Get to know Dr Atheer Awad
Atheer is the APS Emerging Technologies Focus Group’s Post-doc representative. Atheer received her Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy from Applied Science University in Jordan. She then pursued an MSc in Pharmaceutics at UCL School of Pharmacy, University College of London, where her research was aimed at exploring the potential of 3D printing for the formulation of abuse-deterrent and alcohol-resistant formulations. Earlier this year, she completed a PhD in Pharmaceutics at the same institution where her research was focused on fabrication of novel, bespoke pharmaceutical dosage forms using 3D printing. Currently, Atheer is working as a Research Fellow at UCL School of Pharmacy as part of the Interreg 2 Seas Mers Zeeën project for site-specific drug delivery, looking into using 3D printing to improve colonic drug delivery. She is one of youngest and leading researchers on the 3D printing of pharmaceuticals. In the past three years, she has published over 20 papers and book c