Dr. Maguy El-Hajj is a Clinical Associate Professor at Qatar University (QU) College of Pharmacy. In 2005, she earned a Bachelor of Pharmacy degree (with high distinction) from the Lebanese American University (LAU-ACPE accredited), and in 2006, she earned a Doctor of Pharmacy degree. Between 2006 and 2007, she was a faculty member at the Lebanese International University School of Pharmacy. Her responsibilities included coordinating and teaching a variety of pharmacy practice and clinical pharmacy courses. Furthermore, she precepted pharmacy students in community and hospital settings during their senior year. In 2007, Dr. El Hajj joined the faculty at the QU College of Pharmacy as an Assistant Professor in the Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice (CPP) section. As one of the college’s founding faculty members, she played a major role in its launch and success. She lead the integration of patient safety curricula at QU College of Pharmacy. She was the Head of QU’s Clinical Pharmacy and Practice department from September 2010 to July 2020. Several of her achievements involved the development and improvement of the pharmacy curricula. She was the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at QU Health College of Pharmacy from August 2020 to August 2024. Some of her achievements include but not limited to: successful renewal of CCAPP accreditation for both the BScPharm and PharmD programs for five years,design and approval of a comprehensive Modular Curriculum, implementation of the new Modular Curriculum for P1 and P2 students, establishment of institutional membership for QU CPH within the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP), adapting the delivery of the BScPharm program under COVID-19 restrictions, ensuring continuity of education while prioritizing safety and well-being, alignment of the QU CPH BScPharm program with QU graduate attributes, integration of the QU CPH BScPharm program with QU educational excellence themes, comprehensive revision of all BScPharm courses’ syllabi, including mapping of learning outcomes to Bloom’s Taxonomy and planning and execution of various professional faculty development workshops on key pedagogical approaches such as problem-based learning, assessments, and modular curriculum.
Since 2012, Dr. El Hajj holds the Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS). She serves as an Associate Editor for Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy Journal. Dr. El Hajj has published over 60 peer-reviewed articles and secured over 30 research grants from QU and Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF). She has presented more 60 posters at regional and international conferences.
ORCID:https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0770-4679
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=uRIbi1AAAAAJ&hl=en
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