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Hiba Salah-Eldin Mohamed (Шаблон:Lang-ar, born 18 January 1968) is a Sudanese molecular biologist who works at the University of Khartoum. She won the 2007 Royal Society Pfizer Award.[1]

Early life and education

Hiba studied zoology at the University of Khartoum, earning a Bachelors in 1993 and a Masters in 1998. She moved to the University of Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (CIMR) for her PhD in 2002.[2][3] Her doctoral research, "The role of Host Genetics in Susceptibility to Kala-azar in The Sudan", was under the supervision of Jenefer Blackwell.[2][4] She remained at the CIMR as a postdoctoral fellow.[4][5]

Research

Hiba was awarded a Wellcome Trust Research Development Award, and moved back to the University of Khartoum to be a professor in the Department of Molecular Biology.[2] Her research focuses on understanding the genetics of Visceral leishmaniasis.[2][6]

She was awarded the 2007 Royal Society Pfizer Award for her research into the disease, which is transmitted by sandfly bites.[7] There is no vaccine or effective treatment, and up to 350 million people are at risk worldwide.[8][5] Hiba was part of the Royal Society Africa Week celebrations in 2008.[9] In 2010, Hiba was appointed a Fellow of the Global Young Academy.[2][6]

Selected publications

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