Professional Association::
American Association for Cancer Research
Somali Medical Asociation of North America
You can contact Dr Shire at:
shire.abdirashid@mayo.edu
Phone: 507 271 2667
To see his research publications
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Dr Abdirashid Mohamed Shire has an extraordinary Academic Curriculum Vitae.
In 1988 he earned his B.Sc.degree in Biology at the Lafole College of Education in Somalia. Further he pursued and obtained his Master Degree in Medical Parasitology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London, UK. 1995.
In 2003 he earned a Ph.D merit in Molecular Biology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. University of London, UK. His Ph.D thesis was titled "New Genomic Repetetive Sequences of Entamoeba Dispar"
Dr Shire worked then as a Visiting Research Fellow until he decided to pursue a post doctoral research at the University of Iowa, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, in Iowa City. During his 14 month fellowship, his field of research encompassed study of genes linked to Stargardt Disease (Macular Degeneration).
Since April 2005, Dr Shire works as a research fellow at Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. His field of research involves the study of genes linked to primary liver carcinoma.
