Biography:
Dr. Awad is a research scholar at the Department of Internal Medicine/Cardiology at McGovern Medical School. She received her MD from Benha University in Egypt in 2012. After obtaining her Master’s Degree in Cardiology from the same university, she joined The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston as a research trainee at Dr. Sharina’s Lab. Her main interest is studying sGC activity and function focusing on the role of oxidative stress in the development of sGC-related pathologies.
Title : Oxidation of NO-receptor soluble guanylyl cyclase controls cerebral blood flow and cognitive function in mice