Please join us Tuesday, 9/30/2025 for POP Research Seminar of the Spring 2025, held from 10:40 am-12:40 pm in NVIDIA Auditorium (1st Floor). We will be welcoming Alaa Abdullah Alshehri, PharmD, MSc. and Celeste Ewig, PharmD.
Alaa Abdullah Alshehri, PharmD, MSc. is a fifth-year PhD student working with Dr. Svensson. I earned my PharmD from King Faisal University in 2017 and later served as a teaching assistant in the Department of Pharmacy Practice at Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University from 2018 to 2021. In fall 2021, I pursued a master’s degree in Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, which I completed in spring 2023. My research focuses on pharmacoepidemiology, pharmacoeconomics, health outcomes, and decision-making models for hemophilia and gene therapy. Additionally, I am passionate about improving patient access to healthcare and enhancing the quality of life. Her seminar title presented is: “Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Use of Angiotensin II Receptor Type 2/4 Stimulatory Vs. Inhibitory Antihypertensive Among Hypertensive Adults in the US”.
Celeste Ewig, PharmD, i-Han (William) Chen, B.S. Pharm, M.S. is a PhD student at the Department of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy under the guidance of Dr. Almut Winterstein. Prior to coming to UF, she was a pediatric pharmacist and clinical pharmacy specialist. Her dissertation will focus on addressing questions associated with chronic medication use in the pediatric asthma population. Her Seminar title presented is: ” Bridging Real world data and Pediatric Asthma Treatment Approaches: Harnessing Evidence to support Personalized Clinical Decisions”.
To join the Zoom meeting: Please contact Gabby Gele’ (ggele@ufl.edu), or Abdelrahman Emara @ (aemara@ufl.edu0 for the Zoom link