Programs
IBMS Discipline
Mentor
Sadiya Ahmad
Ph.D. Student
Biography
The major focus of my dissertation research is to understand the molecular mechanisms that affect repair and recovery post-stroke. I have a keen interest in studying astrocytes, the primary supporting cell in the brain, and the role they play in regulating homeostasis under normal and pathological conditions.
Publications
Glober N, Sprague S, Ahmad S, Mayfield K, Fletcher L, Digicaylioglu M, Sayre N. Acetazolamide treatment prevents redistribution of astrocyte aquaporin-4 after murine traumatic brain injury [In Press, Neuroscience Journal]
Education
B.S., Biology, University of Texas Pan American, 2012
Awards
- Segal AmeriCorps Education Award - post-service benefit earned by individuals who complete an approved term of national service in AmeriCorps programs, 2012-2014
- Predoctoral trainee on Institutional National Research Service Award, T32 NIH/NCATS, TL1TR001119, funded by National Institutes of Health/National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, 2017-2018
- Third place - short talk, at the UT Health San Antonio - Cell, Genetics, and Molecular Medicine Spring Symposium, 2018
- Presidential Ambassador of Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Award Recipient, 2018-2019
- First place research presentation award- short talk, at the UT Health San Antonio - Cell, Genetics, and Molecular Medicine Spring Symposium, 2019
- Predoctoral trainee on Institutional National Research Service Award, T32 NIH/NCATS, TL1TR002647, funded by National Institutes of Health/National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, 2018-2019
- Predoctoral trainee on Institutional National Research Service Award, T32 NIH/NCATS, TL1TR002647, funded by National Institutes of Health/National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, 2019-2020