Summary

Mustapha Beleh earned his BS in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Alexandria University, in Egypt, in 1985, and his PhD in Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy from The Ohio State University in 1992.  He then moved on to South Dakota State University, where he joined the faculty as an assistant professor of Medicinal Chemistry till 1995, when he moved back to Egypt to join Pharco Pharmaceuticals in the role of Director of Research.  Dr. Beleh then joined the Faculty at the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy as a lecturer of Medicinal Chemistry in 1999. 

Dr. Beleh’s research interest is to assess different issues related to pharmaceutical education and currently focuses on evaluating teaching tools and innovative teaching methods in Medicinal Chemistry courses, exploring the use of remedial education, evaluating curricular changes in the PharmD program and uncovering factors that predict student success.

Dr. Beleh serves on a number of College and University committees and is the college liaison in the University's inclusive teaching and is a member of the CRLT faculty advisory board.

Dr. Beleh is involved in teaching a number of courses. He is the director of education in the medicinal chemistry department, working with faculty, mentoring graduate student instructors, consulting on the BSPS and PhD teaching and coordinating the PharmD curriculum.  In addition to his teaching and coordinating a number of courses in both the PharmD and BSPS programs, Dr. Beleh oversees the lecture and active-learning components of all PharmD courses, serves as the coordinator of the drug therapeutic monitoring course and offers an elective course that focuses on drug discovery and on current issues such as alternative medication, personalized medicine, and global health care.