Hiba Mohamed

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.

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• I have obtained my PhD degree and was promoted to assistant professor at the Institute of Endemic diseases in 2002, whilst also spending 6 months at CIMR as Post doctoral fellow.
• In 2004-2007 I have been awarded a Wellcome Trust Research Development Award which helped me to start an independent scientific career at my home country, and to spend 3 months in CIMR every year to complete my research.
• I am co investigator and principal investigator for many projects.
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• By studying the movements of people across eastern Sudan we have discovered that there is a clear difference in people’s susceptibility to leishmaniasis disease.
• By understanding which genes are responsible, therapies could be developed against the infectious disease.
• This is because it mainly affects people in the isolated areas and does not reach the larger cities. It is also hard for those infected with leishmaniasis to reach the hospitals for treatment because they are so ill.
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