Hiba Al-Ashtal, PhD
Education and Experience
Hiba earned her PhD in Biological Sciences from the University of Pittsburgh, where she studied how protein-RNA interactions regulate protein synthesis in healthy and cancerous cells. For her postdoctoral research, Hiba joined Pitt’s Microbiology and Molecular Genetics department and investigated how non-coding RNAs promote Epstein-Barr virus infection. In addition to sciVelo, she works as a medical writer for Clinical Thinking, a subsidiary of Nucleus Global, where she supports medical communications for a variety of cancer therapies.
Education
Ph.D., Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, 2020B.S. Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, 2013
Research Experience
Graduate Student Researcher, Berman Lab, Biological Sciences, University of PittsburghAdvisor: Andrea J. Berman, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Department, University of Pittsburgh
Advisor: Nara Lee, PhD
Commercial Translation Experience
Cerebroscope
Consultant, Grant, and Manuscript Writer
Worked as a grant and manuscript writer for the local Pittsburgh startup; helped write their NIH Phase II SBIR commercialization plan and publish research.Fourth River Solutions
Consultant
Below are the three areas you need to edit in order to place a new staff profile on the homepage, in the staff profile landing page, and the full staff bio page. These instructions are hidden and will not show up on the public profile page. You can, however, delete this box when you no longer need these instructions.
I - Create a new Staff Profile page
1. Go to Posts and click "Add New"
2. Enter the person’s full name and degrees in the “Enter Title Here” field
3. Scroll down to the Muffin Builder section
4. Click on "Templates"
5. Select: "New Staff Profile Template"
6. Select: "REPLACE current builder content"
7. Click: "Use Template"
8. Update content within each Item accordingly. Anything within (parenthesizes) should be updated.
9. Scroll to the LAYOUT section and choose the following options to maintain the appearance of the page and navigation:
a. Switch "Hide The Content" button to ON
b. For Layout, choose "Right Sidebar"
c. For Sidebar, select "Meet Our Translators"
10. Under Categories, choose the appropriate staff role.
11. Click Publish when finished.
II - Add new Offer to appear on "Meet the Team" on homepage
1. Under "Offer", click "Add New"
2. Enter the person’s full name in the “Enter Title Here” field.
3. Copy/paste the content from the Body Copy area of another offer into this offer and update accordingly. This will guarantee you get the same look and feel.
4. Choose the appropriate category based on job title.
5. Add the person’s headshot under “Featured Image” and make sure the background is transparent (.png)
6. Update the Post Attribute Order field to keep with the alphabetical order. You will need to view the list of offers to determine the appropriate Order attribute to assign. You will then need to update all the subsequent offers so they continue with the appropriate order.
7. Hit Publish.
III - Add new profile to Meet the Team landing page
This content will need to be added manually and does not pull from other areas on the site, like the homepage or staff profile pages. You'll need to copy/paste the following code into the appropriate area and update it with the new staff member's information.
Stage location: http://stage.scivelo.pitt.edu/meet-our-translators/
Production location: http://scivelo.pitt.edu/meet-our-translators/
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