Kholoud K. Saleh | Hamad Bin Khalifa University

Kholoud K. Saleh

Research Associate

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.