Najwa Abdur Rashid

Focused, Positive, collaborative, and organized individual with strong foundation in academic research and teaching methodologies. With 15 years of extensive experience in university teaching and research. Possesses in-depth understanding of subject matter expertise and ability to design engaging curriculum and deliver effective lectures. Dedicated to fostering stimulating learning environment and contributing to student success through innovative teaching approaches. Skilled in curriculum development, student mentoring, and scholarly publication. Known for adaptability and reliability in dynamic academic settings.

• Problem-based Learning Committee, Updated existing and created new PBL cases to ensure up-to-date, relevant knowledge in the complete course materials of twenty-eight PBL cases, followed by their successful implementation in the courses.
• Scheduling Committee, Designed the Schedule according to the Sequence of the subjects for better understanding of the topic by the students. Implemented practical session and simulation sessions according to the theme of the week.
• College Quality Committee, Designed different methods for the assessment of the students’ surveys and college survey to meet the requirements of the college quality and standards of the University.
• Exam Committee, Ensured the quality of the questions in terms of knowledge, understanding and relevance to the subject.

• Cell and molecular biology to M.D students
• Teaching Physiology to M.D and M.Sc students
• Lecturer for undergraduate students at NTU, Singapore (2009-2012)
• Supervised 3 master’s Thesis and 2 Ph.D. thesis during post-doctoral fellowship.
• Supervised research projects with second-year students at PNU

• Post Doctoral Fellow, School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 12/04/09, 08/20/12
• Research Officer, Indo-US and Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Education funded project, Implantation Physiology laboratory, Department of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India, 08/01/07, 11/30/09
• Senior Scholar Science, Lady Tata Memorial Fellowship, Implantation Physiology laboratory, Department of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 11/01/05, 07/31/07
• Research Assistant, Indian Council of Medical Research Implantation Physiology laboratory, Department of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 01/01/04, 10/31/05
• Research Assistant, Contraception and developmental program (CONRAD) USA funded project, Implantation Physiology laboratory, Department of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 12/01/02, 01/31/04

• Received teaching excellence and research recognition in the college of medicine.
• Received Dr. B. K. Anand Award and gold medal for best Ph.D. Thesis and Best Ph.D. student (2009)
• Senior Research Fellowship awarded by Lady Tata Memorial Trust for Science (Bombay, India) (07/01/05 to 07/31/07)
• Received Dr. G. P. Talwar Award for best oral presentation in ISSRF 2005, India
• Certificate for scoring highest marks in Bachelor of Science in Zoology, University of Delhi, India

• Experience in handling mice and monkeys.
• Molecular Biology: DNA / RNA Isolation, plasmid Isolation, cloning and expression in bacterial systems, transformation, PCR / RT-PCR, Real time RT PCR, Q PCR using Syber green and taqman probes, agarose gel electrophoresis, Micro Array Technology, Global gene profiling using micro array, Southern Blotting, Northern Blotting
• Microscopy: Florescence, Confocal and Electron microscopy.
• Histology: Tissue fixation, Paraffin blocking, Tissue histology.
• Cell culture: primary cell cultures, cell line cultures and in vitro studies in cell culture system
• Immunohistochemistry, immunocytochemistry
• In situ hybridization
• Proteomics: 2D gel electrophoresis, Western blotting.
• Protein purification: Isolation and purification of proteins, Electrophoresis (native and SDS-PAGE), Ultra-filtration, Lyophilization, Chromatography: ion exchange, gel-filtration and affinity.
• Spectrophotometer: Uv-visible, Agilent Bioanalyzer
• Immunology: ELISA, Antigen labeling, immunoblotting
• Microbiology: Media preparation, plating
• Cloning: transformation, transfection, Restriction digestion, cloning, gene expression in clones
• Knowledge of operating systems: WINDOWS 2000 and XP.
• System administration: Knowledge of Functional networking and installing software packages under WINDOWS.
• Array technologies: cDNA expression arrays, Agilent Workstation for genome analysis, Global Genome analysis.

• Deliver quality instructions and lectures ensuring student satisfaction.
• Manage academic programs and guide undergraduate research projects.
• Perform laboratory experiments and practicals.

• Neuroprotective Potential of Trachyspermum Ammi Essential Oil against Monosodium Glutamate Induced Excitotoxicity by Reducing Accumulation of β-Amyloid, Maandvi Sharma, Alok Shiomurti Tripathi, Tabinda Hasan, Mohammad Yasir, Kavitha Ganesh, Najwa Abdur Rashid, Himani Awasthi, Lucy Mohapatra, Rahul Kumar Maurya, Journal of Biological Regulators and Homeostatic Agents, 2023, Accepted for publication
• Defining Physician–Nurse Efforts toward Collaboration as Perceived by Medical Students, Hanan H. Dahlawi, May M. Al Obaidullah, Najwa Abdur Rashid, Amal A. Alotaibi, Eman M. Al -Mussaed, Mary Mae M. Cheung, Sameera Abuaish and Mary Anne Wong Cordero, Healthcare, 2023, 11, 13, 1919, www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/11/13/1919
• Analysis of female pre-clinical students’ readiness, academic performance and satisfaction in online learning: an assessment of quality for curriculum revision and future implementation, Kavitha Ganesh, Najwa Abdur Rashid, Raja El Hasnaoui, Rasha Assiri and Mary Anne W. Cordero, BMC Medical Education, 2023, 23, 523, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-023-04503-x
• Perception of Expanded Newborn Screening Programs in Saudi Arabia, El Hasnaoui-Saadani Raja, Najwa Abdur Rashid, Mary Anne Cordero and Kavitha Ganesh, Biomedical journal of scientific and technical research, 2020, 3, 1, 24632-38, 10.26717/BJSTR.2020.32.005184
• Oxidative damage to eye stem cells, in response to, bright and ultraviolet light, their associated mechanisms and salvage pathways, Najwa AR, Bose B, Shenoy S, Molecular Biotechnology, 2019, February, 61, 2, 145-152
• Physicians and Nurses Attitudes towards Physician-Nurse Collaboration in Saudi Government Hospitals, Mary Anne W. Cordero, Razan Alghamdi, Shaden Almojel, Elham Alhifty, Zenat Khired, Najwa Abdur Rashid, Eman AlMussaed, Saudi Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences (SJMPS), 2018, 4, 8, August, 10.21276/sjmps.2018.4.8.1
• Tutors and self-assessment of medical students’ performance in pre-clinical problem-based learning tutorial sessions, Mary Anne Cordero, Najwa Abdur Rashid, Raja El Hasnaoui, Kavitha Ganesh, Zenat Khired, MedEd Publish, 2018, 7, 4, 10.15694/mep.2018.0000265.1
• Introduction: Systems biology and reproduction, D Ghosh, J Sengupta, B Bhandari, M Bedi, VP Varshney, VP Jyotsna, AR Najwa et.al, Progress in biophysics and molecular biology, 2013, 3, 113, 356-357
• Endometrial Receptivity and Human embryo implantation, Najwa Abdur Rashid, Sujata Lalitkumar, Parameswaran Grace Lalitkumar, and Kristina Gamzell-Danielsson, Am J Reprod Immunol, 2011, July, 66, Supp1, 23-30, 21726335
• IGF2, IGF binding protein 1, and matrix metalloproteinases 2 and 9 in implantation-stage endometrium following immunoneutralization of vascular endothelial growth factor in the rhesus monkey, Ghosh D, Najwa AR, Khan MA, Sengupta J, Reproduction, 2011, 141, 501-9, 21292726
• CDNA-based transcript analysis of autologous eutopic and ectopic endometrium of women with moderate and severe endometriosis, Meraj A. Khan, Jayasree Sengupta, Linda C. Giudice, Suneeta Mittal, Sunesh Kumar, Siddharth Datta Gupta, Raju Sharma, Najwa AR and Debabrata Ghosh, J Endometriosis, 2011, 3, 1, 8-33, 10.5301/JE.2011.8324
• Insulin growth factor 2, Insulin growth factor binding protein 1 in implantation-stage endometrium following immunoneutralization of vascular endothelial growth factor in the rhesus monkey, D Ghosh, AR Najwa, MA Khan, J Sengupta, Reproduction, 2011, 141, 4, April, 501-9, 21292726
• A system biology approach towards understanding the process of blastocyst implantation, Najwa AR, Sengupta J and Ghosh D, Indian J Physiol Pharmacol, 2009, July-September, 53, 3, 197-208, 20329366
• Effect of low-dose mifepristone administration on day 2 after ovulation on transcript profiles in implantation-stage endometrium of rhesus monkeys, Ghosh D, Sharkey AM, Charnock-Jones DS, Smith SK, Sengupta J, Reproduction, 2009, 138, 357-70, 19439560
• Transcript profiles of receptive stage endometrium in the rhesus monkey, AR Najwa, J Sengupta, D Ghosh, PLACENTA, 2008, 29, 8, A89-A8
• An inductive approach to explore the time-domain characteristics of differential molecular expression of endometrium toward blastocyst implantation in the primate, D Ghosh, AR Najwa, J Sengupta, PLACENTA, 2008, 29, 8, A88-A88
• Immunoneutralization of vascular endothelial growth factor inhibits pregnancy establishment in the rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta), Sengupta J, Lalit kumar PG, Najwa AR, Ghosh D, Reproduction, 2007, June, 133, 6, 1199-211, 17636174
• Monoclonal anti-leukemia inhibitory factor antibody inhibits blastocyst implantation in the rhesus monkey, Sengupta J, Lalitkumar PG, Najwa AR, Ghosh D, Contraception, 2006, November, 74, 5, 419-25, 17046385
• In vitro action of leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) on mid-secretory stage endometrial stromal cells collected from hormone-simulated, ovariectomized monkey and maintained in three-dimensional primary culture, Ghosh D, Najwa AR, Sengupta J, Indian J Physiol Pharmacol, 2006, October-December, 50, 4, 355-66, 17402265