Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (Pharmaceutical Technology), Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
• Master of Philosophy (Pharmaceutics), The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
• Bachelor of Pharmacy, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan.

Research Interests

• Mucosal drug delivery
• Multifunctional excipients e.g. Thiomers, Proteolytic enzyme decorated conjugates, Phosphorylated polymers.
• Novel nano and micro carriers e.g. nanoparticles/microparticles/micells/SEDDS  with mucoadhesive, mucus penetrating, zeta potential changing, cell penetrating properties

Selected Publications

• Arshad A, Arshad S, Alamgeer, Mahmood A, Hussain Asim M, Ijaz M, Muhammad Irfan H, Rubab M, Ali S, Raza Hashmi A., Zeta potential changing self-nanoemulsifying drug delivery systems: A newfangled approach for enhancing oral bioavailability of poorly soluble drugs. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 14, 655, art. no. 123998, 2024.
• Erum A., Tulain U.R., Malik N.S., Riaz A., Yaqoob M., Mahmood A., Rashid A., Shahid N., Gohar N., Malik A., Malik M.Z., Tayyab M., Formulation and optimization of pectin-based emulgel isolated from Abelmoschus esculentus using response surface methodology, Polymer Bulletin, 2024.
• Jabeen N., Sohail M., Mahmood A., Ahmed Shah S., Mohammad Qalawlus A.H., Khaliq T. Nanocrystals loaded collagen/alginate-based injectable hydrogels: A promising biomaterial for bioavailability improvement of hydrophobic drugs, Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, 91, art. no. 105291, 2024.
• Akhtar A., Waqas M.K., Mahmood A., Tanvir S., Hussain T., Kazi M., Ijaz M., Asim M.H., Development and Characterization of Thiolated Cyclodextrin-Based Nanoparticles for Topical Delivery of Minoxidil, Pharmaceutics, 15 (12), art. no. 2716, 2023.
• Mahmood A., Erum A., Tulain U.R., Malik N.S., Saleem A., Alqahtani M.S., Malik M.Z., Siddiqui M., Safdar A., Malik A., Exploring the gelling properties of Plantago ovata-based Arabinoxylan: Fabrication and optimization of a topical emulgel using response surface methodology, PLoS ONE, 18 (8 August), art. no. e0290223, 2023.
• Haroon B., Sohail M., Minhas M.U., Mahmood A., Hussain Z., Ahmed Shah S., Khan S., Abbasi M., Kashif M.U.R., Nano-residronate loaded κ-carrageenan-based injectable hydrogels for bone tissue regeneration, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 251, art. no. 126380, 2023.
• Khaliq T., Sohail M., Minhas M.U., Mahmood A., Munir A., Qalawlus A.H.M., Jabeen N., Kousar M., Anwar Z., Hyaluronic acid/alginate-based biomimetic hydrogel membranes for accelerated diabetic wound repair, International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 643, art. no. 123244, 2023.
• Ghumman S.A., Mahmood A., Noreen S., Hameed H., Kausar R., Rana M., Aslam A., Mimosa pudica mucilage nanoparticles of losartan potassium: Characterization and pharmacodynamics evaluation, Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal, 31 (8), art. no. 101695, 2023.
• Mahmood A., Erum A., Tulain U.R., Shafiq S., Malik N.S., Sidra, Khan M.T., Alqahtani M.S., Aloe vera-Based Polymeric Network: A Promising Approach for Sustained Drug Delivery, Development, Characterization, and In Vitro Evaluation, Gels, 9 (6), art. no. 474, 2023.
• Farooq T, Sohail M, Shah S.A., Mahmood A., Hamid A., Qalawlus M., Kashif M.-U.-R, Kousar M., Colloidal curcumin-laden pH-responsive hydrogels: A promising approach to enhance solubility, dissolution, and permeation of hydrophobic drug, Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, 84, 104471, 2023.

Conferences

• SEDDS based nano-emulsions: A safe, effective and easy to scale-up approach for oral delivery of BSC Class III and IV drugs. Arshad Mahmood, International Conference on Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine, 2023, Bangkok, Thailand.
• Protease decoration of the nano-emulsions: A tentative approach to enhance the oral bioavailability, Arshad Mahmood, International Conference on Materials and Nano-materials, 2022, Rome, Italy.
• Overcoming the mucosal barrier via proteolytic enzyme decorated nano- and microcarriers, Arshad Mahmood, 1st International Basic Medical Sciences Conference (BMedCon 2018), Khyber Medical University, 2018, Peshawar, Pakistan.
• Transport of self-nanoemulsifying drug delivery system (SNEDDS) across mucus and cellular internalization, Arshad Mahmood and Andreas Bernkop-Schnürch, OMICS International European Pharma Congress, 2015, Valencia, Spain.

Teaching Courses

• Advanced Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics (MSc)
• Pharmaceutics (BSc.)
• Biopharmaceutics and pharmacokinetics (BSc.)
• Industrial Pharmacy-Training (BSc.)

 

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all.

This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  

 

Memberships

Pharmacy Council of Pakistan.