Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Ahmad Alsayed PhD, MSc, PharmD

Personal Information

• Name: Ahmad Riyad Fawzi Alsayed • Marital state: Married • Date of Birth: July 21th, 1987 • Phone number: 00962786770778 • Email: [email protected], [email protected]

Education

• PhD in Clinical Pharmacy / Therapeutics and Precision Medicine, School of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, the United Kingdom, May 2018. • PhD Thesis Subject: Clinical Pharmacy, Therapeutics, Infectious Diseases, Respiratory Diseases, Human Microbiome, Biotechnology, Bioinformatics. • PhD Thesis Title: “Understanding the Lung Microbiome in Chronic Pulmonary Diseases and its Clinical Influence on Disease Outcome”. • MSc. in Pharmacology, School of Medicine, the University of , , Jordan. June 2014. Thesis entitled as: “The prevalence of methicillin-sensitive and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates and their antimicrobial susceptibility patterns in three hospitals in Amman, Jordan”. • Master level in Bioinformatics, the European Molecular Biology Laboratory - European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Welcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, the United Kingdom. January 2018. Title: “Bioinformatics for Discovery”. • BSc. Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD), School of Pharmacy, the , Amman, Jordan. June 2011. • High School, Al-Omariya School, Amman, Jordan. 2005.

Current Positions

• Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy (Therapeutics and Precision Medicine) in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics at Faculty of Pharmacy, Applied Science Private University in Amman, Jordan. Since September 2018 – until now. • Member in Accreditation, Quality Assurance and Evaluation Committee at Faculty of Pharmacy, Applied Science Private University in Amman, Jordan. Since September 2018 – until now. • Head of Alumni Follow-up Committee at Faculty of Pharmacy, Applied Science Private University in Amman, Jordan. October 2019 – September 2020. • Member in Pharmacy Practice Committee at Faculty of Pharmacy, Applied Science Private University in Amman, Jordan. Since October 2019 – until now. • Head of Social and Scientific Committee at Faculty of Pharmacy, Applied Science Private University in Amman, Jordan. Since October 2020.

Professional Experience

• 3 years of working as a Clinical pharmacist at the ARAB MEDICAL CENTER (AMC) Hospital. I covered all the departments in addition to working with the quality control department in the AMC hospital. June 2011 to August 2014. • Teacher assistant in the Clinical pharmacy department at Zarqa University in Jordan. Taught materials: therapeutics, over the counter (OTC), pharmaceutical training, clinical microbiology and immunology. September 2014 to September 2015.

Clinical Training (Practice and Research) • 3 months (2006) of training in the Abu-Alia pharmacy, Amman, Jordan. • 3 months (2009) of training in the Baqet Al-Dawa pharmacy, Amman, Jordan. • 3 months (2009) of training in Drug Information Center (DIC) (Pharmacy 1), Amman, Jordan. • 4 months (2010) of training in the Jordanian Royal services [7 weeks in internal medicine, 4 weeks in pediatrics, 2 weeks in surgery, 2 weeks in Gynecology]. • 4 months (2011) of training in the University of [7 weeks in internal medicine, 2 weeks in surgery, 2 weeks in clinical kinetics, 3 weeks in the outpatient clinics]. • BSc. graduation research project: Autistic spectrum disorder. • 3 years of training and research at the Royal Victoria hospital Belfast/UK as part of my PhD (2015-2018).

Teaching and Training Fields

• Therapeutics / Pharmacotherapy • Pharmacy practice in hospitals • Selected topics in therapeutics • Pharmaceutical care • Drug Informatics • Research methodology • Therapeutics practice • Pharmaceutical training • Evidence-based medicine • Biostatistics • Clinical biochemistry • Clinical nutrition • Biotechnology • Molecular biology

Conferences, Workshops and Other Activities

• Presenting a lecture titled Immunity and Respiratory Problems. 8 August 2020, Amman, Jordan. • Presenting a Webinar titled: "Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Profile, Prevention, and Management". 4 April 2020, Amman, Jordan. • The Fourth International Conference of the Pharmacy schools. 5th-6th January 2019. Applied Science Private University, Amman, Jordan. • Bioinformatics for Discovery Master Level Course. September 2017. Bioinformatics for Discovery. European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI), Cambridge, UK (Oral Presentation). • School of Pharmacy Research Day. June 2017. Genotyping of Human Rhinovirus in Chronic Respiratory Diseases. Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, UK (Poster). • The Second International Conference of the Pharmacy schools. 16th-17th April 2017. Understanding the Clinical Influence of the Lung Microbiome in Chronic Pulmonary Diseases on Disease Outcome. Applied Science Private University, Amman, Jordan (Oral Presentation). • Ph.D. Jordanian Students Event. Understanding the Lung Microbiome in COPD and its Clinical Influence on Disease Outcome. March 2016. School of Pharmacy, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, UK (Poster). • The Graduate School’s Research Poster Competition. 17th June 2016. Understanding the Lung Microbiome in Chronic Pulmonary Diseases and its Clinical Influence on Disease Outcome. School of Pharmacy, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, UK (Poster). • Chemotherapy workshop, Arab Medical Center hospital [one week, 2011]. • Pain Management workshop, Arab Medical Center hospital [3 days, 2011]. • BLS (Basic Life Support) workshop, Arab Medical Center hospital [3 days, 2011]. • First Pharmacy Conference, Future pharmacists, Reality and Ambition, Amman, Jordan, 7 May 2011. Small Projects Competition, under patronage of Jordan Pharmacists Union. (Oral Presentation, autism project). • Jordanian Autism International conference & exhibition, 9-10 April 2011, under patronage of his Royal Highness Prince Ra’ad Bin Zaid chief secretary of his Majesty king.

Practice and Research Interest

• General description: The Main aims of my practice and researches are to promote evidence-based medication use with the goal of improving disease outcome and health-related quality of life of patients with internal medicine related disorders. • Research interest: Clinical pharmacy, evidence-based medicine, clinical trials of effectiveness and safety, quality of life and pharmaceutical care research with special interest in infectious, respiratory, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases. Also, I am interested in pharmacogenomics and precision medicine.

Publications

• Talib, Wamidh H, Ahmad Riyad Alsayed, Faten Farhan, and Lina T Al Kury. 2020. 'Resveratrol and Tumor Microenvironment: Mechanistic Basis and Therapeutic Targets', Molecules, 25: 4282. • Alsayed, Ahmad, Abdulhameed Al-Doori, Abdullah Al-Dulaimi, Abdullah Alnaseri, Juhayna Abuhashish, Khaled Aliasin, and Ibrahim Alfayoumi. 2020. 'Influences of bovine colostrum on nasal swab microbiome and viral upper respiratory tract infections– A case report', Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 31: 101189. • Alsayed, Ahmad Riyad, Malek Alzihlif, and Jamal Ahmad Wadi Al Ramahi. 2019. 'Relevance of vancomycin suceptibility on patients outcome infected with Staphylococcus aureus', The International Arabic Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 9. • Al Ramah, Jamal Wadi, Ahmad Alsayed, Ayham Nassar, Mais F Kadr, Omar Al-Eter, Hiba F Nour, Muhannad Qulaghassi, Nader Abdel Jawad, and Dareen Smaik. 2015. 'Respiratory fluoroquinolones vs. other commonly used antimicrobials in mild-to- moderate severity community-acquired pneumonia', The International Arabic Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 4.