Qatar University College of Pharmacy (QU-CPH) has graduated the first Qatari postgraduate in MSc Pharmacy, it was announced yesterday.
Fatima Khalifa M A al-Sulaiti presented her thesis titled “Clinical and Pharmacokinetic Evaluation of Optimal Monitoring Parametres and Sampling Schemes for Vancomycin Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (TDM) in Qatar”.
The project involved multiple phases and robust research methods across three hospitals in Qatar (Hamad General, Al Wakrah and Al Khor Hospitals) in an effort to determine the best approaches for vancomycin dosing optimisation in Qatar’s heterogeneous population. The study explored the quality of routine vancomycin monitoring services in Qatar and compared the superiority of different vancomycin therapeutic drug monitoring approaches.
The project was supervised by CPH associate professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Practice Dr Ahmed Awaisu and co-supervised by CPH associate professor of Pharmacoeconomics Dr Daoud al-Badriyeh, CPH assistant professor of Clinical Pharmacy Dr Hazem Elewa and Abb Vie Inc principal scientist of Pharmacometrics Dr Ahmed Nader.
Al-Sulaiti noted that gram-positive bacterial infections such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections are associated with high mortality rate, prolonged length of hospitalisation, and increased healthcare cost. She highlighted that these infections require appropriate and optimal management with safe and effective antibiotics.
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