Biography: Prof. Nagwa A Meguid is a professor of human genetics and special needs, Former Head of Human Genetics Institute, (NRC) in Egypt. She holds a Ph.D. in Human Genetics, and she is a Senior Geneticist at the Genetics Institute, Pasadena, California; a fellow of Uppsala University, Sweden and senior geneticist at Yale University USA. She wins the outstanding L’Oreal UNESCO Award for women in Science; Africa & Middle East. Her work spans a wide area that ties together work from different disciplines; genetics, psychiatry, behavioral neuroscience and women empowerment. Awarded the National State Award of Excellence in Advanced Medical science & Technology. She was given the Distinctive Arab Female Scientist Prize in Genetics by the Arabian Gulf University. Recently Schowman Arab Award in Autism2022. She used her expertise to identify and describe several novel genetic syndromes. Had more than 100 International publications in elite Journals. Role model for postgraduate students, Supervising 80 theses. Head of the laboratory of research in DNA in behavioral disorders and Founder of autism research study group in Egypt. Jury president L’OREAL-UNESCO Egypt awards for young researchers. Head of Child Brain Research Group and Council for Nutritional and Environmental Medicine, Norway.
She built a remarkable library of ASD cases, publishing more than 70 articles in International Journals handling discovery of new genes and new Biomarkers in autistic children. She published a Chapter on Autism in Egypt, in a book by Prof. Alfred Volkmar. She is the head and Founder of autism research group study at NRC, Egypt. Had two Licensed patents for autism. Developed new strategies in Information Communication Technology application for broken neglected women having disabled children combating the stigmatization and alienation of women who bear disabled children in Egypt. Chapter in Women and ICT in Africa and the Middle East: Changing Selves, Changing Societies (2016): Published by Zed Books in collaboration with the International Development Research Centre in Canada. Jury president L’OREAL-UNESCO Egypt awards for young women researchers. Head of CONEM Egypt Child Brain Research Group and member in Council for Nutritional and Environmental Medicine, Norway. Peer Reviewer for Scientific elite International Journals. Member in Bioethics Network at NRC. She used genetics to understand the links between brain structure and cognitive abilities of neuro-developmental disorders.. Her work has a strong gene-brain-behavior research focus.