Nimah I Alsomali
National Neuroscience Institute, Saudi Arabia
Biography
Nimah Alsomali, Ph.D., is a neuroscientist. She obtained her Ph.D. from the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom, in 2015. Her thesis title was Zebrafish as a model to study mylination defects in CNS &PNS. Afterward, she was appointed as a clinical research specialist at the national neuroscience institute (NNI) in King Fahd medical city(KFMC) Riyadh. Her current research focuses on understanding the molecular genetics of the neurological disorders with the emphasis on neurodegeneration diseases. Dr. Alsomali, is one of the few scientists, in the GCC area, who are utilizing Zebrafish in their research. She currently serves as a senior clinical research specialist in NNI, KFMC, Riyadh.