Dr. Mohamed Izham is a Professor of Social and Administrative Pharmacy at the College of Pharmacy, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar. He obtained his PhD degree in Pharmacy Administration from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy & Science, Philadelphia, USA in 1995. He was a founding and Chairman for Social & Administrative Pharmacy Program. He also served as founding Chairman, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Al Qassim University, KSA and founding Associate Dean of Research & Graduate Studies Affairs, College of Pharmacy, Qatar University. He was formerly a Professor at the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains, Malaysia, and at the College of Pharmacy, Qassim University, Al Qassim, KSA. He has functioned in multiple consultant roles to governments in Malaysia, Sudan, Mongolia, Qatar, and other non-governmental bodies at national and international levels (e.g. World Health Organization [WHO], Health Action International [HAI]).
Dr. Izham is currently part of the editorial board member and reviewer in many peer-reviewed international journals. He has supervised and/or participated in the training of over 80 MSc and PhD graduate students from 14 countries in Africa and Asia. He has published over 250 peer-reviewed papers, multiple proceedings, monographs, research reports and other publications, including authoring or editing 12 books and multiple book chapters. He has presented more than 100 invited presentations, and is the recipient of 9 international, 18 national and 11 university research grants. He won the 2015 Scopus Medical & Health Science Scientist Award. His areas of interest in research, publication and consultancy include social and administrative pharmacy that focuses on pharmaceutical policy and supply management, pharmacoeconomics, pharmacoepidemiology, socio-behavioral aspects of pharmacy, and pharmaceutical management and marketing.