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Wesam Ammari

Prof. Wesam Ammari

Academic Rank/Date: Professor
Email: w.ammari@aum.edu.jo
Ext. Number: +962 (5) 3294444 – Ext. 5700

Degrees with fields, institution, and date:

Degree Discipline/Field Institution Country Year
PhD Clinical Pharmacy University of Bradford United Kingdom 2010
MSc Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Jordan Jordan 2004
BSc Pharmacy University of Jordan Jordan 1999

Other Related Experience-Teaching, Industrial, etc.:

Period Position Institution Country Year
One year Dean of Faculty of Pharmacy Al-Ahliyya Amman University Jordan 2023-2024
One year Director of the Pharmacological and Diagnostic Research Centre (PDRC) Al-Ahliyya Amman University Jordan 2023-2024
Two years Vice Dean for Academic Affairs, Faculty of Pharmacy Al-Ahliyya Amman University Jordan 2021-2023
One year Head of Biopharmaceutics and Clinical Pharmacy Department Al-Ahliyya Amman University Jordan 2020-2021
Fourteen years Faculty Member/Academic, Faculty of Pharmacy Al-Ahliyya Amman University Jordan 2010-2024
Three years Clinical Research Associate (CRA) Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD I.A.) Regional Office Jordan 2005-2007
Four years Research Assistant ACDIMA Centre for Bioequivalence and Pharmaceutical Studies Jordan 2001-2005

Principal Publications of the Last Five Years:


Publication Year
M El-Tanani, KA Ahmed, A Shakya, Ammari W.G, A Shudifat (2023). Phase II, Double Blinded, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial to Investigate the Efficacy of Mebendazole in the Management of Symptomatic COVID-19 Patients. Pharmaceuticals 16(6), 799; 2023
Ammari W.G. and Sanders M (2022). Relative lung and systemic bioavailability along with oropharyngeal deposition of salbutamol post-inhalation: A pharmacokinetic evaluation of novel inhaler technique training gadgets. Journal of Aerosol Medicine and Pulmonary Drug Delivery; 35(5): 278–285. 2022
Ammari W.G. Oriquat GA and Sanders M (2020). Comparative pharmacokinetics of salbutamol inhaled from a pressurized metered dose inhaler either alone or connected to a newly enhanced spacer design. European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 147, 30 April 2020, 105304. 2020
Ammari W.G., Obeidat NM, Anani AR, AlKalbani RJ and Sanders M (2020). ATTACHED, DETACHED and WITHOUT inhaler technique coaching tools to optimize pMDI use competence, asthma control and quality-of-life in asthmatic adults. Journal of Thoracic Disease; 12(5): 2415–2425. 2020
Ammari, W.G., Mohammad, M.K. and Tayyem, R.F. (2019). Evaluation of patients’ real-world post-dispensing use and storage environments of tiotropium bromide Respimat® soft mist inhaler on its in vitro dose delivery and lung deposition. Pulmonary Pharmacology & Therapeutics; volume 58, 101829. Available online 25 July 2019 2019
Ammari, W.G., Khalil Mohammad, M., Tayyem, R.F., Martin, G.P. and Royall, P.G. (2019). Delivered Lung Dose and Aerodynamic Particle Size Distribution of Salbutamol Pressurized Metered Dose Inhaler after Living under Patients' Realistic Retention Environments. Journal of Aerosol Medicine and Pulmonary Drug Delivery; 32 (6), 386-395 2019
Ammari, W.G., Mohammad, M.K. and Tayyem, R.F. (2019). The Impact of Patients' Real-Life Environmental Temperature and Humidity Use Conditions of Tiotropium Dry Powder Inhaler on Its Aerosol Emission Characteristics. European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences; 133, 137-144. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2019.04.002. 2019
Wang, Shuo, Yujie Ren, Zhao Wang, Xiangyi Jiang, Shujing Xu, Xujie Zhang, Shujie Zhao, Waleed A. Zalloum, Xinyong Liu, and Peng Zhan. (2022). "The current progress in the use of boron as a platform for novel antiviral drug design." Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery. 17:12, 1329-1340. 2022

Scientific and Professional Societies (Previous membership):

Societies Year
International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), Netherlands 2020 – to date
American Thoracic Society (ATS), USA. 2010 – to date
European Respiratory Society (ERS), EU. 2010 – to date
International Society for Aerosols in Medicine (ISAM), Switzerland. 2010 – to date
The Aerosol Society, United Kingdom. 2016 – to date
Jordan Pharmacists Association (JPA). 1999 – to date

Scholarships, Honors, Prizes, Awards & Juries:

Scholarships, Honors, Prizes, Awards & Juries By Year
Research Grant (USD 105,000) Jordan Scientific Research Fund, Ministry of Higher Education, Jordan 2015-2018
Several Research Grants and Logistics support Clement Clarke International Ltd., United Kingdom 2014-2020
Research Logistics Support Cognita Labs, USA 2022- 2024
Travel Fellowship Award – Visiting Research Fellow at King’s College London, UK Daniel Turnberg UK/Middle East Fellowship Scheme, UK 2013

Institutional and Professional Services in the Last Five Years:

Period Position Institution Country Year
Evaluator/Member in Higher Education Institutions’ QA application Evaluation Committee Accreditation and Quality Assurance Commission for Higher Education Institutions Jordan 2024
One year Evaluator/Member in the Bioequivalence Studies Evaluation Committee Jordan Food and Drug Administration (JFDA) Jordan 2023