As part of a series of workshops organized by the Pharmacy college at Yarmouk university to train faculty members on technology tools and develop the teaching methodology and examination methods for the college's courses, so that they include interactive and technological activities.

Dr. Yazan Akkam, from the Faculty of Pharmacy at Yarmouk University, kindly conducted a workshop in which he explained and applied a set of interactive activities using the H5P applications available on the Moodle platform, which can be used by faculty members in presenting and evaluating exams, creating interactive content with students, in addition to using them as supporting teaching tools.

The first training course entitled Cell Culture Technology was concluded on Sunday, 10/10/2023 at the Faculty of Pharmacy at Yarmouk University in cooperation with the Queen Rania Center.

This comprehensive, week-long training course provided participants with a solid high-quality skill in cell culture techniques, and considered the first cooperation of the College of Pharmacy with the Queen Rania Center and the first course of this kind at the university level.

In this course, participants learned the basics of cell preservation, including techniques for multiplying, storing, monitoring cell growth, and counting. In addition to lectures, videos, and practical sessions in the cell culture laboratory, where participants conducted some experiments under the supervision of Dr. Ali Hmedat, course coordinator and assistant dean of the College of Pharmacy for student affairs.

The closing was attended by the Director of the Queen Rania Center, Professor Dr. Abdel Baset Athamneh, the Dean of the College of Pharmacy, Professor Dr. Fadia Mayas, and a number of faculty members.

The director of the center adored the efforts of the college and those in charge of this course, hoping that this training course would be a key for future training courses in other fields in cooperation with the College of Pharmacy.

Prof. Dr. Fadia Mayyas thanked the Queen Rania Center for their efforts and interest in organizing such courses and praised the efforts of Dr. Ali Hmedat, the course supervisor, and the training assistant, Ayat Al-Shouh. The Dean congratulated the participants, noting the importance of these applied courses in providing them with skills that expand their understanding and open new horizons and fields of work. It is worth noting that this course was accredited by the Ministry of Higher Education and rewards 30 training hours. At the end of the course, certificates were distributed to the 10 participants.

A meeting was held between college’s academic and administrative staff on the first day of the new academic year 2023/2024, which took place on Sunday, 01 Oct 2023. The meeting included a welcome speech from the Dean of the College of Pharmacy, Prof. Dr. Fadia Mayas.

 A group of pharmacy students from Yarmouk University (YU) visited the “Analytical Research Department” at Hikma Pharmaceutical Company in October 2023. The visit was a valuable opportunity for the students to learn from one of the leading pharmaceutical companies in Jordan and the Middle East. 

The students were welcomed by Mr. Ahmad Alian and Mr. Muhannad Abd Alraheem, two senior analysts who work at the “Analytical Research Department”. They gave the students a brief overview of the department’s functions and objectives, which include developing and validating analytical methods, conducting stability studies, and performing routine testing of raw materials and finished products. The students also learned about the quality standards and regulations that govern the pharmaceutical industry, such as good manufacturing practices (GMP), good laboratory practices (GLP), and international pharmacopoeias.

The visit helped the students to bridge the gap between theory and practice and to enhance their skills and knowledge in pharmaceutical analysis and quality assurance. The students also appreciated the history and achievements of Hikma Pharmaceutical Company and its contribution to the health sector. The students thanked Mr. Alian and Mr. Abd Alraheem for their hospitality and guidance, as well as Dr. Abu Deiab and Dr. Gammoh from the faulty of pharmacy for organizing this visit.

The college of Pharmacy congratulate Prof. Alaa AlJabali for being ranked among the top 2% of researchers in the world “for the year 2023” according to the scientific researchers’ database of unified citation indices prepared by Stanford University and the international publishing house “Elsevier”, according to several factors, the most important of which is international scientific publishing, the number of scientific citations to research, and participation in reviewing and editing scientific research in established journals.

It is noteworthy that Prof. Alaa AlJabali has published more than 100 research papers in peer-reviewed international scientific fields, and he is a member of more than one research group worldwide.

Prof. Alaa AlJabali holds a Ph.D. in nanotechnology from the University of East Anglia\United Kingdom, and did post-doctoral research at the University of Oxford.

We are proud of this achievement and wish him continued progress and excellence.

As a part of his tour at Yarmouk University, which was organized in cooperation with the Tourism Promotion Authority at the Ministry of Tourism and included medical colleges and various facilities at Yarmouk University, Dr. Qasim Younis, a Palestinian dentist and influencer, visited the College of Pharmacy with the aim of encouraging educational tourism and to attract Palestinian students to study in the pharmacy program.

A brief presentation of the college’s history, achievements, programs, and teaching plans were proposed by the Dean of the College, Prof. Dr. Fadia Mayas and faculty members. Also means of cooperation and the possibility of attracting students to the international program at the College of Pharmacy at Yarmouk University were discussed. The visit included an introductory tour of the college’s facilities, including teaching and research halls and laboratories, smart halls, in addition to the simulated pharmacy.

At the end of the meeting Dr. Qasim Younis expressed his great admiration for the college building, its program, plans, and achievements.

It is worth noting that the vision of Yarmouk University and its strategic plan aims to attract the largest possible number of students from various countries to be enrolled in different programs as the university decided to treat new international program students the same as Jordanian students in the parallel program for accepted students, starting from the first semester of this academic year.

2023/2024.

The academic and administrative staff at the College of Pharmacy at Yarmouk University, represented by its Dean, Professor Dr. Fadia Mayas, arranged a meeting on the occasion of the promotions and appointments of a group of colleagues. During the ceremony, members of the previous administration staff were honored for the efforts and years they made in serving the College of Pharmacy. The former Dean Professor Dr. Mervat Al-Sous, who assumed the position of Dean of the College of Pharmacy for four consecutive years, in addition to Professor Dr. Ala`a AlJabali, the vice Dean, Dr. Bilal Al-Jaidi, the Head of the Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, Dr. Maryam Razigue, the Head of the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, and Dr. Rawan Al-Shraideh, the Dean Assistant for Student Affairs, were all recognized for their contributions to the Faculty of Pharmacy. Also the new administrative staff were also welcomed.

On Sunday, 01 Oct 2023, the first qualitative training course entitled “Cell Transplantation Technology” was opened in the presence of the Dean of the College of Pharmacy, Prof.Dr. Fadia Mayas, the Director of the Queen Rania Center, Dr. Abdel Basset Athamneh, and a number of faculty members at the College of Pharmacy in Yarmouk University in cooperation with the Queen Rania Center, and was moderated by Dr. Ali Hamidat, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs.

This week-long training work shop was designed to provide participants with a solid foundation in cell culture techniques and equip them with the high-quality skills and knowledge necessary to conduct cell culture experiments. It covered the basic cell culture principles, techniques and applications. Participants in this course will learn the basics of cell preservation, including techniques for multiplying, storing, monitoring cell growth and counting.

A fruitful partnership between the faculty of pharmacy presented by the faculty dean Prof. Mervat Alsous and the Continuity Company for Software and Information Technology was established. The faculty was granted the updated version of Galaxy management software, which is considered one of the most important pharmacy management programs in Jordan for more than 25 years. This aims to train out students to use the same software established in many community pharmacies and to better qualify them for the labor market.