2021–2022 ATA Awardees

Ferass Sammoura
Graduate Student Best Abstract Award
Florida International University (FIU)
DDT and Its Metabolite DDE Increase Levels of Amyloid Precursor Protein and Secretion of Amyloid Beta

Ola Wassel, BS, MSc
Graduate Student Best Abstract Award
Purdue University (PU)
Developmental Neurotoxicity of GenX and PFBS using Zebrafish Model

Ibrahim Abdelgawad, BS
DR. BURHAN GHANAYEM Outstanding Graduate Research Award
University of Minnesota (UMN)
Molecular Mechanisms and Cardiovascular Ramifications of Doxorubicin-induced Senescence

Muthanna Sultan, DVM, MS, PhD
Distinguished Scientific Presentation Award
University of South Carolina (USC)
The Protection Mediated by Endocannabinoid Anandamide Against Staphylococcus Enterotoxin B-induced Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome is Regulated Through microRNA that Trigger Pro-apoptotic Genes in Immune cells
Amira Mohammed, VMD, MS, PhD
Best Publication Award
University of Baghdad

Mohamed Salama, MD, PhD
Outstanding Professional Award
American University in Cairo
Translational Neurodegeneration ENND Experience
2020–2021 ATA Awardees

Saeed Alqahtani, MS, PhD Candidate
Best Publication Award
School of Health Sciences, Purdue University
Alqahtani, S., Kobos, L. M., Xia, L., Ferreira, C., Franco, J., Du, X., & Shannahan, J. H. (2020).
Exacerbation of Nanoparticle-Induced Acute Pulmonary Inflammation in a Mouse Model of Metabolic Syndrome. Frontiers in Immunology, 11, 818. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2020.00818

Mohamed Ghorab, MS, PhD
Outstanding Professional Award
Research Toxicologist; Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP), US EPA

Christiana Awada, BSc, Master Student
Graduate Student Best Abstract
School of Medicine, New York University
Abstract Number/Poster Board number: 2739/ P205
E-cigarette exposure during fetal development alters protein transporter and gene expression activity in neural pathways associated with obesity in mice.