My contribution to science and its impact on society
Believing that teaching undergraduate pharmacy students (possible scientists to be) is as important as research, I lectured in a workshop for assistance of students in applying for scholarships and exchange travel grants, and also supervised undergraduate students' research activity submitted for the "Arab Council for Training Students of Arab Universities ACTSAU", to implement the concept of research in interested candidates. I have also been selected to attend an educational institute on responsible science, organized and funded by the national academy of sciences, from which I gained knowledge on how to use active pedagogical methods for teaching responsible science; a strategy that I have started to communicate to my undergraduate and postgraduate students. After attending the institute I was awarded a grant by the National Academy of Sciences to teach responsible science for undergraduate students. I have also made an outreach to a governmental hospital to extend help in solving their problems, and indeed after working with a team of willing candidates, we were able to develop antihypertensive formulations for children who were on kidney dialysis, as these formulations are not normally available in the market except foradults. Furthermore, I have actively engaged myself in research activities, with the aim of raising the rank of my home institution by publishing in high impact factor and citable international journals. I am constantly conducting meetings with the scholars that I supervise to discuss the problems that they have encountered and suggest solutions for them. In addition, trying to bridge the gap between academia and the public, I was hosted in a television program to communicate what we are doing in research and how it can benefit the public. I also participate in the annual "cultural season" that the faculty organizes to communicate science to the public in a simple way that they can understand, and address issues which are important to them. I am also a member of student counseling team affiliated with Career Resources Center – Egypt Scholars, to provide consultations to current and prospective students regarding studying abroad, hunting scholarships, admission requirements, academic/professional/industry-related issues, planning of future studies and other relevant issues via email and/or online webinars http://egyptscholars.org. Furthermore, I joined as a member in GYA the working group "Science education for the youth", to simplify sciences to children. I am also actively participating in a non-remunerated capacity building project for empowering young scientists; in which I participated as a speaker and consultant in "Scientific research and proposal writing workshop" held at the Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt in 2 November 2016, and participated in the "TAs orientation day" by giving a session for career orientation of young teaching assistants in 2 August 2016, and as a speaker in a workshop entitled "How to avoid research misconduct" in 3 May 2017 at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Helwan University, and as a workshop trainer at the Faculty of Pharmacy Ain Shams University titled "How to write a winning research proposal".