Vision:
	To be internationally distinguished in education and research in microbiology, particularly in pharmaceutical and medical fields.
	Mission:
	The mission of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology is to:
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		Provide high-quality undergraduate and postgraduate education for pharmacy students and researchers, and pursue high-level research in the fields of microbiology and immunology related to pharmaceutical, medical, biotechnological, and environmental applications.
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		Enhance the development of faculty and research staff in the aforementioned areas.
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		Generate, transfer, and apply knowledge in microbiology and immunology related to healthcare and pharmaceutical practices.
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		Promote public health education for undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as the general public, and raise awareness about public health issues and solutions.
	Department staff members
	
	
		
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					Professor | 
					Prof. Fathy Mohamed El-Sayed Serry | 
		
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					Professor | 
					Prof. Mona Abdel-Moneim El-Sayed  | 
		
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					Professor | 
					Prof. Ashraf Ahmed Qadri | 
		
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					Professor | 
					Prof. Eman Mahmoud Hassan El-Masry  | 
		
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					Professor  | 
					Prof. Nahal El-Sayed Mohamed Mahmoud Yousef  | 
		
			| 
					Professor and Acting Head of Department | 
					Prof. Hassan Ahmed Abdel Salam Mohamed  | 
		
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					Professor (Internal loan) | 
					Prof. Ghada Hamed Shaker  | 
		
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					Professor (Accompanying wife's leave) | 
					Prof. Mohamed Ibrahim Hussaini  | 
		
			| 
					Professor | 
					Prof. Amira Mohamed Mohamed Ali El-Ganainy  | 
		
			| 
					Professor | 
					Prof. Hisham Abdel-Moneim Abdel-Hamid  | 
		
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					Professor (On loan to the Sultanate of Oman) | 
					Prof. Wael Mohamed Ali Hegazy  | 
		
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					Associate Professor | 
					Ass. Prof. Momen Mahmoud Ezz El-Arab -  | 
		
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					(Study leave) Associate Professor | 
					Ass. Prof. Galal Yahya Abdel-Rahim | 
		
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					Lecturer (Accompanying wife's leave) | 
					Dr. Nader Shoukry Mohamed  | 
		
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					Lecturer (Accompanying spouse's leave) | 
					Dr. Noura Mohamed Mokhtar  | 
		
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					Lecturer | 
					Dr. Shaimaa Ibrahim Nazeih  | 
		
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					Lecturer (Accompanying spouse's leave) | 
					Dr. Safaa Abdel-Aal Mohamed  | 
		
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					Lecturer (Accompanying wife's leave) | 
					Dr. Islam Mohsen Ahmed Gabr  | 
		
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					Lecturer | 
					Dr. Fatma Zahra Ahmed Yehya  | 
		
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					Lecturer (Accompanying spouse's leave) | 
					Dr. Cristiana Rizq Butros  | 
		
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					Lecturer | 
					Dr. Salwa Essmat Mohamed  | 
		
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					Lecturer | 
					Dr. Afaf Sobhi Mohamed El-Adl  | 
		
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					Lecturer | 
					Dr. Aliaa Atef Taha  | 
		
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					Assistant Lecturer (External scholarship) | 
					MSc. Marwa Mahmoud Ezz El-Arab  | 
		
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					Assistant Lecturer (External scholarship) | 
					MSc. Noor Mahmoud Hassan Al-Khashif  | 
		
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					Assistant Lecturer (Grant) | 
					MSc. Fatma Abdel-Hamid El-Sadek  | 
		
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					Assistant Lecturer | 
					MSc. Mahmoud Saad Abdel-Halim  | 
		
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					Teaching Assistant | 
					T.A. Eman Mahmoud Omar Ali  | 
		
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					Teaching Assistant | 
					T.A. Doha Magdi Abdel-Aziz  | 
		
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					Teaching Assistant | 
					T.A. Mahmoud Ashraf Mohamed  | 
		
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					Teaching Assistant (Grant) | 
					T.A. Ahmed Ramadan Mohamed Abbas  | 
		
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					Teaching Assistant | 
					T.A. Omar Mohamed Tawfik Mohamed  | 
		
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					Teaching Assistant | 
					T.A. Shorouk Radwan Imam Hassanein | 
		
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					Teaching Assistant | 
					T.A. Esraa Nabil Mohamed Ragab | 
	
	
	
	Members of the Department Council for the academic year 2023-2024:
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		Prof. Nahal El-Sayed Yousef - Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology
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		Prof. Mona Abdel-Moneim El-Sayed - Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology
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		Prof. Fathy Mohamed El-Sayed Serry - Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology
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		Prof. Ashraf Ahmed Qadri - Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology
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		Prof. Eman Mahmoud Al-Masry - Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology
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		Prof. Hassan Ahmed Abdel Salam - Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Acting Head of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology
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		Prof. Amira Mohamed El-Ganainy - Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology
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		Prof. Hisham Abdel-Moneim Abdel-Hamid - Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology
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		Assoc. Prof. Momen Mahmoud Ezz El-Arab - Assistant Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology
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		Dr. Shaimaa Ibrahim Nazeih - Lecturer in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology
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		Dr. Fatima Zahra Ahmed Yahya - Lecturer in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology
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		Dr. Salwa Essamt Mohamed - Lecturer in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology
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		Dr. Afaf Sobhi Mohamed El-Adl - Lecturer in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology
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		Aliaa Atef Taha- Lecturer in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology
	
	Statistics of department teaching staff and administrative staff
	
		
			| 
					 | 
					On duty | 
					Vacations or secondments | 
					Total | 
		
			| 
					First: Teaching staff members | 
		
			| 
					Professor | 
					8 | 
					3 | 
					11 | 
		
			| 
					Associate Professor | 
					1 | 
					1 | 
					2 | 
		
			| 
					Lecturer | 
					5 | 
					5 | 
					10 | 
		
			| 
					Total | 
					 | 
					 | 
					 | 
		
			| 
					Second: Teaching Assistant members | 
		
			| 
					Assistant lecturer | 
					1 | 
					3 | 
					4 | 
		
			| 
					Teaching assistant | 
					6 | 
					1 | 
					7 | 
		
			| 
					Total | 
					21 | 
					13 | 
					34 | 
		
			| 
					Third: The administrative staff of the department | 
		
			| 
					Employee | 
					1 | 
					- | 
					1 | 
		
			| 
					Worker | 
					2 | 
					- | 
					2 | 
		
			| 
					Total | 
					3 | 
					- | 
					3 | 
	
	
	
	
	
	
	Courses taught by the department to undergraduate and postgraduate students
	First: The subjects taught by the department to undergraduate students
	General Program (Pharm D)
	
	
		
			|  | 
					General program – Pharm D  | 
		
			| 
					Course code | 
					Course name | 
					Course teaching time: level/semester | 
					Number of teaching hours (practical + theoretical) | 
		
			| 
					1- | 
					 
					PM 301  | 
					General Microbiology and Immunology  | 
					Second level - first semester | 
					2+1 | 
		
			| 
					2- | 
					MD 405 | 
					Pathology | 
					Second level - second semester | 
					1+1 | 
		
			| 
					3- | 
					PM 502  | 
					Pharmaceutical Microbiology  | 
					Third level - first semester | 
					2+1 | 
		
			| 
					4- | 
					PM 603  | 
					Parasitology & Virology  | 
					Third level - second semester | 
					2+1 | 
		
			| 
					5- | 
					PM 704  | 
					Medical Microbiology  | 
					Fourth level - first semester | 
					2+1 | 
		
			| 
					6- | 
					PM 805  | 
					Biotechnology and Molecular Biology  | 
					Fourth level - second semester | 
					2+1 | 
		
			| 
					7- | 
					PME 08 | 
					Infection control (Elective Course) | 
					Fourth level - second semester | 
					1+1 | 
		
			| 
					8- | 
					PM 006  | 
					Public Health and Preventive Medicine  | 
					Fifth level - second semester | 
					2+0 | 
		
			| 
					9- | 
					MDE 07 | 
					Bioinformatics (Elective Course) | 
					Fifth level - second semester | 
					1+1 | 
	
	
	
	Clinical program (clinical Pharm D)
	
		
			|  | 
					Pharm D - Clinical Program | 
		
			| 
					Course code | 
					Course name | 
					Course teaching time: level/semester | 
					Number of teaching hours (practical + theoretical) | 
		
			| 
					1- | 
					PM 301  | 
					General Microbiology and Immunology  | 
					Second level - first semester | 
					2+1 | 
		
			| 
					2- | 
					PM 402  | 
					Pharmaceutical Microbiology  | 
					Second level - second semester | 
					2+1 | 
		
			| 
					3- | 
					PM 503  | 
					Parasitology & Virology  | 
					Third level - first semester | 
					2+1 | 
		
			| 
					4- | 
					MD 505 | 
					Pathology | 
					Third level - second semester | 
					1+1 | 
		
			| 
					4- | 
					PM 704  | 
					Medical Microbiology  | 
					Fourth level - first semester | 
					2+1 | 
		
			| 
					5- | 
					PM 805  | 
					Public Health and Preventive Medicine  | 
					Fourth level - second semester | 
					2+0 | 
		
			| 
					6- | 
					PME 08 | 
					Infection control (Elective Course) | 
					Fourth level - second semester | 
					1+1 | 
		
			| 
					7- | 
					PM 906  | 
					Biotechnology & Molecular Biology  | 
					Fifth level – first semester | 
					2+1 | 
		
			| 
					8- | 
					MD 007 | 
					 Bioinformatics  | 
					Fifth level – second semester | 
					1+0 | 
	
	
	Second: Subjects taught by the department to graduate students
	Premaster
	
	
		
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					 | 
					Courses of premaster – Microbiology and Immunology department | 
		
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					Course code | 
					Course name | 
					Course teaching time | 
					Number of teaching hours (theoretical) | 
		
			| 
					1- | 
					M 110 | 
					Molecular biology | 
					First semester | 
					4 | 
		
			| 
					2- | 
					ME 4 | 
					Biotechnology | 
					First semester | 
					4 | 
	
	
	Master
	
	
		
			|  | 
					Special courses of master – Microbiology and Immunology department | 
		
			| 
					Course code | 
					Course name | 
					Number of teaching hours (theoretical) | 
		
			| 
					1- | 
					Isp1 | 
					Advanced microbial Biotechnology | 
					4 | 
		
			| 
					2- | 
					Isp2 | 
					Advanced pharmaceutical Microbiology | 
					4 | 
		
			| 
					3- | 
					Isp3 | 
					Clinical Microbiology | 
					4 | 
	
	
	
	PhD
	
		
			
				|  | 
						Special courses of PhD – Microbiology and Immunology department | 
			
				| 
						Course code | 
						Course name | 
						Number of teaching hours (theoretical) | 
			
				| 
						1- | 
						Isp4 | 
						Diagnostic Microbiology  | 
						4 | 
			
				| 
						2- | 
						Isp5 | 
						Molecular and traditional typing of microorganisms | 
						4 | 
			
				| 
						3- | 
						Isp6 | 
						Pathogenic Bacteriology | 
						4 | 
		
	
 
	
	Clinical Pharmacy Diploma
	
	
		
			| 
					م | 
					Clinical Pharmacy Diploma | 
		
			| 
					Course code | 
					Course name | 
					Number of teaching hours (theoretical) | 
		
			| 
					1- | 
					D1010 | 
					Elective Course-1Hospital Microbiology
 | 
					2 |