Program Start

August 2000

Dissertation Topic

Innate Immune Responses in the Lung and Liver 

Thesis Defense Date

August 12, 2005

Current Positions

Skoll Fellow 

Skoll Foundation

Richard Von Weizsacker Fellow

Robert Bosch Academy

Visiting Professor, Systems Awareness Lab, MIT Refugee Action Hub

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Full Professor, Biology and Biotechnology

Hashemite University, Jordan

President 

The Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD)

Rita E. Hauser Fellow, Visiting Professor, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study

Harvard University

Founder and Director 

We Love Reading

Advisor, UN Women Jordan Advisory Council 

United Nations

Honors and Awards in Program

• Fulbright Scholar, 2000 - 2002
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute Pre-Doctoral Award - Honorary Mention, 2001