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Kholoud K. Saleh
Research Associate
Educational Qualifications
PhD in Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Physiology
Bachelor’s degree in science, Biological Sciences
Entity
College of Health and Life Sciences
Biography
Dr. Saleh obtained her bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences from Qatar University in 2014. She later joined the Ardehali Laboratory as a visiting scientist at David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA). She participated in the characterization of cardiovascular progenitor cells derived from human pluripotent stem cells. Dr. Saleh then joined Dr. Apil Pyle Laboratory as a Graduate Student Researcher; she investigated how Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy disease severity, in mouse models, impacts the systemic delivery of human skeletal muscle progenitor cells. She obtained her PhD in Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Physiology from UCLA in 2022.
PhD in Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Physiology
University of California Los Angeles, USA
2022
Bachelor’s degree in science, Biological Sciences
Qatar University, Qatar
2014
Pre-Medical Program
Weill Cornell Medical College, Qatar
2007 - 2010
- Human Pluripotent Stem Cells and their differentiation to Muscle Progenitor Cells
- Muscle Physiology
- Insulin Resistance
- Lipid metabolism
Graduate Student Researcher
Pyle Laboratory, UCLA
April 2017 - July 2022
UCLA Teaching Assistantship Physiology and Human Biology
UCLA
Spring 2018 and Spring 2019
Visiting Scholar Researcher
Ardehali Laboratory, UCLA
Nov 2014 - Dec 2016
Undergraduate Researcher
Qatar University
2013 - 2014
Summer Undergraduate Researcher
Kotter Laboratory at Anne McLaren Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine at Cambridge University
Summer 2013
- 2020, Biomedical, Life Sciences and Health Sciences Research Award, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, USA.
- 2016 - 2022, Qatar Research Leadership Program (QRLP) - Graduate Research Scholar Fellowship, QNRF, Qatar.
- 2014 - 2016, Qatar Research Leadership Program (QRLP) - Management Track Fellowship, QNRF, Qatar.
- 2013 - 2014, Qatar Science Leadership Program - Undergraduate Track Fellowship, QF, Qatar.