustainability in the pharmacy profession. Students at the College of Pharmacy (COP) Gulf Medical University participated in this conference through a Patient Counseling Competition and an Awareness Video Competition. Furthermore, GMU Master in Clinical Pharmacy, and PharmD. students presented their research and thesis projects through an active engagement in student poster sessions.
Dr. Diana Malaeb from the COP was honored to receive an appreciation due to her contribution and efforts in orienting, guiding, and advising the students through their participation in the competitions. Our PharmD students won the second-place award in the “Best Patient Counseling Competition” among all students from the Colleges of Pharmacy in the United Arab Emirates.
The participating students from the COP contributed with poster presentation in the conference:
A Cross-sectional Study to Evaluate Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) Among General Population in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Towards the Use of Over-the-Counter (OTC) medications.
- Kripa Mathew, Nowraz Akbarali, Safae Dorostkar, Dania Mohammed Katout
- Supervisor: Dr. Juny Sebastian
Novel Coprocessed Excipients For the Preparation of Orally Disintegrating Tablets
- Sarah Diallo, Aisha Oluwakemi Akinola, Yoanna Abdelmalek, and Fatima Allawandi
- Supervisor: Professor Shery Jacob
Design and Synthesis of Novel Cinnamoyl Anthranilins Scaffold as Potential Anticancer Agents
- Hassan Alin Abu Kariem, Afra Abdulhammeed, Soam Nadeem, Nusaiba Babiker
- Supervisor: Dr. Eman El-Labbad
Assessment of the Efficacy and Safety of Favipiravir versus Symptomatic Management for United Arab Emirates Patients With SARS-COV-2 Infection: A Single-Center Study
- Bayan Ayash
- Supervisor: Dr. Diana Malaeb
Evaluation of eHealth literacy and mobile health application perception among pharmacy students and practicing pharmacists at a private academic health system within the Middle East region: A cross sectional survey study.
- Lerene Ann Biji, Zainab Salihu Jamari, and Mustabshira Menon
- Supervisor: Dr. Vineetha Menon
