Rashika El Ridi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Rashika El Ridi

immunologist

Date of Birth: 23-Jun-1941

Place of Birth: Alexandria, Alexandria Governorate, Egypt

Profession: immunologist

Nationality: Egypt

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Rashika Ahmed Fathi El Ridi, a professor of Immunology, Department of Zoology Faculty of Science, Cairo University. In October 2009, Professor Rashika El Ridi won L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science for the year 2010 within the five most achievable women in the continents of the world.
The jury for the prize said in a statement that the winning of professor Rashika El Ridi for Africa Group and the Arab countries was based on her contribution to the development of a vaccine to eradicate the cycle of schistosomiasis, a tropical disease infecting more than 200 million people in the world.