Biography

Dr. Hajer N. Sheikh is a dedicated educator with more than a decade of experience in biomedical education. Currently a lecturer in the Biomedical Department at COM, DMU, Dr. Sheikh is passionate about enhancing the student learning experience through innovative teaching methodologies, including simulation-based and blended learning techniques. Her teaching philosophy focuses on engaging students and nurturing their potential in a collaborative academic environment. Dr. Sheikh is also the Program Coordinator for BBMS program at COM. Dr. Sheikh has lived in the UAE for over two decades, where she has cultivated a profound appreciation for its diverse cultural landscape. She has completed the Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education from Advance HE.

Education

• Post graduate Certificate in Education: from University of Nottingham, UK in 2016
• Master of Science: from University of Cincinnati in 2009, in the Department of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry and Microbiology in the College of Medicine
• Internship: Completed the one-year internship in 2005, in King Abdulaziz University Hospital Jeddah (KAAUH).
• MBBS: from Dubai Medical College for Girls in 2004

Research Interests

• Car Biochemical markers for cardiac disease
• Reversing Diabetes with diet modifications

Research Publications

• Teach the skills required for a future we can’t yet imagine, 2024, THE Campus Journal.
• “Tropomyosin Phosphorylation in Healthy and Diseased Hearts” published in the FASEB journal in April 2010. Tropomyosin Phosphorylation in Healthy and Diseased Hearts – Sheikh – 2010 – The FASEB Journal – Wiley Online Library
• “Tropomyosin Phosphorylation in Cardiac Health and Disease”, Master’s thesis at University of Cincinnati, submitted in May 2009. It is also available online at OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. The link is: OhioLINK ETD: Sheikh, Hajer Nisar
• Tropomyosin phosphorylation in cardiac health and disease, at Graduate Poster Forum Session at University of Cincinnati, March 2009. Abstract and poster presented.
• “Tropomyosin phosphorylation in Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy,” at Graduate Student Research Forum, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Nov. 2008. Abstract and poster presented.

Second Author:

• Oral and poster presentation for American Heart Association Basic Cardiovascular Sciences 2010 Scientific Sessions held in June 2010. The title of presentation is, “Regulation of Tropomyosin Phosphorylation in Normal and Cardiomyopathic Hearts”
• “Tropomyosin dephosphorylation results in compensated hypertrophy” published in Journal of Biological Chemistry in December 2012. I am third author.
• “Decreasing tropomyosin phosphorylation rescues tropomyosin-induced familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy”, published in Journal of Biological Chemistry in October 2013. I am the third author.
• Proceedings of the 9th Annual Dubai Medical Education Symposium 2015, Dubai, UAE. 30 May 2015, I am the second author.
• Poster presentation at TUFH 2023 conference: “Social Justice Component in undergraduate Medical Education: An approach for Needs Analysis”. I am the second author.

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