AAASTE: Serving the Algerian Student Community
December 19 2025
This session focuses on exploring how AAASTE can better serve the Algerian student community through open discussion, brainstorming, resource sharing, and strengthening connections among students and professionals.

Speakers
Fatima Brakta, Pharm.D, BCPS
Dr. Fatima Brakta is a Clinical Pharmacy Manager and Director of a PGY1 (Post-Graduate Year
1) Pharmacy Residency Program at East Jefferson General Hospital (EJGH).
Lakhdar Boukerrou, Ph.D.
Dr. Boukerrou serves as the CEC’s Director of International Programs and Global Initiative and is an Affiliate Faculty in the African and African Diaspora Studies at the Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs.
Meriem Belabed
Postdoctoral fellow (Icahn school of Medecine at Mount Sinai; USA), Chair of the science working group (AAASTE)
Nour El Houda Bouzara, Ph.D.
Nour El Houda Bouzara is an Associate Professor at the University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene (USTHB) in Algiers, Algeria.