Dr. Bushra Ahmad Saeed

Bushra Ahmad Saeed is currently serving as the Division Director of the Nursing, Allied Health, Life and Physical Sciences programs at UDC-CC. In addition to her Director role, she enjoys teaching Biological Science and Fundamentals of Chemistry Lab courses at the college where she serves as a key role model for many of its students. Professor Saeed has a strong passion to see underrepresented students, particularly in STEM, become educated and enter the work force highly prepared. Hence, she is a member of the District of Columbia STEM network, and annually hosts “Women in STEM” forums at UDC-CC. This actively engaging platform exposes students to accomplished women across a multitude of STEM fields (from NASA, Health institutes, FDA, etc.).

Dr. Saeed completed her Masters in Biotechnology (gold medalist) and her Ph.D. in molecular Biotechnology from the University of Karachi. She is the recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship to pursue her Post Doctorate research from Cornell University in Bio-nanotechnology.

Dr. Saeed has authored numerous research articles which have been published in peer-reviewed research journals. She has published on Stem Cells, micropropagation and development of new molecular diagnostic techniques for virus indexing. Professor Saeed was recently named a “Dean’s Teaching Fellow” at UDC-CC, having completed The Association of College and University Educators’ (ACUE) comprehensive course on Effective College Teaching.