Staff Profile

Biography

Sanaa Botros, Professor of Pharmacology at Theodor Bilharz Research Institute (TBRI), is a Cairo University Faculty of Medicine graduate (M.B., B.Ch.) with postgraduate degrees (M.Sc. and Ph.D.) in Pharmacology. She headed TBRI’s Pharmacology Department (1996–2008) and supervised its Training and Scientific Consultation Unit for six years, enhancing training programs and proposal calls based on community needs. She founded TBRI’s Research Ethics Committee in 2002, recognized by the U.S. OHRP (FWA) since 2006, and continues to chair it. She is also a member of the Egyptian Ministry of Health Ethics Committee and the National Drug Research Council. She leads the Drug Evaluation and Discovery Unit at TBRI, recognized by WHO/ANDI as a center of excellence for antitrematodal research. Botros was the first non-EU coordinator of an FP7 ERA-WIDE project and contributed to various international research initiatives. She published 94 research articles (Scopus h-index: 21), supervised 24 postgraduate theses, and served as a WHO expert, UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO advisor, and ANDI task force member. She currently serves on the Advisory Board of Egypt’s Science, Technology and Innovation Funding Authority. Her accolades include: State Encouragement Award in Basic Medical Sciences (1997) Arab Woman Organization Award (2008) African Union Regional Award (2009) ANDI Award (2011) TBRI Appreciation Award (2014) State Appreciation Award in Technological Sciences (2015) Medal of Science and Arts (First Class) and Presidential Certificate of Appreciation (2017)

Research Fields

Pharmacodynamics and Pharmacokinetics of drugs

• Division : Immunology and Therapeutic Evaluation Division
• Department : Pharmacology Department
• Specialization : Medicine
• Degree : Emeritus Professor
• Job Title : Emeritus Professor
• Work Status : Emeritus
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