Sadiya Ahmad
Ph.D. Student
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.
Education
B.S., Biology, University of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ 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
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]