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PhD in Neuroscience, Animal Physiology & Experimental Psychology | Scientific Writer & Communicator.

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Zineb Boudjafad is a Ph.D. in behavioral neuroscience from the Laboratory of Pharmacology, Neurobiology, Anthropology and Environment at the Semlalia Faculty of Sciences, Cadi Ayyad University of Marrakesh, Morocco. She was working under the supervision of Professor BA-M’HAMED Saadia from the same university and the co-supervision of Professor GARCIA René from Aix-Marseille University in France. Her thesis was about the study of social anxiety disorder in rodents as well the investigation of some of its treatments in both genders and its comorbidities. She also holds a Master degree in Neuroscience and Biotechnology and a Bachelor degree in animal physiology and biological engineering from the same university.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Animal Science
• ☆ Animal Behavior/Ethology
• ☆ Neuroscience
• ☆ Neurochemistry
• ☆ Neurophysiology
• ☆ Behavioral Neuroscience
• ☆ Comparative Physiology
• ☆ Biological Engineering
• ☆ Health Psychology
• ☆ Learning & Memory
• ☆ Human Biology
• ☆ Neurology
• ☆ Epilepsy & Seizures
• ☆ Clinical Neurophysiology
• ☆ Neuromuscular Disease
• ☆ Parkinson's Disease
• ☆ Headache & Migraine
• ☆ Neuroendocrinology
• ☆ Stroke & Cerebrovascular Disease
• ☆ Autism Spectrum Disorders
• ☆ Sleep Medicine
• ☆ Psychiatry
• ☆ Neuropsychiatry
• ☆ Psychopharmacology
• ☆ Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
• ☆ Spinal Cord Injury

Services

• Writing
• Research

Writing Clinical Trial Documentation, Medical Writing, Creative Writing

Research Meta-Research, Fact Checking, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review

Work Experience

Doctoral Researcher in Neuroscience & Animal Physiology

Cadi Ayyad University

October 2017 - March 2023

Teaching Assistant

Cadi Ayyad University

October 2018 - January 2023

Research Intern - Histology & Immunohistochemistry

University Hospital Center Mohamed VI - Morocco - Anatomopathology Department

April 2016 - June 2016

Clinical Shadowing

University Hospital Center Mohamed VI - Morocco - Neurology Department

June 2014 - August 2014

Education

Ph.D. degree in Neuroscience and Animal Physiology

Université Cadi Ayyad - Morocco

October 2017 - September 2022

Online course: Academic Writing for Doctoral Students Researching Climate Related Topics

U.S. Embassy in Rabat

January 2022 - May 2022

Ph.D in Anymal Physiology and Neuroscience (Neuroscience )

Cadi Ayyad University

2016 - 2022

Master degree in Cellular and Molecular Neurosciences

Université Cadi Ayyad - Morocco and Université de Bordeaux - France.

September 2015 - January 2017

Master in Neuroscience and Biotechnologies (Euro-Mediterranean Master in Neuroscience and Biotechnology)

Cadi Ayyad University

2014 - 2016

Bachelor degree in Animal Physiology and Biological Engineering

Université Cadi Ayyad - Morocco

October 2011 - July 2014

Bachelor in Animal Physiology and Biological Engineering (Animal Physiology and biological engineering)

Cadi Ayyad University

2011 - 2014

(Architecture)

École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Clermont-Ferrand

2010 - 2011

Baccalaureate (Mathematical sciences)

Elaraki School

2009 - 2010

Certifications

• Matlab Onramp

  MathWorks (Online via MATLAB Academy)

  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FySvwMf3XrxtqP9Hz2X4-EuMAyz1_VMd/view?usp=sharing

  January 2025 - Present

• The microbiome, immunity, and neurodevelopment trialogue: from womb to adulthood (webinar)

  Federation of European Neuroscience Societies

  October 2022 - Present

• The microbiome, immunity, and neurodevelopment trialogue: from womb to adulthood (webinar)

  Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS)

  September 2022 - Present

• Introduction to Psychology

  University of Toronto (via Coursera)

  https://coursera.org/share/4980628e0a6d2c501a53cb63d7099271

  June 2022 - Present

• Academic Writing for Doctoral Students Researching Climate Related Topics

  Regional English Language Office, U.S Embassy Rabat, Morocco.

  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FUvyT8wcvCjODpJJ9ajDqyT0GI4e1D5l/view?usp=sharing

  May 2022 - Present

• Best Poster - International Symposium of Young Neuroscience Investigators

  International Society for Neurochemistry

  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QdrHgehTJHOTtTi7Lmo9Rz0_daS7jJIh/view?usp=sharing

  November 2021 - Present

• Best poster - Journal Neuroscience Methods

  Mediterranean Neuroscience Society - Malta

  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1c6TAXw-uQscu7Re71OWJAupsMnQ3PoFF/view?usp=sharing

  June 2017 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Boudjafad Zineb, Ishagh Meimouna, Lamghari Moubarrad Fatima-Zahra, Bennis Mohamed, Ba-M’hamed Saadia (2025). Gender-based analysis of comorbidity between post-traumatic stress disorder and social anxiety disorder in rodents . Neuroscience.

Boudjafad Z, Ihsan C, Chaibi I, Lamghari Moubarrad FZ, Bennis M, Garcia R, Ba-M'hamed S (2025). Using a socially enriched environment test to evaluate the effects of different therapeutic approaches on social behavior in a mouse model of social anxiety disorder . Learning & memory (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.).

Zineb Boudjafad, Asmae Lguensat, Kenza Elmardadi, Asma Dahi, Mohamed Bennis, Saadia Ba-M'hamed, René Garcia (2022). The socially enriched environment test: a new approach to evaluate social behavior in a mouse model of social anxiety disorder . Learning & Memory.

Zineb Boudjafad, Asmae Lguensat, Elodie Giorla, Mohamed Bennis, Christelle Baunez, René Garcia, Saadia Ba‐M'hamed (2021). Repeated ethanol exposure following avoidance conditioning impairs avoidance extinction and modifies conditioning‐associated prefrontal dendritic changes in a mouse model of post‐traumatic stress disorder . European Journal of Neuroscience.