Abeer Al-Ghananeem - Ph.D.

Dr. Al-Ghananeem received her BS in Pharmacy from the University of Jordan, and MSc and Ph.D. from the University of Kentucky, College of Pharmacy. Her thesis focused on brain targeting through nasal drug delivery of soluble 17B-estradiol prodrugs for Alzheimer's. Dr. Al-Ghananeem was an Assistant Professor at the University of Jordan.

Selected Honors

• American Cancer Society IRG Award Rho Chi American Pharmaceutical Honor Society (2006)
• Rho Chi American Pharmaceutical Honor Society

Selected Publications/Presentations

• Peter Crooks, Abeer Al-Ghananeem. Drug Targeting to the Lung: Chemical and Biological Consideration. Pharmaceutical Aerosol Technology (Drugs and the Pharmaceutical Sciences Series/134), Second edition. Anthony Hickey, Marcel Dekker, NY. 2003. ISBN: 0-8247-4253-2
• Al-Ghananeem, Abeer; Traboulsi, Ashraf; Dittert, Lewis; Hussain, Anwar. Targeted Brain Delivery of 17-? Estradiol via Nasally Administered Water Soluble Prodrugs. J Pharm Sci Technol. 2002; 3(1).
• Cynkowska, Grazyna; Cynkowski, Tadeusz; Al-Ghananeem, Abeer, Guo, Hong; Ashton, Paul; Crooks, Peter. Novel Antiglaucoma Prodrugs and Codrugs of Ethacrynic Acid. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2005; 15(15), 3524-3527
• Howard-Sparks, Michelle; Al-Ghananeem, Abeer; Pearson, Andrew; Crooks, Peter. Evaluation of O3a-,O21-di-(N1-methyloxycarbonyl-2,4-dioxo-5-fluoropyrimidinyl)17a-hydroxy-5ß-pregnan-20-one as a novel potential antiangiogenic codrug. J Enzyme Inhib Med Chem. 2005; 20(5), 417-428.
• Al-Ghananeem, Abeer; Malkawi, Ahmad; Crooks, Peter. Effect of pH on sublingual absorption of oxycodone hydrochloride. J Pharm Sci Technol. 7(1):E23, 2006. Chandrasekaran, Shyamala; Al-Ghananeem, Abeer; Riggs, Robert; Crooks, Peter. Synthesis and Stability of Two Indomethacin Prodrugs. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2006; 6 (7), 1874-1879.
• Chandrasekaran, Shyamala; Al-Ghananeem, Abeer; Riggs, Robert; Crooks, Peter. Synthesis and Stability of Two Indomethacin Prodrugs. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2006; 6 (7), 1874-1879.
• Crooks, Peter; Kottayil, Santosh; Al-Ghananeem, Abeer; Byrn, Stephen; Allan, Butterfield. Opiate receptor binding properties of morphine-, dihydromorphine-, and codeine 6-O-sulfate ester congeners. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2006; 16(16), 4291-4295
• Abeer M. Al-Ghananeem, Ahmad H. Malkawi, Peter A. Crooks. Scopolamine Sublingual Spray: An Alternative Route of Delivery for the Treatment of Motion Sickness, Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy. In press.
• Abeer M. Al-Ghananeem, Zaineb Al-Bayati, Ahmad H. Malkawi, Vijayakumar Sonar, Michael Freeman, Peter A. Crooks. A Pharmacokinetic Study on Z-(±)-2-(1-Benzylindole-3-yl-methylene)azabicyclo[2.2.2]octane-3-ol; a Novel Radio-sensitization Agent. Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology. In press.