Salamah Alwahsh, PhD
Associate Professor in Pathobiology
Salamah Alwahsh
Flemish VLIR-UOS TEAM 2026 – Competitive Research & Innovation Grant | Awarded €300,000
DiaLink Palestine: A 5-year collaborative project between Palestine Polytechnic University (PPU) and KU Leuven, Belgium, focused on developing a resilient, evidence-grounded telehealth and mHealth ecosystem for Type 2 Diabetes care in conflict-affected settings.
Experience
- Since 2019 – Associate Professor of Pathobiology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Palestine Polytechnic University (PPU), Palestine
- 2016–2018 – Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- 2014–2015 – Postdoctoral Scientist, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Leipzig, Germany
Education
- 2011–2014 PhD in Pathobiology, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany
- 2010–2011 Diploma equivalent in Cellular and Molecular Biology, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany
- 2005–2009 Bachelor (B.Sc. Hons) Medical Laboratory Sciences, Alquds University, Palestine
Research interest
- Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome
- Islet biology and β-cell dysfunction
- Fatty liver disease
- Experimental rodent models of metabolic and liver diseases
- Stem cell biology and regenerative medicine approaches for metabolic disorders
Address: Bethlehem, West-Bank, Palestine, Email: salamah_alwahsh@ppu.edu