About — Belal Zaky

I'm Belal — a pharmacology student at King's College London, originally from Dubai. I started out fascinated by how drugs work in the body, then kept drifting toward a different question: what the data around medicines can, and can't, actually tell us. So I began building small projects to find out, and writing about them as I go. Away from the screen I'm a keen public speaker, I split my time between London and Dubai, and I work in English and Arabic.

The journey so far

describe → query → structure → measure → predict

Jun 2026
describe FAERS Explorer
An interactive dashboard over FDA adverse-event data.
Jun 2026
query FAERS in SQL
The same data in a database, queried with SQL.
Jul 2026
structure Synthea EHR
Learning how patient-record data is structured.
Jul 2026
measure FAERS Signal Detection
A pharmacovigilance disproportionality method.
Aug 2026
predict EHR ML Risk Model
My first machine-learning model.

Skills & tools

Self-taught alongside my degree — still learning.

Data: Python, pandas, SQL, SQLite, scikit-learn, matplotlib
Tools: Git & GitHub, Streamlit, openFDA API
Domain: Pharmacology, pharmacovigilance, real-world-evidence basics

Education & activities

BSc Pharmacology (Hons), King's College London Expected 2028
Toastmasters International Member & Sergeant at Arms
King's100 Leadership & Employability Programme
Student Representative, BSc Pharmacology
Model United Nations Delegate

Beyond the work

Public speaking, languages (English & Arabic), and splitting time between London and Dubai.

Through the lens

Happy to talk pharmacovigilance, health data, or finding a way into the field — reach me at belal4606@gmail.com, or on LinkedIn and GitHub.