Hiba Mohamed
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Hiba Mohamed | |
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هبة صلاح الدين محمد | |
| Born | 18 January 1968 |
| Alma mater | University of Khartoum University of Cambridge |
| Awards | Royal Society Pfizer Award |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Molecular Genetics |
| Institutions | University of Khartoum Al-Neelain University |
| Thesis | The role of Host Genetics in Susceptibility to Kala-azar in the Sudan |
Hiba Salah-Eldin Mohamed (Arabic: هبة صلاح الدين محمد, born 18 January 1968) is a Sudanese molecular biologist who works at the University of Khartoum. She won the 2007 Royal Society Pfizer Award.[1]
Hiba studied zoology at the University of Khartoum, earning a bachelor's degree in 1993 and a master's in 1998. She moved to the University of Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (CIMR) for her PhD in 2002.[2][3] Her doctoral research, "The role of Host Genetics in Susceptibility to Kala-azar in The Sudan", was under the supervision of Jenefer Blackwell.[2][4] She remained at the CIMR as a postdoctoral fellow.[4][5]
Research
Hiba was awarded a Wellcome Trust Research Development Award, and moved back to the University of Khartoum to be a professor in the Department of Molecular Biology.[2] Her research focuses on understanding the genetics of Visceral leishmaniasis.[2][6]
She was awarded the 2007 Royal Society Pfizer Award for her research into the disease, which is transmitted by sandfly bites.[7] There is no vaccine or effective treatment, and up to 350 million people are at risk worldwide.[8][5] Hiba was part of the Royal Society Africa Week celebrations in 2008.[9] In 2010, Hiba was appointed a Fellow of the Global Young Academy.[2][6]
Selected publications
- Blackwell, Jenefer M; Searle, Susan; Mohamed, Hiba; White, Jacqueline K (2003-01-22). Divalent cation transport and susceptibility to infectious and autoimmune disease: continuation of the Ity/Lsh/Bcg/Nramp1/Slc11a1 gene story. Immunology Letters. 85 (2): 197–203. doi:10.1016/S0165-2478(02)00231-6. ISSN 0165-2478.
- Mohamed, Hiba Salah; Ibrahim, Muntaser Eltayeb; Miller, Elinor Nancy; White, Jacqueline Katie; Cordell, Heather Jane; Howson, Joanna McCammond McGill; Peacock, Christopher Sean; Khalil, Eltahir Awad Gasim; El Hassan, Ahmed Mohamed; Blackwell, Jenefer Mary (January 2004). SLC11A1 (formerly NRAMP1) and susceptibility to visceral leishmaniasis in The Sudan. European Journal of Human Genetics. 12 (1): 66–74. doi:10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201089. ISSN 1476-5438.
- Blackwell, J. M.; Fakiola, M.; Ibrahim, M. E.; Jamieson, S. E.; Jeronimo, S. B.; Miller, E. N.; Mishra, A.; Mohamed, H. S.; Peacock, C. S.; Raju, M.; Sundar, S.; Wilson, M. E. (May 2009). Genetics and visceral leishmaniasis: of mice and man. Parasite Immunology. 31 (5): 254–266. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3024.2009.01102.x. PMC 3160815. PMID 19388946.
- Mohamed, H. S.; Ibrahim, M. E.; Miller, E. N.; Peacock, C. S.; Khalil, E. a. G.; Cordell, H. J.; Howson, J. M. M.; El Hassan, A. M.; Bereir, R. E. H.; Blackwell, J. M. (July 2003). Genetic susceptibility to visceral leishmaniasis in The Sudan: linkage and association with IL4 and IFNGR1. Genes & Immunity. 4 (5): 351–355. doi:10.1038/sj.gene.6363977. ISSN 1476-5470
