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Shaimaa Ibrahim, Fulbright scholar at the UC College of Medicine

For Fulbright Scholar, Lab Unlocks the Secrets of Health

By Cedric Ricks Email Cedric 260-415-8554

1 minute read August 9, 2017

Shaimaa Ibrahim, a visiting Fulbright scholar from Egypt, relies on some pretty solid role models as she charts her career path. A doctoral student in pharmacology and cell biology at UC, watched her siblings triumphs and challenges in the field of medicine before deciding she too had a passion for science.

Read more in the issue of

Cincinnati Medicine

(pages 14-17.)

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