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Neuroscience research consultant | Neurodegenerative diseases & Biomarkers | Bioinformatics & Scientific writing

Profile Summary

I am a Neuroscience Research Consultant with an MSc in Translational Neuropathology and hands-on experience in neurodegenerative disease research. I specialize in biomarker discovery, microRNA profiling, bioinformatics, scientific writing, and data management. I have co-authored multiple publications and contributed to ongoing Alzheimer’s disease projects in Kenya, translating and culturally adapting neuropsychometric cognitive assessments. I have experience in project planning, research design, study setup and implementation, including reviewing and preparing Standard Operating Procedure documents. Currently, I am expanding my expertise through training as a Clinical Research Associate, and leading a Systematic review on the Sex and ethnoracial influences on Alzheimer’s disease biomarkers. I offer freelance research consulting, project collaboration, and short-term scientific support.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Biochemistry
• ☆ Molecular Biology
• ☆ Biomarkers
• ☆ Omics
• ☆ Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)
• ☆ Neuroscience
• ☆ Behavioral Neuroscience
• ☆ Neuroanatomy
• ☆ Molecular Neuroscience
• ☆ Neurobiology
• ☆ Systems Neuroscience
• ☆ Bioinformatics
• ☆ Gene & Protein Expression Analysis
• ☆ Biomarker Discovery
• ☆ In vitro Diagnostics
• ☆ Neurology
• ☆ Alzheimer's Disease
• ☆ Clinical Laboratory Science
• ☆ Neuropathology

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Writing Clinical Trial Documentation, Medical Writing, Technical Writing, Audio Transcription, General Proofreading & Editing, Translation

Research Fact Checking, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Operations Consulting, Scientific and Technical Consulting, Regulatory Consulting

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization, Data Cleaning

Product Development Product Evaluation, Quality Assurance & Control (QA/QC), Product Compliance

Work Experience

Research Associate

Aga Khan University Nairobi

- Present

Research Associate

Aga Khan University

July 2024 - July 2025

Student Fellow

Aga Khan University

December 2023 - July 2024

Education

MSc Translational Neuropathology

University of Sheffield

September 2019 - October 2020

BSc Medical Neuroscience

University of Sussex

September 2015 - June 2018

Certifications

• Conflicts of Interest

  CITI

  June 2024 - Present

• Initial Biosafety training

  CITI

  June 2024 - Present

• GCP - Social and Behavioural Research Best Practices for Clinical Research

  CITI

  January 2023 - Present

• Biomedical Responsible Conduct of Research

  CITI

  January 2023 - Present

• Data Protection

  Aga Khan University

  January 2023 - Present

• Genomic Data Science with Galaxy

  John's Hopkins University through coursera

  May 2021 - Present

• Certificate in Research Integrity

  Oxford epigeum online

  October 2019 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Mostert CM, Udeh-Momoh C, Kumar M, Khan M, Ali S, Muchungi K, Chemutai G, Smith C, Trepel D, Eyre H, Atwoli L, Merali Z. Life span policies and macroeconomic transition will help the 21st-century brain health revolution in developing countries. Alzheimers Dement. 2025 Feb;21(2):e70006. doi: 10.1002/alz.70006. PMID: 39989244; PMCID: PMC11848179 .

Irina Vázquez-Villaseñor, Cynthia I. Smith, Yung J. R. Thang, Paul R. Heath, Stephen B. Wharton, Daniel J. Blackburn, Victoria C. Ridger, Julie E. Simpson (2022). RNA-Seq Profiling of Neutrophil-Derived Microvesicles in Alzheimer’s Disease Patients Identifies a miRNA Signature That May Impact Blood–Brain Barrier Integrity . International Journal of Molecular Sciences.