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Samah Ahmed
PhD Student

Samah Ahmed is a MSc student in the Department of Biochemistry & Medical Genetics at the University of Manitoba. Samah graduated with her B.Pharm from the University of Khartoum in 2010. Her MSc project focuses on using automated phenotyping strategies and large-scale genomic analyses to uncover genes and pathways invovled in age-related hearing loss.

Awards:

  • Judy and Gerry McDole Graduate Entrance Scholarship
  • Dr. Forough Khadem Scholarship
  • Biochemistry and Medical Genetics Human Genetics Endowment Fund Graduate Student Award
  • Centre on Aging Jack MacDonell Scholarship for Research in Aging
  • Centre on Aging Betty Havens Centre on Aging Graduate Fellowship
  • Rady Faculty of Health Sciences Graduate Studentship
  • Visual and Automated Disease Analytics Graduate Training Program Studentship
  • Research Manitoba Masters Studentship (declined)
  • International Graduate Student Entrance Scholarship

Interests

  • Bioinformatics
  • Pharmacogenomics and Precision Medicine
  • Public Health
  • Voice-Over

Education

  • MSc in Computational Biology, 2021 - 2023

    University of Manitoba, Canada

  • MSc in Molecular Medicine, 2012 - 2014

    University of Khartoum, Sudan

  • B.Pharm, 2005-2010

    University of Khartoum, Sudan