Department of Pharmacognosy
The department of Pharamacognosy at the Shifa College of Pharmaceutical Sciences aims at development of Pharmacist capable of understanding the role of natural products in Complementary and Alternative Medicine. We are focused at teaching about the incorporation of herbal based medicine along with addressing the role of plant biology and natural product chemistry in formulation development. The contents covered during the Pharm.D program involve study of crude drugs, extraction of natural products, major classes of plant secondary metabolites, therapeutic uses of herbs and clinical pharmacognosy.
Dr. Omer Farooq
M.Phil. B.Pharm. (R.Ph., Pak.)
Dr. Farooq has practical experience in different domains of pharmacy. He has vast experience in the field of retail pharmacy, hospital pharmacy and academic pharmacy. His research interests include the in silico, in vitro and in vivo screening of phytochemicals. He completed his M.Phil. Pharmaceutical Chemistry program from Riphah International University, Islamabad and is worked on the pharmacognostic approaches to establish the role of prostatin derivatives in HIV latency by applying computational biology techniques.
Dr. Farhat Shaheen
M.Phil., Pharm.D. (R.Ph., Pak.)
Dr. Shaheen has done her Doctor of Pharmacy from Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan and got 2nd position in the program. Before moving to academics, she has working experience as an industrial and hospital pharmacist. Over the past 6 years of professional life, she has been associated with Glitz Pharma, Valor Pharmacy, Global Pharmaceuticals and Shifa International Hospitals Ltd. (SIHL), Islamabad. Currently, she is pursuing her M.Phil. in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from Riphah International University