Sheikh Umar Ahmad
Sheikh Umar Ahmad, PhD , is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Dermatology, Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States. He is involved in research projects aimed at understanding the "Developmental Genetics of Planar Cell Polarity in Mammalian Skin." With more than six years of work experience as part of a team, Dr. Ahmad completed his doctoral studies at the CSIR-Indian Institute of...See more
Sheikh Umar Ahmad, PhD , is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Dermatology, Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States. He is involved in research projects aimed at understanding the "Developmental Genetics of Planar Cell Polarity in Mammalian Skin." With more than six years of work experience as part of a team, Dr. Ahmad completed his doctoral studies at the CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu & Kashmir, India, where his research was focused on "Understanding the Interplay of Autophagy and DNA Damage Response Mechanism in the Regulation of Ultraviolet-(B)-Induced Skin Photodamage." Dr. Ahmad's thesis work mechanistically elucidated the role of interventional autophagy as a promising therapeutic strategy against skin photodamage disorders. He published his research findings in various international journals of repute and presented his work at several scientific conferences. He has received several awards for his research work. See less
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