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Anti-cancer drug discovery from natural products: Prevention, Therapy, and Adjuvant therapy
Pharmaceuticals
May 24, 2021 - 16:00 - 17:00
Topic Description :
Anti-cancer drug discovery from natural products: Prevention, Therapy, and Adjuvant therapy
Learning Objectives:
- Identify cancer drug development approaches from natural products.
- Explain cancer prevention and therapeutic modalities utilizing natural compounds.
- Detail the pros and cons of using natural adjuvant therapy in cancer (safety vs. effectiveness).
Speaker :
Dr. Ahmed Al abd
Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology,
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
College of Pharmacy & Thumbay Research Institute for Precision Medicine (TRIPM)
Gulf Medical University
Bio:
Dr. Ahmed M Al-Abd has graduated (2000) in the faculty of pharmacy, Ain Shams University; M.Sc. in pharmacology and toxicology (2004-Ain Shams University); Ph.D. fellow in biomedical sciences (the year 2008- the Catholic University of Korea); Ph.D. degree in pharmacology and toxicology (year 2011- Beni-Suif University, Egypt). Since graduation, He has been promoting in the fields of research/academia from research assistant, to associate research professor at the National Research Centre of Egypt. He worked for 6 years as an Assistant/Associate Professor at King Abdulaziz University; during these 6 years he supervised the research activities within Tissue Culture facility in the Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University. In addition, he worked as a visiting scholar in Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA (years 2014 – 2018). He is currently working as an Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the College of Pharmacy and Thumbay Research Institute of Preision Medicine, Gulf Medical University, United Arab Emirates. Dr. Ahmed Al-Abd is a reaserch active University Faculty Staff member who accomplished more than 15 research grants with total budget exceeding USD 2 millions. By Sept-2020, Dr. Al-Abd is an author in more than 50 peer-reviewed publications and 3 books/book chapters. Dr. Al-Abd has a Scopus H-index of 19; google scholar H-index of 22 and google scholar i10-index of 37. In addition to be an editor in 6 peer reviewed International Scientific Journals, Dr. Al-Abd has a broad international scientific communication network (collaborator with more than 150 authors in more than 20 Universities and Research institutes in more than 8 different countries worldwide, and supervised the M.Sc. and Ph.D. theses of 16 candidates affiliated to 5 Universities and Research institutes).
