Irem Mueed PhD, PMP

• Overall efficient day-to-day management of QNRF NPRP Research Project, with extensive knowledge of policies and procedures related to QNRF grant management and funding. Broad expertise in research administration, including proposal development and review, financial transaction review and approvals, sub-contract drafting and negotiation, ethical compliance monitoring, and interpreting/implementing institutional policies. Extensive knowledge about the QNRF policies and procedures, NPRP and UREP project requirements, ethical compliance, grant management and funding.
• Coordinate the smooth monitoring of research team by developing systems to track project expenditure, patient recruitment and all aspects of the data handling/collection process.
• Recruitment, training, appraisal and supervision of research assistants; orientation of team to health care centers & recruitment sites and training of team with respect to facility & interview protocol.
• Act as the point of contact for all external and internal agencies - Liaison with Hamad Medical Corporation (the major government hospital in Qatar) key stake holders and staff.
• Timely communication with research key-investigators, research participants, hospital and care center staff and other stakeholders as required.
• Responsible for the design, writing and review of all project-related documents including: ethical compliance documents, budgetary reports, study proposals and protocols, case report forms, statistical analysis plans and progress reports. Ensured that all procedures adhered to legislative, contractual and ethical requirements.
• Data management and analyses using quantitative and qualitative software.
• Organizing/conducting workshops, dissemination of the study’s results which includes posters/presentations at international conferences and publications in academic peer-reviewed journals.

Principal scientist in charge of the break-through project `Arterial Thermoplasty` - thermal ablation of radial arteries as a simple, safe and effective solution to post surgical vasospasm in coronary artery bypass surgery in humans.
Conducted extensive pharmacological, histological and biochemical characterization of the human radial artery for enhancing graft patency in coronary artery bypass operations.
Developed animal models (rats and rabbits) to study the effect of in situ heat treatment on arterial smooth muscle mass and contractility and translated procedure in vitro for radial artery grafts.
Assembled and initiated the video monitored perfusion system to measure responses in cannulated and pressurized arteries.
Undertook extensive animal handling techniques at St Joseph`s Hospital and McMaster University Medical Centre, the two major hospitals in Hamilton, Ontario. This included administering anesthesia, drug administration, survival surgery, harvesting organs/arteries and collection of blood/body fluids.
Trained and guided graduate students and technicians in molecular biology techniques like Western Blotting and RT-PCR.
Routinely presented at local seminars and international conferences.

•Conducted extensive pharmacological and biochemical characterization of cardiac and vascular aberrations in chronic drug-induced Type I diabetic Wistar rats.
•Investigated the involvement of enzyme expression and activation in enhanced agonist-induced vasoconstrictor responses in diabetic arteries.
•Investigated the role of extracellular and intracellular oxidative stress in pronounced vascular damage in diabetic arteries.

Trained undergraduate and graduate students to design and carryout experiments, prepare test plans, data analysis and interpretation and writing up the results.

Teaching Assistant - 2000-2005
• Organized, conducted and taught laboratory sessions in Professional Practice (Pharmacy 200 and 300) . Facilitated development of professional relationships, interactions with patients and with other health care providers.
• Helped to develop pharmaceutical care practice skills, critical thinking, self-directed learning and problem-solving skills.
• Facilitated extensive Problem-Based Learning.
• Evaluated and graded quizzes and examinations for undergraduate pharmacy courses including Drug Chemistry, Pharmacology and Therapeutics (Pharmacy 380 and 385) and Pharmacology for Nurses (Nursing 240)
• Participated in an intensive Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) conducted by the Teaching and Academic Growth (TAG) Unit of University of British Columbia.

Instructor - 2001-2003
•Organized graduate-level advanced pharmacology laboratory core-course (Pharmacy 543). Demonstrated and instructed graduate students methods and techniques utilized in smooth muscle research labs as well as statistical procedures involved in analyzing scientific data. Evaluated and graded lab reports.