Professor Sherifa Ahmed Hamed is a professor of Neurology, Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Assiut University, Faculty of medicine, Assiut, Egypt. She graduated from Assiut University, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut, Egypt as follow: Bachelor Degree of Medicine (MBBCH): 1989 (Excellent with honour), Master Degree (MSC) in Neurology and Psychiatry: 1995 (Excellent) and Doctor Degree in Neurology (M.D.): 2002. She had more than 100 international publications. She is a reviewer and among the editorial board of many journals.

Prof. Dr. Hamed Sherifa A fields of interest include: General Neurology, Neuroepidemiology, Paediatric Neurology, Neurology and Psychiatric disorders, Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration, Neurogenetics, Neuroendocrinology, Neuro-otology, Neuroimmunology, Neurobiology, Neurophysiology, Neuropsychobiology, Neuropsychopharmacology, Neuropharmacology, Neuronal plasticity and repair.