Ajman University Center for Medical and Bio-Allied Health Sciences Research (CMBAHSR) is the University’s central point for connecting Ajman university researchers to opportunities for funding and a variety of research-related services. Research in Medical and Bio-allied Health Sciences is contributing to the development of life -changing technologies with significant impact on individuals and communities.
Ajman University researchers are:
Professor Moayad Jamal Saeed Al Shahwan
Research of the Interdisciplinary Population Health team aims to further advance the expertise and competence of academic health disciplines through developments of discipline sharing and integration. It also aims to address social and collaborative matters amongst the health disciplines away from discipline-related academic outcomes.
The team will collaborate with health organizations, governments, industry, and other research institutes, locally and internationally to tackle the essence, process, and outcomes of population health concepts with the ultimate goal of enhancing the health condition of the population. The research will adopt established interdisciplinary methods of preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic approaches in addressing health problems of people equally; leading to enhanced health outcomes and effective and efficient running of health management systems that cater for the health needs of the population.
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College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences |
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College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences |
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College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences |
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College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences |
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College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences |
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College of Dentistry |
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College of Dentistry |
Coordinator College College of Medicine Members from Ajman University College of Medicine College of Medicine College of Medicine College of Medicine College of Medicine College of Medicine 8) Ayesha Azhar
College of Medicine
College of Medicine
Drug Design, Development, Delivery, Analysis and Mechanistic Studies (D4AMS) is an established component of the CEMBHSR within the Ajman University (AU). The members of the team shall work on the convergence of health and medical sciences between the AU’s medical, dental, biological/biochemical, pharmaceutical and biomedical engineering programs to address the UAE’s most pressing health problems, and the world at large by improving biomedical and health care research.
To open new vistas in the next generation medical science that enables discovery of new drugs, low-cost and high-quality personalized yet scalable healthcare, disease prevention, early detection and containment, and new modes of medical science education. D4AMS has the resources, facilities and equipment for drug design, development (including synthesis and characterisation), analysis and formulation development and characterization and clinical studies.
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College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences |
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Members from Ajman University |
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College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences |
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College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences |
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College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences |
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College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences |
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College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences |
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College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences |
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College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences |
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College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences |
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College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences |
Since engineering has always been progressing side-by-side with medicine and biology, the aim of the Medical Instrumentation and Signal Processing (MISP) team is to collaborate with other groups within CEMBHSR, other research centres within AU, as well as external research entities (outside AU) to deliver novel research work that will have a positive impact on society and advance knowledge in healthcare. The research interests of the team lie in several areas such as sensor fabrication, neuro-engineering, medical electronics, biomaterials, bio-signal processing, and image processing.
In addition to the regular members of the team, faculty members and industry specialists from all engineering and information technology disciplines shall be invited to add to the existing expertise of the team in order to create the ideal environment for tackling contemporary and complex research problems.
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Engineering and Information Technology / Biomedical Engineering |
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Engineering and Information Technology / Biomedical Engineering |
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Engineering and Information Technology / Biomedical Engineering |
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Engineering and Information Technology / Biomedical Engineering |
Our team is multifaceted with departments actively pursuing research in both clinical and translational dental treatment. Our endeavour would be to collaborate with other colleges present within the university and globally to achieve our goal of contributing justifiable and repeatable results that sheds light on some frequently asked research questions. As a college which belongs to a consortium of colleges in the region providing clinical good governance, it is our responsibility to contribute judiciously to the cause. Our team will be concentrating on topics related to:
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Dentistry |
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Dentistry |
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Dentistry |
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Dr. Ahmed Jagshi |
Dentistry |
Dr. Simy Mathew |
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Dr. Kelvin Ian |
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Dr. Alexander Luk |
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Dr. Okba Mahmou |
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Dr. Khamis Gaballah |
Dentistry |
Dr. Gulrez Nadeem |
Dentistry |
Dr. Ebtesam Khalil |
Dentistry |
Dr. Adil Mageet |
Dentistry |
Coordinator College College of Humanities and Sciences Members Biomedical Engineering
This is Advanced nanotechnology research group under the umbrella of Center for Medical and Bio-Allied Health Sciences Research. The Nanotechnology research group at Ajman University is a newly established in AU with a technical and descriptive research coordinated by Dr. Samer. It constitutes a significant breakthrough in the development and activation of scientific research in pursuit of the country's development according to the AU strategic plans. This group aid in the promotion of research role to reach an advanced level of research and provide highly skilled and well-educated expertise in the interdisciplinary areas. The main aim of this research group is to build on the skill sets that already exists under the belt of the AU curricula aimed at developing nanotechnology-based solutions that will serve the best interest of UAE and its society in a variety of ways. An important target of our research group is to serve as a connecting bridge between Academia and Industries and to create a pool of researchers that are experts in the field of nanotechnology ultimately aiding in the betterment of the society. Another important target is to establish new educational programs in nanotechnology.
The aim of this research group is to cover the Undergraduate and Graduate students of Pharmacy and Engineering. The main research topics covered under our group are:
1. Synthesis of Nanoparticles
2. Photocatalysis
3. Lasers and Sensors
4. Waste Water Treatment
5. Nanotechnology in Disease therapeutics
6. Antibacterial activity and toxicity mechanism of nanoparticles
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College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences/Deanship of Research and Graduate Studies |
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College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences |
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The structure-based drug design and Discovery group under the Center for Medical and Bio-Allied Health Sciences Research umbrella aims to understand the structure-function relationships and investigate drug-protein interactions of various clinically relevant proteins. Structure-based drug design has become a valuable and essential part of drug discovery and possibly the most relevant approach to discovering bioactive leads exhibiting high specificity and effectiveness. We use various Bioinformatics methods, namely molecular docking, molecular dynamics simulations, and molecular modelling approaches to investigate the structure of proteins and their complexes with drugs and other molecules. These approaches unveil a comprehensive understanding of the drug-protein interactions for disease therapeutics, namely Cancer and Alzheimer’s disease. Our group aims to discover new drugs for the treatment of Alzheimer's and related neurodegenerative diseases and Cancer. Our group also focuses on various drug protein interactions that can play a key role in treatment of Neurodegenerative diseases.
CORE FACILITIES:
Internal Funding:
AU provides funds to members of the research center through internal research grants and infrastructure support for researchers in the medical and allied health sciences fields.
List of Ongoing Projects for the current academic year:
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IDG | 2022-IDG-PH-1 | Inter-professional collaboration between dentists and pharmacists to offer care for patients in the dental setting |
IDG | 2022-IDG-CAAD-2 | Development and Characterization of Novel Multilayer Nanofiber Insert Loaded With Dexamethasone For Treating Dry Eye Disease |
IRG | 2022-IRG-PH-1 | Protective effects of Coenzyme Q10 on methotrexate-induced testicular injury in experimental rats |
IRG | 2022-IRG-PH-2 | Bioactivity guided fractionation and mechanistic studies on phytoconstituents from a plant of family costaceae against colorectal adenocarcinomas and their possible antimicrobial properties. |
IRG | 2022-IRG-PH-3 | Secondary metabolites (SM) and metallic nanoparticles (MNP) mediated antimicrobial biomaterials with potential for infection control : AV-SM-PVP-I2 and SM-MNP |
IRG | 2022-IRG-PH-5 | In vivo wound healing potential of amniotic fluid and Moringa-olifera loaded nanoclay films and elucidation of molecular pathways for regeneration |
IRG | 2022-IRG-PH-7 | Anticancer-loaded nanoparticles for skin cancer |
IRG | 2022-IRG-PH-8 | Nanoparticle Laden Contact Lens for Controlled Delivery of Acetazolamide in the Treatment of Glaucoma |
IRG | 2022-IRG-PH-10 | Design and development of potential inhibitors of Sphingosine Kinase 1: A therapeutic approach to attenuate cancer progression. |
IRG | 2022-IRG-PH-11 | Structural and functional studies of brain cystatin: Exploration of possible mechanism for polyphenols induced protection in Alzheimer’s disease |
IRG | 2022-IRG-PH-12 | Rethinking “Chain of Survival”: Insights from Economic Theory |
IRG | 2022-IRG-PH-13 | Protective Role of Vitamin C Against Injurious Effects of Ciprofloxacin on Albino Rat Testis and Epididymis |
External Research Grants:
The center will target to gain the award of research grants from major national and international research funding agencies. In addition, researchers will be involved in joint research projects with a variety of national and international private and public institutions.
The suggested external partners are as follows. Others may also be considered.
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Dr. Jwala Renukuntla | High Point University, High Point, NC, USA |
Dr. Hamzah Al Zubaidy | The University of Sharjah |
Dr. Kebede Beyene | The University of Auckland, NZ |
Dr. Djenane Ramalho de Oliveira | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil |
Dr. Ahmed Awaisu | Qatar University |
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Prof. Brian Godman |
Department of Pharmacoepidemiology, Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow |
Dr. Md Tabish Rehman |
Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. |
Dr. Shafiul Haque |
Research & Scientific Studies Unit, College of Nursing & Allied Health Sciences, Jazan University, Saudi Arabia. |
Prof. Muthu |
Department of Pediatric and Preventive Den-tistry, Sri Ramachandra Faculty of Dental Sciences, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Re-search, Chennai, India. |
Prof. Ibrahim Sayed Mohamed Hussein |
Department of Physics, College of Science, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia |