Dr Samira Osman is an academic pharmacist, educator, and researcher specialising in clinical pharmacy, health literacy, and self-care education. She joined the University of Birmingham as a Teaching Fellow in 2024 and was appointed Assistant Professor in 2025. She co-leads the Year 2 Pharmacy Practice module and teaches across all years of the MPharm, contributing to applied practice, prescribing, clinical skills, and communication training. She also supports undergraduate research projects, personal tutoring, and sits on the School of Pharmacy’s Research Ethics Committee.
Her doctoral research examined how self-care and minor ailment education is delivered in primary schools in England and explored the potential role for pharmacists in strengthening children’s health literacy. This work included ethnographic studies, stakeholder interviews, and policy analysis, resulting in a series of peer-reviewed publications that highlighted gaps, inconsistencies, and opportunities in school-based health education.
Her current research extends this agenda, focusing on the co-design and evaluation of digital health education tools for children, parents, and teachers. She is particularly interested in how pharmacists can contribute to education and health promotion in schools, community pharmacies, and family settings. She collaborates internationally through EUniWell-funded projects on women’s health (iHERA) and digital health education, and she has presented her work at major conferences including FIP, ESCP and the Clinical Pharmacy Congress.
Alongside academia, Dr Osman maintains a strong clinical profile as a prescribing pharmacist. Since 2019 she has managed diabetes and minor illness clinics in Birmingham and Wolverhampton, supporting long-term condition management, medicines optimisation, and safe prescribing. She has also held leadership roles in community pharmacy and hospital settings, managing large teams and implementing service innovations.
Her public engagement and professional service include directing the Healthy Ramadan initiative for the British Islamic Medical Association, executive committee membership of BIMA, and contributions to SCRIPT eLearning on prescribing during Ramadan. She has won multiple awards for research, teaching, and leadership, including the People’s Choice Award (2023), Collaborative Research Award (2025), and College Flash Talk Award (2025).