WWN Women in Science Profiles
In honour of International Day of Women in Science, we wish to celebrate our dedicated WWN members and their contributions to STEM. For more information about specific profiles, you can browse their associated research outputs and social media links.
Ramsha Haider
Institution: Karachi Medical and Dental College, Pakistan Research Interest: Neurodegenerative diseases and treatment Research Outputs: ORCID
Social Media: Instagram, LinkedIn, X (formerly Twitter)
Ana María Estrada-Sánchez, Ph.D.
Institution: División de Biologia Molecular, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (IPICYT), San Luis Potosí, México
Research Interest: Functional relationship between neurons and astrocytes, pathology and neurodegenerative conditions
Research Outputs: Website
Carolina Escobar, Ph.D
Institution: Anatomy Department in the Faculty of Medicine, National University in Mexico (UNAM)
Research Interest: Behavioural, metabolic, and brain mechanisms assosciated in food entrainment of circadian rhythms
Research Outputs: ResearchGate
Deepta Batra
Institution: NIIT University, India
Research Interest: Neurodegenerative disease and treatment
Social Media: LinkedIn
Rashmi Patil
Institution: Poona College Of Pharmacy, BVDU, India
Research Interest: Metabolic disease-induced depression
Social Media: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X (formerly Twitter)
Rukhsana Nawaz, Ph.D
Institution: Department of Clinical Psychology, College of Medicine and Heath Sciences UAE University, Al Ain, UAE
Research Interest: Molecular pathogenesis of mental and neuronal health
Research Output: Google Scholar, ResearchGate
Social Media: Facebook, LinkedIn
Rhoda Kolo
Institution: University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Nigeria
Research Interest: Cognitive and behavioural neuroscience, Research ethics and policy
Research Outputs: ORCID
Social Media: LinkedIn, X (formerly Twitter)
Summaiya Syed-Tariq, Ph.D
Institution: Chief Police Surgeon, Karachi, Pakistan
Research Interest: Sexual & gender-based violence, forensic evidence, domestic violence, child sexual abuse, femicide & feminicide
Research Output: Article
Social Media: LinkedIn, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram
Luiza Moura de Souza Azevedo, Ph.D
Institution: Logos University International; Nurse; Psychoanalyst and Hypnotherapist.; Judicial Expert
Research Interest: Specialist in Forensic Expertise and Occupational Nursing
Social Media: Instagram
Makliya Mamat
Institution: Diverse Scientia Organization
Research Interest: Neuroimaging, Human Brain Connectomics and Transcriptomics
Research Outputs: Website
Social Media: Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, X (formerly Twitter)
Marcela Becegato
Institution: Federal University of São Paulo, visiting researcher at University College Dublin
Research Interest: Sex and gender bias in behavioral neuroscience
Research Output: Review, Science Direct
Social Media: Instagram, LinkedIn, X (formerly Twitter)
Adejoke Elizabeth Memudu, Ph.D
Institution: Anatomy Department Edo State University Uzairue Edo State Nigeria
Research Interest: Natural products mechanism in amelioration of neurodegeneration and congitive impairment
Research Outputs: Article
Social Media: LinkedIn, X (formerly Twitter)
Oludipe Idowu Oluwaseun
Institution: Ring Road State Hospital, Ibadan
Research Interest: Modulation of Cognitive Function, Neurobehavioral Effects of Pharmacological Treatments, Exploring Molecular Pathways in Cognitive Disorders, Translational Insights into Cognitive Disorders
Research Output: Article
Rachel Marie Sellick
Institution: Cardiff University, United Kingdom
Research Interest: Protein and Genetic interactions associated with mutant Huntingtin protein, responsible for Huntington’s Disease
Research Outputs: Website, Blog
Social Media: LinkedIn, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram
Skarleth Cardenas Romero, Ph.D
Institution: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC)/Harvard Medical School
Research Interest: Neurodegenerative diseases and prevention, novel biological targets, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease
Gwladys T. Ngoupaye, Ph.D
Institution: Department of Animal Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Dschang, Cameroon
Research Interest: Molecular basis of depression and associated cognitive deficits in animal models, as well as neuropsychiatric and cognitive comorbidities in epilepsy
Research Outputs: Google Scholar
Social Media: LinkedIn
Graciela L. Mazzone, Ph.D
Institution: National Scientific and Technical Research Council Argentina (CONICET) at Translational Medicine Research Institute (IIMT) of Austral University
Research Interest: Basic neuroscience, mechanisms of spinal injuries in animal models; cell death and neuropathic pain
Research Outputs: Website
Nosarieme Abey
Institution: University of Lagos, Nigeria, actively seeking postdoctoral research position
Research Interest: Nutritional Neuroscience ( with focus on maternal-fetal cross talk)
Social Media: LinkedIn
Giovana Teixeira Campos
Institution: MScH at Unifesp, São Paulo-Brazil
Research Interest: Researching on behavior, relationships, neuroscience and spirituality
Social Media: Facebook
Videsha Bansal
Institution: Christ University, Bangalore, Karnataka, India Research scope: Neurotransmitters and Schizophrenia
Research Interest: Schizophrenia and the role neurotransmitters play in the mechanism of the disorder
Research Outputs: Google Scholar
Social Media: LinkedIn
Maëva Michon Desbiey
Institution: Cognitive Psychology from Université Paul Valéry in Montpellier, France
Research Interest: Neurobiology of speech and language, neuroimaging
Research Output: Website
Social Media: X (formerly Twitter)
Sonakshi Gupta
Institution: ScholaVie Evaluation Manager | ENS-PSL Neuroscience, Paris
Research Interest: Social and Emotional Learning, Psycho-social competences, Metacognition and Brain health
Research Outputs: ORCID
Social Media: LinkedIn
Chika Anna Idaguko, Ph.D
Institution: Department of Anatomy, Edo State Univeristy, Edo State, Nigeria
Research Interest: Neuroendrocinology, diabetes and neurodegeneration
Research Outputs: Google Scholar, ResearchGate
Social Media: LinkedIn, Instagram
Abigail Oppong
Institution: ScholaVie Evaluation Manager | ENS-PSL Neuroscience, Paris
Research Interest: Global health, Invasive neurotechnology, Medical ethics, Neuroimaging, Neurorights, Neuroscience, Neurotechnology, Neuroethics, Neuro Equity, Brain & Language
Social Media: LinkedIn, Instagram, X (formerly Twitter)
Sana Inam
Institution: Institution of work-All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Research Interest: Cognitive Neuroscience and behavioral neuroscience
Social Media: LinkedIn
Catarina Sofia Oliveira Miranda
Institution: Auxilliary Investigator at Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra (CNC-UC)
Research Interest: Gene and Stem Cell Therapies for brain disorders
Research Outputs: ORCID
Bilungula Mashala Grace
Institution: Department of Neurology, Université de Kinshasa in Democratic Republic of the Congo. Resident in neuropsychiatry
Research Interest: Neurodevelopment, childrens cognitive performance and excessive exposure to electronic media
Social Media: LinkedIn
Illana Goze, Ph.D
Institution: Tel Aviv University (TAU), Israel
Research Interest: Discovered ADNP, essential for brain formation implicated in autism, schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s disease, and cancer
Research Outputs: Pubmed, Google Scholar
Sadaf Ahmed, Ph.D
Institution: University of Karachi, Pakistan; Centre for Health & Wellbeing, UoK
Research Interest: Clinical Psychophysiology, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Neurology, and Clinical Research
Research Outputs: Website
Social Media: LinkedIn, Facebook, X (formerly Twitter)
Oritoke Okeowo, Ph.D
Institution: Department of Physiology, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria
Research Interest: Gene and Stem Cell Therapies for brain disorders
Research Outputs: Articles, Google Scholar, ResearchGate
Ayesha Siddiqua
Institution: The Aga Khan University, Pakistan
Research Interest: Bioinformatics, Pharmacology, and Animal Research, with a focus on neurodegenerative studies like Alzheimer’s
Social Media: LinkedIn
Eliziane Fernandes da Silva
Institution: Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil
Research Interest: Synaptic plasticity
Social Media: Instagram, Facebook
Phalguni Anand Alladi, Ph.D
Institution: National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, MH Marigowda Road, Bangalore, India
Research Interest: Parkinson’s Disease (PD) biomarkers & pathogenesis, age-related changes in basal ganglia components, ethnicity-based differences in PD in mice models
Research Outputs: Google Scholar
Social Media: X (formerly Twitter)