Professor and Assistant Dean of Student Affairs
Medical College of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy
Abir El-Alfy is an Associate Professor of Biopharmaceutical Sciences-Pharmacology at The Medical College of Wisconsin, School of Pharmacy (MCWSOP). She is a graduate of the Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Egypt. She has a M.S. Degree in Microbiology and a Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Toxicology from the University of Mississippi. Before joining MCWSOP, Dr. El-Alfy held several faculty positions in Pharmacy and Medical schools. Dr. El-Alfy held several leadership positions including Director of the Behavioral Neuroscience Core-NPN at the School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, chair of several governance committees at different Pharmacy Schools, and spearheaded the development and implementation of the MCW SOP co-curriculum program.
Dr. El-Alfy’s teaching experiences include physiology, biochemistry, pharmacology and toxicology courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. She is a seven-time recipient of teacher of the year award in the college of pharmacy. She also received the 2015 Chicago State University Faculty Excellence Teaching Award and the 2020 MCW Faculty Service Award.
Dr. El-Alfy is an active member of many professional societies and acts as a grant, dissertation, and manuscript reviewer for various national and international organizations. Dr. El-Alfy's research interests focus on the role of the endocannabinoid system in neuropsychiatric disorders. The ultimate goal of this research is to develop new therapeutic targets for the treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders. Dr. El-Alfy has more than 40 peer-reviewed publications and 100 national and international presentations. She is a co-inventor of 2 provisional patents and one full patent. She has received several research grant awards.
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