Shahad Alotaiby

Ph.D. Students

PhD student

Location:

building 4/ level 3/ desert side/ area 6

Social Profile:

Research Interests

Shahad is interested in Biomedical Sciences research where she focuses on medical disease and the molecular basis with great attention to personalized medicine/drug delivery and targeted therapeutic research. This research area is very crucial to help the investigation and target major health issues that are widely spread in our community. Outcomes from such research activities will not only improve patients' quality of life but will also contribute to better education and an improved economy as well.

Selected Publications

  • N Alfouzan, A Almujil, E Demyati, S AlOtaiby, Motivators and Barriers for Seasonal Influenza Vaccination (SIV) among Healthcare Workers (HCWs) in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries: A Systematic Review. International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries. 2022;6(6):882–890.
  • Abdi A, AlOtaiby S, Al Badarin F, Khraibi A, Hamdan H, Nader M. Interaction of SARS-CoV-2 with cardiomyocytes: Insight into the underlying molecular mechanisms of cardiac injury and pharmacotherapy. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 2022 Feb 1;146:112518.
  • Nader M, Alsolme E, Alotaiby S, Alsomali R, Bakheet D, Dzimiri N. SLMAP-3 is downregulated in human dilated ventricles and its overexpression promotes cardiomyocyte response to adrenergic stimuli by increasing intracellular calcium. Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology. 2019 Mar 11
  • Nader M, Alotaibi S, Alsolme E, Khalil B, Abu-Zaid A, Alsomali R, Bakheet D, Dzimiri N. Cardiac striatin interacts with caveolin-3 and calmodulin in a calcium-sensitive manner and regulates cardiomyocyte spontaneous contraction rate. Canadian Journal of physiology and pharmacology. 2017 Aug 19;95(10):1306-12.
  • Al-Matary, A., Al Sulaiman, M., Al-Otaiby, S., Qaraqei, M., & Al-Matary, M. (2022). Association between the timing of antibiotics administration and outcome of neonatal sepsis. Journal of Infection and Public Health, 15(6), 643-647.
  • Al-Matary, A., AlOtaiby, S., & Alenizi, S. F. (2022). Outcomes and factors associated with extubation failure in preterm infants. Journal of Clinical Neonatology, 11(2), 97
  • Naeem, A., Elbakkouri, K., Alfaiz, A., Hamed, M. E., Alsaran, H., AlOtaiby, S., ... & Alosaimi, B. (2020). Antigenic drift of hemagglutinin and neuraminidase in seasonal H1N1 influenza viruses from Saudi Arabia in 2014 to 2015. Journal of Medical Virology. ‏

Education

MSc in Biomedical Sciences, Cell, and Molecular Biology, (Honors), Alfaisal University, College of Medicine, Riyadh, KSA, 2016.

BSc in Biotechnology (Honors), Taif University, College of Science, Taif, KSA, 2012.

Professional Profile

  • Clinical Research Specialist I, Research Center, King Fahad Medical City, 2018 – 2022.
  • Adjunct Research Assistant, Alfaisal University. 2017 - 2018
  • Master Student Alfaisal University, KFSHRC & KACST. 2014 - 2016
  • Biology Teacher, Alsumo private high school. 2012 – 2014 

Scientific and Professional Membership

  • Member of Middle East Molecular Biology Society
  • Member of The Saudi Children Cancer Support Association 

Non-KAUST Affiliations

BESE - Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division

Research Interests Keywords

Drug delivery biomedical sciences personalized medicine