Name:  Asma’a A. Ajwad

Education

• B.Sc in Biomedical Engineering, University of Baghdad, College of Engineering, Baghdad, Iraq (2002).
• M.Sc in Biomedical Engineering, Al-Nahrain University, College of Engineering, Baghdad, Iraq (2005).
• Ph.D in Biomedical Engineering, University of Kentucky, College of Engineering,  Lexington, KY, USA (2018).

Professional Experience

• Lecturer, University of Diyala, College of Medicine, Department of Physiology, Diyala, Iraq, (2006-2012).
• Departmental vice-chair, University of Diyala, College of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Diyala, Iraq, (2007-2012).

Publications

• Ajwad A., Huffman D., Yaghouby F., , O'Hara B., Sunderam S., “Sleep Depth Enhancement through Ambient Temperature Manipulation in Mice ”. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2018 .
• Ajwad A., Yaghouby F., Huffman D., O'Hara B., Sunderam S., “Effect of temperature on sleep regulation in an animal epilepsy model”. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2016 Aug; 2016:1644-1647. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2016.7591029.
• Ajwad  A., “Noise Reduction of Ultrasound Image Using Wiener filtering and Haar Wavelet Transform Techniques”, Diyala Journal of Medicine, Vol. 2, Issue 1, April 2012.
• Ajwad A., Mohammed R., “CT Image Segmentation Based on clustering methods”, J Fac Med Baghdad, vol. 52, No.2, 2010.

Scientific Societies Membership

• IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology(EMBS), student member (2015- present)
• Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES), University of Kentucky (2015-present)

Awards

• Max Steckler Award, University of Kentucky, 2018.

Selective Conference and Meeting Presentations

• Ajwad A., Yaghouby F., Schildt C., O’Hara BF., Sunderam S., “Effect of Ambient temperature on Sleep in Mice.” 2015 biennial meeting of Rhythm in the Southeast Region (RISER), Lexington, KY, Mar 2015 (poster).
• Ajwad A., Yaghouby F., Schildt C., O’Hara BF, Sunderam S., “Sleep Regulation as Epilepsy Therapy: a study of the effect of ambient temperature on mouse sleep”. AES, New York, 2015 (poster).
• Ajwad A., Yaghouby F., O’Hara BF, Sunderam S., “Sleep regulation as Epilepsy therapy: A study of the effect of ambient temperature on mouse sleep.” 32nd Annual BGSFN Spring Neuroscience Research Day, Lexington, KY, April 2016 (poster).

• Ajwad A., Yaghouby F., Huffman D., O’Hara BF, Sunderam S., “Effect of Temperature on Sleep Regulation in an Animal Epilepsy Model”, The 38th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC2016, Florida, (poster).

• Ajwad A., Huffman D., Yaghouby F., O’Hara BF, Sunderam S., “Sleep Modulation in Control and Epileptic Mice Through Ambient Temperature Regulation.”, Sleep meeting 2017, Boston (poster).

• Ajwad A., Huffman D., Yaghouby F., O’Hara BF, Sunderam S., “Dynamic Sleep Modulation in Mice through Ambient Temperature Control.”, Neuroscience 2017, Washington, DC. (poster).

• Ajwad A., Huffman D., O’Hara BF, Sunderam S., “Nonpharmacological Regulation of the Ultradian Sleep-Wake Cycle in Mice.” Sleep meeting 2018, Baltimore (poster).