Dr. Nagwa El-Badri is the Founding Chair of the internationally accredited Biomedical Sciences Program, and the Founding Director of the Center of Excellence for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine at Zewail City of Science and Technology. She trained as a Fellow and an Initial Investigator of the American Heart Association. She received research support from the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, STDF, the American Heart Association, the National Institutes of Health, and several other foundations. She contributed over 120 publications and books in the field of stem cell biology and regenerative medicine and was named by Scholar GPS at top scholar in the stem cell field.  

Dr. Nagwa was the founder and Director of the Undergraduate and Graduate Program of Women's Health at USF, the graduate program in Aging and Neuroscience, and the Medicine and Gender Scholarly Concentration at the College of Medicine, USF. She is recipient of many awards including the Women Appreciation Award from the Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research and Technology for 2020. She was selected for AAMC Mid-Career Women Faculty Professional Development and was awarded Exemplary Leader in Management Position for Global Women in Stem, Meera Kaul Foundation. She is an elected Fellow of the American College of Nutrition, and the African Academy of Science. served on several national and international committees including the Arab League Education and Cultural Organization Research Committee, the Higher Education Reform Experts Committee, and the Council for Education and Scientific Research Policies at the Academy of Scientific Research, and the National Council for Women.