Ahmad Kareem Almekkawi

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT AHMAD KAREEM ALMEKKAWI

Title: Research assistant Principle Investigator: Mohammad Khaled, PhD With Dr. Khaled, I worked on 2 retrospective studies trying to show the increase in smoking with students post exposure to university stress. And my second study was about the chronic abuse of over the counter analgesics in PMS females. Title: Research Volunteer I worked as a Research Volunteer in Dr. Wassim Abou-Kheir Laboratory from May 2016 until today Major focus: Cancer Stem Cells: working with IPSc and proliferating them to cardiomyocytes, Neurogenesis: inducing and modulating neurogenesis via DBS and Kianic Acid and Nitrous Oxide, Neuroblastoma: Treatment of Neuroblastoma and Glioblastoma via Tediglosib and studying the various mechanisms and pathways in the treatment. Title: Research Assistant I worked as a Research Volunteer in Dr. Walid Faraj and Dr. Wassim Abou-Kheir Laboratory from May 2017 until August 2017 Major focus: transitional research between clinical and basic on pancreatic cancer and surgical modalities trying to Prove CCN1 as a new biomarker in prostatic ductal adenocarcinoma Title: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow I worked as a Post-Doctoral Research fellow in CNOC With Dr. Timothy Smith developing new predictive models for neurosurgical outcomes. Major focus: Clinical research with bioinformatics and machine learning in different fields of neurosurgery. Title: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow I am working as a Post-Doctoral Research fellow in the PNT lab With Dr. Bernard Bendok Major focus: Clinical research with identifying different surgical approaches for various skull base and endovascular diseases