Dr Bahijja Raimi-Abraham

Dr Bahijja Raimi-Abraham is a pharmacist and Senior Lecturer in Pharmaceutics at King’s College London.

She leads her research group focusing on pharmaceutical challenges in infectious diseases. Dr Raimi-Abraham founded King's College London Fight the Fakes and serves as the Pharmacy Working Group Lead for the African Diaspora Malaria Initiative.

Dr Raimi-Abraham is the first graduate of the University of East Anglia School of Pharmacy to be awarded a PhD, the 2018 recipient of the Outstanding Woman in STEM Precious Award and the 2022 Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Great Britain (APS) Emerging Scientist Award.

Dr Raimi-Abraham is passionate about promoting pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences to the public and wider communities and worked with BBC News Africa on their campaign to raise awareness on the impact of fake medicines in Africa. Additionally, she contributes to outreach activities and presentations at schools.

Her passion projects include her start-up, Scientifically Speaking, and her podcast, Monday Science, recognized among the top UK science podcasts by FeedSpot and Amazon Music.