Dr. Bushra Shal

bushra.shal@fbse.paf-iast.edu.pk

Dr. Bushra Shal

Assistant Professor

Biography

Dr. Bushra Shal is an Assistant Professor at Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pak-Austria Fachhochschule: Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology (PAF-IAST), Haripur, Pakistan. She has completed her PhD in the discipline of Pharmacology from Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad Pakistan. She received her M.Phil (Pharmacology) and Pharm-D degree from Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad Pakistan. She has done extensive research in the field of Neuropharmacology. She has published 27 publications in internationally well-reputed impact factor journals. Her research work is cited around 588 times by peers all round the world. Her impact factor is 131.292.

Professional Appointments

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, PAF-IAST, October 2022- Present
  • Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, IQRA University, Islamabad Campus, September 2022-October 2022
  • Lecturer and Program Coordinator at Faculty of Health Sciences, IQRA University, Islamabad Campus, February 2022-September 2022
  • Visiting Lecturer at Department of Pharmacy, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan, September 2021-February 2022.
  • Research Assistant and Lab Demonstrator (Physiology and Pharmacology) at Department of Pharmacy, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, February 2019-July 2021.

Education

  • Ph.D. Pharmacology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2022
  • M.Phil Pharmacology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2018
  • Pharm-D, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2016

Publications

Awards & Prizes

  • HEC Indigenous Scholarship Awardee, Batch-IV Phase II. HEC PIN No: 417-48940-2MD4-051.
  • Recognized Elsevier Reviewer, Awarded certificates in recognition of reviews contributed to the Bio-organic Chemistry Journal and Signa Vitae, Journal of Anesthesia, Intensive Care, Emergency and Pain Medicine.

Research Interests

Neuroscience, Neuropharmacology, Alzheimer’s disease, Neuroinflammation