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Ebtihal Al-Demerdash

2021-01-11

Ebtihal Al-Demerdash ... one of the professors who were chosen among the best scientists in the world according to the Stanford University classification of America.
El-Demerdash holds a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacology from the Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University in 1993, after which she obtained a Masters in Pharmacology and Toxicology from the Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Azhar niversity in 1998. She went deeper into research in pharmacology and toxicology, until she obtained a doctorate in this specialty from Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, 2001.
El-Demerdash also received a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA, during the years 2006-2007.
El-Demerdash was interested in pharmacology and specialized in this science and its connection to tumors. She also researched and specialized in the field of chemically developed toxin mechanisms, in addition to gene therapy and stem cell therapy.
Dr. Ebtihal El-Demerdash is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, and head of the pharmacology and toxicology department there.
Prof. Ebtihal has participated in many research projects in cooperation with international research institutions. Earlier, she revealed the results of an international cooperation project between Egypt and South Africa funded by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research to treat cirrhosis during the first African Health Conference held under the auspices of the President of the Republic.

 


El-Demerdash said, "The results showed the effectiveness of iron chelating drugs in reducing liver cirrhosis, and thus these results open the door to adding new clinical use of these drugs in the future."
She indicated that the principal researchers of this project are among the winners of the Academic Excellence Award from the African Union, known as the Nkrumah Prize, in 2011.
It is worth noting that El-Demerdash’s excellence and scientific passion enabled it to obtain a project to establish the first accredited center for scientific excellence in preclinical research to evaluate the safety and efficacy of medicines from the Science and Technology Development Fund, and it is expected that this center will enhance the drug industry by providing the necessary studies to register medicines.
Dr. Ebtihal did not neglect to share the knowledge and knowledge she reached through international scientific journals, by publishing about 80 papers published in the field of poisons and drugs, with this outcome of research, El-Demerdash was among 396 Egyptian scientists on the Stanford American list that included the top 2 names % Of the world's most cited scientists in various disciplines.
El-Demerdash, who has been publishing her research in a delicate and sensitive area of ​​specialization in the field of toxicology, said that she was interested in publishing in the field of cirrhosis diseases, as she began her studies since the nineties, with her BA.
El-Demerdash was keen to publish in her specialty (the field of cirrhosis) in many international journals, most notably the British Journal of Pharmacology, which is one of the best scientific journals in the world and other scientific journals.
The professor was honored by Ain Shams University, where she was awarded the Ain Shams University Appreciation Award, and she received the Academic Excellence Award from the African Union, known as the Nkrumah Prize, in 2011.