Samira Islam

Samira Ibrahim Islam is a Saudi pharmacologist and scholar. She heads King Fahd Medical Research Center's Drug Monitoring Unit at King Abdulaziz University. She was instrumental in securing formal university education for women in Saudi Arabia.

Biography

Following her secondary education, Islam was sent to Egypt to finish her schooling. She was the first Saudi woman to earn a Ph.D in pharmacology.[1][2] Beginning in 1971 she volunteered to lecture at King Abdulaziz University. She was appointed Academic Advisor for the girl's section of the Makkah and Jeddah branches of the university in 1973. She worked to establish formal university education for Saudi women. She became vice dean of the Faculty of Medicine in 1974.[3]

Islam investigated drug metabolism as it pertained to the Saudi population.[4] She founded and heads the Drug Monitoring Unit of King Fahd Medical Research Center at King Abdulaziz University.[5] She was the first person from Saudi Arabia to become a full professor in pharmacology in 1983.[6] Islam is on the board of the Arab Science and Technology Foundation.[2]

Islam received a Makkah Award of Excellence for her research on the effects and impact of medication on Saudis.[7]

References

  1. ↑ سلامة, رانية (1 May 2000). "عربيات تستضيف العالمة السعودية البروفيسور سميرة إسلام". مجلة عربيات الدولية (in Arabic).
  2. 1 2 "Two Saudis among top 20 Muslim women scientists". Arab News. 1 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "Women in Science: Samira Ibrahim Islam". Al Shindagah. September 2000.
  4. ↑ Toumi, Habib (August 31, 2012). "Saudi women excel in science and medicine". Gulf News.
  5. ↑ Ham, Becky (23 February 2007). "AAAS News and Notes". Science. 315 (5815): 1090–1091. doi:10.1126/science.315.5815.1090.
  6. ↑ "World's 100 Most Powerful Arabs: Samira Islam". Arabian Business. 2014.
  7. ↑ "Emir gives away Makkah Awards of Excellence". Saudi Gazette. 27 May 2009. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
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