DOHA: Students from Qatar University (QU) colleges of Pharmacy (CPH) and Arts and Sciences (CAS), along with counterparts from Weill Cornell Medicine - Qatar (WCM-Q), College of the North Atlantic Qatar (CNA-Q) and University of Calgary-Qatar (UCQ), participated in the Inaugural Interprofessional Education Student Society (IPE-SS) Research Day, organised by IPE-SS. Students presented their research findings and competed in the best poster and oral presentation categories. Topics included Alzheimer’s disease, respiratory problems related to Qatar’s climatic environment, adverse drug reactions and thalassaemia, among others.
Presentations were delivered before a panel of judges.
Among 19 posters presented, WCM-Q student Nahel Tunio and Vignesh Shanmugan won first place in their categories for their research on ‘Mutant Tau Propagation and Toxicity’ and ‘Comparative gene expression profiling of pilocytic (Grade I) and diffuse (Grade II) astrocytomas - Identification and validation of new biomarkers’. CPH fourth-year student Nermin Al Hasan and second-year student Sawsan Al Mukdad placed second and third for their research on ‘Assessment of quality control parameters and in-vitro bioequivalence/interchangeability of multisourced marked metformin hydrochloride tablets’ and ‘The Health Belief Model’, respectively.
CPH Dean Dr Ayman El Kadi said: “Participating in these competitions helps our students build knowledge, experience and skills and interact with peers and gain more insight into the pharmacy profession. This underlines the college’s efforts to provide students with a highly intellectual environment to explore and achieve their full potential, which will contribute to shaping the future of healthcare professionals in line with the goals of Qatar National Vision 2030 and the National Health Strategy.”
The Peninsula
