Fellow
Safwa Moheb El Haddad received her master’s degree in Pharmacy in October 2024, doing his thesis internship at the Pharmacognosy Laboratory of the Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences “Rodolfo Paoletti.” The thesis, titled “From the ethnopharmacology of Niger to the study of the anti-inflammatory properties of Prosopis africana (Guill. & Perr.) Taub. in gastric cells,” investigated the potential of natural extracts and the ethnopharmacological aspect of some plants traditionally used in Niger in the treatment of gastric inflammation. The thesis was the winner of the Italo Taddei Award as part of the XXXIII National Congress of Phytotherapy.
After graduation, she continued her work in the Pharmacognosy Laboratory as an attending volunteer, later obtaining a fellowship for promising graduate students. Her research focuses on studying the anti-inflammatory activity of extracts of natural originthrough in vitro experiments on gastric cells, involving pathogenic bacteria such as Helicobacter pylori. He also participates in scientific outreach activities aimed at the public and the local area.