Akram Da'darah

Akram Da'darah, PhD, MSc, is a Research Assistant Professor at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine who joined the Molecular Helminthology Laboratory in 2010. His main research focuses on Host-Parasite interaction as well as vaccine development for schistosomiasis. Prior to joining Tufts University, Akram has worked at the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases/Harvard School of Public Health for twelve years as a post doctoral fellow, a research associate and a scientist. He has extensive experience in studying schistosome parasites.

He received his PhD in Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology in 1997 from Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine/Hamburg University, Germany. His PhD research focused on the identification and characterization of drug targets for filarial parasites. He also obtained a Master's degree in cytogenetics.