Research Interest

Dr Sadia Iqbal completed her MPhil in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Pharm D from the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Karachi. She has been a lecturer in the Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department since 14th November 2014. She worked as a lecturer in the Pharmaceutical Chemistry dept at Jinnah Medical and Dental College from 4th July 2012 till 13th November 2014. Dr Sadia also worked at Mediate Pharma as QC Officer from April 2011 to August 2011 and Semos Pharmaceuticals as QC Analyst and QA Officer from May 2010 to April 2011.

Research Publications

 I.    “Simultaneous interaction, degradation, and kinetic study of sparfloxacin with H2 receptor antagonist”; Shereen, Maria Qureshi, Iffat Sultana, Sohail Hassan, Amir Hassan, Sadia Iqbal, Fouzia Shafi, Qurat ul Aen Ismail, Nazia Tabassum and Tahreem Mujtaba; Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences (PJPS), Vol.36, No.3, May 2023, pp.829-841
II.    “In-silico determination of pKa and Log P Values of Some Isoniazid Synthetic Analogues Using Marvin Software”; Sabahat Naeem, Shamim Akhtar, Shaista Zafar, Sadia Iqbal; Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences (PJPS), Vol.33, No.2, March 2020, pp.715-719
III.    “Development and validation of RP-HPLC method for simultaneous determination of cefpodoxime proxetil and H2 receptor antagonists in pharmaceutical dosage forms”; Sohail Hassan, Sadia Iqbal,  Erum Zaheer, Amir Hassan, Shaista Hamid, Mohsin Ali, Arfa Akram, Syed Zohaib Maroof, Saima Abedin and Sidra J.khan; Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences (PJPS), Volume 32, Issue No.2, March 2019, page No. 839-844
IV.    “In vitro Spectroscopic studies on drug interaction of cefpodoxime proxetil and H2 receptor blockers”; Sadia Iqbal, Sohail Hassan, Amir Hassan, Mohsin Ali, Urooj Nazim, Erum Zaheer, Ateka Ahmed, Kanwal Hussain, Shereen and Hina Furqan; Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences (PJPS), Volume 32, Issue No. 2, March 2019, page No. 881-887
V.    “Frequency of the Use of Soft Contact Lenses and Its Associated Problems Among the Users of Karachi City, Pakistan”; Saba Inayat Ali, Shumaila Shafique, Hina Saleem, Omer Mustapha, Sadia Iqbal, Madiha Khan, Auwais Ahmed Khan, Salman Ahmed; Hamdard Medicus, Volume 60, Issue No.3, July - September 2017, page No.47-52
VI.     “Premarital Screening - Awareness and Acceptability Among the Population of Hyderabad, Pakistan”; Hina Saleem, Maria Khan, Saba Inayat Ali, Auwais Ahmed Khan, Sadia Iqbal, Madiha Khan, Shumaila Shafique, Syed Ahsan Ali; Hamdard Medicus, Volume 60, Issue No.3, July - September 2017, page No.41-46

Others

 Honor and Awards 

 Award of Teachers Evaluation through Students Feedback
    Rank 2nd among Pharm-D, 3rd year, 6th semester (10th January 2017)
    Rank 2nd among Pharm-D, 3rd year, 6th semester (28th May 2016)

Service Activity

 Poster
    In vitro drug-drug interaction study of Cefpodoxime proxetil and H2 receptor antagonists using infrared spectroscopy, 4th International Conference on Challenges in Drug Discovery & Therapeutics, Ziauddin University. (6th – 7th December 2019)
    Ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometric analysis of Drug drug interaction of Cefpodoxime proxetil and H2 receptor blockers, 1st International conference on Biomedical Sciences- 2023, Dow university of health sciences. (20th – 21st March 2023)
Oral Presentation
    Drug interaction studies of cefpodoxime proxetil & H2 receptor antagonist using UV /Visible spectrophotometry, 1st International pharmacy conference 2022 on GLOBAL ADVANCEMENT IN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM held at Iqra University, North Campus, Karcahi. (March 28 & 29, 2022)

Hands-on-workshop
    Conduct One day Hands-on-workshop on Research advancements in Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Series 2: Molecular docking and Analysis on 28th Ocober 2022, Pharmaceutical chemistry research lab, Dow university of health sciences, Karachi
    Digitalization of teaching and Learning, Certificate of appreciation
•    Attend “Newer development in Rabies control & management in Pakistan”, Dow Institute for Advance Biological & Animal research, DUHS. (27th May 2023)
•    Attend “Professional English Language Program”, Facilitated by Quality Enhancement Cell, Dow university of Health Sciences. (May 2nd – 3rd 2023)
•    Pre-symposium workshop and a symposium on “Bridging the gap between Foundation Education and Health Sciences: Practices & Future Directions”, International symposium 2023, Dow Institute of Health Professional Education, Dow University of Health Sciences. (17th & 18th March 2023)
•    Attend DUHS Pharmacy conference 2022, Pharmacy exhibition & Model competition, Certificate of appreciation, Dow University of Health Sciences. (27th September 2022)
•    Attend workshop on “LEARNING DISRUPTION 2.0” Professional development centre, at Digital Library DMC, Dow University of Health Sciences. (10th July 2021)
•    Attend training on “PROQUEST EBOOK CENTRAL ADVANCED TRAINING” from ProQuest Education in partnership with Higher Education Commission. (23rd September 2020)
•    Attend workshop on “BIOSAFETY & SECURITY IN HEALTH CARE INSTITUTIONS” in Dow University of Health Sciences. (9th January 2020)

Brief Statement of Research Interest

1.    Synthesis of complexes of two different drugs.
2.    Charactericzation of individual drugs and complexes will be done using Ultra-violet spectrophotometry, Infrared spectroscopy, Mass spectrometry and Nuclear magnetic resonance.
3.    Then crystal structure studies will be done using Scanning electron microscope (SEM). The scanning electron microscope (SEM) uses a focused beam of high-energy electrons to generate a variety of signals at the surface of solid specimens. The signals that derive from electron-sample interactions reveal information about the sample including external morphology (texture), chemical composition, and crystalline structure and orientation of materials making up the sample.
4.    Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic studies of individual drugs and all complexes will be done using software PK-Sim and Mobi