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Atheer Zgair (Assistant Professor)
PhD in Pharmacy
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology - Pharmacy
ph.atheer.zgair@uoanbar.edu.iq
Biography
Atheer Zgair
PhD in Clinical Pharmacokinetics
Dean of The College of Pharmacy
University of Anbar
Ramadi, Iraq
Email: ph.atheer.zgair@uoanbar.edu.iq
Education
Ph.D. in Clinical Pharmacokinetics (2013-2017)
School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham, UK
Thesis title: “Intestinal Lymphatic Transport of Cannabinoids: Implications for People with Autoimmune Diseases and Immunocompromised Individuals”
M.Sc. in Pharmacology (2007-2009)
College of Medicine, University of Anbar, Iraq
Thesis title: “Action and interaction of histamine, tramadol, and their blockers on the motility of isolated ovine ureter”
B.Sc. Pharmacy (1997-2002)
College of Pharmacy, University of Baghdad, Iraq
Publication
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLES
ZGAIR, A., WONG, J. C., SABRI, A., FISCHER, P. M., BARRETT, D. A., CONSTANTINESCU, C. S. & GERSHKOVICH, P. 2015. Development of a simple and sensitive HPLC–UV method for the simultaneous determination of cannabidiol and Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol in rat plasma. Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis, 114, 145-151.
ZGAIR, A., WONG, J. C., LEE, J. B., MISTRY, J., SIVAK, O., WASAN, K. M., HENNIG, I. M., BARRETT, D. A., CONSTANTINESCU, C. S. & FISCHER, P. M. 2016. Dietary fats and pharmaceutical lipid excipients increase systemic exposure to orally administered cannabis and cannabis-based medicines. American journal of translational research, 8, 3448.
ZGAIR, A., LEE, J. B., WONG, J. C., TAHA, D. A., ARAM, J., DI VIRGILIO, D., MCARTHUR, J. W., CHENG, Y.-K., HENNIG, I. M. & BARRETT, D. A. 2017. Oral administration of cannabis with lipids leads to high levels of cannabinoids in the intestinal lymphatic system and prominent immunomodulation. Sci Rep, 7, 14542.
TAHA, D. A., ZGAIR, A., LEE, J. B., DE MOOR, C. H., BARRETT, D. A., BRUCE, K. D., SUNGELO, M., ECKEL, R. H. & GERSHKOVICH, P. 2017. Hyperlipidaemia alone and in combination with acidosis can increase the incidence and severity of statin-induced myotoxicity. European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 100, 163-175.
LEE, J. B., ZGAIR, A., KIM, T. H., KIM, M. G., YOO, S. D., FISCHER, P. M. & GERSHKOVICH, P. 2017. Simple and sensitive HPLC-UV method for determination of bexarotene in rat plasma. Journal of Chromatography B, 1040, 73-80.
LEE, J. B., ZGAIR, A., TAHA, D. A., ZANG, X., KAGAN, L., KIM, T. H., KIM, M. G., YUN, H.-Y., FISCHER, P. M. & GERSHKOVICH, P. 2017. Quantitative analysis of lab-to-lab variability in Caco-2 permeability assays. European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, 114, 38-42.
NOMAN, J. A., LAFI, M. A. & ZGAIR, A. K. 2012. Effect of Tramadol on Ovine Ureteral Smooth Muscle Contractility: an in vitro Experimental Study. Anbar Medical Journal
LEE, J. B., ZGAIR, A., MALEC, J., KIM, T. H., KIM, M. G., ALI, J., ... & VORONIN, G. 2018. Lipophilic activated ester prodrug approach for drug delivery to the intestinal lymphatic system. Journal of controlled release, 286, 10-19.
ALI, J., ZGAIR, A., HAMEED, G. S., GARNETT, M. C., ROBERTS, C. J., BURLEY, J. C., & GERSHKOVICH, P. 2019. Application of biorelevant saliva-based dissolution for optimisation of orally disintegrating formulations of felodipine. International journal of pharmaceutics, 555, 228-236.
LEE, J. B., KIM, T. H., FENG, W., CHOI, H. G., ZGAIR, A., SHIN, S., ... & SHIN, B. S. 2019. Quantitative Prediction of Oral Bioavailability of a Lipophilic Antineoplastic Drug Bexarotene Administered in Lipidic Formulation Using a Combined In Vitro Lipolysis/Microsomal Metabolism Approach. Journal of pharmaceutical sciences, 108(2), 1047-1052.
LEE, J. B., RADHI, M., CIPOLLA, E., GANDHI, R. D., SARMAD, S., ZGAIR, A., ... & ORTORI, C. A. 2019. A novel nucleoside rescue metabolic pathway may be responsible for therapeutic effect of orally administered cordycepin. Scientific reports, 9(1), 1-12.
QIN, C., CHU, Y., FENG, W., FROMONT, C., HE, S., ALI, J., LEE, J.B., ZGAIR, A., BERTON, M., BETTONTE, S. AND LIU, R., 2020. Targeted delivery of lopinavir to HIV reservoirs in the mesenteric lymphatic system by lipophilic ester prodrug approach. Journal of Controlled Release.
ZGAIR, A., DAWOOD, Y., IBRAHEM, S.M., BACK, H.M., KAGAN, L., GERSHKOVICH, P. AND LEE, J.B., 2020. Predicting Intestinal and Hepatic First-Pass Metabolism of Orally Administered Testosterone Undecanoate. Applied Sciences, 10(20), p.7283.
ZGAIR, A., DAWOOD, Y., IBRAHEM, S.M., LEE, J.B., FEGN, W., FISCHER, P.M. AND GERSHKOVICH, P., 2021. Strawberry Decreases Intraluminal and Intestinal Wall Hydrolysis of Testosterone Undecanoate. Molecules, 26(1), p.233.
BOOK CHAPTER
ZGAIR, A., WONG, J. C. M. & GERSHKOVICH, P. 2016b. Targeting Immunomodulatory Agents to the Gut-Associated Lymphoid Tissue. Neuro-Immuno-Gastroenterology. Springer, Cham.
