Decoded genetic variants behind a hidden heart disease, accepted at an IEEE conference
Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy is an inherited heart disease that can cause sudden cardiac death in young, healthy people. Ajwa studied missense variants in the five desmosomal genes linked to it, interpreting each variant by where it sits on the protein interfaces that hold heart cells together, to help tell disease-causing mutations from harmless ones.
Genetics & Cardiology
First-author paper accepted at an IEEE conference
IEEE, 2026
An 11th grader at Highland Park High School interested in genetics and medicine.
First author of a structural study of genetic variants in arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy, accepted at an IEEE conference.
First-author paper accepted at an IEEE conference
Analyzed variants across five desmosomal genes
Interface-aware approach to classifying disease-causing mutations
Ariham Jain, First-author paper accepted at an IEEE conference