Miss Nicole Azizeh
Contact
- Email: k1842256@kingston.ac.uk
- Location: Penrhyn Road
- Faculty: Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment
- School: School of Life Sciences, Pharmacy and Chemistry
- Department: Department of Pharmacy
Research project: Development and validation of inactivation systems for the intra- intestinal and environmental eradication of residual antibiotics: a promising approach to fight against antimicrobial resistance.
Abstract
Antibiotics discovery in 1940's was considered one of the most outstanding medical achievements that saved millions of people and animals lives worldwide. Unfortunately misuse and overuse of antibiotics led inevitably to the emergence and spreading of Antimicrobial resistance. If no action is taken to tackle it by 2050, Antimicrobial resistance will cause the death of 10 million lives a year. The fact that very few antibiotics are introduced into the market in the new millennia means that designing new strategies to extend the useful life of available antibiotics has become a priority. Therefore, new strategies such as the inactivation of residual antibiotics are investigated to protect the intestinal and environmental microbiota against harmful impact of residual antibiotics.
- Research degree: PhD
- Title of project: Development and validation of inactivation systems for the intra- intestinal and environmental eradication of residual antibiotics: a promising approach to fight against antimicrobial resistance.
- Research supervisor: Dr Mouhamad Khoder
- Other research supervisor: Dr Simon Gould
Biography
I'm a motivated pharmacist, graduated from the University of Jordan in 2017. After I graduated I worked in community pharmacies, private and public hospitals as I was eager to gain insight into different worlds of healthcare sectors. In 2019 I completed my MSc in pharmaceutical sciences and management studies at Kingston University. I learnt lots of new skills which have enhanced my research and practical skills and I became more passionate to do more research in the pharmaceutical field. I have therefore decided to join Kingston University as a PhD student in 2021.
Areas of research interest
- Pharmacy
- Toxicology
- Microbiology
- Antibiotics
Qualifications
- BSc in Pharmacy, University of Jordan
- MSc in Pharmaceutical sciences with management studies, Kingston University
Funding or awards received
- Kingston University Studentship