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Ms. Nitasha Gohar

Assistant Professor
PROFILE SUMMARY

Ms. Gohar completed her M.Phil in Biochemistry from Quaid i Azam University, Islamabad with distinction in 2012. She worked in capacity of teaching assistant, Research associate and laboratory demonstrator in Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad and Gomal University, D.I.Khan. With interest in Drug discovery, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Novel Drug Delivery systems, safety and efficacy studies, Ms. Gohar held consultant position in World Health Organization (WHO) for vaccine testing and safety surveillance. She also contributed in the patient safety through her series of lectures from the same forum. Apart from teaching, her expertise comprises of project management, regulatory guideline development and implementation, and process development. She is very focused on high quality work, including scientific research & development & teaching with excellent communication skills in English and Urdu.

QUALIFICATION
M.Phil. Biochemistry Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan 2012
Pharm.D. Pharmaceutical Sciences Gomal University, D.I.Khan, Pakistan 2008
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor Capital University of Science and Technology (CUST), Islamabad Since – 2024
RESEARCH AREAS / INTERESTS
1. Pharmaceutical Chemistry
2. Drug discovery
3. Novel Drug Delivery Systems
Sr. JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS Year
1 T. Javed, H. Ullah, S. A. Rashid, M. T. Khan, N. S. Malik, A. S. Sheikh, N. Gohar et al., “Synthesis, characterization, and biological evaluation of 3-bromo isoquinoline derivatives: Potential lead molecules for analgesic and anti-Inflammatory agents” Journal of Population Therapeutics & Clinical Pharmacology, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 886-907, 2024. 2024
2 A. S. Sheikh, S. Mumtaz, Sheikh A. Rashid, H. Ullah, T. Javed, N. R. Baloch, N. Gohar “Development and evaluation of lornoxicam based buccal mucoadhesive tablets”. Journal of Population Therapeutics & Clinical Pharmacology, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 1195-1208, 2024. 2024
3 A. Erum, U. R. Tulain, N. S. Malik, A. Riaz, M. Yaqoob, A. Mahmood, A. Rashid, N. Shahid, N. Gohar, A. Malik, M. Z. Malik, “Formulation and optimization of pectin-based emulgel isolated from abelmoschus esculentus using response surface methodology,” Polymer Bulletin, pp. 1–21, 2024. 2024
4 M. Aslam, K. Barkat, N. S. Malik, M. S. Alqahtani, I. Anjum, I. Khalid, U. R. Tulain, N. Gohar, H. Zafar, A. C. Paiva-Santos et al., “PH sensitive pluronic acid/agarose-hydrogels as controlled drug delivery carriers: design, characterization and toxicity evaluation,” Pharmaceutics, vol. 14, no. 6, p. 1218, 2022. 2022
5 Sumaira, U. R. Tulain, A. Erum, M. A. Hussain, Sidra, N. S. Malik, A. Rashid, R. Kausar, N. Gohar, N. Shahid et al., “Fabrication, characterization and toxicity evaluation of chemically cross linked polymeric network for sustained delivery of metoprolol tartrate,” Designed Monomers and Polymers, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 351–361, 2021. 2021
6 S. Bashir and N. Gohar, “Pharmacotherapeutic Considerations in the Management of Hypertensive and diabetic COVID-19 Patients.” Global Journal of Medical Therapeutics, vol.3, no. 4, pp. 4-6, 2021. 2021

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