Department of Pharmacy
Faculty
Faculty of Sciences and EngineeringAddress
A/2, Jahurul Islam Avenue
Jahurul Islam City, Aftabnagar
Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh
Currently studying in Medical school, M.Sc. leaded Ph.D. program , Physiology and Pharmacology Department, under Schulich Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
Master's of Pharmacy (M.Pharm) in Advanced Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy (Gold Medalist, School of Health Sciences), Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North South University, Bangladesh.
Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm), Department of Pharmacy (Summa Cum Laude awardee), East West University, Bangladesh.
Shahnaz Siddiqua currently working as a Senior lecturer in Department of Pharmacy in East West University. She joined EWU in January 2020. She completed her B.Pharm from East West University and M.Pharm from North South University. She was working as a "Quality Control Executive" in UK MHRA, TGA Australia and VMD UK approved "Eskayef Pharmaceuticals LTD before starting her teaching career in EWU. She has received Research and Development fellowship for consecutively two times for the years of 2022-2023 and 2021-2022 from the Science and Technology Ministry, The Government of the people's republic of Bangladesh. She achieved V.C. Gold Medal in her post graduation degree and Achieved "Summa Cum Laude" award in her B.Pharm. she worked as an Undergraduate Teaching Assistant for one year in East West University. She participated and achieved 1st runners-up position in a conference organized by Department of Pharmacy, University of Dhaka and also achieved 1st runners-up position in First Multidisciplinary International Conference on the Social and Life Sciences by presenting her research project. She attained the conference named ISE SFEC 2018 Dhaka Congress on “Ethnopharmacology & Drug Development: Innovation meets Tradition”. She is enthusiastic and attracted towards research based extensive lab works as she has diversified her research experiences in Microbiology, Phytochemistry and Pharmacology.
. "Graduate Research Assistant " in Department of Medical Biophysics, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
" Graduate Teaching Assistant" in Physiology & Pharmacology Department, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
"Undergraduate Teaching Assistant" in Department of Pharmacy, East West University
. "Quality Control Executive" U.S. FDA, UK MHRA, TGA Australia and VMD UK approved "Eskayef Pharmaceuticals LTD.
. Molecular biology
.Ex vivo pharmacology
.Microbiology
. Phytochemisty
. Animal Study based Pharmacology
1. Black seed (Nigella sativa) powder supplementation prevented oxidative stress and cardiac fibrosis in isoprenaline administered rats
2. Anti-inflammatory and anti- nociceptive activity of ethanol extract of Helitropium indicum against writhing test, cotton pellets and paw edema in male Wister rats and male Swiss albino mice.
3. Resveratrol treatment prevents high fat diet-induced hepatic oxidative stress and the breakdown of the intestinal mucosal barrier and modulates antioxidant and anti-inflammatory gene expressions in rats.
4. Ethanol Extract of Coccinia grandis Prevented Obesity, Glucose Intolerance, Hyperlipidemia, Inflammation and Oxidative stress in High Carbohydrate and High Fat Diet Induced Obese Rats.
Ishrat Jahan; Asif Ul Haque Shuvo; Mirza Alimullah; ASM Nafiur Rahman; Shahnaz Siddiqua; Shatil Rafia; Ferdous Khan; Khondoker Shahin Ahmed; Hemayet Hossain; Kazi Akramuddaula; Md Ashraful Alam; Nusrat Subhan (January, 2025) "Purple potato extract modulated fat metabolizing genes expression, prevents oxidative stress, hepatic steatosis, and attenuated high-fat diet-induced obesity in rats". (accepted, PLOS ONE)
Tahsin Zahan, Mirza Alimullah, Ishrat Jahan, Md. Borhan Uddin, Khondker Ayesha Akter, Md. Junaeid Rahman, Shahnaz Siddiqua, Kamrun Nahar Ela, Sakil Amin, Khondoker Shahin Ahmed, Hemayet Hossain, Ferdous Khan, Md Ashraful Alam, Nusrat Subhan. Baccaurea ramiflora fruit peel powder supplementation prevented inflammatory cell infiltration, oxidative stress, and fibrosis in carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) administered ovariectomized rats. Phytomedicine Plus, December 2024, 100719, ISSN 2667-0313.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phyplu.2024.100719
Shamima Sultana, Sadia Afrin Eva, Shahnaz Siddiqua, Hridoy Chandra Ghosh, Md Sakil Amin, Sadia Rahman, Md Tayeb Hossen, Nusrat Subhan, Md Ashraful Alam, Md Nurul Islam*. Black Seed (Nigella sativa) Powder Supplementation Prevented Oxidative Stress and Cardiac Fibrosis in Isoprenaline Administered Rats. Journal of Biosciences and Experimental Pharmacology. 2024, 2(1), 31 45.
doi: https://doi.org/10.62624/JBEP00.0009
Alimullah, M., Rahman, N., Sornaker, P., Akramuddaula, K., Sarif, S., Siddiqua, S., Mitu, K. F., Jahan, I., Khan, F., Subhan, N., & Alam, M. A. Evaluation of Terminalia arjuna Bark Powder Supplementation on Isoprenaline-Induced Oxidative Stress and Inflammation in the Heart of Long Evans Rats, Understanding the Molecular Mechanism of This Old Medicinal Plant. Journal of Medicinal Natural Products. 2024.
doi: https://www.sciltp.com/journals/jmnp/article/view/493
Tammana Tabassum Eysha Chisty; Sumaia Sarif; Ishrat Jahan; Iffat Nowshin Ismail; Faizul Islam Chowdhury; Shahnaz Siddiqua; Tahmina Yasmin; Md Nurul Islam; Ferdous Khan; Nusrat Subhan et al., 2024. Protective effects of L-carnitine on isoprenaline -induced heart and kidney dysfunctions: Modulation of inflammation and oxidative stress-related gene expression in rats.
Heliyon 2024-01 | Journal article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e25057
Siddiqua, S., Sikder, B., Ullah, A., Sumi, F., Akhter, N., Islam, M. and Alam, M., 2022. Ramipril, an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, ameliorates oxidative stress, inflammation, and hepatic fibrosis in alloxan-induced diabetic rats. Journal of Advanced Biotechnology and Experimental Therapeutics, 5(3), p.510.
Siddiqua, S., Jyoti, F., Saffoon, N., Miah, P., Lasker, S., Hossain, H., Akter, R., Ahmed, M. and Alam, M., 2021. Ethanolic extract of Coccinia grandis prevented glucose intolerance, hyperlipidemia and oxidative stress in high fat diet fed rats. Phytomedicine Plus, 1(4), p.100046.
- International Conference on Pharmaceutical Sciences (ICPS-2023)
- 1st International Conference on Drug Discovery & Development ( ICDD September, 2022)
- 2nd International Conference on Genomics, Nanotech, and Bioengineering-2022 (ICGNB-2022)
- 1st Multidisciplinary International Conference on the Social and Life Sciences (ICSL 27 - 29 February, 2020)
- 18th International Congress of International Society for Ethnopharmacology & 5th International Congress of Society for Ethnopharmacology, India (13-15 January, 2018)
1. Title of the Project
Phytochemical and Pharmacological Analysis of Secondary Metabolites of Endophytic Fungi associated with Few Medicinal Plants of Bangladesh
Research Role
Co-Investigator (CI)
Funding Agency
East West University Center for Research and Training (EWUCRT)
2. Title of the Project:
Black seed (Nigella sativa) powder supplementation prevented oxidative stress and cardiac fibrosis in isoprenaline administered rats
Research Role:
Principle Investigator (PI)
Funding Agency
Science and Technology Ministry, The Government of the people's republic of Bangladesh. (2022-2023)
3. Title of the Project:
Anti-inflammatory and anti- nociceptive activity of ethanol extract of Helitropium indicum against writhing test, cotton pellets and paw edema in male Wister rats and male Swiss albino mice.
Research Role:
Principle Investigator (PI)
Funding Agency
Science and Technology Ministry, The Government of the people's republic of Bangladesh. (2021-2022)
*Western Graduate Research Scholarship (WGRS) from Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
* Recently has received Research and Development fellowship in the year of 2022-2023 from the Science and Technology Ministry, The Government of the people's republic of Bangladesh in 2023.
*Received Research and Development fellowship in the year of 2021-2022 from the Science and Technology Ministry, The Government of the people's republic of Bangladesh in 2022.
*Achieved 1st runners-up position in First Multidisciplinary International Conference on the Social and Life Sciences by presenting one of the research project in 2020
*Achieved V.C. Gold Medal in post graduation degree in 2019
*Achieved 1st runners-up position in a conference organized by Department of Pharmacy, University of Dhaka in 2018
*Achieved "Summa Cum Laude" award in graduation degree (B.Pharm) in 2017
*Achieved 1st runners-up position in poster presentation competition in Pharma fest organized by Department of Pharmacy, East West University in 2016
*Achieved 2nd runners-up position in poster presentation competition in Pharma fest organized by Department of Pharmacy, East West University in 2016
*Achieved full funded scholarship in B.Pharm for the year of 2015 and 2016 in East West University.
