Dr Maryam Malekigorji

Profile

Maryam joined Queen Mary Medical School in March 2023. She is involved in teaching pharmacology to students in year 1 and 2 of the MBBS course and the graduate entry programme (GEP). Maryam is also a problem-based learning (PBL) tutor for years one and two.

Maryam worked previously as a Senior Lecturer and Programme Director in Pharmaceutical Science at Queen’s University Belfast (QUB), School of Pharmacy and QUB joint college in China. She is Advance HE Senior Fellow, completed a PhD in nanopharmaceutics at Keele University and obtained Professional Doctorate in Pharmacy from Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Iran.

She has led the introduction of a number of key interventions which have brought about improvements in educational outcomes, including the use of flipped classroom blended with team-based learning (TBL) approach and classroom response system (CRS). 

Teaching

Maryam is PBL tutor on different modules and teaches pharmacology on the Fundamentals of Medicine, Locomotor, Metabolism, Brain & Behaviour and Human Development modules. 

Research

Research Interests:

Maryam has been undertaking scholarly activity in relation to students’ academic performance and their views on the learning experience associated with blended and active learning strategies.

She also has particular interest in the development of a range of multifunctional nanoparticles and their translation into medical therapies, i.e., metallic nanoparticles as nano-heaters and thermoresponsive carriers for diagnosis and therapy of cancers.

Publications

• Hatahet, T., Mohamed, AAR., Malekigorji, M., Clerkin, C. & Sandrey, L, The role of virtual learning environment engagement and personal factors contributing to high student achievement in remote blended learning environment: A case study of BSc pharmaceutical degree delivered transnationally. 2023, Educational Technology Research and Development (Under Review).
• Clerkin, C, Hatahet, T., Malekigorji, M; Andrews PA , Chinese Students’ Perception and Expectation of Online and Post-Pandemic Teaching and Learning Approaches in a UK Transnational Program. 2022, Education Sciences, 12(11), 761.
• Malekigorji, M., O'Hagan, J. & Moore, T. TJ, Perceptions of Chinese Students Regarding the Role of Anglophone Cultures in Study Motivation and the Learning of English Language. 2022, Education and Culture Research, 2, 1-25.
• Hatahet, T., Mohamed, A. A. R., Malekigorji, M. & Kerry, E, Remote Learning in Transnational Education: Relationship between Virtual Learning Engagement and Student Academic Performance in BSc Pharmaceutical Biotechnology. 2021, Pharmacy . 10, 1, 12 p., 4.
• Malekigorji, M. & Hatahet, Classroom Response System in a Super-Blended Learning and Teaching Model: Individual or Team-Based Learning?, 2020, Pharmacy, 8, 4 197.
• Malekigorji, M. & Clerkin. C. Student Centred Learning and Teaching (Queen's University Belfast Student-Staff Partnership Project), 2020, Advance HE STEM Conference 2020, STEM Graduates for a changing world, Manchester, UK.
• Malekigorji, M. & Hatahet, T. Building blended learning models by using different learning technologies: Evidence from a 4-year study, 2019, AdvanceHE Teaching and Learning Conference, Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK.
• Malekigorji, M. & Hatahet, Maximising Your Environment By The Application Of Blended Classroom Response System, 2019, AdvanceHE Teaching and Learning Conference, Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK.
• Malekigorji, M. The Effect of Continued Team Randomisation on Student’s Perception and Performance in a Blended Team-Based Teaching Approach, 2019, Education Sciences. 9, 2, 13 p., 102.
• Corbett, D., Malekigorji, M., Hanna, L-A. & Hall, M. Utilisation of the “Room of the Future” Video Collaborative on Platform to Deliver an Interactive Career- Focused Workshop to Students within Queens’ International Branch Campus, 2019, QUB Learning and Teaching Conference: Shaping Change in an Educational Setting.
• Malekigorji, M. & Hatahet. Improving classroom engagement by embedding personal response system in flipped classroom teaching strategy, 2019, QUB Learning and Teaching Conference: Shaping Change in an Educational Setting.
• Moore, T. J., O'Hagan, J. & Malekigorji, M. Perceptions of Chinese Students Regarding the Role of Anglophone Cultures in the Learning of English, 2019, QUB Learning and Teaching Conference: Shaping Change in an Educational Setting.
• Maleki, M & Malekigorji, M. The effect of two Phosphodiesterase inhibitors on bone healing in mandibular fractures (animal study in rats), 2019, 26th International Conference on Dental Treatment, Vienna, Austria.
• Malekigorji, M., Corbett, D., Hanna, L-A. & Hall, M. An investigation of Chinese Students academic performance and their views on the learning experience associated with blended team-based learning (including changes to group allocation), 2018, QUB Learning and Teaching Conference: Creativity and Innovation in Teaching.
• Malekigorji, M., Corbett, D., Hanna, L-A. & Hall, M. An Investigation of Chinese Students Academic Performance, and Their Views on The Learning Experience, Associated with Flipped Team-Based Learning, 2018, Literacy Information and Computer Education Journal, 9, 1, p. 2788-2799.
• Malekigorji, M., Corbett, D., Rooney, D., Hanna, L-A. & Hall, M. Assessment of Chinese Students’ Progression and Perceptions in Blended Team-Based Learning Approach at an International College in China, 2018, World Congress on Education, Dublin, p. 58-60.
• Malekigorji, M., Corbett, D., Hanna, L-A. & Hall, M. Flipped Team Based Learning, Pros and Cons, 2018, NET 2018 Conference-Networking for Education in Healthcare, AdvanceHE.
• Malekigorji, M. & Corbett, D. China Queen's College (CQC): excellence and innovation in teaching, 2017, QUB Reflections, 25, p. 3-4.
• Corbett, D., Hanna, L-A., Hall, M., Rooney, D. & Malekigorji, M. Use of a flipped classroom approach to improve the learning experience and academic performance of pharmaceutical sciences students where English is not their first language, 2017, Higher Education Academy STEM conference.
• Malekigorji, M., Alfahad, M., Kong Thoo Lin, P., Jones, S., Curtis, A. & Hoskins, C. Thermally Triggered Theranostics for Pancreatic Cancer Therapy, 2017, Nanoscale, Royal Society of Chemistry, 34.
• Malekigorji, M., Alfahad, M., Kong Thoo Lin, P., Jones, S., Curtis, A. & Hoskins, C. Thermally Triggered Theranostics for Pancreatic Cancer Therapy, 2017, Nanoscale, Royal Society of Chemistry, 34.
• Malekigorji, M. & Hoskins, C. Smart Materials with Future Application in Drug Delivery, 2017, Science and applications of Tailored Nanostructures, p. 196-212.
• Oluwasamni, A., Malekigorji, M., Jones, S., Curtis, A. DM. & Hoskins, C. Potential of Hybrid Iron Oxide-Gold Nanoparticles As Thermal Triggers For Pancreatic Cancer Therapy, 2016, RSC Advances, 6, p. 95044-95054.
• Malekigorji, M., Kong Thoo Lin, P., Lees, M., Gueorguieva, M., Curtis, A. & Hoskins, C. Thermally triggered theranostics for pancreatic cancer, 2016, 24th Biennial Congress of the European Association for Cancer Research, European Journal of Cancer, 61 (1), p. S129.
• Curtis, A. DM., Malekigorji, M., Holman, J., Skidmore, M. & Hoskins, C. Heat Dissipation of Hybrid Iron Oxide-Gold Nanoparticles in an Agar Phantom, 2015, Journal of Nanomedicine and Nanotechnology, 6, p. 6-7.
• Malekigorji, M. Magnetomicelles for Image Guided Drug Delivery, 2015, 4th International Conference on Multifunctional, Hybrid and Nanomaterials, Barcelona, Spain.
• Malekigorji, M. Smart iron oxide-gold nanoparticles for liver cancer treatment, 2015, United Kingdom & Ireland Controlled Release Society Conference, Edinburgh, UK.
• Malekigorji, M., Hoskins, C., Curtis, T. & Varbiro, G. Enhancement of the Cytotoxic Effect of Anticancer Agent by Cytochrome c Functionalised Hybrid Nanoparticles in Hepatocellular Cancer Cells, 2014, Journal of Nanomedicine Research, 1, 2, p. 1-8.
• Malekigorji, M., Curtis, A. DM. & Hoskins, C. The Use of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Pancreatic Cancer Therapy, 2014, Journal of Nanomedicine Research, p. 1-12.
• Malekigorji, M. Hybrid iron oxide-gold nanoparticles as drug delivery vehicles for cancer therapy, 2014, 2nd International conference on Nanotechnology in Medicine, University College London, UK.
• Malekigorji, M. Hybrid iron oxide-gold nanoparticles as drug delivery vehicles for liver cancer, 2014, APS PharmSci conference, Hatfield, UK.