Eman El-Ahwany
Theodor Bilharz Research Institute, Egypt
Biography
Eman El-Ahwany is a Professor of Immunology, Immunology and Drug Evaluation Department, Theodor Bilharz Research Institute (TBRI), Egypt. She was graduated from Faculty of Science, Cairo University in 1991. She has received her PhD in Immunology in 2001 and worked as a Teaching Assistant and Faculty part-time in the Biology Department, the American University in Cairo (1999-2014). She is a Member in the TBRI technical office and the TBRI Internal Research Projects Committee since 2011. She is a Member in the European Association of Liver Diseases (EASL). Her field of interest is miRNAs and the epigenetic changes as non-invasive diagnostic and therapeutic tools in HCV-induced liver fibrosis and HCC. She has shared and worked as participant, Co-PI and PI in 20 research projects sponsored by international and national agencies, published 35 research articles in peer reviewed international journals, presented several abstracts in 30 international conferences and supervised 15 MSc and PhD theses. She has been awarded the TBRI excellence award in 2014. She is the Coordinator of MOU between TBRI and Basque University in Spain (2016). She has received Post doctorate Fellowships in Germany (2007) and France (2014).
Abstract
Abstract : New insights into the roadmap of pathogenesis of liver fibrosis