Aaya Nassar
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Clinical Research and Leadership

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Department: Clinical Research and Leadership

Education

  • MS, Northeastern University, 2002
  • PhD Health Science, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, Houston, 2012

Grants

COVID-19 Research Grant
Apr 2021 - Apr 2022
The Science and Technology Development Fund (STDF), The Egyptian Scientific Society, grant no. 44575, “Targeting SARS-CoV-2-recognizing host cell receptor Glucose Regulated Protein 78 (GRP78)”

SCI-CU Entrepreneurship
Dec 2019 - Sept 2020
The Egyptian Academy of Science, Research and Technology, grant no. 2/2019/ASRT-EClub, “Young Entrepreneurs Initiatives for Science Students”

Publications

Khater, Ibrahim and Nassar, Aaya. Seeking Antiviral Drugs to Inhibit SARS-CoV-2 RNA Dependent RNA Polymerase: A Molecular Docking Analysis. PLoS ONE 17(5): e0268909, (2022). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0268909

Khater, Ibrahim and Nassar, Aaya. Looking into mucormycosis coinfections in COVID-19 patients using computational analysis (AIMS Biophysics, 2022, Volume 9, Issue 1: 72-85), doi: 10.3934/biophy.2022007.

Khater, Ibrahim and Nassar, Aaya. SARS-CoV-2 variant surge and vaccine breakthrough infection: A computational analysis (Informatics in Medicine Unlocked, Volume 29, 2022, 100873), doi: 10.1016/j.imu.2022.100873.

Factors Affecting the Entrepreneurial Education Intention of Cairo University’s Science Students: A Case Study (Journal of the International Academy for Case Studies, Volume 27, Issue 1, 2021).

In Silico Study of Six FDA Approved Anti-HCV Drugs as Inhibitors for NS5 Methyltransferase of Dengue Virus Type 2. (Journal of Vector-Borne Diseases, Volume 58, Number 1, March 2021).

Nassar A, Ibrahim IM, Amin FG, Magdy M, Elgharib AM, Azzam EB, et al. A Review of Human Coronaviruses’ Receptors: The Host-Cell Targets for the Crown Bearing Viruses. (Molecules 2021, 26(21), 6455), doi: 10.3390/molecules26216455.

Khater, Ibrahim and Nassar, Aaya. In Silico Molecular Docking Analysis for Repurposing Approved Antiviral Drugs against SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease (Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports, Volume 27, September 2021, 101032), doi: 10.1016/j.bbrep.2021.101032.

Khater, Ibrahim and Nassar, Aaya. Repurposing Antiviral Drugs to Inhibit SARS-CoV-2 Papin-Like Protease Activity (International Journal of Intelligent Computing and Information Sciences. IJICIS, Volume 21, Issue 1, February 2021, Page 149-164), doi: 10.21608/ijicis.2021.66637.1068.

Khater, Ibrahim and Nassar, Aaya. In Silico Study of Six FDA Approved Anti-HCV Drugs as Inhibitors for NS5 Methyltransferase of Dengue Virus Type 2 (Journal of Vector-Borne Diseases, Volume 58, Number 1, March 2021), doi: 10.4103/0972-9062.321755.

Hamed Eid and Aaya Nassar. Factors Affecting the Entrepreneurial Education Intention of Cairo University’s Science Students: A Case Study (Journal of the International Academy for Case Studies, Volume 27, Issue 1, 2021). https://www.abacademies.org/articles/factors-affecting-the-entrepreneurial-education-intention-of-cairo-university-science-students-a-case-study-10068.html

Industry Relationships and Collaborations

This faculty member (or a member of their immediate family) has reported a financial interest with the health care related companies listed below. These relations have been reported to the University and, when appropriate, management plans are in place to address potential conflicts.

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