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Ahmed adds that he is pleased to see so many talented students join the ranks at CSI.
“The quality of students in our department keeps getting better,” observes this native of Egypt. “This year we admitted twenty candidates from a pool of eighty-five highly qualified candidates. We are getting the best of the best.”
Zaghloul Ahmed Dr. Ahmed has your back.
Dr. Zaghloul Ahmed is devoting his career to making life easier for those who suffer spinal cord injuries. An assistant professor in CSI’s physical therapy department, Ahmed brings a panoramic view to his work as a teacher, scholar and practicing clinician.
“I teach what I do. My goal is to take the science from my lab and the experience of my patients and link the two together,” says Ahmed, who joined the CSI faculty in 2006 after earning his doctorate in Neuroscience at the CUNY Graduate Center.
Much of Ahmed’s lab work centers on experiments he conducts on mice, through which he aims to discover treatments that can be applied to humans. He has applied for three patents on treatment methods that he hopes will promote functional recovery for those with spinal cord injuries.
A prodigious researcher, Ahmed has published nine papers over the last three years, all in leading publications such as the Journal of Neurotrauma and the Bioelectromagnetic Journal. In one recent paper, he reported on a new treatment strategy that combines spinal cord magnetic stimulation with acrobatic forms of exercise.
“This strategy was remarkably effective in improving functional recovery in the lab,” Ahmed states.
16 College of Staten Island Aspirations Fulfilled Kelly Levano After biochemistry, the light goes on for Levano.
A single class set Kelly Levano on her life course.
After she earned her undergraduate degree in biology from CSI in 2003, Levano wanted to continue her studies but was unsure of which field to choose. When she took a graduate class in biochemistry from Dr. Probal Banerjee, all doubt was removed.
“Everyone said biochemistry was really hard but the way Professor Banerjee taught it, he made it easy and fun to learn,” says this native of Peru. “He not only gives you the material, he helps you understand what it means.”
Encouraged by Banerjee, Levano set out to earn her PhD at CUNY. She completed her doctorate in 2009 while working in Banerjee’s lab on the CSI campus. That same year she won the prestigious Horst Schulz Award in Biochemistry, earned in
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