Dr Zelal is a clinical pharmacist who holds a PhD degree in Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice from Newcastle University- UK and MSc degree in Clinical Nutrition from Hohenheim University- Germany. Zelal was awarded an “Honorary associated lecturer” title from Newcastle University- UK due to academic excellence. In the high school, she was among the top 10-ranked students in the UAE where she was awarded a full scholarship to study pharmacy.
She was again the top ranked student at the College of Pharmacy- Ajman University and received a B. Pharm with the merit of excellent with honor. She licensed her certificate to practice pharmacy in the UAE and then in her home country where she achieved the highest score among 3000 candidates. For that, she granted the president’s honoring for the “outstanding students” and was hired as a lecturer assistant.
During her master study, she was awarded a DAAD scholarship due to academic excellence. She then worked as a lecturer in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy- Training Unit in 2009 for more than 10 years. She joined AAU in September 2019 to date as assistant professor in Clinical Pharmacy.
Zelal supervised many students’ projects and won many awards and appreciation letters. She has a passion toward community outreach that was reflected through different newspapers and TV interviews speaking about different diseases treatment and prevention possibility to enhance public awareness.
Zelal’s contribution are mainly in the field of Respiratory diseases, Gastro-intestinal diseases, Clinical pharmacy and Pharmacy practice. She published in many journals and she is involved in various ongoing projects locally and internationally to serve the community in the UAE and in other regions of the world