Dr. Ahmed Awaisu, Ph.D, M.Pharm (Clinical), B.Pharm
Associate Professor, College of Pharmacy, Qatar University
Dr. Ahmed Awaisu is an Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Practice in the College of Pharmacy at Qatar University. He received his Bachelor of Pharmacy degree from Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria in 1999, his masters and Ph.D degrees in Clinical Pharmacy from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) in 2004 and 2009, respectively. He is also a licensed pharmacist and has practiced in the hospital setting since 1999. Dr. Awaisu has a unique privilege of past academic experiences in international pharmacy degree programs. He has made substantial and tremendous contributions that impact teaching and learning, research, curriculum design, as well as professional development of students and healthcare practitioners in Qatar and other countries. He received the “Qatar University Merit Award for Outstanding Faculty” for 2016-2017 Academic Year. He is a member of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP), and the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR), among others.
Prof. Awaisu has extensive experience in the conduct of pharmacy practice and clinical research involving various types of study designs including case-control and cohort studies, quantitative surveys, mixed-methods designs, randomized control trials, and systematic reviews mostly on diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, tobacco dependence, and other chronic diseases. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles in internationally reputable pharmacy and healthcare journals and 10 book chapters related to the field of pharmacy. He has successfully supervised several postgraduate and undergraduate research projects, including MSc and PhD.
His research interest includes pharmacy practice especially pharmacists’ expanded scope of practice, outcome-based research, pharmacoepidemiology and medication safety, and health promotion. Dr. Ahmed Awaisu has conducted training sessions and workshops on research methodology and biostatistics, drugs in sports, developing cognitive pharmacy services, and responding to symptoms in pharmacy practice. He presents regularly at continuing professional development programs for healthcare professionals in Qatar and other countries.
