{"id":11334,"date":"2026-11-10T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/?p=11334"},"modified":"2026-11-10T07:55:52","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T07:55:52","slug":"success-story-40-en","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/en\/department-of-pharmacy\/success-story-40-en\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Graduates\u2026 A Success Story (40): Dr. Shahlaa Zuhair Abdulmajeed"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.single .cz_single_fi img.wp-post-image{height:auto!important;max-height:520px!important;object-fit:contain!important;background:#fff}body.single-post .page_cover .page_title.page_title{font-size:34px!important;line-height:1.5!important}@media (min-width:768px){body.single-post .page_cover .page_title.page_title{padding-top:150px!important;padding-bottom:40px!important}}@media (max-width:767px){body.single-post .page_cover .page_title.page_title{font-size:22px!important}}<\/style>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"cz_ignore_number\" style=\"max-width:860px;margin:0 auto;font-size:17px;line-height:1.8;color:#233865;text-align:left\">\n<p><strong>Our Graduates\u2026 A Success Story | Episode 40<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr. Shahlaa Zuhair Abdulmajeed<\/strong> \u2014 Class of 2014 (10th cohort)<br \/>Assistant Professor (PhD) \u2014 Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Baghdad<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cReaching the top is an achievement, but staying there is a responsibility that demands continuous work and constant growth.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Profile<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Department:<\/strong> Pharmacy<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cohort:<\/strong> 10th (2013\u20132014)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Current role:<\/strong> Assistant Professor (PhD) \u2014 Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Baghdad<\/li>\n<li><strong>City:<\/strong> Baghdad<\/li>\n<li><strong>First job after graduation:<\/strong> within less than 3 months<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Her story<\/h3>\n<p>The biggest challenge I faced was not reaching the success I have achieved, but maintaining it and continuing to develop myself despite growing responsibilities and challenges. I realised that success does not mean reaching a certain position or a specific achievement; it means being able to sustain your level of performance, face change with steadiness, and learn from every experience. There were times that demanded double the effort, patience, difficult decisions, and reordering my priorities more than once. But I learned that the top is not a place where we settle; it is a responsibility that requires continuous work and constant development. Climbing the ladder of success may be hard, but the real challenge is to keep our place on it without ever stopping the climb.<\/p>\n<h3>Education<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>BSc in Pharmacy \u2014 Baghdad College of Medical Sciences, 10th cohort (2014)<\/li>\n<li>PhD in Pharmaceutical Chemistry<\/li>\n<li>Numerous professional certificates and training courses in her specialty<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Career path<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Assistant Professor (university lecturer) in the public sector<\/li>\n<li>Secured her first job within less than three months of graduation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Highlights<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Awards, gold medals, shields of appreciation and letters of thanks for her participation in scientific conferences and volunteer work<\/li>\n<li>Research published and indexed in Scopus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Advice from Dr. Shahlaa Zuhair Abdulmajeed to today\u2019s students<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cDo not make your goal simply to graduate as a pharmacist, but to become a pharmacist who leaves a real impact on the lives of others.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A BCMS graduate \u2014 Pharmacy or Nursing? Share your story through the <a href=\"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/en\/alumni\/share-your-story\/\">success stories form<\/a>. All episodes are on the <a href=\"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/en\/alumni\/\">series page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Graduates\u2026 A Success Story | Episode 40 Dr. Shahlaa Zuhair Abdulmajeed &#8230; <a class=\"cz_readmore cz_readmore_no_icon\" href=\"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/en\/department-of-pharmacy\/success-story-40-en\/\"><span>\u0627\u0642\u0631\u0623 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0632\u064a\u062f<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[91,84,93],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni-affairs-unit","category-department-of-pharmacy","category-93"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11334"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11336,"href":"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11334\/revisions\/11336"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}