Suleiman Hamidu
Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Faculty Fellow
Biomedical Research and Training Centre (BioRTC), Damaturu, Yobe, Nigeria
Faculty Mentor: Robert Grossman, Fredrick H. Rawson Distinguished Service Professor in Medicine and Computer Science, Jim and Karen Frank Director, Center for Translational Data Science (CTDS), Chief of the Section Biomedical Data Science, Dept. of Medicine, Chief Research Informatics Officer (CIRO), Biological Sciences Division
RESEARCH:
Suleiman Hamidu is a Neuroscientist and Data Analyst who specializes in research related to dementia and its risk factors. As an Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Faculty Fellow, Hamidu is going to conduct research that focuses on the genetic, clinical, and environmental risk factors for dementia in African populations so as to better predict and understand dementia risk. His work involves analyzing large-scale clinical, cognitive, and population health datasets from community and hospital cohorts in northern Nigeria to ultimately improve dementia risk stratification and prevention strategies in diverse communities and environments. Hamidu will use artificial intelligence and machine-learning approaches to support the integration and analysis of large and complex datasets including clinical, cognitive, geospatial, and genomic data. These methods will enable risk prediction and pattern discovery beyond the current traditional statistical approaches to understanding dementia risk factors.
BIO:
Suleiman Hamidu earned his PhD in Human Anatomy from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, in 2024. Currently, he serves as a lecturer in Human Anatomy (Neuroscience) at Gombe State University and as the Research Deputy Director at the Biomedical Research and Training Centre (BioRTC), Damaturu, Yobe, Nigeria, a state-of-the-art bioscience laboratory. BioRTC works to provide research and training opportunities in biomedical sciences to address local and global problems. Hamidu’s BioRTC research group has secured multiple grants from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Alzheimer’s Association, Rainwater Charitable Foundation, and the Welcome Trust. Hamidu’s work at BioRTC focuses on dementia epidemiology, neuropsychiatric assessment, and the application of data science and AI in low-resource settings. In addition, Hamidu is a visiting research fellow with the highly collaborative and interdisciplinary community of more than 50 neuroscience groups at the University of Sussex. Hamidu’s Google Scholar Profile is accessible here.