Shaden Kamhawi | |
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Born | |
Alma mater | Salford University |
Employer | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases |
Known for | co-Editor-in-Chief of PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases |
Shaden Kamhawi a Jordanian scientist and the co-Editor-in-Chief of PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases academic journal. She is a specialist in vector-borne diseases.
Kamhawi received her PhD in Medical Entomology the Salford University in Manchester, England, in 1990, before returning to Jordan to work at Yarmouk University, initially as an assistant professor before becoming an associate professor.[2]
She is a specialist in leishmania epidemiology, and in 1997 worked on vector-borne diseases at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)[1][3] during a sabbatical from Yarmouk University.[2] She took a job at NIAID in 2000, working as an Associate Scientist in their Vector Molecular Biology section, based in Rockville, Maryland.[2]
She has been the co-Editor-in-Chief of PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases academic journal since 2019.[1]