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Dina Mansour

Dina Mansour

Associate Professor

dina.mansour@gu.edu.eg

Biography

Dina F. Mansour is an Associate Professor and coordinator of the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Galala University, Egypt.

Mansour holds a PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences (2012), Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, where she has graduated from in 2002 holding a bachelor in Pharmaceutical Sciences with honors and a master degree in pharmaceutical sciences in 2007. During her academic advancement, Mansour joined the National Research Centre (NRC) from 2003-2018, where she attained significant research skills, published international scientific articles and participated in national and international projects as a member of the Medical Research and Clinical Studies Institute at NRC. Besides being a clinical pharmacologist at MRCE, NRC, Mansour received a full training year in clinical pharmacy at Giza Pharmacist syndicate in collaboration with MUST university. Prior to joining Galala University in October 2022, Mansour was a lecturer and project supervisor at School of Pharmacy, MSA university from 2012-2017. Mansour was promoted to associate professor in 2019 during her tenure at Ahram Canadian University (ACU) from 2018-2022. She participated in and supervised several projects and academic thesis in the field of pharmaceutical sciences. She is a member of recognized national and international scientific societies, she attended as participant, speaker and organizer in national and international scientific forums. Mansour is a reviewer of international scientific articles published by Elsevier, Springer, Sage and London Journals Press. Mansour was a member in Quality Assurance and Accreditation Of Education Unit and Coordinator of Pharm-D and Clinical Pharm-D student-internship program, at ACU. Now, Mansour is the coordinator of the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Pharmacy and head of Clinical Training Committee, Faculty of Pharmacy, Galala University. Mansour is also a Trainer in the Technical Team at Faculty Development Office-GU/powered by ASU, USA.

Qualifications

  • Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmaceutical Sciences (Pharmacology &Toxicology) Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, 2012.
  • Master degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences (Pharmacology & Toxicology) Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, 2007.

Post-graduate Courses:

  • Pharmacology, Toxicology, Pathophysiology, Bioassay and screening, Immunopharmacology and Biostatistics (General grade: Excellent) 2003-2004.
  • Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Excellent with Honors), Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, 1997-2002.

Publications

Area Of Research

  • Major: Pharmacology and Toxicology.
  • Minor: hepatorenal disorders, drug-induced gonadotoxicity, cardiotoxicity and neuropharmacology.

Projects

  • Participation as assistant researcher at Nano-toxicological and Pharmacological Assessment of Some Nano-gold materials Uses in Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy (Egypt/ USA combined project), 2009-2014.
  • Member in internal project entitled” Effect of Ginseng on Adrenaline-Induced Myocardial Infarction in Rat.” no. P100520 (2015-2016).
  • Member in internal project entitled” Neuroprotective Effect of Some Nutraceuticals against Cerebral Ischemia in Rats.” no. P100516 (2015-2016).
  • Member in internal project entitled” Evaluation of The Antitumor Effect of Lactoferrin against Hepatocellular Carcinoma Rat Model.” no. P100517 (2015-2016, NRC).
  • CO-PI in internal project entitled “The protective effects of some natural compounds against brain toxicity induced by intranasal chromium: Management of environmental and occupational hazards.” ID: 11010126 (2017-2019, NRC).
  • Member in internal project entitled “The use of plant biotechnology techniques for optimizing production of natural product(s) from some cruciferous vegetables plants for the prevention of breast cancer.” ID: 11030105 (2017-2019, NRC). 
  • Member in internal projects entitled “Novel Therapeutic Approaches in Modulating Pre-Carcinogenic Stages in Liver Diseases” and “Metabolic profiling of Melaluca species and their in vitro, in vivo and in silico anti-obesity activity” (NRC, 2019-2021).

Awards/Honorable Mentions

  • Best Oral presenter and participant in the 58th Annual Conference of the Egyptian Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ESPET), October University for Modern Sciences and Arts (MSA), Egypt (BUE) in April 20th, 2019.
  • The Best Presentation Award” by the conference committee at 19th International Conference on Pharmacology and Toxicology Research (ICPTR 2017) December 4-5, 2017, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Academic Positions

Lecturer and Coordinator of Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Pharmacy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Galala University

Non-academic jobs

  • Head of the clinical training committee-Faculty of Pharmacy- GU
  • Member of the technical committee- GU
  • Member of Laboratory chemicals and equipment committee at Faculty of Pharmacy- GU.
  • Member of Academic advising committee at Faculty of Pharmacy-GU.
  • Member of Control and Exam committee at Faculty of Pharmacy-GU.
  • Member of the Quality Assurance committee- at Faculty of Pharmacy-GU.

Activities

  • Oral presenter at 50th Annual Conference & Golden Jubilee of The Association of Egyptian-American Scholars in partnership with and hosted by The American University in Cairo (AUC), Egypt, December 26th & 28th, 2023.
  • Oral presenter at World Diabetes Day at GU-under the title “Impact of Clinical Pharmacist Role in Counseling of Patients with Type-2 Diabetes”, December,5th, 2023, MLT, GU.
  • Oral presenter in 2nd International Conference, Faculty of Pharmacy, Delta University (DU), Egypt, December 2nd & 3rd, 2023.
  • Completion of International certification of ASU-Cintana in Content Repository Best Practices and Training Course, 03 0ctober 2023.
  • Speaker and Member at Faculty-development team of Galala University in Orientation week and Onboarding program, October 2023.
  • Participation as a key opinion leader at Patient Expert Day on the 21st of September 2023 (11pm-7pm) at Steigenberger Hotel (Tahrir), Cairo, Egypt under the auspices of the Egyptian Council for Patient Advocates that features many talks by key opinion leaders in Egypt and MENA region with the contribution of several organizations such as WHO & Ministry of Health as well as pharmaceutical companies.
  • Attendee of the training seminar entitled “What did we learn from studying the genetics and genomics of a rare intra-ocular tumor: BAP1 and beyond” on Tuesday 19-9-2023, at Galala University.
  • Attendee the scientific workshop entitled “Sample Size Estimation and its Application for Good Statistical Plan” on Tuesday September 12th, 2023, hosted by College of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Manufacturing; A college accredited by “NAQAAE”.
  • Attendee of THE GLOBAL CONGRESS ON POPULATION, HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT PHDC ’23, UNDER THE AUSPICES OF H.E. PRESIDENT ABDEL FATTAH EL-SISI, earning 18 CPD (Continuing Professional Development) credit hours, 5-8 September 2023 – New Administrative Capital, Cairo, Egypt
  • Attendee of the 2nd International Conference of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Manufacturing- MUST University on 11th&12th of July 2023.
  • Attendee of webinar entitled “The dark side of AI” on 8th of July 2023, hosted by GU.
  • Attendee of Webinar entitled “Principles of Evidence-Based Practice and Research Methods” 24th of June 2023, hosted by GU-conducted by Dr. Ashraf Azazy.
  • Attendee of webinar entitled “ وبينار 3 :: حتى لا يفوتنا القطار -الذكاء الاصطناعي في التعليم بين: الورطة و المهارة-   17th of June 2023, hosted by GU.
  • Attendee of The International Scientific Conference-Africa Health Excon” from 06 – 09 June, 2023, Egypt International Exhibition Center – EIEC, Cairo, Egypt.
  • Holder of Cintana international certificate in “Digitally Enhanced, Blended, and Online Learning” Pedagogy course, ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY(ASU), USA as part of GU-ASU international team collaboration, issued in 06 June 2023.
  • Attendee of the online webinar “How ChatGPT and Other AI Tools Can Maximize the Learning Potential of Your Case-Based Classes” held by Harvard Business School, 1st of June, 2023.
  • Attendance of the online info session of the Egyptian innovation bank under the title of “محاضرة تعريفية عن بنك الابتكار المصري” 5th of March 2023 under the auspices of NRC-Conference Unit.
  • Coordinator in the workshop entitled: “Tips for Research Networking, Writing an Impactful Research Paper and Grant Proposal”, in Medical Research and Clinical Studies Institute, National Research Centre (NRC), Dokki, Giza, Egypt, 29th of November 2022. https://galalauni-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/g/personal/retaj_elshourbagi_gu_edu_eg/EbeDsl8zXs1IhkYO58URbx8BDQotoatek8RlbGjQaO9Ppg?rtime=UvOwOkvP2kg
  • Attendant in the symposium entitled: “Nutraceuticals: Focus on Medicinal Approaches, Production Safety, And Efficacy”, in Medical Research and Clinical Studies Institute, National Research Centre (NRC), Dokki, Giza, Egypt, 20th of September 2022.
  • Reviewer of original reports in International Journals.