Michelle Cherfan

PharmD, MPH, PhD Candidate

Member

Michelle Cherfan is a Clinical Associate Professor and the Assistant Dean of Beirut Campus of the school of pharmacy (SOP) at the Lebanese International University (LIU). She is a pharmacist registered with the Lebanese Order of Pharmacists (OPL), and a member of the scientific committee at the OPL, the American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP) and the Federation Internationale Pharmaceutique (FIP). Michelle holds both a pharmacy BS (2008) and PharmD. (2009) degrees from the Lebanese American University, as well as a University Diploma entitled “Fundamentals of Medical Research” and a Masters 2 in research in “clinical pharmacy and pharmacoepidemiology” both from the Lebanese University. She is currently a PhD candidate in Health and Public Health in Paris Nord (Paris 13)-Université Sorbonne Paris Cité. During her pharmacy practices she has earned experiences in clinical, hospital, and community settings, including the leading Lebanese hospitals. She has attended and participated actively through oral communications in many national and international conferences and pharmacy education related workshops in the GCC and the Middle East. She also participates in the continuing education program organized by the OPL through the presentation of many didactic lectures related to the cardiovascular system and is a member of the academic board committee at the OPL. In addition, she has recently chaired the organization committee of the international conference of the SOP and the 19th Congress of the Scientific Association of the Colleges of Pharmacy in the Arab World. She has 10 years of academic teaching experience, whereby was awarded the Distinguished Teaching Award (DTA) for the academic year 2015-2016 and chaired many of school’s committees including the curriculum and accreditation committees. Her main research interests are in pharmacy education, community pharmacy, cardiovascular diseases, epidemiology and public health. She has presented her research in different international conferences and published her work in renowned peer-reviewed journals. Her role as both, a teacher and a health-care professional, has been to inspire future pharmacists to play an active, effective, ethical, and professional role in their communities.