Bio

EDUCATION

Dec. 2013: 

   Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology

   University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA

May 2005:

   B.Pharm.Sc., Distinction with Highest Honors

   Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Egypt


HONORS & AWARDS

Sep. 2014:

   Young Scientist Travel Award for the Fifth ESWI Influenza Conference in Riga, Latvia (through the European Scientific Working group on Influenza)

June 2014    

   International Publishing Award, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

June 2013:

   Poster of Merit at the Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies 2013 Meeting in Boston, MA, USA (through the Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies)

Apr. 2013:

   Travel Award for the Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies 2013 Meeting in Boston, MA, USA (through the University of Tennessee Health Science Center)

Apr. 2012:

   Travel Award for the First International Graduate Student Immunology Conference, Boston MA, USA (through Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA)

Feb. 2011:

   Global Health Travel Award for Keystone Symposia Conference in Vancouver, BC, Canada (through Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation)

Aug. 2009:

   Graduate Research Assistantship in Integrated Biomedical Sciences Program (through the University of Tennessee Health Science Center)

July 2005:

   Honor Certificate for Top Graduates, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University

July 2005:

   Eva Pharmaceutical Co. Award for Top Pharmacy Graduates, Cairo University

Mar. 2003:

   Outstanding Mini-Literature Review on Gene Therapy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University


RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Jan. 2010–Dec. 2013:

   Graduate Research Assistant,

   Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA

Aug.–Dec. 2009:

   Graduate Research Assistant,

   Molecular Sciences Department, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA

Oct. 2005–July 2009:

   Research Assistant,

   Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University


INVITED TALKS/POSTERS

May 2016:

   The Annual Meeting of the American Association of Immunologists 2016, Seattle, WA (Poster – peer-reviewed)

Apr. 2015:

   DNA Methylation Keystone Symposium, Keystone, CO (Poster – peer-reviewed)

Sep. 2014:

   The Fifth ESWI Influenza Conference in Riga, Latvia  (Talk)

July 2014:

   Department of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvannia, Philadelphia, PA (Talk)

July 2013:

   The Seventh Annual Network Meeting of the NIAID Centers of Excellence for Influenza Research and Surveillance, Memphis, TN (Poster – peer-reviewed)

June 2013:

   The Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies 2013 Meeting, Boston, MA (Poster – peer-reviewed)

Apr. 2013:

   Global Health and Infectious Disease Conference 2013, Washington University, School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (Poster)

Nov. 2012:

   Infectious Diseases Research Conference, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN (Talk)

Nov. 2012:

   The Fifth Annual Pediatric Research Day, The Children's Foundation Research Institute, Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, Memphis, TN (Poster – peer-reviewed)

Nov. 2012:

   The 2012 Faculty/Postdoctoral Poster Session, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN (Poster)

Apr. 2012:

   The First International Graduate Student Immunology Conference, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, MA (Talk and Poster – peer-reviewed)

Feb. 2011:

   Keystone Symposium: “A Fine Balance between Tolerance and Immunity”, Vancouver, BC, Canada (Poster – peer-reviewed)


TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Fall 2010 and Spring 2011:

   Teaching Assistant,

   University of Tennessee, College of Medicine, Memphis, TN 

      Under Prof. Patrick Ryan; taught the practical methodology of Medical and Diagnostic

      Microbiology and assisted with grading

Oct. 2005–May 2009:

   Teaching Assistant,

   Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Egypt

      Taught the practical sections, demonstrated the laboratory techniques, and assisted in

      grading and e-learning of the following courses:

  1. “Medical and Diagnostic Microbiology” for the Medical and Diagnostic Microbiology Diploma students
  2. “Microbiological Quality Control and Assurance” for the Pharmaceutical Cosmetics Diploma students
  3. “Pharmaceutical and Medical Microbiology” for the undergraduate Pharmacy students


ADDITIONAL TRAINING 

Feb. 2011:

   Global Health Travel Awardees Pre-meeting Workshop, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Apr. 2007:

   Viral Hepatitis Workshop, the American University, Cairo, Egypt

Dec. 2006:

   Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Egypt

July 2006:

   Protein Crystallography and Drug Design, Faculty of Sciences, Cairo University, Egypt


PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

Member, The American Society for Virology (ASV)  

Member, The American Association of Immunologists (AAI)

Member, The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Member, The Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies (FOCIS)