Mercedeh Movassagh, PhD
2023 Innovator Award Recipient
This award was funded by the Rudi Schulte Research Institute.
2023 Innovator Award RecipientImproving neonatal hydrocephalus diagnosis, treatment, and prevention through metagenomics and genetic characterization in Ugandan cohorts.
Dr. Mercedeh Movassagh is an assistant research professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at Yale University. Her study entitled “Improving neonatal hydrocephalus diagnosis, treatment, and prevention through metagenomics and genetic characterization in Ugandan cohorts.” aims to leverage RNA sequencing to identify pathogens in the infant hydrocephalus cases, and characterize the infant hydrocephalus genetic variants in Uganda.