College of Pharamacy Faculty Profile

Mutasem Rawas-Qalaji, B.Pharm. (Hon.), Ph.D. Founding Director, NSU’s Center for Drug Discovery and Development Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences Educational Background x NSERC Industrial Fellow - QLT Inc., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (2007-2008) x Strategic Training in Allergy Research (ST*AR Program), American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology’s (AAAAI), USA (2006) x Ph.D. - Pharmaceutical Sciences (Pharmaceutics), Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (2006) x B. Pharm. (Honor) - Faculty of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (1995) Academic & Industrial Experience x Affiliated Professor, College of Allopathic Medicine, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida (2017-present) x Associate Professor (Pharmaceutics), Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida (2014-present) x Assistant Professor (Pharmaceutics), Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida (2008-2017) x Research Scientist, ENWAVE Corp., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (2008) x NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Industrial Postdoctoral Fellow) - Preclinical Development, QLT Inc., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (2007-2008) x Instructor, Faculty of Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg (2004-2006) x Research Assistant, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg (2004) x Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg (2002-2006) x Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg (2002-2004)