Dr. Hegazy is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical and Administrative Sciences at the University of Health Sciences & Pharmacy in Saint Louis. She holds a secondary appointment as an adjunct professor at Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. Hegazy received her B.Sc. degree in Biochemistry from Mansoura University, Egypt. She earned her PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Florida. Prior to joining UHSP, she worked at Saint Louis University School of Medicine as a Research Assistant Professor. The research focus of Dr. Hegazy is the rational drug design and optimization of therapeutic compounds using computational and experimental approaches. She uses molecular dynamics simulations and enhanced sampling simulations to study the conformational behavior of important drug targets and design modulators that target different conformational states. Her computational and modeling efforts make valuable contributions through the identification of new chemical entities and generation of new testable hypotheses to support the discovery of improved therapies. Her research is funded by the national institute of diabetes and digestive and kidney diseases and the national institute of neurological disorders and stroke.