Marium Ansari Successfully Defends Master’s Thesis on the Neuroprotective Potential of DPP4-Inhibitors in Huntington’s Disease
Marium Ansari Successfully Defends Master’s Thesis on the Neuroprotective Potential of DPP4-Inhibitors in Huntington’s Disease
On Friday, August 22nd, 2025, Marium Ansari, a student in the Master of Science in Drug Discovery and Development (MDD) program at the College of Pharmacy, Gulf Medical University, successfully defended her Master's thesis titled “Possible Neuroprotective Effect of DPP4-Inhibitor in Experimentally Induced Huntington's Disease: Implication of PERK/EIF2α/ATF4/CHOP Pathway.” The thesis was supervised by Dr. [...]
MDD Student Jamila Abdullahi Shines in Oral Defense with Cutting-Edge Drug Delivery Research
The College of Pharmacy at Gulf Medical University is pleased to announce the successful public oral defense of Master of Science in Drug Discovery and Development (MDD) student, Ms. Jamila Abdullahi, held on Thursday, May 15, 2025 at GMU campus in Lecture Hall 1. Her thesis, titled “Preparation and Evaluation of Tadalafil Loaded Nanoemulgel Transdermal [...]
Unlocking Nature’s Potential: MDD Student Co-Author Study on Conocarpus Oils
We are delighted to announce the recent publication of a collaborative research article in the Plants journal (Q1, 6.5, Impact Factor: 4.0), guided by Dr. Naglaa Saad, and co-authored by the MDD student Aya Salim, and Scholarly Pathway students Alya Arasteh, Ruqaiya Sahrish, and Danya Labash. The article, titled "Comparative Metabolic Profiling and Biological Evaluation [...]
From Thesis to Impact: MDD Student Publishes Her Research Project Work in the Prestigious Journal “Pharmaceutics”
We are proud to share the recent success of Jamila Abdullahi, a student in the Master of Science in Drug Discovery and Development (MDD) program at Gulf Medical University, who has co-authored a high-impact research article published in Pharmaceutics (Q1, Impact Factor: 4.9). The article, titled "Preparation and Evaluation of Tadalafil-Loaded Nanoemulgel for Transdermal Delivery [...]
Targeting Tumors with Precision: Nourhan Khaled successfully defends Master’s thesis in the Drug Discovery and Development (MDD) program on nanoparticle-based tumor targeting
Gulf Medical University’s College of Pharmacy proudly celebrated a significant academic milestone as Nourhan Khaled, a student in the Master of Science in Drug Discovery and Development (MDD) program, successfully defended her thesis titled “Statistical Optimization of Stable Quercetin Nanoparticles for Tumor Targeting.” In a compelling virtual oral defense, Nourhan presented her innovative work on [...]
MDD Student Ayesha Rifath Successfully Defends Master’s Thesis on Hypoxia-Mediated Regulation in Pancreatic Cancer
The College of Pharmacy at Gulf Medical University proudly announces the successful public oral defense of Ms. Ayesha Rifath, a Master of Science in Drug Discovery and Development (MDD) student, held on Friday, April 18, 2025, on GMU campus. Ms. Rifath’s thesis, titled "Evaluating the Effect of Hypoxia on Uhrf1 Expression and its Role in [...]
MDD Student Wins Best Postgraduate Research Poster at GMU Annual Research Day 2025
We are proud to announce that Marium Ansari, a student in the Master of Science in Drug Discovery and Development (MDD) program, was awarded Best Postgraduate Research Poster Presentation at the GMU Annual Research Day 2025, held on April 15–16. Her winning research, titled “Neuroprotective Effect of Omarigliptin in a 3-NP Induced Huntington’s Disease Model: [...]
MDD Students Represent GMU at the Second International Conference for Pharmacy Students (ICPS-II)
Students from the Master of Science in Drug Discovery and Development (MDD) program at the College of Pharmacy, Gulf Medical University, actively participated in the Second International Conference for Pharmacy Students (ICPS-II), hosted by the University of Sharjah on April 8–9, 2025. Held under the theme “Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Pharmacy,” the conference brought together [...]
Prof. Ashraf Khalil’s Research Seminar on Novel Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Therapy at the College of Pharmacy
On February 27th, Prof. Ashraf Khalil, Professor of Medicinal Chemistry in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Dubai Pharmacy College for Girls, Dubai Medical University, delivered a research seminar titled “An overview of the discovery of a novel potential triple-negative breast cancer therapy”. The session was attended by faculty members from the Pharmaceutical Sciences Department, [...]
Advancing Brain-Targeted Drug Delivery: Research Seminar by Dr. Santosh Adla at GMU’s College of Pharmacy
On Thursday, February 20, 2025, the College of Pharmacy at Gulf Medical University hosted a research seminar delivered by Dr. Santosh Kumar, Senior Researcher at the University of Eastern Finland in Kuopio, Finland. The session was attended by faculty members from the Pharmaceutical Sciences Department and candidates from the Master’s in Drug Discovery and Development [...]