College welcomes first academic fellow

Marwah Alnewais is the first awardee of a new academic fellowship at the MUSC College of Pharmacy.

A member of the residency Class of 2021 at MUSC Health, she graduated from King Faisal University in Saudi Arabia before coming to MUSC for post-graduate year one (PGY1) and post-graduate year two (PGY2) residencies.

PGY1 residencies are general residencies and PGY2 residencies offer additional training in a specialty; Alnewais’ second year was focused on ambulatory care pharmacy.

She came to MUSC because it is an academic medical center and she was interested in teaching and precepting opportunities. Now, she’ll blaze new ground with the fellowship, which prepares pharmacists seeking a career in pharmacy education. The program trains academic pharmacy fellows to become active faculty members at a college or school of pharmacy upon their hiring.