Research Assistant

Rowa Fathelrahman Omer Hassan

MBBS, Pgdip Research Methodology and Biostatistics, PhD Epidemiology

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Telephone: +966*********

Email: **************@*******.***

ORCID-ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6880-8135

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/rowa-hassan-a38b40173

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=lS_5BJUAAAAJ Professional Summary

Attentive Research Assistant with experience of data gathering manipulation and presentation. Thorough and logical individual with excellent critical thinking skills and knowledge of graphical data analysis. competent in teams leading and management. Model worker with great passion for working in research areas.

Experience

Research Assistant October 2015- May 2022

Mycetoma Research Centre, Khartoum, Sudan

Diagnosis, management and follow up of 80 patients per month

Conducting field missions to mycetoma endemic areas in three states in Sudan.

Assisting in the establishment of telemedicine facility for mycetoma diagnosis and management on endemic village in Sennar State Sudan.

Assisting in the establishment of electronic data collection tool for surveillance of mycetoma in rural areas, were data is collected and sent directly to the servers in Mycetoma Research Centre.

Provide training for medical doctors and medical assistants in mycetoma diagnosis and referral protocols in rural areas.

Establishment of the first protocol and training manual for mycetoma surveillance in rural areas.

Leading diagnostic survey for mycetoma in 60 endemic villages in Sennar State, Sudan covering more than 41000 individuals.

Conducting data cleaning and statistical analysis on Sennar state data leading to production of five scientific publications.

Producing prediction models for mycetoma in Sudan based on the data from the Mycetoma Research Centre.

Scientific writing producing 16 publications.

Co-investigator in mycetoma clinical trial September 2016-october 2018 https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03086226

Mycetoma Research Centre, Khartoum, Sudan

Perform clinical assessment for mycetoma patients eligible for clinical trial.

Regular follow up of recruited patient to manage side effects and adverse events in case happened following Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guidelines.

Documentation of patients follow up of the recruited patients following Good Documentation Practice (GDP) guidelines.

Writing and publishing a scientific paper to highlight the challenges of patients’ recruitment in clinical trials in Sudan.

Education

Doctorate of Epidemiology: Epidemiology - Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, United Kingdom July 2022 Postgraduate Diploma in Research Methodology and Biostatistics: Research and Biostatistics - University of Medical Sciences and Technology, Khartoum, Sudan

September 2017

MBBS: Medicine - University of Medical Sciences and Technology, Khartoum, Sudan July 2013 Skills

Scientific writing Leadership Skills Analytical Skills

Data collection Subject recruitment Teamwork

Problem solving Microsoft office (word, Excel, PowerPoint) Published papers

1. Role of socioeconomic factors in developing mycetoma: Results from a household survey in Sennar State, Sudan. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85141888798&partnerID=MN8TOARS 2. Estimating the burden of mycetoma in Sudan for the period 1991–2018 using a model-based geostatistical approach. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010795

3. Individual Risk Factors of Mycetoma Occurrence in Eastern Sennar Locality, Sennar State, Sudan: A Case-Control Study. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85136871530&partnerID=MN8TOARS 4. Molecular detection of human papillomavirus-16 among Sudanese patients diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma and salivary gland carcinoma. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85101011874&partnerID=MN8TOARS 5. Clinical epidemiological characteristics of mycetoma in Eastern Sennar locality, Sennar State, Sudan. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009847

6. Modelling the spatial distribution of mycetoma in Sudan. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0- 851********&partnerID=MN8TOARS

7. The challenges of recruitment in clinical trials in developing countries: the Mycetoma Research Centre experience. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traa165

8. Human actinomycetoma caused by Actinomadura Mexicana in Sudan: the first report. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85104369233&partnerID=MN8TOARS 9. Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori among Sudanese patients diagnosed with colon polyps and colon cancer using immunohistochemistry technique. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-020-05159-2 10. Immunohistochemical expression of Cyclin D1 among Sudanese patients diagnosed with benign and malignant prostatic lesions. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85086693373&partnerID=MN8TOARS 11. Urine cytological examination: an appropriate method that can be used to detect a wide range of urinary abnormalities. https://f1000research.com/articles/8-1878/v1

12. Molecular detection of Epstein-Barr virus in breast cancer among Sudanese female population: a case-control study. https://f1000research.com/articles/8-1355/v1

13. The disabling consequences of Mycetoma. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007019 14. A holistic approach to the mycetoma management. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006391 15. Hand mycetoma: The Mycetoma Research Centre experience and literature review. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004886 16. Madurella mycetomatis-Induced Massive Shoulder Joint Destruction: A Management Challenge. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004849

Trainings

1. Good clinical practice workshop by the DNDi (drug for neglected diseases initiative). 2. Good documentation practice workshop by the DNDi (drug for neglected diseases initiative). 3. Proposal writing workshop in Ahfad University.

4. Reference and citation management using endnote bibliography software. 5. Good clinical practice workshop refresher by the DNDi (drug for neglected diseases initiative. 6. Course in immunology in the institute of endemic disease- university of Khartoum. 7. Bioinformatics and biostatistics course in the institute of endemic diseases -university of Khartoum. 8. Training in data entry to CRF (Case Report Form) done by DNDi (drug for neglected diseases initiative). 9. Erasmus summer school of Epidemiology.

10. Workshop on operational management of clinical research from 11.

Conferences

1. Medical ethics and professionalism conference, Khartoum, Sudan - December 2015. 2. The Leishmaniasis East Africa Platform Meeting Nairobi, Kenya - October 2016. 3. The first Podoconiosis conference, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - September 2018. 4. The 16th Pan Arab League of Dermatology, Khartoum, Sudan - November 2018. 5. The sixth international conference on Mycetoma, Khartoum, Sudan - February 2019. 6. The 11th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health, Liverpool, UK – September 2019

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