OWSD Award

Awarded in 2020

For her work to improve the diagnosis and management of tuberculosis and other emerging infectious diseases, using techniques of biotechnology and bioengineering. She is working to develop rapid, accurate and cheap tools for the detection of the causal agent of TB and the control of drug-resistance TB strains, which are dramatically increasing, especially in low and middle income countries. In addition, she is using metagenomics technology to identify new zoonotic viral pathogens emerging on the Arabian peninsula, including hemorrhagic fevers.

Awardee Work Position

Assistant researcher, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Hodeidah University

Specialization

Bioengineering and microbiology

Award Category

Engineering sciences

Arab Countries

Yemen

February 2020

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For her work to improve the diagnosis and management of tuberculosis and other emerging infectious diseases, using techniques of biotechnology and bioengineering.