Education:

[Oct 2011-Sep 2015] PhD in Neuroscience, Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience

(SITraN), The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

[2007-2009] MSc in Anatomy and Histology, King Abdul Aziza University, Jeddah, KAU

Professional experience:

[  2005-till date  ]

  x    Assistant Professor, Faculty of Applied Medical  Sciences, Medical Technology, Histopathology. King Abdul Aziz  University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.  

X   Head of Research Unit of Neuroscience, Medical school. King Abdul Aziz  University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.  

x     Medical  Technology , Nursing college in Jeddah [1999-2005]

x     Medical  Technology , Nursing college in Dammam [1998-1999]

x     Medical  Technology , Nursing college in Jeddah [1996-1998]

x     Medical  Technology , Born and Children's Hospital in Jeddah [1996-1996]

x    Medical  Technology , Al-Khobar Government Hospital [1995-1996] 

Extracurricular activities:

[January 2014]

Poster presentation and abstract publication at the 8th Saudi scientific international conference held at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre Broad Sanctuary Westminster, London, UK

 [June 2014]

Poster presentation and abstract publication at the British society for Gene and cell therapy, London, UK

 [October 2014]

Presented a paper at the Neuroscience research day, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

 [Feb 2013]

Poster presentation and abstract and publication   at the 7th Saudi scientific international conference held  at the Edinburgh University.

 [April 2013]

Poster presentation and abstract publication at the British Neuroscience Association, London, UK

[October 2012]

 Poster presentation and abstract   publication at the 6th Saudi scientific international conference held at the Brunel University London 

Publications:

  1.   Papers

                                            x  Joseph Scarrott, Saul Martin Herranz, Aziza Al-Rafiah, Pamela Shaw, Mimoun Azzouz.Current Developments in Gene Therapy for ALS/MND. Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy (2015) 15(7).

                                                    X   A. Al-Rafiah, A.A. EL-Haggagy, I.H.A. Aal, A.I. Zaki . Anatomical study of the  carotid bifurcation and origin variations of the ascending pharyngeal and superior thyroid arteries. Folia Morphol. Vol. 70, No. 1, pp. 47–55 Copyright © 2011 Via Medica ISSN 0015–5659.

2.    Abstracts

x    Aziza AL-Rafiah*, Evangelia Karyka, Ke Ning, Mimoun Azzouz. Plastin 3 as therapeutic target in spinal muscular atrophy. British Neurosci. Assoc. Abstr., Vol. 22: PXX, 2013. ISSN 1345-8301 2013.

x    Aziza AL-Rafiah*, Evangelia Karyka, Ke Ning, Mimoun Azzouz. Plastin 3 as therapeutic target in spinal muscular atrophy. Human Gene Therapy. May 2014, 25(5): A1-A22.

Awards received:    

  x    [September 2014]

His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed Al-Saud, the Ambassador of Kingdom of

Saudi Arabia to the United Kingdom award for outstanding Saudi scholars. The

Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia, London, UK.

x     [September 2014]

Best poster award   at the department of Neuroscience Research Day, the University of Sheffield University, Sheffield.

x     [February 2013]

Best poster award   at the 7th Saudi scientific international conference held on 11th Oct 2012 at Edinburgh University London.

x     [October 2012]

Best  poster  award   at  the 6th Saudi scientific international conference held on 11th Oct 2012 at the Brunel university London.

x    [June 2011-December 2014]

Awards received through-out the course of PhD from the Saudi Arabian Cultural Bureau in London for outstanding academic and scientific performance.

Summary of qualifications:

Society membership:

 A member of the INTERNATIONAL BRAIN RESEARCH ORGANIZATION since 2008 till date.