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PERSONAL INFORMATION
Full Name: Dr. ESSRAA MOHSEN ABDULHADI AL-ESSAWE Gender: Female  Birthdate: 1969  Nationality: Iraq Degree: PhD  Academic Title: Assistant Professor College\Center: The High Institute for Infertility Diagnosis and Assisted Reproductive Technologies  Departement: Department of Clinical Reproductive Physiology Major: Veterinary medicine  Specialty: Reproductive physiology and assisted reproductive technologies Occupation: Department Rapporteur Mother Language: Arabic  Other Languages: English Work email: essraa.m.al.essawe@st.nahrainuniv.edu.iq Personal email: essraa.a.al.essawe1@gmail.com
EDUCATION
  • Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, University of Baghdad (1992)
  • Master's Degree from the Higher Institute for Infertility Diagnosis and Assisted Reproductive Technologies, Al-Nahrain University (2002)
  • PhD from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) 2019
SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
  • • Advanced expertise in Clinical Embryology, Reproductive Physiology, and Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART).
  • • Specialized skill set in sperm cryopreservation.
  • • Advanced proficiency in bio-statistical data analysis (SPSS & SAS).
APPOINTMENTS
  • • Academic Rank: Associate Professor.
  • • Current Administrative Position: Rapporteur of the Department of Physiology, High Institute for Infertility Diagnosis and Assisted Reproductive Technologies, Al-Nahrain University.
Research Interest
  • • Reproductive Physiology & Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART).
  • • Sperm and oocyte cryopreservation, Sperm DNA integrity, and Embryo Development.
  • • Antioxidant supplementation in reproductive medicine and cryobiology.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE SUPERVISOR THESIS
  • • Primary supervisor and co-supervisor for High Diploma equivalent to MSc. and M.Sc. postgraduate theses in Reproductive Physiology and Clinical Embryology.
  • • Published researcher in peer-reviewed scientific journals indexed in Scopus and Web of Science.
  • • Scientific evaluator and committee member for postgraduate academic defenses.
TEACHINING EXPERINENCE
  • • Teaching postgraduate students (Higher Diploma, M.Sc., and Ph.D.) in the following subjects:
  • o Advanced Reproductive Physiology.
  • o Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART).
  • o Embryology.
  • o Andrology
  • o Research Methods and Seminars
AWARDS
  • • Recipient of multiple Letters of Appreciation and Recognition Awards from the Ministry of Higher Education, President of Al-Nahrain University, and the Deanship of the High Institute for Infertility Diagnosis & ART.
GRANTS EXTERNAL FUNDING
  • Awarded a full scholarship to perform a PhD at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (2013–2019), funded by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of the Republic of Iraq.
SERVICE LEADERSHIP
  • • Editorial Board Member for the Iraqi Journal of Embryo and Infertility Researches.
  • • Department Rapporteur organizing departmental curricula, academic affairs, and scientific programs.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
  • • Member of the European Society for Domestic Animal Reproduction (ESDAR) (2014 – 2015).
  • • Member of the Association for Applied Animal Andrology (AAAA) (2016).
  • • Member of the Centre for Reproductive Biology (CRU) (2014).
  • • Member of the Society for Cryobiology (2018 – Present).
  • • Editorial Board Member of the Iraqi Journal of Embryo and Infertility Researches.
Conferences, symposiums and workshops
  • • Course in Teaching Methodology.
  • • Advanced Training Course in Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI).
  • • Workshop on ICSI and Vitrification Techniques.
  • • Workshop on Oocyte & Embryo Vitrification.
  • • Training Course in Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR).
  • • Training Course in Statistical Data Analysis using SPSS.
  • • Training Course in Statistical Data Analysis using SAS.
  • • Specialized Course in Diagnosis of Sperm DNA Fragmentation in Human Spermatozoa.
  • • Course in Advanced Criteria for Intrauterine Insemination (IUI) in Infertile Couples.
  • • Course in Modern Aspects and Standards of Semen Fluid Analysis.
Others
  • • Academic Profiles & Citation Index Links:
  • o Scopus Author ID: (57094093900 ) https://l1nq.com/80zf6em
  • o ORCID iD: 3547-0555-0003-0000 https://sl1nk.com/j8c7zrn
  • o Google Scholar Profile : https://l1nk.dev/g7m4oo4
  • o ResearchGate Profile: https://l1nq.com/xccldif
  • o Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/essraa-m-al-essawe-35483399
  • o Web of Science / Publons Profile: https://sl1nk.com/pur8zo7
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