Professor Abubakar Muhammad Amali is the current dean of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS). A professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, he is an expert in pharmaceutical care, patient education and counselling, academic research, teaching and mentorship, with a high sense of responsibility and dedication.
Amali attended Waziri Ward Primary School, Sokoto, and Federal Government College, Sokoto, for his primary and secondary education, respectively. He later proceeded to Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, where he studied Pharmacy and obtained his B.Pharm in 2002. He subsequently bagged MSc. in Pharmacology from UDUS, in 2009.
In 2015, Amali bagged his PhD in Pharmacology from Universiti Putra, Malaysia. In 2020, he obtained a professional certificate in Public Health, Logistics and Supply Chain Management, from the Royal College of Public Health Technology, Osun State, Nigeria. He is currently pursuing a Master of Public Health (MPH), from Maryam Abacha American University, Kano State, Nigeria.
Until his emergence as dean a few months ago, Prof. Amali was the deputy dean of the faculty, from 2020 to 2023. He has been the faculty postgraduate programme coordinator, UDUS, since 2022. He has also been the secretary, State Pharmaceutical Inspection Committee, Sokoto State, from 2006.
Amali was the pioneer head of Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UDUS, from 2008 to 2010. He was pharmacist 1 at the Specialist Hospital, Sokoto from 2003 to 2006 and senior pharmacist at the hospital between 2006 and 2007. He was senior pharmacist at the Hospital Services Management Board, Sokoto, between 2006 and 2007. He was also the state drug safety and monitoring officer, Sokoto from 2005 to 2007. He was also the acting head, Pharmaceutical Services, Hospital Service Management Board, Sokoto, between 2006 and 2007.
Amali was the Chairman of the Drug Revolving Fund Monitoring Committee, Sokoto State, between 2006 and 2007. He later switched to academia, when he joined UDUS, in 2008, as lecturer 2 and steadily rose to the post of associate professor in 2020.
Prof. Amali has over 30 publications in peer-reviewed journals. He has also written and delivered many research papers at various academic seminars, conferences and workshops. He has over 350 Google Scholar citations as of November 20, 2021. He has also supervised several undergraduate and postgraduate projects to completion.
A professional to the core, Amali is a member of many professional and academic bodies. He is a member of the American Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET), the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), the National Association of Pharmacists in Academia (NAPA) and the Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN). He won the Gold Medal at the Research Invention and Innovation Competition (PRPI) in 2014. He is also a Merit Award Winner, of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, Sokoto Chapter (2015).
Prof. Amali, who loves reading, writing and mentoring, is married and blessed with children.
