Dr. Amna Saeed

amna.saeed@fbse.paf-iast.edu.pk

Dr. Amna Saeed

Assistant Professor

Biography

She has earned her PhD from Xi’an Jiao tong University, China (Global QS ranking: 303), on Chinese government scholarship. Dr. Saeed carried out extensive research in diverse areas of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Administration including, Access to essential medicines, Pharmaco-economics, Anti-microbial stewardship, Community and Hospital Pharmacy services, Pharmaceutical care.  She has published 19 research articles with a cumulative impact factor of 58.6, and authored two book chapters. She had also participated in several international conferences and trainings in UK, China, and Pakistan. She did her M.Phil. (Pharmacy Practice) from the university of Punjab, Lahore, where she was a top scorer in her class. She earned her PharmD degree from Lahore college for women university, Lahore, where she received “vice-chancellors’ Gold Medal. She had also received “role of honor” for academic excellence and for being the president of debating society. Besides this, she has a worked as a project leader of a social action project under British council and had won a “best national social action project award”. She has also participated in an international study visit to England (UK) in 2014, organized by British Council.  She remained member of Youth parliament Pakistan in 2014 and had been invited to multiple talk shows on national television as a youth representative.

Professional Appointments

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, PAF-IAST, Mang, Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. (2022-Present)
  • Senior Lecturer, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences. The University of Lahore. (2020-2021).
  • Hospital Pharmacist/Drug Inspector, Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department, Govt. of Pakistan (2017-2020).
  • Lecturer, Lahore Pharmacy College, Lahore Medical and Dental College, Lahore (2015-2017).

Education

  • Ph.D. in (Pharmacy Administration and Clinical Pharmacy), Xi’an Jiao tong University, China. (2022)
  • M.Phil. (Pharmacy Practice), Punjab University College of Pharmacy, University of the Punjab. (2017)
  • PharmD, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore. (2014)

Publications

  1. Saeed A, Lambojon K, Saeed H, Saleem Z, Anwer N, Aziz MM, Ji W, Liu W, Chen C, Yang C, Fang Y*, Babar ZUD. Access to insulin products in Pakistan: A national scale cross-sectional survey on prices, availability, and affordability. Front Pharmacol, 2022,13:820621. (SCI, IF: 5.81).
  2. Saeed A, Saeed F, Saeed H, Saleem Z, Yang C, Chang J, Jiang M, Zhao M, Saqlain M, Ji W, Aziz MM, Lambojon K, Gillani AH, Hayat K, Gul S, Fang Y*, Babar ZUD. Access to essential cardiovascular medicines in pakistan: A national survey on the availability, price and affordability, using WHO/HAI methodology. Front Pharmacol, 2020,11: 2260. (SCI, IF: 5.810).
  3. Saeed A, Saeed H, Saleem Z, Fang Y*, Babar ZUD et al. Evaluation of prices, availability and affordability of essential medicines in Lahore division, Pakistan: A cross-sectional survey using WHO/HAI methodology. PLoS One, 2019, 14(4):e0216122. (SCI, IF: 3.24).
  4. Saeed A, Saeed H, Saleem Z, Yang C, Jiang M, Zhao M, Ji W, Aziz MM, Khan FU, Gillani AH, Atif N, Fang Y*, Babar ZUD. Impact of national drug pricing policy 2018 on access to medicines in Lahore division, Pakistan: a pre-post survey study using WHO/HAI methodology. BMJ Open,2020,10(10):e034720. (SCI, IF: 2.496).
  5. Lambojon K, Saeed A, Hayat K, Lambojon IJ, Malik UR, Fang Y*. Implications for access to insulin and biosimilar: a survey on insulin prices, availability and affordability in the Philippines. Value in Health, 24:S81. (SCI, IF:5.72)

Research Interests

  • Access to essential medicines

  • Pharmaco-economics

  • Antimicrobial resistance

  • pharmaceutical care

Awards & Prizes

  • Selected by British Council to participate in “International Study visit”, held in London, UK (2014) where participants from 19 other countries also participated, and the purpose of visit was to develop an increased understanding of making global connections and utilizing those connections for local development and also to develop communication skills.
  • Best National Social Action Project award by British council (November 2013) for leading the social action project “LIFE: Learn Innovation Forever” (2014).
  • Received “Vice Chancellor’s Gold Medal” for “Best Student of university 2014” by Lahore College for Women University on its 12th Convocation (25th May, 2016)
  • Role of Honor for being “Best Debater” in university (May. 2016).
  • Role of Honor for “Academic Excellence” in university (May 2016).
  • Chinese government scholarship by China Scholarship Council (CSC) to study “PhD in Pharmacy administration and clinical pharmacy” at Xi’an Jiaotong university, Shaanxi, China (National rank: 13th & Global QS ranking: 303) (September 2017).
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