Published April 09, 2015
Loqman Mohamed, a graduate student in the University of Louisiana at Monroe’s School
of Pharmacy, was awarded the 2015 Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) Young
Investigator Scholarship.
Mohamed earned the scholarship after presenting his research on the effects of Alzheimer’s
disease.
Mohamed’s project, titled “Donepezil and rivastigmine enhance brain and hepatic clearances
of amyloid: a novel mechanism for their neuroprotective effect against Alzheimer’s
disease,” was presented at the 9th Annual Drug Discovery for Neurodegeneration Conference,
in San Diego, Calif., in March.
Mohamed is advised by Dr. Amal Kaddoumi, associate professor of pharmaceutics.
The scholarship provides registration to attend the annual conference; the opportunity
to present at the annual conference; and recognition in the conference program and
on the ADDF website.
