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  • Amira Shaaban Ahmed, Ph.D

Amira Shaaban Ahmed, Ph.D

Associate Professor

Al Ain Campus

Education

  • Ph.D. Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice, School of Pharmacy, Huddersfield University, Huddersfield, United Kingdom, UK
  • M.Sc. Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Egypt
  • B.Sc. Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Egypt

Research Interests

- Pharmacotherapy and Medication Management

- Patient Safety and Medication errors

- Pharmacy Practice Models and Services

- Patient outcomes and quality of life

- Pharmaceutical education and Traninig 

- Pharmacovigilance and Drug safety

- Chronic Diseases Management

Selected Publications

  1. Amira SA. Said, Nadia Hussain, Lamiaa N. Abdelaty, A......Abdullah Abu Mellal. Inhaled Corticosteroid phobia among parents of Egyptian asthmatic children. Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health. 2021, 12, 100810. doi:10.1016/j.cegh.2021.100810 
  2. Shahid Shah, Muhammad Hanif, ....., Amira SA Said, Muhammad Haris. Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Pharmacogenomics Among Senior Pharmacy Students: A Cross Sectional Study from Punjab, Pakistan. Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicine. 2022, 15 429–439.  doi: 10.2147/PGPM.S359920
  3. Amira S. A. Said, Nadia Hussain, Zelal Kharaba,..... and Raghda R. S. Hussein. Knowledge, attitude, and practice of pharmacists regarding asthma management: a cross-sectional study in Egypt. Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice. 2022, 15 (7), 1-11. doi: 10.1186/s40545-022-00432-0
  4. Zelal Kharaba, Rahaf Ahmed, Alaa M. Khalil , Raneem M. Al-Ahmed, Amira SA Said, ...and Yassen Alfoteih. Parents’ Perception, Acceptance, and Hesitancy to Vaccinate Their Children against COVID-19: Results from a National Study in the UAE. Vaccines. 2022, 10, 1434. Doi: 10.3390/vaccines10091434
  5. Issa R, Kharaba ZJ, Azzi V, Obeid S, Sawma T, Said ASA, .......Hallit S. Menstrual symptoms variation among Lebanese women before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Pharm Practice. 2022 Sep. 23 ;20(3):01-8. DOI: 10.18549/PharmPract.2022.3.2699
  6. Ling-Hui Zeng, Mobeen Fatima, Shahzada Khurram Syed, Amira S.A. Said,......., Tariq, Musaddique Hussain. Anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant properties of Ipomoea nil (Linn.) Roth significantly alleviates cigarette smoke (CS)-induced acute lung injury via possibly inhibiting the NF-κB pathway. Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy. 2022 Nov. Volume155.113267. DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2022.113267
  7. Semira Beshir, Affana Parveen Mohamed, Aadithsoorya A. M., ...... Amira S.A. Said. Pharmacy Education, "The purpose and impact of using virtual patient simulations in pharmacy education: Virtual patient simulations in pharmacy education: A systematic review.2022 (1) 954-970
  8. N. Hussain, A.H.I. AlHaddad, S. Beshir, Z. Khan d, A.S.A. Said. Screening and prevalence of depression in an indigenous ethnic and religious minority community of Pakistan: A study based on the adolescents in the Kalasha community. Ethics, Medicine and Public Health. 2022 (25), 100846.
  9. Heba F. Salem, Marwa Mohamed Abd El-Maboud, Amira S.A. Said, ...., Raghda R. S.Hussein. Nano Methotrexate versus Methotrexate in Targeting Rheumatoid Arthritis. Pharmaceuticals. 2023 (16) (1), 60. DOI:10.3390/ph16010060
  10. Hafiz Muzzammel Rehman, Muhammad Sajjad, Muhammad Akhtar Ali, ...., Amira S. A. Said, Amal H. I. Al Haddad and Mahjabeen Saleem. Identification of NS2B-NS3 Protease Inhibitors for Therapeutic Application in ZIKV Infection: A Pharmacophore-Based High-Throughput Virtual Screening and MD Simulations Approaches. Vaccines 2023, 11, https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11010131
  11. Amira S.A. Said, Raghda R.S. Hussein, Doaa Mahmoud Khalil,......, Lamiaa N Abdelaty. Monotherapy versus Polytherapy of Enoxaparin and Hydroxychloroquine for the Treatment of COVID-19: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial. l. Pharmacy Practice 2023 Jan-Mar;21(1):2777. https://doi.org/10.18549/PharmPract.2023.1.2777
  12. Al Shaimaa Ibrahim,Hager Salah, Amira S. A. Said, ........and Raghda R. S. Hussein. Clinical Consequences for Individuals Treated with Tocilizumab for Serious COVID-19 Infection. Healthcare 2023, 11(4), 607; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11040607
  13. Muhammad Tariq, Nadia Hussain, Amira S.A. Said, A.... Musaddique Hussain. Macrophages M2 polarization is involved in lapatinib-mediated chemopreventive effects in the lung cancer. Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy  2023, 161, 114527
  14. Hager Salah, AL Shaimaa Ibrahim Rabie, Amira S. A. Said, Mohammad M. AlAhmad, ........ Raghda R. S. Hussein and Azza Khodary. COVID-19’s Psychological Impact on Chronic Disease Patients Seeking Medical Care. Healthcare 2023, 11, 888. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11060888
  15. Hager Salah,Israa Sinan,........,Amira S. A. Said,Mohammad M. AlAhmad  andAzza Khodary.  COVID-19 Booster Doses: A Multi-Center Study Reflecting Healthcare Providers’ Perceptions. Vaccines 2023, 11(6), 1061; https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11061061
  16. Moustafa Aldaly, Azza Hussein, Amira S.A. Said.....Ahmed Hassan Shaban. A Comparison of 3D Conformal and Deep Inspiratory Breath Holding vs. 4D-CT Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy for Patients with Left Breast Cancer. Cancers, 2023, 15 (24):5799;  https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers15245799. 

Conferences

 

Conference Participation and Posters Presentation

  1. Poster presentation for the abstract entitled “Sequential Therapy Versus Standard Triple Therapy for Helicobacter Pylori Eradication” at Emirates Gastroenterology and Hepatology Conference April, 2014, Dubai, UAE
  2. Poster presentation for the abstract entitled “In vitro Characterization of Aerosolized drug during non-invasive ventilation (NIV)  at 20th International Society of Aerosols in Medicine (ISAM) Congress held in Munich Holiday Inn-City Center, Germany May 30–June 3, 2015. DOI: https://doi.org/0.1089/jamp.2015.ab01.abstract
  3. Poster presentation for the abstract entitled “Screening Tests for the Diagnosis of Distal Symmetrical Polyneuropathy in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Results from a Cross-Sectional Study in South Asian Patients” at 5th Annual Clinical Congress” The State of the Art in Diabetes and Endocrinology October, 2017, Dubai, UAE
  4. Poster presentation for the abstract entitled “Screening tests for the diagnosis of distal symmetrical polyneuropathy in type 2 diabetes mellitus: results from a cross sectional study in South Asian patient” at Annual Research and Innovation Conference, February 5-6, 2018, UAE University, Al Ai
  5. Poster presentation for the abstract entitled “Drug-related problems and the value of a pharmaceutical care service in general surgery patients” at Abstracts 7th PCNE working symposium ‘Right questions, valid answers’. 6–8 February 2020, The Netherlands. Int J Clin Pharm 42 813–831 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11096-020-01009-
  6. Poster presentation for the abstract entitled “Analysis of Mendelian Randomization Studies of Biomarkers and Type 2 Diabetes” at UAEU Annual Research and Innovation Conference February, 2020, Abu Dhabi, UAE
  7. Participation in “Internal Medicine Updates 2021” held on 28-29 May 2021, accredited by Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, UAE
  8. Participation  “MENA Pharmacy Congress” held on 10-12 June 2021, accredited by Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, UAE
  9.  Participation “SEHA International Clinical Pharmacy Conference” supporting the community and advancing the profession, held on 1-2 October 2021. This activity is accredited by Department of Health, Abu Dhabi, UAE
  10. Participation  “5th International Conference on Prevention and Control of Infection”,  held on 15-17 November 2021, Abu Dhabi, UAE. This activity is accredited by European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical education.
  11. Participation in “9th Emirate Oncology Conference”, held on 19-20 November 2021, organized by European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical education
  12. Poster presentation for the abstract entitled “Options for Interventional Radiology in Patients Experiencing Neuropathic Pain”. The Arab Journal of Interventional radiology 5 (S01), PAIRS2021-A-1040.  December, 2021
  13. Participation in the “Excellence in Oncology Care Conference” (EIOC 2022),  held on 12-13 November 2022, at international festival city, Dubai, UAE
  14. Participation in the “11th SEHA International Radiology Conference”,  held on 12-13 March 2022, Abu Dhabi, UAE. This activity is accredited by European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical education
  15. Participation in the 5th Combined Gulf Cancer Conference (CGCC), Continuum of care in cancer control and management , held 21-23 November, Jawaher Reception and Convention Center (JRCC)- Sharjah, UAE.
  16. Poster Presentation for the abstract entitled “Community pharmacists perception towards an expanded role in practice”, at the First AAU International Conference on Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences that was held on 18-19 January 2023 at Al Ain University, Abu Dhabi Campus
  17. Poster Presentation for the abstract entitled “Assessment of polypharmacy and inappropriate prescribing of medications among UAE elderly patients. A cross sectional study”, at  the 3rd SEHA International Clinical Pharmacy Conference that was held on 29-30 September 2024  at Conrad Hotel, Abu Dhabi, UAE
  18. Poster Presentation for the abstract entitled “Evaluation of Piperacillin/Tazobactam Antibiotic Use in a UAE Rehabilitation Center”, at the second  AAU Health and Biomedical Symposium that was held on 8 February 2024 at Al Ain University, Abu Dhabi Campu

Teaching Courses

Molecular Biology and Pharmacogenomics, Pharmacotherapy, Pharmacy Practice management, Toxicology and First Care, Patient Assessment

 

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):

  

 

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