Samah Ahmed is a MSc student in the Department of Biochemistry & Medical Genetics at the University of Manitoba. Samah graduated with her B.Pharm from the University of Khartoum in 2010. Her MSc project focuses on using automated phenotyping strategies and large-scale genomic analyses to uncover genes and pathways invovled in age-related hearing loss.

Awards:

• Judy and Gerry McDole Graduate Entrance Scholarship
• Dr. Forough Khadem Scholarship
• Biochemistry and Medical Genetics Human Genetics Endowment Fund Graduate Student Award
• Centre on Aging Jack MacDonell Scholarship for Research in Aging
• Centre on Aging Betty Havens Centre on Aging Graduate Fellowship
• Rady Faculty of Health Sciences Graduate Studentship
• Visual and Automated Disease Analytics Graduate Training Program Studentship
• Research Manitoba Masters Studentship (declined)
• International Graduate Student Entrance Scholarship