Iman Saad Ahmed, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biopharmaceutics & Pharmacokinetics
Faculty of Pharmacy - Cairo University Email: Iman.Saad@Lycos.com ________________________________________________________________________________________
Curriculum Vitae Education
1997-2002
Doctor of Philosophy, College of Pharmacy, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331 Major Professor: Dr. James W. Ayres Course Concentration: Biopharmaceutics, Pharmacokinetics. Minor in Statistics
1988-1991
Master of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University. Masters thesis project was titled "Dissolution Enhancement of Certain Anti-Cancer Drugs". Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, May 1985. Grade: Excellence with Honors.
1981-1985
Professional Affilliations
1998-Now 1990-Now 1986-Now American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) The Egyptian Pharmaceutical Society Egyptian Syndicate of Pharmacists
Career Highlights
Twenty years of diversified experience at the national and international levels in: Teaching, scientific research, and academic collaboration with world universities; Project design, formulation development of an oral protein delivery system and management of clinical trials, Allergenics, Inc., South San Francisco; Joint-scientific and research collaboration on development of innovative drug delivery systems, Oregon Sate University-GlaxoSmithKlein, RTP, North Carolina; Official representation at meetings and conferences in Egypt and abroad; Consultancy at CBiC Co., Egypt, in the training and development section. Preparing and teaching courses that cover various technical issues in the drug industry; Part-time teaching in Misr University for Sciences and Technology for level five undergraduate students.
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Iman Saad Ahmed, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biopharmaceutics & Pharmacokinetics
Faculty of Pharmacy - Cairo University Email: Iman.Saad@Lycos.com ________________________________________________________________________________________
Presentation of scientific papers in many national and international conferences; Supervising several Master and PhD degrees in the field of biopharmaceutics and pharmacokinetics.
Positions Held in Professional Societies
1986-1991 1991-1995 1997-2001 2001-2002 2002-2007 2005-Now Sept 2007 Oct 2007 Teaching Assistant of Pharmaceutics, Cairo University; Assistant lecturer of Pharmaceutics, Cairo University; Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant, Oregon State University; Intern at Allergenics, Inc. South San Francisco; Assistant Professor of Biopharmaceutics & Pharmacokinetics, Cairo University; Member of the Committee of Environmental Development and Social Service. Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University Associate Professor of Biopharmaceutics & Pharmacokinetics Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Clinical Pharmacology & Pharmacoepidemiology, Toronto, Canada (www.eprintedreasons.com/JCPPE.html).
Research Work
General Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics Drug Absorption, Disposition and Bioavaialbility Basic and Clinical Pharmacokinetics Oral Delivery of Protein Drugs Bioequivalence and clinical trials
Activities Related to Drug Development
Evaluation of a coat made of enzyme susceptible coated beads to deliver drugs selectively to the colon; Development of a novel gastric retention formulation; Evaluation of a new oral allergen delivery system; Enhancement of bioavailability of certain anti-cancer drugs; Development of new lyophilized oral dosage forms; International workshop on the use of PK software for drug design
Conferences
Participated in the following conferences and presented papers on relevant subjects of the conferences:
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Iman Saad Ahmed, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biopharmaceutics & Pharmacokinetics
Faculty of Pharmacy - Cairo University Email: Iman.Saad@Lycos.com ________________________________________________________________________________________
Certificate of Continuing Education. Dubai International Pharmaceuticals & Technologies Conference & Exhibition. DUPHAT, 2008. R. Soukri, I.S. Ahmed, R. Shama. Evaluation of a fast-disintegrating lyophilized tablet of nimuselide. 3 rd International Conference of Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Division under the theme of "Research and Development in Drugs: Future Trends". Cairo, 2007. I.S. Ahmed and M. H. Aboul-Elenien. In vitro and in vivo evaluation of a fastdisintegrating lyophilized dry emulsion tablet containig griseofulvin. The Egyptian Pharmaceutical Society XXX Conference of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Cairo, 2006. I.S. Ahmed, M.M. Nafadi , and F.A. Fatahalla. Formulation of a fast-dissolving Ketoprofen lyophilized tablet as a novel dosage form. 65th International Congress of FIP. Cairo, 2005. Iman Ahmed. A new spray coating technique resulting in high percentage load of short ragweed pollen extract on sugar spheres. The Egyptian Pharmaceutical Society IXXX Conference of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Cairo, 2004. Iman Ahmed and James Ayres. Development of a gastric retention device. AAPS, Denver, CO 2001. Iman Ahmed and James Ayres. Bioavailability of riboflavin from a gastric retention device. GlaxoSmithKlein, RTP, North Carolina, 2001. Iman Ahmed and James Ayres. Development of a colonic delivery system. College of Pharmacy Graduate Retreat, Newport, OR 2001. Iman Ahmed and James Ayres. In vivo testing of a gastric retention device in humans. College of Pharmacy Graduate Retreat. Newport, OR 2000. Iman Ahmed and James Ayres. Gastro-retentive dosage forms for drugs with absorption windows. AAPS meeting, New Orleans, LO 1999. Iman Ahmed and James Ayres. In vivo testing of a gastric retention device in dogs. College of Pharmacy Graduate Retreat. Newport, OR 1999. Iman Ahmed and James Ayres. In vitro and in vivo testing of a gastric retention device. Graduate Student Conference. Corvallis, OR 1999. Iman Ahmed. Dissolution enhancement of flutamide. AAPS meeting, San Francisco, CA 1998.
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Iman Saad Ahmed, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biopharmaceutics & Pharmacokinetics
Faculty of Pharmacy - Cairo University Email: Iman.Saad@Lycos.com ________________________________________________________________________________________
Language Proficiency
Arabic (mother tongue), English (fluent), French (fluent), German (fair).
Honors
The 2001 College of Pharmacy Graduate Retreat Award for best podium presentation ($300.00), OSU, OR, USA. The 1999 College of Pharmacy Graduate Retreat Award for best podium presentation ($150.00), OSU, OR, USA. Award of Excellence from 1999 Annual Sigma Xi Student Research Poster Competition ($300.00), OSU, OR, USA. Certificate of Recognition from the Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University for the active participation in the seminar held in the Faculty ofi Pharmacy in February, 2007 under the theme of "New Trends in scientific research and their role in health promotion".
Professional Training
September, 2006 Training program in 'Teaching evaluation'. Faculty and leadership development project, Cairo, Egypt. Training program in 'Management of time and work stress'. Faculty and leadership development project, Cairo, Egypt. Training program in 'Preparation of a Faculty Member', Cairo University, Egypt. WinNonlin Professional Hands-on Training. Pharsight, Ottawa, ON, Canada. Training in the safe use of unsealed radioisotopes, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR. Training in the safe use of biologicals, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR.
April, 2005
February, 2003
June, 2001
November, 2000
June, 1999
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Iman Saad Ahmed, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biopharmaceutics & Pharmacokinetics
Faculty of Pharmacy - Cairo University Email: Iman.Saad@Lycos.com ________________________________________________________________________________________
Travel and Residence Abroad
1997-2002 Summer 2001 Summer 2000 USA; Study/Research/Internship Canada; Supervision of clinical trials for Allergenics, Inc. Canada; Technical Workshop on Pharmacokinetics;
Publications
Numerous in the fields of Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics published in national and international journals (see attached).
PUBLICATIONS
M.S. Adel, A.S. Genedi, R.A. Shoukri, I.S. Ahmed. In vitro evaluation of flutamidecarrier systems, Part I: Preparation and evaluation of flutamide systems with polyvinyl pyrrolidone and polyethylene glycol 4000 and 6000 (1997). Pharmazie, 52, 373-375. M.S. Adel, A.S. Genedi, R.A. Shoukri, I.S. Ahmed. In vitro evaluation of flutamide-carrier systems, Part II: Preparation and evaluation of flutamide systems with -cyclodextrin and -cyclodextrin (1997). Pharmazie, 52, 470472. I.S. Ahmed. The effect of different coating formulations on the percentage load of short ragweed pollen extract on sugar spheres using a spray coating technique (2005). Egypt. J. Pharm. Sci. 46, 55-64. I.S. Ahmed. Effect of simulated gastrointestinal conditions on drug release from pectin/ethylcellulose as film coating for drug delivery to the colon (2005). Drug Dev. Ind. Pharm. 31, 465-470. I.S. Ahmed, M.M. Nafadi, F.A. Fatahalla. Formulation of a fast dissolving ketoprofen tablet using freeze drying in blisters technique (2006). Drug Dev. Ind. Pharm. 32, 437-442. I.S. Ahmed and J.W. Ayres. Bioavailability of riboflavin from a gastric retention formulation (2007). Int. J. Pharm. 330, 146-154. I.S. Ahmed and F.A. Fatahalla. Pilot study of relative bioavailability of two oral formulations of ketoprofen 25 mg in healthy subjects. A fast-dissolving lyophilized tablet as compared to immediate release tablet (2007). Drug Dev. Ind. Pharm. 33, 505-511.
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Iman Saad Ahmed, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biopharmaceutics & Pharmacokinetics
Faculty of Pharmacy - Cairo University Email: Iman.Saad@Lycos.com ________________________________________________________________________________________
I.S. Ahmed and M. H. Abouel-Einien. In vitro and in vivo evaluation of a fastdisintegrating lyophilized dry emulsion tablet containing griseofulvin (2007). Eur. J. Pharm. Sci. 32, 58-68. I.S. Ahmed and M. H. Abouel-Einien. Solid state characterization and in vitro evaluation of prednisolone inulin-glass based solid dispersions by lyophilization (2007). Bull. Fac. Pharm. Cairo Univ. 45, 115-130. S.A. Elkheshen, I. S. Ahmed, M. H. Aboul-Einien, M.A. Hassan. In vitro and in vivo evaluation of controlled release buccoadhesive disks of timolol maleate (2007). Egypt. J. Biomed. Sci. 23, 196-217.
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