Dr. Reham Milhem

• A biomedical scientist with experience in the MENA region as a medical communications consultant and writer (MedComms). I write for regional Health Care Professionals (HCPs) and Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) within the scope of advisory board meetings, scientific events, publications, and strategic medical communications.
• My work extends to writing tailored client proposals and field training intended for publishing within the scope of capacity-building for quality research publishing.
• I am an advocate of transdisciplinary areas within STREAM, youth empowerment, and science diplomacy as a universal language to foster mutual understanding.

• Medical Communications Consulting & Writing (MedComms)
  • Therapeutic areas: oncology therapeutic areas, clinical trial data, molecular pathology, genetics, diabetes, neurology, rheumatology, dermatology, ophthalmology, women’s and men’s health conditions & neuromuscular disorders.
• STEM/STREAM transdisciplinary areas
  • K-12, higher education and research
• Science Advisor
  • Educational reform
  • Health
  • Science curriculum design and content writer

• European Medical Writers Association (EMWA) (pending)

• STEM design thinking approach for STEM Best Practice Awards (MENA):
  • STEM field visits to Dubai private schools
  • STEM judging panel sessions
  • Speaker at the STEM Summit for regional STEM educators
• Professional Trainer, and Consultant for “Holistic Approach to Health” program – Nord Anglia Education® and Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge (ADEK®):
  • Educational awareness sessions about how to address puberty concerns and teenage health issues.
  • Science Advisor (Nord Anglia Education®) and Curriculum Support Specialist (Mosaica®) for the ADEK® Public-Private Partnership (PPP)-weekly seminars and workshops around the following topics:
  • Pedagogic methods: differentiated teaching and learning, effective learning and teaching, assessment for learning, rich questioning, constructive feedback, blooms taxonomy, learning strategies, critical thinking, and scientific enquiry methods (and many more)
  • Building capacity
  • Leading innovation and change
  • Curriculum design and assessment strategies
  • SMART technologies
  • Effective presentations and workshops
  • Coaching & mentoring as a strategy for professional development
  • Content writing for science textbooks and practical work
  • Science fairs
  • Integrated learning (Sscience, English, Math, and ICT)
  • 21^st Century skills… and many more

• Milhem RM Consulting-ME MedComms Consulting
• Gerson Lehrman Group- Healthcare consulting
• UAEU: Biomedical Researcher and Postdoctoral Fellow
• NordAnglia Education: Science Advisor
• Mosaica Education: Curriculum Support Specialist
• Jordan University of Science & Technology (JUST): Postgraduate Researcher
• International Pharmaceutical Research Center: Clinical Supervisor

• Jordan
• Bahrain
• United Arab Emirates

• Internal Grant, Postgraduate researcher, Elucidation of the cellular mechanism underlying MUSK-mediated CMS, NRF grant, 2012-2014, 40k dirhams-paper published.
• Internal Grant, Postgraduate researcher, Elucidation of the cellular mechanism underlying FZD4-mediated FEVR-40k dirhams-paper published.
• Internal Grant, Postgraduate PhD researcher, Manipulation of Endoplasmic Reticulum Degradation Machinery for Therapy of Genetic Diseases-250k dirhams- dissertation.

• Al Ahmad, M., Milhem, R. M., Mustafa, F., Rizvi, T., (2016).
  Direct estimation of energy stored in DNA. (Scientific Reports| Nature).
• Milhem, R. M., Al-Gazali, L. I., Ali, B. R. (2015).
  Improved plasma membrane expression of the trafficking defective P344R mutant of muscle, skeletal, receptor tyrosine kinase (MuSK) causing congenital myasthenic syndrome. The international journal of biochemistry & cell biology.
• Milhem, R. M., Ben-Salem, S. M., Al-Gazali, L. I., Ali, B. R. (2014).
  Identification of the cellular mechanisms that modulate trafficking of Frizzled Family Receptor 4 (FZD4) missense mutants associated with FEVR. Invest Ophth. Vis Sci. (Animated front cover for June 2014 Issue).
• Matlik, H. N., Milhem, R. M., Saadeldin, I. Y., Al-Jaibeji, H. S., Al-Gazali, L., Ali, B. R. (2014).
  Clinical and molecular analysis of a novel COLQ missense mutation causing congenital myasthenic syndrome in a Syrian family. Pediatr Neurol.
• Saadeldin, I. M., Milhem, R. M., Al-Ghazali, Lihadh. Ali, Bassam. (2013).
  Novel KCNQ2 Mutation in a large Emirati family with benign familial neonatal seizures. Pediatr Neurol.
• Ali, B. R., Ben-Rebeh, I., John, A., Akawi, N. A., Milhem, R. M., Al-Shehhi, N. A., Al-Gazali, L. (2011).
  Endoplasmic reticulum quality control is involved in the mechanism of endoglin-mediated hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia. PLoS One.
• Milhem, R. M. (2015) http://scholarworks.uaeu.ac.ae/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1015&contex t=a ll_dissertations

Conferences

• M. Milhem, L. Al-Gazali and B.R. Ali. Poster: FASEB science research conference on protein folding in the cell. July 20-26, 2014, Saxtons River, VT, USA.
• R. Ali, A. John, R.M. Milhem. Poster: Genomic Disorders 2012: the genomics of rare diseases, March 21-24, 2012, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK.
• M. Milhem, L. Al-Gazali and B.R. Ali. Conference Speaker: 5^th Pan Arab Human Genetics Conference: Genomics into Healthcare-November 17-19, 2013, Dubai, UAE.
• M. Milhem, L. Al-Gazali and B.R. Ali. Conference Speaker: 1^st UAE Graduate Research Conference: March, 19-21, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
• UAEU Delegate. 6^th Pan Arab Human Genetics Conference: Genetics of Multifactorial Diseases-January 21-23, 2016, Dubai, UAE.
• Arab Innovation Network Annual Conference (AINAC). VIP Guest. September 2728, 2016, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi.