Prof. Dr. Wafika Zarzour
Profexperiencias
1971 • Teacher of practical pharmacy in the Faculty of pharmacy – Damascus Univ.
1988• Assistance Professor of clinical chemistry and pathological biochemistry in Damascus Univ. – Faculty of Pharmacy
1994 • Associated professor of clinical biochemistry. Damascus- Univ. - Faculty of pharmacy.
1995-2002 • Vice – dean for scientific Affaires of Faculty of pharmacy – Damascus – Univ.
1984 – 2002 • Co – editor of Journal of Syrian Clinical Laboratory Association SCLA.
1998 • Professor of clinical chemistry and pathological biochemistry in Faculty of pharmacy – Damascus – Univ.
-1989- 2005 Supervision for more than 20 Msc. and Ph.D Subjects for the post graduate students – Faculty of pharmacy- Damascus University.
2005 – 2012 First Dean of the faulty of Pharmacy- AIU (private univ.)
2012 – University President Consultant for pharmaceutical industry cooperation AIU
2013 –.... University President Consultant for quality control – AIU
2014 -.... . Head of the department of Biochemistry & Microbiology – Faculty Of pharmacy - AIU
Educación
1971 • Faculty of pharmacy – Damascus – Univ. (very good).
1982 • Diploma of laboratory – diagnostics, including subjects: clinical chemistry, pathological chemistry, biochemistry, microbiology, serology, hematology, physiology, statistics. (very good).
1983 • Msc. In clinical biochemistry - Faculty of pharmacy – Damascus – Univ. In cooperation with Saarland Univ. Germany. Subject: cholinesterase and it’s variants. (Excellent).
1987 • Ph. D of clinical Biochemistry (Damascus – Univ. in cooperation with Univ. Saarland Germany). (Sandwich – model). . (Excellent).
Publicación
1-• Zarzour W.Practical Script of pharmacognosy training students (for II class faculty of pharmacy- Damascus Univ.) 1973
2-• Zarzour W.Practical script of pharmacognosy training students (for III class , faculty of pharmacy , Damascus Univ. ) 1974.
3-• Zarzour ., Chehab H., Pharmacognosy (Practical Part ) for II class Faculty of pharmacy , Damascus univ. 1975.
4-• Zarzour W., Pharmacognosy . Health Institute . 1978.
5-• Jouma M. Hindawi R., Zarzour W., Rinjibal J., Clinical Chemistry. Faculty of Pharmacy . Damascus Univ. 1994.
6-• Jouma M. Zarzour W., Pathalogical Biochemistry -1996 - Faculty of pharmacy – Damascus University.
7- Arabic copy (translation) of Harper’s Biochemistry (with others) 2001.
8-• Zarzour Wafika .Arabic translation of : lecture notes in Molecular Medicine .Center of Translation. (2002)
9-Prof. Dr. M. Jouma , Prof. Dr. Wafika Zarzour , Dr. Rana Joubran, Nada Dehneh, Msc. Handbook of Clinical Chemistry .
(2014) . Arab International University (AIU). Faculty of Pharmacy .
Scientific papers:
1• Zarzour W.,Jouma M., Ammon R., Estimation of cholinesterase and dibucaine Number . The journal of Syrian Clinical Laboratories (SCLA) (vol. 1 . No. 1, 35-43. 1986 )
2• Zarzour W. ,Jouma M., Heroinesterase , its relation with genetic polymorphism of other esterases in human and rabbits. The journal of (SCLA). (vol. 1. No. 4.July 1989 : 9-21 )
3• Zarzour W.,Jouma M., Sitzmann F., Aspirinesterase and Atropine esterase . Journal of Damascus univ. 1989.
4- Zarzour W., Kalla G., Glucosephosphateisomerase , variants identification by isoelectrofocusing . Journal of (SCLA). (vol.1. No. 8. April 1993: 82- 86 ).
5• Zarzour W., Khatib R. Akhras Gh. Cystic fibrosis among Syrian children, Biochemical and genetic study. Journal of Arab Uni. Union for medical studies – Vol – 1, No. 2 – 1998.
6• Kateb H, Zarzour W., Shamieh M, Joma M., coronary risk factors of angiographically assesed patients from Syria. Journal of cariovasicular risk 5 (31 – 35) 1998.
7- Dehneh .n, Zarzour W., Joumaa M. Free fatty acids and glucose in females with familial history of type – 2 Diabites. Arabic Journal of pharmaceutical Sciences Vol. 1, No –2, (73 – 79) 1998.
8• Jamali M, Akhras Gh. Zarzour W., Peptide C in dignostic differentiation of diabetecs mellitus. Arabic Journal of
pharmaceutical Sciences. Vol. 1, No –4, 1999.
9- Darwish N. Zarzour W., Akhras Gh, Studying the reactive hypoglycemia in diabetics relatives. Arabic Journal of
pharmaceutical Sciences Vol. 1, No –1, (59 – 65) 1999.
10• Zarzour W., Early predictors for NIDDM Journal of Arab universities union Vol. 2. No. 1. (47 – 54) 2001.
11• Shahrour. H, Zarzour W., Rihawi W, Assocition of hepatitis. B and HLA class I in Syrian Population. Journal of Arab Uni. Union. Vol. 16 – No. 1- (111 – 118) 2000
12• Bakir I., Zarzour W., Hermann W. Genetic polymorphism of 5.10 methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (MTHFR) as risk factor for coronary Artery disease. Arabic Journal of pharmaceutical Sciences Vol. 1, No –9, April (41 – 49) 2001.
13• Bakir I., Zarzour W., Hermann W. Genetic and nongenetic factors influencing plasma homocysteine levels in patients with ischemic heart disease (Syrian Study). Damascus University Journal for the medical sciences. Vol. 18 – No. 1 – 2002.
14• Shahrour H.,Zarzour W.,Al-Quobaili F.,Rihawi W.,HLA class I in hepatitis C patients : A study of 349 subjects . Arabic Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Vol 2 ,No. 4 (61 – 64 ). 2003.
15• Khalaf I.,Zarzour W.,Othman I. Homocysteine and Chronic renal failure . Damascus University Journal for the medical Sciences . vol. 19 – No. 2 . 2003
16-Asbah Y.,Zarzour W.,Mardini A., Association of Proinsulin and insulin Resistance with coronary artery diseases in Nondiabetic Men .Arabic Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. (vol.2, No.6.July 2003)
17• HermannW.,Obeid R.,Shorr H.,Zarzour W., Geisel J.,Homocystein Methyltetrahydrofolate reductase 677 polymorphism and the B – vitamin: a facet of nature-nuture interplay. Clin.Chem.Lab med , 41 (2003), 4, (547 – 553).
18• Awad R. Zarzour W. Kabalan Y.Interleukines 6 and 8 ,its relationship with complications of Diabetes type 2.Arabic journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. (vol.2.No.7.January 2004 : 33-39 )
19• Zarzour W., Kleta R., Frangoul H., Suwannarat P., Jeong A., Young Kim S., Wayne A., Gunay-Aygun M., White J., Filipovich A., and Gahl W. Two novel CHS1 ( LYST ) mutations: Clinical correlations in an enfant with Chediak – Higashi syndrome. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism , vol.85, Issue 2 , June 2005,pages 125 – 132
20- Mohammad M., Zarzour W., Polycystic ovary Syndrome (PCOs) patients in Syria (2006)
21- Zarzour W., Dehneh N.,Al Istwani D., Serri R.,Alaa eddin R.,Homsi L., The efficacy of Achillea Falcata on diabetes mellitus management. Damascus University Journal for Medical Science.(2015 )
22-Nada Dehneh, Mazen Rajab , Wafika Zarzour , and Muhidien Jouma , Profile of healthy female students in Syria :
Investigation on anthropometric, lifestyle, and dietry characteristics, along with haematological
and plasma biochemical parameters. Cognet Medicine (2016),3 :1180741
23-Wafika Zarzour, Nada Dehneh, and Mazen Rajab, High – sensitive C-Reactive Protein Levels in a Group of Syrian
University Male Students and Its Associations with Smoking , Physical Activity , Anthropometric Measurements ,
and Some Hematologic Inflammation Biomarkers .International Journal of Inflammation (2017), Article ID
7326527,11 pages.
