Dr Sadia Rao | Pharmacology Educator and Content Creator – Dr Sadia Rao | Pharmacology Educator and Content Creator

A pharmacology educator and content creator with a PhD, MPhil and PharmD.

If you are a university, edtech platform, or medical education organisation looking to commission pharmacology learning content, this portfolio will give you an idea of what I do and the type of content I create.

1. DIGITAL PHARMACOLOGY EDUCATION AND CONTENT CREATION

Founder and Lead Content Creator @PharmCept – A Digital Medical Education Platform

Independently founded and manage a digital medical education platform focused on pharmacology
Manage full end-to-end development process
Click here to visit the platform: PharmCept

Platform Overview
– 150+ structured pharmacology education assets
– Audience: Medical and pharmacy students
– 3,000+ global subscribers
– Focus areas: Pharmacology and basic sciences
– Formats: Scripted videos, visual summaries, digital whiteboard explanation, infographics, carousels

2. PHARMACOLOGY FILL-IN WORKBOOK (Digital)

Created 100 page FILL-IN digital workbook: Each page covers ->Drug Name & Class, Mechanism of Action, Clinical Indications, Side Effects, Pharmacokinetics, Drug Interactions, Contraindications and Notes/Important Considerations and confidence tracker.

Visit workbook here: Pharmacology FILL-IN Workbook (Digital)

3. SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

Publication # 1: Young Coconut Water Ameliorates Depression via Modulation of Neurotransmitters: Possible Mechanism of Action

Journal: Metabolic Brain Disease
Role: First author
Focus: Neurotransmitter and behavioural pharmacology
Skills demonstrated: Experimental data analysis and interpretation, statistical analysis, structured scientific writing, publication handling
Click here to Visit Publication # 1

Publication # 2: Efficacy of combination herbal product (Curcuma longa and Eugenia jambolana) used for diabetes mellitus

Journal: Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Role: First author
Focus: Pharmacological outcomes
Skills: Preclinical data analysis, data interpretation, statistical analysis, scientific writing, publication handlung
Click here to visit Publication # 2

Click here to see list of all 11 publications

4. VISUAL MEDICAL COMMUNICATION (INFOGRAPHICS, CAROUSELS, VISUAL SUMMARIES)

a) Visual Summary Example : Mechanism of Action of Tetracyclines (Antibiotics)

Objective: Show mechanism of action of tetracyclines (class of antibiotics)
Audience: Medical and pharmacy learners
Skills demonstrated: Scientific simplification, visual structuring, mechanism illustration

b) Infographic Example: Mechanism of ACE Inhibitor Drugs

Objective: Show mechanism of action of ACE inhibitors
Audience: Medical and pharmacy learners
Skills demonstrated: Translating complex drug information into digestible visual learning

c) Carousel Example: Side Effects of Drug Classes

Objective: Highlight key side effects of major drug classes for clear clinical understanding
Audience: Medical and pharmacy learners
Skills demonstrated: Scientific simplification, visual organization, educational communication

5. PROFESSIONAL SCIENTIFIC NEWSLETTER AND EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATION

Independently manage and publish a weekly pharmacology newsletter on LinkedIn Click here to visit my newsletter: Inside Pharmacology

Designed and authored a scientific newsletter focused on current developments in pharmacy during my teaching time at the university. Distributed to hospitals, academic institutions, and industry professionals nationwide
The following are some glimpses of the newsletter I created during my time teaching at the university:

6. PEER REVIEW AND SCIENTIFIC EVALUATION

Invited peer reviewer for journals including Metabolic Brain Disease, Journal of Ethnopharmacology (Elsevier), Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences (Elsevier), Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Critically assessed research methodology, data integrity, statistical interpretation, and scientific validity
Evaluated manuscripts across pharmacology, neuroscience, and biomedical research
Provided structured feedback