Ahmed Mehanna, PhD
Professor of Medicinal Chemistry
School
School of Pharmacy
Department
School of Pharmacy
Office Location
White 326
Boston
Office Phone Office Phone: 617.732.2955
About
Ahmed Mehanna received his BS in Pharmacy from the University of Alexandria Egypt, his MS in Medicinal Chemistry from the University of Tanta Egypt, and his PhD in Medicinal Chemistry from the University of Pittsburgh. Ahmed followed that up by earning his postdoctoratal degree from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond VA. He was Assistant professor of Medicinal Chemistry at MCPHS between 1990-1997 and Associate professor of Medicinal Chemistry at the University between 1997-2006. Ahmed has been a professor of Medicinal Chemistry at MCPHS since 2007. He lives in Sudbury, MA with his wife and two children.
Education
- PhD in Medicinal Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Research Interests
- Design drugs with help of molecular modelling programs
Education
- PhD in Medicinal Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Research Interests
- Design drugs with help of molecular modelling programs
Publications
- Mehanna A, Hendawy M. Molecular modelling as a tool for designing dipeptidylpeptidase-4 inhibitors. J Anal Pharm Res. 2021;10 (1):26‒39. DOI: 10.15406/japlr.2021.10.00363.
- Study of the Effect of Statins on a Variety of Null, Wild Type, and Mutant p53 Cancer Cell Lines
Ahmed S. Mehanna*, Ngan Tran
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, MCPHS University, USA
*Corresponding author: Ahmed S. Mehanna, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, MCPHS University, 179 Longwood Avenue, Boston Massachusetts 02115, USA. Tel: +1-6177322955; Fax: +1-6177322228; Email: Ahmed.mehanna@mcphs.edu
Received Date: 31 January, 2019; Accepted Date: 11 February, 2018; Published Date: 19
February, 2019. - Cytotoxic effects of S-(+)-Carvone on selected human cancer cell lines Volume 8 Issue 4 - 2019
Enas A Alasmari, Ahmed S Mehanna
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, MCPHS University, United States Correspondence: Ahmed S Mehanna, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, MCPHS University, Boston, MA, United States, Tel 617.732.2955, Email
Received: July 23, 2019 | Published: July 30, 2019. - Mehanna AS and Tran N. Study of the Effect of Statins on a Variety of Null, Wild Type Mutant p53 Cancer Cell Lines. Adv Anal Pharm Chem 2019, 2:106. DOI: 10.29011/AAPC 106.100006. Ahmed S. Mehanna, Rachit M. Shah, Moataz A. Hendawy. Design, Modeling, Synthesis and in Vitro Evaluation of New DPP-IV Inhibitors. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry & Toxicology, 2018, 3(1): 100-110.
- Ahmed S Mehanna and Omeima Abdullah Aromatic Aldehydes and Carboxylic Acids as inhibitors for Sickle Hemoglobin Polymerization. Biomedical Journal of Scientific and Technical Research (BJSTR). 2018, 3,(3), 1-8. DOI:.26717/BJSTR.2018.03.000890
- Ahmed S. Mehanna1, Moataz A. Hendawy. The Effect of Thiol Containing Compounds on the Kinetics of Sickle Hemoglobin Polymerization. J J Medicinal Chem. 2017, 2 (1): 1-13
- Ahmed S. Mehanna. High Throughput Kinetic Assay for Screening Potential Inhibitors of Sickle Hemoglobin Polymerization. Medicinal Chemistry Journal, 2017, 7(7), 929-932.
Awards and Honors
- Trustee's award for teaching --1997.
- Four times School of Pharmacy teacher of the year: 2002,2004, 2008, 2013.
- Long term faculty service award: 2013