Contact
e.arafa@ajman.ac.ae
06 705 6242
Ajman Campus
Elshaimaa Abdelrazek Ahmed Arafa

  • Elshaimaa Abdelrazek Ahmed Arafa

  • Professor
  • Ext: 6242
  • CV

Dr. El-Shaimaa A. Arafa is an associate professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology that joined the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in Ajman University, Ajman Campus in August 2014. She received her Ph.D. from Cairo university in Egypt under a joint program with The Ohio State University in USA in May 2009. Her career is a merge between research and academia; she had a research fellowship at the Ohio state University between June 2009 and December 2010 and she worked as an assistant and associate professor in different universities in Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Finally United Arab Emirates.

Education
  • Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Equivalency Certificate, FPGEC, USA, 2009
  • Ph.D, Cairo University & The Ohio State University, Egypt and USA, 2009
  • M.Sc., Cairo University, Egypt, 2005
  • B.Sc., Cairo University, Egypt, 1998
Experience
  • Professor, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Ajman University, UAE, 2 months
  • Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Beni-Suef University, Egypt, Egypt. 1 year. (on-leave)
  • Associate Professor Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Ajman University, UAE, 5 years.
  • Associate Professor Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Beni-Suef University, Egypt, 5 years. (on-leave)
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Ajman University, UAE, 2 years and 1 month.
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Taif University, KSA, 1 year.
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Nahda University, Egypt, 1 year. (Part-time)
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Modern University for Technology and Information, Egypt, one semester. (Part-time)
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate , Department of Radiology, Division of Radiobiology, The Ohio State University, USA, 1 year and 6 months.
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Beni-Suef University, Egypt, 5 years. (3 years on-leave).
  • Visiting Scholar, Department of Radiobiology, The Ohio State University, USA, under the scholar exchange program of the Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education to obtain the PhD, 2 years.
  • Lecturer, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Beni-Suef University, Egypt, 2 years.
  • Instructor and teaching assistant, Pharmacology & Toxicology Department, Faulty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Egypt, 5 years.
Teaching Area
  • Pharmacology and Therapeutics
  • Toxicology
  • Bioassay and Drug Screening
  • Drug Abuse
  • Experimental Pharmacology
  • Pharmacology and Natural Products
Research
  • Molecular mechanisms of natural anticancer drugs
  • Molecular pharmacology as a basis for drugs development
  • Oxidative stress implication in the pathophysiology of clinical disorders
Publications
Conference Presentation
  • Tangeretin Protects against Ethanol-Induced Injury in Gastric Mucosa of Rats via its Antioxidants and Anti-inflammatory Activity. The FASEB Journal 33 (1_supplement), 505.16-505.16. April 2019.
  • Role of Nicotine Mediated Neuroprotection in MPTP-induced Parkinson’s disease. The FASEB Journal 33 (1_supplement), lb84-lb84. April 2019.
  • Quercitrin protects rats against cisplatin-induced renal and hepatic injury without hindering its beneficial cytotoxic activity. Experimental Biology. Chicago, IL, USA. April, 2017
  • Awareness and Knowledge of Vitamin D Deficiency and its Possible Risk Factors Among University Students in United Arab Emirates. DUPHAT. Dubai, UAE. March 2017.
  • Nanotechnology: the answer for the unsolved science mystery? DUPHAT. Dubai, UAE. March 2017.
  • Treatment of chronic nightmares: can we do it? DUPHAT. Dubai, UAE. March 2017.
  • Use of internet for health related information: results from cross-sectional study. DUPHAT. Dubai, UAE. March 2017.
  • Spray on Skin: Can it be the answer in Burns Healing?. DUPHAT. Dubai, UAE. March 2017.
  • Over the counter drugs misuse in UAE: Findings from cross- sectional observational study. DUPHAT. Dubai, UAE. March 2016.
  • Use of Nutritional Supplements among People Exercising in Gyms in UAE. DUPHAT. Dubai, UAE. March 2016.
  • Use of Slimming Products in UAE: Results of a cross-sectional study. DUPHAT. Dubai, UAE. March 2016.
  • Knowledge, believes and behaviors of Ajman university students toward Osteoporosis. DUPHAT. Dubai, UAE. March 2016.
  • Camel’s milk ameliorates TNBS-induced colitis in rats via down-regulation of inflammatory cytokines and oxidative stress. Experimental Biology. San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, CA, USA. April, 2014
  • Sensitization of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells to TRAIL by a Novel Akt/NF-κappaB Signaling Inhibitor. American Association for Cancer Research, Molecular Targeted Therapies: Mechanisms of Resistance, San Diego, California, USA. May 2012.
  • Thymoquinone induces-cell cycle non-specific-cell death in cisplatin-resistant ovarian cancer cell through up-regulation of PTEN expression. American Association for Cancer Research, Molecular Targeted Therapies: Mechanisms of Resistance San Diego, California, USA. May 2012.
  • Thymoquinone induces cell death in glioblasotma cell through production of reactive oxygen species and induction of DNA damage. Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting. Abstract nr 4225. American Association for Cancer Research 102th Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, USA. April 2011.
  • Combination of cisplatin and tangeretin induces apoptosis in cisplatin-resistant human ovarian cancer cells through modulation of phospho-akt and its downstream substrates. 10th Annual Midwest DNA Repair Symposium. Pittsburgh, PA. May 2008.
  • p38 Map kinase participates in optimal nucleotide excision repair through chromatin remodeling and modulation of DDB2 degradation. Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting. Vol. 49: 199-200. 2008.
  • Thymoquinone upregulates Pten expression and induces apoptosis in doxorubicin-resistant human breast cancer cells. Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting. Vol. 49: 148. 2008.
  • DDB2 is involved in cisplatin sensitivity through enhancement of apoptosis but not DNA repair. Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting. Vol. 49: 166. 2008.
  • Combination of cisplatin and tangeretin induces apoptosis in cisplatin-resistant human ovarian cancer cells through modulation of phospho-akt and its downstream substrates. Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting. Vol. 49: 803. American Association for Cancer Research 99th Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, 2008.
Memberships, Awards and Honors
  • Faculty Excellence in Research, Ajman University, 2018.
  • Best Research Award, Beni-Suef University, Egypt, 2017.
  • Best Pharmacy Student Thematic Poster from DUPHAT, held in Dubai, UAE, 2017.
  • Beni-Suef university incentive award, Egypt, 2016.
  • Best Professional Poster and Presentation from DUPHAT, held in Dubai, UAE, 2016.
  • Best Pharmacy Student Poster Design from DUPHAT, held in Dubai, UAE, 2016.
  • BioVision. Nxt fellowships award to attend BioVision, 7th edition of the international Life Sciences Forum, held in Lyon, France, 2012.
  • Member of The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
  • Member of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
  • Member of MEMBS – Middle East Molecular Biology Sources
  • Member of the Egyptian Association of Pharmacists