Welcome IBK Fellow: Maryam Alsharqi
We are pleased to introduce one of our new IBK Fellows, Dr. Maryam Alsharqi. Dr. Alsharqi is an Assistant Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (IAU). She completed her undergraduate degree at IAU in Cardiac Technology, followed by a master’s degree from Imperial College London in Medical Ultrasound. She earned her DPhil degree in Cardiovascular Medicine from the University of Oxford. Her research focused on developing a cardiac remodeling disease progression model using a novel semi-supervised learning tool to assist the management and prevention of hypertension in young adults. Dr. Alsharqi plans to do her IBK Fellowship research in Prof Elazer Edelman’s lab in MIT's Institute for Medical Engineering and Sciences (IMES).