Dr. Yomna is a Global Safety Manager responsible for Egypt and Levant clusters at Amgen based in Egypt with a 7 years’ experience in the pharmacovigilance sector.

She holds a bachelor’s degree from the faculty of Pharmacy and Biotechnology from the German University in Cairo. She also hold a MSC degree of Pharmacovigilance and Pharmacoepidemiology from the University of Bordeaux EU2P program with an overall grade of Excellence and specialization track and research in Medicines risk communications. Her research was the first of its type to discuss the acceptance of digitalization of additional risk minimization activities by different stakeholders across seven countries.

She is one the founding members of the ISOP Egypt chapter and have taken an active role in setting up several projects including conducting PV awareness sessions in hospitals and digital campaigns to raise awareness on occupational exposure for the patient safety day. She has also co- authored a “pharmacovigilance and medication safety” chapter within a textbook through ISOP Egypt chapter that is now published on global platforms.

She is an active contributor to the education of the younger generation on drug safety and have conducted numerous sessions in several universities and through various institutions within the Middle East region.