Research Interests

Nutrition Department

Dr. Tahra Al Obeid

tahra.e@qu.edu.qa

Research Interests:

Dr. Elobeid’s research focuses on functional foods, micronutrient fortification, indigenous foods, food composition and food product development.

Publications:

Soldati L, Tomei S, Wang E, Kerkadi A, ElObeid T, Amuna P, Chouchane L and Ter-ranegra A. (2016) Potential Nutrigenomic Approaches to Reduce the High Incidence of obesity in Qatar. J Nutr Food Sci 6: 472. doi:10.4172/2155-9600.1000472.
12. S Phobo, K. Shetty and El Obeid Tahra 2015. .: Evaluation of anti-diabetic and anti-hypertensive potential of some traditional food plants of Qatar using in vitro assays, Journal of Medicinally Active Plants, 4, 3: 22-29.

Dr. Abdelhamid Kerkadi

abdel.hamid@qu.edu.qa

Research Interests:

His research is manly oriented to community nutrition and nutrition intervention especially obesity prevention

Publications:

Soldati L, Tomei S, Wang E, Kerkadi A, ElObeid T, Amuna P, Chouchane L and Ter-ranegra A. (2016) Potential Nutrigenomic Approaches to Reduce the High Incidence of obesity in Qatar. J Nutr Food Sci 6: 472. doi:10.4172/2155-9600.1000472.

Dr. Hiba Bawadi

hbawadi@qu.edu.qa

Research Interests:

Diabetes

Publications:

Tayyem, R.F., Bawadi, H.A., Shehadah, I., Agraib, L.M., AbuMweis, S.S., Al-Jaberi, T., Al-Nusairr, M., Bani-Hani, K.E. and Heath, D.D., 2016. Dietary patterns and colorectal cancer. Clinical Nutrition.
Naja, F., Nasreddine, L., Yunis, K., Clinton, M., Nassar, A., Jarrar, S.F., Moghames, P., Ghazeeri, G., Rahman, S., Al-Chetachi, W. and Sadoun, E., Lubbad, N., Bashwar., Bawadi, H., Hwalla, N., 2016. Study protocol: Mother and Infant Nutritional Assessment (MINA) cohort study in Qatar and Lebanon. BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 16(1), p.1.
Bawadi, H., Katkhouda, R., Al-Haifi, A., Tayyem, R., Elkhoury, C.F. and Jamal, Z., 2016. Energy balance and macronutrient distribution in relation to C-reactive protein and HbA1c levels among patients with type 2 diabetes. Food & nutrition research, 60.
Tayyem, R.F., Bawadi, H.A., AbuMweis, S.S., Allehdan, S., Agraib, L., Ghazzawi, H.A., Al-Mannai, M.A. and Musaiger, A.O., 2016. Association between mass media and body weight concern among Jordanian adolescents’ residents of Amman: the role of gender and obesity. Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine, pp.1-9.
Tayyem, R.F., Bawadi, H.A., Shehadah, I., AbuMweis, S.S., Agraib, L.M., Al‐Jaberi, T., Al‐Nusairr, M., Heath, D.D. and Bani‐Hani, K.E., 2016. Meats, milk and fat consumption in colorectal cancer. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics.
Tayyem RF, Bawadi H, Shehadeh I, Agraib L, Bani-Hani K, Al-Awwad N and Heath D. 2016. Consumption of Whole Grains, Refined Cereals and Legumes and its Association with Colorectal Cancer among Jordanians Integrative Cancer Therapies.
Bawadi, H.A., Banks, A.D., Tayyem, R.F. and ElKhoury, C., 2016. Meals served to hypertensive and cardiac inpatients in Jordan: comparison with WHO and NIH dietary guidelines/Repas servis aux patients hospitalisés atteints d'hypertension et de car-diopathie en Jordanie: comparaison avec les recommendations alimentaires de l'Or-ganisation mondiale de la santé et de l'Institut national de santé. Eastern Mediterra-nean Health Journal, 22(1), p.28.
Allehdan, S. S., Tayyem, R. F., Bawadi, H. A. A., Al-Awwad, N. J., Al-Mannai, M., Musaiger, A. O. (2017). Fast foods perception among adolescents by gender and wNeuigtrhittio sntatus and Health, 2, 39-45.
Bawadi, H., Tayyem, R., Muhanna, S., Tuuri, G., Keenan, M., Faris, M., losso, J. (2017). Stage of change toward “9-a-day” not “5-a-day” is associated with lower bEomdeyr wale dight.
Tayyem, R., Al-Shudifat, A.-E., Johannessen, A., Bawadi, H., AbuMweis, s., Agraib, L., Allhedan, S., Haj-Husein, Azab Dietary patterns and the risk of coronary heart disease among Jordanians: A case–control sEtulsdeyv. ie.r

Prof. Mohamed Ahmedna

ahmedna@qu.edu.qa

Publications:

Sampath, C., Rashid, MR, Sang, S., Ahmedna, M., 2017. Specific bioactive com-pounds in ginger and apple alleviate hyperglycemia in mice with high fat diet-induced obesity via Nrf2 mediated pathway. Food Chemistry, Published January2017, DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2017.01.056,
Sampath, C., Rashida, M. R., Sang S., Ahmedna, M. 2017. Green tea epigallocatechin3-gallate alleviates hyperglycemia and reduces advanced glycation end products vianrf2 pathway in mice with high fat diet-induced obesity. Biomedicine and Pharma-cotherapy, 87 (2017), 73-81.
Sampatha, S., Zhub, Y., Sang, S., and Ahmedna, M. 2016. In vitro and in vivo inhibition of aldose reductase and advanced glycation end products by phloretin, epigallo-catechin 3-gallate and [6]-gingerol. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy 84 (2016) 502–513,
Sampatha, S., Zhub, Y., Sang, S., and Ahmedna, M. 2016. Bioactive compounds isolated from apple, tea, and ginger protect against dicarbonyl induced stress in cultured human retinal epithelial cells. Phytomedicine, 23 (2): 200-213Rehrah, D,, Bansode, R.R., Hassan, O., Ahmednaa, M. 2016. Physico-chemical characterization of biochars from solid municipal waste for use in soil amendment Journal: Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 118 (2016): 43-53.
Li, Y., Yu, J., Goktepe, I., Ahmedna, M. 2016. The potential of papain and alcalase en-zymes and process optimizations to reduce allergenic gliadins in wheat flour. Food Chemistry, 196: 1338-1345.
Taylor, T.M.., Vlaev, I., Taylor, D., Gately, P., Ahmedna, M. Kerkadi, A., Lothian, J.,Alsaadi, A., Al-Kuwari, M., Gholoum, S., Al-Kuwari, H., Darzi, A. 2015. A weight-management camp followed by weekly after-school lifestyle education sessions as an obesity intervention for Qatari children: a prospective cohort study. The LANCET, Volume 386, Special Issue, S72, 13 November 2015.
Yu, J., Hernandez, M., Li, H., Goktepe, I., Robinette, C., Auerbach, A., Peden D., Ah-medna, M. 2015. Allergenicity of roasted peanuts treated with a non-human diges-tive protease. Food Research International, 69: 341-347.
Zhu, Y., Zhao, Y., Wang, P., Ahmedna, M., Ho, C.-T., Sang, S. 2015. Tea flavanols block advanced glycation of lens crystallins induced by dehydroascorbic acid 2015. Chemi-cal Research in Toxicology, 28(1): 135-143.
Bansode, R.R., Randolph, P., Ahmedna, M., Williams, L.L., Yu, J. 2015. Bioavailability and hypolipidemic effects of peanut skin polyphenols. Journal of Medicinal Food, 18(3): 265-272.
Zhu, Y., Zhao, Y., Wang, P., Ahmedna, M., Sang, S. 2015. Bioactive Ginger Constitu-ents Alleviate Protein Glycation by Trapping Methylglyoxal. Chemical Research in Toxicology, 28 (9):1842-1849.

Dr. Vijay Ganji

vganji@qu.edu.qa

Research Interests:

Communicable Diseases, Diabetes and Neuro_cardio.

Also his research interests include “the effect of public health nutrition programs such as folic acid and vita-min D fortification of foods on nutritional health of a population

Publications:

V. Ganji and C.V. Kies. Yeast breads containing oils varied in fatty acid composition: effects on sensory panel acceptability. Plant Foods for Human Nutrition, 44: 97-103; 1993.
V. Ganji and C.V. Kies. Psyllium husk fiber supplementation to soybean and coconut oil diets of humans: effect on fat digestibility and fecal fatty acid excretion. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 48: 595-597; 1994.
J. Driskell, C.V. Kies, D. Giraud, S. Dempsey, V. Ganji, A. Edionwe and J. Kandiah. Plasma pyridoxal 5'-phosphate concentrations and urinary 4-pyridoxic acid:creatinine ratios of adults of various ethnicities. Ecology of Food and Nutrition, 32: 129-136; 1994.
V. Ganji and C.V. Kies. Zinc bioavailability and tea consumption: studies in healthy humans consuming self-selected and laboratory-controlled diets. Plant Foods for Human Nutrition, 46: 267-276; 1994.
V. Ganji, N. Betts and D. Whitehead. Nutrient intakes of 1-3, 4-6 and 7-10 year age group children: analysis of diets reported in 1987-88 Nationwide Food Consumption Survey. Nutrition Research, 15 (5): 623-631; 1995.
V. Ganji and N. Betts. Fat, cholesterol, fiber and sodium intakes of US population: Evaluation of diets reported in 1987-88 Nationwide Food Consumption Survey. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 49: 915-920; 1995.
V. Ganji and C.V. Kies. Psyllium husk fiber supplementation to the diets rich in soybean or coconut oil: hypocholesterolemic effect in healthy humans. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition, 47: 103-110; 1996.
V. Ganji, J. Hampl and N. Betts. Macronutrients, cholesterol, sodium and fiber intakes of 1-10 years old US children by age, gender and race. Nutrition Research, 18 (3): 465-473, 1998.
V. Ganji and M. R. Kafai. Elevated serum selenium concentrations in diabetic and non diabetic cohorts with poor glycemic control. International Journal of Diabetes and Metabolism, 10 (2): 78-82, 2002.
V. Ganji and M. R. Kafai. Demographic, health, lifestyle and blood vitamin determinants of serum total homocysteine concentration in the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-1994. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 77 (4): 826-833, 2003.
M. R. Kafai, and V. Ganji. "Gender, age, geographical location, smoking and alcohol consumption influence serum selenium concentrations in the US. Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology 17 (1): 13-18, 2003.
V. Ganji, J. Hampl and N. Betts. Race, gender and age specific differences in micronutrient intakes of 1-10 years old US children. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition 54 (6): 485-490, 2003.
V. Ganji and M. R. Kafai. Serum total homocysteine concentration determinants in non-Hispanic White, non-Hispanic black and Mexican American populations of the United States. Ethnicity and Disease 14 (4): 476-482, 2004.
V. Ganji and M. R. Kafai. Frequent consumption of milk, yogurt, cold breakfast cereals, and pepper and cruciferous vegetables, and intakes of dietary folate and riboflavin but not vitamins B-12 and B-6 are inversely associated with serum total homocysteine concentration in the US population. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 80 (12): 1500-1507, 2004.
V. Ganji and M. R. Kafai. Population determinants of serum lycopene concentrations in the United States: data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-1994, Journal of Nutrition 135 (3): 567-562, 2005.
V. Ganji and M. R. Kafai. Population references for plasma total homocysteine concentrations for U.S. children and adolescents in the post-folic acid fortification era. Journal of Nutrition, 135 (9): 2253-2256, 2005.
V. Ganji and M. R. Kafai. Trends in serum folate, red blood cell folate and circulating total homocysteine concentrations in the US: data from nationally representative sample surveys from pre- and post-folate fortification periods, 1988-2002. Journal of Nutrition, 136 (1): 153-158, 2006.
V. Ganji and M. R. Kafai. Population references for plasma total homocysteine concentrations for US adults in the post-folic acid fortification period. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2006 (5) 84: 989-994.
Wyckoff and V. Ganji. Proportion of individuals with low vitamin B-12 concentrations without macrocytosis is higher in the post-folic acid fortification period than in the pre-folic acid fortification period. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2007 (4) 86:1187-1192.
V. Ganji and J. Kuo. Effect of psyllium fiber on serum lipids in hypercholesterolemic women: difference between pre- and post-menopausal women. Nutrition Journal 2008, 7:22.
V. Ganji and M. R. Kafai. Hemoglobin, hematocrit, and prevalence of anemia are lower in the post-folic acid fortification period compared to the pre-folic acid fortification period in US adults. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2009, 89 (1): 363-371.
V. Ganji, M. R. Kafai, and E. McCarthy. Serum leptin concentrations are not related to the dietary patterns but are related to sex, age, waist circumference, and smoking in the US population. Nutrition and Metabolism, 2009, 6(1): 3.
Culberson, M. R. Kafai, and V. Ganji. Association between glycemic load and components and prevalence of metabolic syndrome in the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-1994. International Archives in Medicine, 2009, 2(1): 3.
V. Ganji and M. R. Kafai. Demographic, lifestyle, and health characteristics and serum B-vitamin status are determinants of plasma total homocysteine concentration in the post-folic acid fortification Period, 1999-2004. Journal of Nutrition, 2009: 139 (2): 345-352.
E. Lipiluna and V. Ganji. Incorporation of flaxseed into the bakery products: impact on sensory and nutritional properties. Journal of Foodservice, 2009, 20 (2): 52-59.
LaCombe and V. Ganji. Influence of two breakfast meals differing in glycemic load on satiety, hunger, and energy intake in preschool children. Nutrition Journal, 2010, 9 (11): 53.
V. Ganji, C. Milone, M. Cody, F. MaCarty, T. Wang. Serum vitamin D concentrations are related to depression in the US population. International Archives in Medicine, 2010, 3 (11): 29.
M. Vijay-Kumar, F. Carvalho, J. Aitken, T. R. Ziegler, A Gewirtz, V. Ganji. Loss of function mutation in toll-like receptor-4 (TLR4) does not offer protection against obesity and insulin resistance induced by a diet high in trans fat in mice. Journal of Inflammation 2011: 11; 8 (1): 2.
M. Vijay-Kumar, J. Aitken, S. Vanegas, N. Patel, V. Ganji. Fish oil rich diet in comparison to saturated fat rich diet offered protection against lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammation and insulin resistance in mice.
Nutrition and Metabolism 2011: 9; 8 (1): 16.
V. Ganji, X. Zhang, and V. Tangpricha. Serum vitamin D concentrations are associated with prevalence of metabolic syndrome and various cardiometabolic risk factors in US children based on assay-adjusted serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D data from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2001-2006. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2011:94 (1) 225-233.
V. Ganji and M. R. Kafai. Population attributable risk and population attributable risk percentage for high methylmalonic acid concentrations in the post-folic acid fortification period in the US. Nutrition and Metabolism, 2012: 9 (1):1.
V. Ganji, V. Tangpricha, and X. Zhang. Prevalence of serum vitamin D concentrations in the assay-adjusted data from the National Center for Health Statistics. Journal of Nutrition, 2012: 142 (3):498-507.
A.M. Nucci, C. S. Russell, R. Luo, V. Ganji, F. Olabopo, Hopkins, M. F. Holick, K. Rajakumar. The Effectiveness of a Short Food Frequency Questionnaire in Determining Vitamin D Intake in Children. Dermatoendocrinology 5:1, 1–6; January/February/March 2013.
M. Penumetcha, P. Arora, X. Zhang, V. Ganji. Dietary intake of fried and processed foods is inversely associated with the markers of obesity but directly associated with glucose intolerance. Nutrition and Food Science 2014: 44 (1): 6-16
V. Ganji and M.R. Kafai. Population reference values for serum methylmalonic acid concentrations and its relation with sex, age, race-ethnicity, kidney function, and vitamin B-12 n in the post-folic acid fortification period. Accepted for Publication in Nutrients. 2018, 10(1), 74; doi:10.3390/nu10010074.

Dr. Zumin Shi

Zumin@qu.edu.qa

Research Interests:

Diabetes, Cancer, Neuro-cardio, Health Profession Education

Dr. Ioannis Savvaidis

Ioannis@qu.edu.qa

Public Health Department

Dr. Hanan F. Abdul Rahim

Hanan.arahim@qu.edu.qa

Research Interests:

Dr. Abdul Rahim’s research interests are in the social determinants of health, with a special interest in the health and wellbeing of women and in non-communicable diseases.

Publications:

Khaled SM, Shockley BL, Abdul Rahim HF. The Effects of Citizenship Status on Service Utilization and General Satisfaction with Healthcare: a Cross-cultural Study. International Journal of Quality in Health Care (accepted for publication, October 2016)

Dr. Lukman Thalib

lthalib@qu.edu.qa

Research Interests:

His research interest and publications are in a wide variety of clinical and epidemiological applications
Cancer, Diabetes

Publications:

Thalib L, Furuya-Kanamori L, AlHabib KF, Alfaleh HF, AlShamiri MQ, Amin H, Al Su-waidi J, Sulaiman K, Almahmeed W, Alsheikh-Ali AA, Al-Motarreb A, Doi SA. Validation of the 6-Month GRACE Score in Predicting 1-Year Mortality of Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome Admitted to the Arabian Gulf Hospitals. Angiolo-gy. 2016 Jul 18. pii: 0003319716659179
Gillespie B, Webster J, Ellwood Stapleton H, Whitty J, Thalib L, Cullum N, Mahomed K, Chaboyer W. Adding negative pressure to improve healing (the DRESSING trial): A RCT Protocol. BMJ Open (2016) Feb 1;6(2):e 010287
Chaboyer, W., Bucknall, T., Webster, J., McInnes, E., Gillespie, B., Banks, M., Whitty, J. Thalib, L., Roberts, S., Tallott, M., Cullum, N. & Wallis, M. (in press). The effect of a patient centered care bundle intervention on pressure ulcer incidence (INTACT): a cluster randomized trial. International Journal of Nursing Studies (accepted 21 September, 2016).
Kashour TS, Joury A, Alotaibi AM, Althagafi M, Almufleh AS, Hersi A, Thalib L. Quality of assessment and counselling offered by community pharmacists and medication sale without prescription to patients presenting with acute cardiac symptoms: a simulated client study. Eur J Clin Pharmacol. (2016) Mar;72(3):321-8.
Moyle, W., Jones, C., Murfield, J., Draper, B., Beattie, E., Shum, D., Thalib, L., O'Dwyer, S., Mervin, C. M. (2017). Levels of physical activity and sleep patterns among older people with dementia living in long-term care facilities: A 24-h sMnatpusrhitaost., 10, 262-68.
Thalib, L., Abdeen, Y. (in press). Obesity and Maternal Perception: A Cross Sectional Study of Children Aged 6 to 8 years in KuEwaastit .Mediterranean Journal of Health
Al-Qahtani, A. A., Alabsi, E. S., AbuOdeh, R., Thalib, L., El Zowalaty, M. E. M. M., Nasrallah, G. K. (2017). Erratum to: prevalence of anelloviruses (TTV, TTMDV, and TTMV) in healthy blood donors and in patients infected with HBV or HCVV inro Qloagtya jro. urnal,( 14), 143.
Moyle, W., El Saifi, N., Draper, B., Jones, C., Beattie, E., Shum, D., Thalib, L., Mervin, C., O Dwyer, S. (2017). Pharmacotherapy of Persons with Dementia in Long-Term Care in Australia: A Descriptive Audit of Central Nervous System MCeduircreantiot ndsru.g safety, 12(2), 95 to 102.
Moyle, W., Jones, C., Murfield, J., Thalib, L., Beattie, E., Shum, D., Draper, B. (2017). Using a therapeutic companion robot for dementia symptoms in long-term care: reflections from a cluster-RCTA.ging & mental health.
Chaboyer, W., Bucknall, T., Gillespie, B., Thalib, L., McInnes, E., Considine, J., Murray, E., Duffy, P., Tuck, M., Harbeck, E. (2017). Adherence to evidence-based pressure injury prevention guidelines in routine clinical practice: a longitudInintaelr nsatutidoyn.al wound journal, 1(46), 1290-1298.
Doi SAR, Furuya-Kanamori, L., Thalib, L., Barendregt, J. J. (2017). Meta-analysis in evidence based healthcare: a paradigm shift away from random effects Iinst eorvneartdiounea. L journal of evidence-based healthca(4re),, 11552-160.
Walker, R. M., Gillespie, B. M., Thalib, L., Higgins, N. S., Whitty, J. A. (2017). Foam dressings for treating pressure ulceTrhse. Cochrane database of systematic review CwDs0, 110332.
Moyle, W., Mervin, C., Jones, C., Murfield, J., Draper, B., Shum, D., O'Dwyer, S., Thalib, L. (in press). The Cost-Effectiveness of Using PARO, a Therapeutic Robotic Seal, to Reduce Agitation and Medication Use in Dementia: Findings from a Cluster Randomised-Controlled Trial Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
Whitty, J. A., McInnes, E., Bucknall, T., Webster, J., Gillespie, B. M., Banks, M., Thalib, L., Wallis, M., Cumsille, J., Roberts, S., Chaboyer, W. (2017). The cost-effectiveness of a patient centred pressure ulcer prevention care bundle: Findings from the INTACT cluster randomized trial international journal of nursing studies.
Chaboyer, W., Harbeck, E., Bucknall, T., McInnes, E., Thalib, L., Whitty, J., Wallis, M., Gillespie, B. (2017). Initial psychometric testing and validation of the patient participation in pressure injury prevention scaJloeurnal of Advanced Nursing.
Moyle, W., Jones, C. J., Murfield, J. E., Thalib, L., Beattie ERA, Shum DKH, O'Dwyer, S. T., Mervin, M. C., Draper, B. M. (2017). Use of a Robotic Seal as a Therapeutic Tool to Improve Dementia Symptoms: A Cluster-Randomized Control Jloeudr nTarila ol.f the American Medical Directors Association.
Murlasits, Z., Kneffel, Z., Thalib, L. (2017). The physiological effects of concurrent strength and endurance training sequence: A systematic review and metJao-aunrnaalyl soifs .sports sciences , 1-8.
Thalib, L. (2018). Effect of a robotic seal on the motor activity and sleep patterns of older people with dementia, as measured by wearable technology: a cluster-randomized controlled trial Maturitas

Dr. Shafqat Shehzad

sshehzad@qu.edu.qa

Publications:

Hurley, M., Arthur, H., Cheesex, C., Oh, P., Adawi, K. I., Grace, S. (2017). Burden, Screening, and Treatment of Depressive and Anxious Symptoms among Women Referred To Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Prospective Study women's Health

Dr. Manar Elhassan

melhassan@qu.edu.qa

Research Interests:

Her research interests include discrete data analysis, survival analysis, epidemiology, statistical modeling, clinical trials and analysis of complex survey data on women and children health.
Cancer
Diabetes

Publications:

Arabi, A., Ibrahim, S. A., Abdel-Rahman, M., Abdalla, M. S., Ahmed, S. E., Dempsey, E. P., Ryan, C. A. (2017). Perinatal outcomes following Helping Babies Breathe training and regular peer-peer skills practice among village midwivesA inrc Shiuvdeasn of disease in childhood , archdischild–2017–312809. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28821501
Mohamed, I. N., Elseed, M. A., Hamed, A. A., Abdel-Rahman, M. E., El-Sadig, S. M., Omer, I. M., Osman, A. H., Ahmed, A. E., Karrar, Z. A., Salih, M. A. (2017). Prevalence of epilepsy in 74,949 schoolchildren in Khartoum State, Suidlientrics and International Child Health, 37(3), 188-192. https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85011702117
Bonaventure, A., Harewood, R., Stiller, C. A., Gatta, G., Clavel, J., Stefan, D. C., Carreira, H., Spika, D., Marcos-Gragera, R., Peris-Bonet, R., Piñeros, M., Sant, M., Kuehni, C. E., Murphy, M. F.G., Coleman, M. P., Allemani, C., Bouzbid, S., Hamdi-Chérif, M., Zaidi, Z., Bah, E., Swaminathan, R., Nortje, S. H., El Mistiri, M. M., Bayo, S., Malle, B., Manraj, S. S., Sewpaul-Sungkur, R., Fabowale, Ogunbiyi, O. J., Bradshaw, D., Somdyala, N. I.M., Stefan, D. C., Elhassan, M. E. A., Jaidane, L., Mokni, M., Kumcher, I., Moreno, F., González, M. S., Laura, E. A., Espinola, S. B., Calabrano, G. H., Carballo Quintero, B., Fita, R., Garcilazo, D. A., Giacciani, P. L., Diumenjo, M. C., Laspada, W. D., Green, M. A., Lanza, M. F., Ibañez, S. G., Lima, C. A., de Oliveira, E. L., Daniel, C., Scandiuzzi, C., De Souza, P. C.F., Melo, C. D., Del Pino, K., Laporte, C., Curado, M. P., de Oliveira, J. C., Veneziano, C. L.A., Veneziano, D. B., Alexandre, T. S., Verdugo, A. S., Azevedo e Silva, G., Galaz, J. C., Moya, J. A., Herrmann, D. A., Vargas, S., Herrera, V. M., Uribe, C. J., Bravo, L. E., Arias-Ortiz, N. E., Jurado, D. M., Yépez, M. C., Galán, Y. H., Torres, P., Martínez-Reyes, F., Pérez-Meza, M. L., Jaramillo, L., Quinto, R., Cueva, P., Yépez, J. G., Torres-Cintrón, C. R., Tortolero-Luna, G., Alonso, R., Barrios, E., Nikiforuk, C., Shack, L., Coldman, A. J., Woods, R. R., Noonan, G., Turner, D., Kumar, E., Zhang, B., McCrate, F. R., Ryan, S., Hannah, H., Dewar, R. A.D. (2017). Worldwide comparison of survival from childhood leukaemia for 1995–2009, by subtype, age, and sex (CONCORD-2): a population-based study of individual data for 89828 children from 198 registries in 53 couTnhtreie Lsa. ncet Haematolog(5y), ,4 e202-e217. https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85017432763
Matz, M., Coleman, M. P., Sant, M., Chirlaque, M. D., Visser, O., Gore, M., Allemani, C., Bouzbid, S., Hamdi-Chérif, M., Zaidi, Z., Bah, E., Swaminathan, R., Nortje, S. H., C.Stefan, D., El Mistiri, M. M., Bayo, S., Malle, B., Manraj, S. S., Sewpaul-Sungkur, R., Fabowale, A., Ogunbiyi, O. J., Bradshaw, D., Somdyala, N. I.M., Elhassan, M. E. A., Jaidane, L., Mokni, M., Kumcher, I., Moreno, F., González, M. S., Laura, E. A., Espinola, S. B., Calabrano, G. H., Carballo Quintero, B., Fita, R., Garcilazo, D. A., Giacciani, P. L., Diumenjo, M. C., Laspada, W. D., Green, M. A., Lanza, M. F., Ibañez, S. G., Lima, C. A., Lobo de Oliveira, E., Daniel, C., Scandiuzzi, C., De Souza, P. C.F., Melo, C. D., Del Pino, K., Laporte, C., Curado, M. P., de Oliveira, J. C., Veneziano, C. L.A., Veneziano, D. B., Alexandre, T. S., Verdugo, A. S., Azevedo e Silva, G., Galaz, J. C., Moya, J. A., Herrmann, D. A., Vargas, S., Herrera, V. M., Uribe, C. J., Bravo, L. E., Arias-Ortiz, N. E., Jurado, D. M., Yépez, M. C., Galán, Y. H., Torres, P., Martínez-Reyes, F., Pérez-Meza, M. L., Jaramillo, L., Quinto, R., Cueva, P., Yépez, J. G., Torres-Cintrón, C. R., Tortolero-Luna, G., Alonso, R., Barrios, E., Nikiforuk, C., Shack, L., Coldman, A. J., Woods, R. R., Noonan, G., Turner, D., Kumar, E., Zhang, B., McCrate, F. R., Ryan, S., Hannah, H., Dewar, R. A.D., MacIntyre, M., Lalany, A., Ruta, M., Marrett, L., Nishri, D. E., McClure, C., Vriends, K. A., Bertrand, C., Louchini, R., Robb, K. I. (2017). The histology of ovarian cancer: worldwide distribution and implications for international survival comparisons (CONCOGRyDne-2c)o.logic Oncology,( 21)4,4 405-413. https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85007602318
Shack, L., Coldman, A. J., Woods, R. R., Noonan, G., Turner, D., Kumar, E., Zhang, B., McCrate, F. R., Ryan, S., Hannah, H., Dewar, R. A.D., MacIntyre, M., Lalany, A., Ruta, M., Marrett, L., Nishri, D. E., McClure, C., Vriends, K. A. (2017). Worldwide comparison of ovarian cancer survival: Histological group and stage at diagnosis (CONCORD-2). Gynecologic Oncology,( 21)4,4 396-404. https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85007447735

Dr. Karam Turk-Adawi

kadawi@qu.edu.qa

Research Interests:

Her research interests include health policy, international healthcare services, and cardiovascular-lar disease prevention with a focus on provision and implementation of cardiac rehabilitation programs in developed and less-developed countries.
Communicable Diseases

Publications:

Hurley, M., Arthur, H., Cheesex, C., Oh, P., Adawi, K. I., Grace, S. (2017). Burden, Screening, and Treatment of Depressive and Anxious Symptoms among Women Referred To Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Prospective Study on Women's Health
Moghei, M., Turk-Adawi, K., Isaranuwatchai, W., Sarrafzadegan, N., Oh, P., Chessex, C., Grace, S. L. (2017). Cardiac rehabilitation Icnotesrtns.ational journal of cardiolog,y 3, 224-4328
Turk-Adawi, K., Sarrafzadegan, N., Fadhil, I., Taubert, K., Sadeghi, M., Wenger, N. K., Tan, N. S., Grace, S. L. (2017). Cardiovascular disease in the Eastern Mediterranean region: epidemiology and risk factor buNrdaetunr.e reviews. Cardiology
Hurley, M. C., Arthur, H. M., Chessex, C., Oh, P., Turk-Adawi, K., Grace, S. L. (2017). Burden, screening, and treatment of depressive and anxious symptoms among women referred to cardiac rehabilitation: a prospective BsMtuCdy women's health(,1 1),7 11.
Pesah, E., Supervia, M., Turk-Adawi, K., Grace, S. L. (2017). A Review of Cardiac Rehabilitation Delivery Around the World ogress in cardiovascular disease (e2s),, 26607-280.

Dr. Fahad Hanna

fhanna@qu.edu.qa

Research Interests:

He has special interest in non-communicable disease and in advancing community health by promoting healthy lifestyle and in raising the awareness of all potential and existing barriers to achieving this

Publications:

Elsherif, M., Hanna, F., Asal, S. A., Mustafa, I., Elhag, W. (2017). Dumping Syndrome: case series of uncommon incidence following Laparoscopic Sleeve GastrecOtobmesyity(LSG). Medicine.
Adegboye, O. A., Gayawan, E., Hanna, F. (2017). Spatial modelling of contribution of individual level risk factors for mortality from Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in the Arabian PeninsuPlalo. S one, 1(72), e0181215.
Hanna, F., Al-Shamari, S. D., ElSherif, M. A., Hamid, W. A. (in press). The effect of protein supplementation on body muscle mass and fat mass in post-bariatric surgery: A randomized controlled trial (RCT) study prrcohtoivceosl of Public Health
Hanna, F., Tomasevic-Todorovic, S., Vazic, A., Issaka, A. (in press). Comparative assessment fracture risk among osteoporosis and osteopenia patients: A cross-seOctpioennal study. Access Rheumatology
Hanna, F., Seneviratne, R. D., Gamage, A. U. (2017). Salt Intake, Blood Pressure and Socioeconomic Disparities among government employees in Sri Lanka: A cross-sectionaJl osuturndayl. of Public Health Polic(3y,) ,3 3827. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41271-017-0073-0
Hanna, F., Gamage, A. U., Pearson, D. (2017). A review of climate change in South East Asian Countries and human health: Impacts, vulnerability, adaptation, and mitigatSioonu.th East Asia Journal Of Public He(2a)l,t h3,- 610. https://www.banglajol.info/index.php/SEAJPH/article/view/31829
De Silva, R Awang, S Samsudeen, and F Hanna. A Randomised Single-Blinded Con-trolled Trial on the Effectiveness of Brief Advice on Smoking Cessation among Tertiary Students in Malaysia WDAS. J Health Med Inform. 2016 Feb; 7(1): 217. Pub-lished online 2016 Feb 28. doi: 10.4172/2161-1459.1000217

Dr. Mohammed Fasihul Alam

malam@qu.edu.qa

Research Interests:

His research covers economic evaluation of healthcare programs and health technology assessment, economic evaluations alongside RCTs and decision analytical modelling

Cancer, Diabetes, Communicable Diseases

Publications:

Moore, S. C., Alam, M. F., Heikkinen, M., Hood, K., Huang, C., Moore, L., Murphy, S., Playle, R., Shepherd, J., Shovelton, C., Sivarajasingam, V., Williams, A. M. (2017). The effectiveness of an intervention to reduce alcohol-related violence in premises licensed for the sale and onsite consumption of alcohol: a randomized controAlldedi ctrtiaoln. (Abingdon, England), 112(11), 1898-1906.
Bates, J., Francis, N. A., White, P., Gillespie, D., Thomas-Jones, E., Breen, R., Kirby, N., Hood, K., Gal, M., Phillips, R., Naik, G., Cals, J., Llor, C., Melbye, H., Wootton, M., Riga, E., Cochrane, A., Howe, R., Fitzsimmons, D., Sewell, B., Alam, M. F., Butler, C. C. (2017). General practitioner use of a C-reactive protein point-of-care test to help target antibiotic prescribing in patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (the PACE study): study protocol for a randomised contTrorlilaelds, t1ri(8a1l)., 442.
Alam, M. F., Cohen, D., Dunstan, F., Hughes, D. A., Routledge, P. A. (2017). Impact of the phased abolition of co-payments on the utilization of selected prescription medicines in Wales Health Economics
Rees, A., Edmonds-Brown, R., Davies, G., Britton, R., Alam, M. F., Cox, I. (2017). Socioeconomic drivers of specialist anglers targeting the non-native European catfish (Silurus glanis) in the UPLKO. S ON.E
Donoghue, K., Rose, H., Boniface, S., Deluca, P., Coulton, S., Alam, M. F., Gilvarry, E., Kaner, E., Lynch, E., Maconochie, I., McArdle, P., McGovern, R., Newbury-Birch, D., Patton, R., Phillips, C. J., Phillips, T., Russell, I., Strang, J., Drummond, C. (2017). Alcohol Consumption, Early-Onset Drinking, and Health-Related Consequences in Adolescents Presenting at Emergency Departments in ETnhgela Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine

Dr. Ghadir Fakhri Al-Jayyousi

g.aljayyousi@qu.edu.qa

Research Interests:

Her research focuses on social determinants of health, Diabetes Education, and women’s health

Publications:

El-Awaisi, A., Awaisu, A., ElHajj, M., Alemrayat, B., Khalil, G. F. R., Wong, N., Verjee, M. (2017). Delivering Tobacco Cessation Content through Inter professional Learning Approach: Middle Eastern Perspective of Healthcare Professional SAtmudeerinctasn. Journal of Pharmaceutical Education(5, )8, 191.
El-Awaisi, A., Al ajyysoudi, G. (2017). Delivering tobacco cessation content in the Middle East through Interprofessional LearAnminegr.ican Journal of Pharmaceutical Education
Al jayyousi, G. (2017). Communication among parents who share physical custody after divorce or separation Journal of Family Issues((,1 308)), 1414-1442..

Dr. Mujahed M. A. Shraim

mshraim@qu.edu.qa

Research Interests:

Chronic & painful conditions
Mother & child health
Primary Health Care & Health Services Research
Contextual factors associated with variations in health outcomes

Publications:

Sawalmeh, O., Moala, S., Hamdan, Z., Masri, H., Ayoub, K., Khazneh, E., Shraim, M. M. A.(2018). Pulse versus daily oral Alfacalcidol treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism inhemodialysis patients: a randomized control Ilnetde rtr national Journal of Nephrology andRenovascular Disease
Shraim, M., Cifuentes, M., Willetts, J., Marucci-Wellman, H., Pransky, G. (2017). Regional socioeconomic disparities in outcomes for workers with low back pain in the United States. American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Biomedical Department

Dr. Marawan Abu Madi

abumadi@qu.edu.qa

Research Interests:

Communicable Diseases

Publications:

(2017) Coproscopy and molecular screening for detection of intestinal protozoa Journal of parasites and vectors ,BioMed Central
(2017) Molecular Analysis of the Enteric Protozoa Associated with Acute Diarrhea in Hospitalized Children. Journal of frontiers in cellular and infection micrbiology .Frontiers Media
(2017) Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in feral cats in Qatar Journal of BMC veterinary research ,BioMed Central
(2016) Assessing the burden of intestinal parasites affecting newly arrived immigrants in Qatar, Journal of parasites and vectors ,BioMed Central
(2016) Vaccines against pathogenic Escherichia coli and methods of using the same
(2016) A decade of intestinal protozoan epidemiology among settled immigrants in Qatar .Journal of BMC Infectious Diseases ,PubMed Central
(2016) Platelets as a Possible Reservoir of HCV And Predictor of Response to Treatment. journal of virology and antiviral research ,SciTechnol
(2016) Prevalence of Virulence/Stress Genes in Campylobacter jejuni from Chicken Meat Sold in Qatari Retail Outlets. Journal of Plos one ,Public Library of Science
(2016) Helminth infections among long-term residents and settled immigrants in Qatar in the decade from 2005 to 2014: temporal trends and varying prevalence among subjects from different regional origins. Journal of parasites and vectors ,BioMed Central
(2015) the distribution of Blastocystis subtypes in isolates from Qatar. Journal of parasites and vectors, BioMed Central Ltd.
(2015) Discrepancy in MALDI-TOF MS identification of uncommon Gram-negative bacteria from lower respiratory secretions in patients with cystic fibrosis. Journal of infection and drug resistance ,Dovepress
(2015) Early Diagnosis of Iron Deficiency in School Children: A Qatari Experience. Journal of Hematology & Thromboembolic Diseases ,OMICS Publishing Group
(2015) Analysis of Resistance to Antimicrobials and Presence of Virulence/Stress Response Genes in Campylobacter Isolates from Patients with Severe Diarrhea. Journal of Plos one ,Public Library of Science

Dr. Nasser Rizk

nassrizk@qu.edu.qa

Research Interests:

Diabetes

Publications:

Mehta, K. Y., Wu, H.-J., Menon, S. S., Fallah, Y., Zhong, X., Rizk, N. M. R., Unger, K., Mapstone, M., Fiandaca, M. S., Federoff, H. J., Cheema, A. K. (2017). Metabolomic biomarkers of pancreatic cancer - a meta-analysis study. RGET(,4 80), 68899- 68915.
Sharif, E. A. L. M., Rahman, S., Zia, Y., Rizk, N. M. R. (2017). The frequency of polycystic ovary syndrome in young reproductive females in QATAR. NATIONAL JOURNAL OF WOMENS HEALTH, ,1 9-10.

Dr.Asmaa Althani

aaja@qu.edu.qa

Research Interests

Communicable Diseases

Publications

Asmaa Althani, Wedad S Hamdi , Naser A Al-Ansari , Sanjay H Doiphode and Godwin Justus Wilson. Polymerase chain reaction ribotyping of Clostridium difficile isolates in Qatar: A hospital-based study. BMC Infectious Diseases, 2015, 15:173. (Impact factor:2.6)
Asmaa Althani, Wedad S Hamdi , Asma Al-Marwani Adel Alnaqdy and HendmSharafeldin. Reference ranges of lymphocyte subsets in healthy Qatari adults. Biomarkers in Medicine 2014 – 9(1), 1-10. (Impact factor:2.9)
Devendra Bansal, Asha A Elmi, Skariah Sini, Pascale Haddad, Laith J Abu-Raddad, Aysha H Al Hamadi, Nady M Mohamed-Nady, Nahla M Affifi, Randa Ghedira, Elham Hassen, Asmaa Althani and Ali A Sultan. Molecular epidemiology and genotype distribution of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) among Arab women in the state of Qatar: Journal of Translational Medicine, 2014, 12: 300. (Impact factor:4.129)
Rasheid Zakaria, Asma Althani, Ashraf A. Fawzi, Omar M. Fituri. Molecular Mechanisms of Peritoneal Dialysis –Induced Microvascular Vasodilation. Advances in Peritoneal Dialysis, Vol. 30, 2014, 98-109. Proceeding Conference
Rasheid Zakaria, Asma Althani, Ashraf A. Fawzi, Omar M. Fituri. Hyperosmolality-Mediated Peritoneal Microvascular asodilation is linked to Aquaporin Function. Advances in Peritoneal Dialysis, Vol. 30, 2014, 63-74. Proceeding Conference
Marei HE, Patrizia Casalbore, Asmaa Althani, Valentina Coccè, Samah Lashen , Carlo Cenciarelli, Giulio Alessandri, Anna Brini, Eugenio Parati, and Augusto Pessina (2018) Human olfactory bulb neural stem cells (Hu-OBNSCs) can be loaded with paclitaxel and used to inhibit glioblastoma cell growth. Nature Scientific Reports (Accepted)
Hany E. Marei, A. Hasan, R. Rizzi, A. Althani, N. Afifi, C. Cenciarelli, Thomas Caceci and Ashfaq Shuaib (2018) Potential of Stem Cell-Based Therapy for Ischemic Stroke. Front. Neurol., doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2018.00034 (Impact factor: 3.552)
Eltai NO, Abdfarag EA, Al-Romaihi HE, Wehedy E, Mahmoud MH, Alawad OK, Al-Hajri MM, Al Thani AA, ‎Yassine‎ HM. Antibiotic Resistance Profile of Commensal Escherichia coli Isolated ‎from Broiler ‎Chickens in Qatar. Accepted in Journal Food Protection. (Impact factor: 1.417)
Marei, H.E., A. Althani, S. Lashen, C. Cenciarelli, and A. Hasan. 2017. Genetically unmatched human iPSC and ESC exhibit equivalent gene expression and neuronal differentiation potential. Scientific Reports. 7:17504. (Impact factor: 4.3)
Smatti MK, Yassine HM, AbuOdeh R, AlMarawani A, Taleb SA, Althani AA, Nasrallah GK. (2016). Prevalence and molecular profiling of Epstein Barr virus (EBV) among healthy blood donors from different nationalities in Qatar. PLoS One. 2017 Dec 11;12(12):e0189033. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0189033. eCollection 2017. (Impact factor: 2.8)
Elawad KH, Farag EA, Abuelgasim DA, Smatti MK, Al-Romaihi HE, Al Thani M, Al Mujalli H, Shehata Z, Alex M, Al Thani AA, Yassine HM. (2017). Improving Influenza Vaccination Rate among Primary Healthcare Workers in Qatar. (2017) Vaccines (Basel). 2017 Oct 10;5(4). pii: E36. doi: 10.3390/vaccines5040036. . (Impact factor: 0.7)
Sohail MU, Althani A, Anwar H, Rizzi R, Marei HE. (2017) Role of the Gastrointestinal Tract Microbiome in the Pathophysiology of Diabetes Mellitus. J Diabetes Res. 2017; 2017:9631435. doi: 10.1155/2017/9631435. Epub 2017 Sep 26. Review. (Impact factor: 2.717)
Mansour A1, Tammam S1, Althani A, Azzazy HME3 (2017) A single tube system for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA using gold nanoparticles based FRET assay. J Microbiol Methods. 2017 Jun 2. pii: S0167-7012(17)30149-5. doi: 10.1016/j.mimet.2017.06.001. [Epub ahead of print] (Impact factor:1.846)
Marei HE, Shouman Z, Althani A, Afifi N, Abd-Elmaksoud A, Lashen S, Hasan A, Caceci T, Rizzi R, Cenciarelli C, Casalbore P (2017) Differentiation of human olfactory bulb-derived neural stem cell towards oligodendrocyte development. J Cell Physiol. 2017 May 13. doi: 10.1002/jcp.26008. [Epub ahead of print] (Impact factor:3.839)
Marei HE, El-Gamal A, Althani A, Afifi N, Abd-Elmaksoud A, Farag A, Cenciarelli C, Caceci T, Hasan A. (2017) Cholinergic and Dopaminergic Neuronal Differentiation of Human Adipose Tissue Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells. J Cell Physiol. doi: 10.1002/jcp.25937. [Epub ahead of print] . (Impact factor:3.839)
Tammam SN, Khalil MA, Abdul Gawad E, Althani A, Zaghloul H, Azzazy HM. (2017) Chitosan gold nanoparticles for detection of amplified nucleic acids isolated from sputum. Carbohydr Polym. 15;164:57-63. doi: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2017.01.051. Epub 2017 Jan 18. (Impact Factor: 4.505)
El-Samadony H, Althani A, Tageldin MA, Azzazy HM. (2017) Nano diagnostics for tuberculosis detection. Expert Rev Mol Diagn. 7:1-17. doi: 10.1080/14737159.2017.1308825. [Epub ahead of print] . (Impact factor:2.733)
Yalcin HC, Amindari A, Butcher JT, Althani A, Yacoub M. (2017) Heart Function and Hemodynamics Analysis for Zebrafish Embryos. Dev Dyn. doi: 10.1002/dvdy.24497. [Epub ahead of print] Review. (Impact factor:2.201)
Cenciarelli C, Marei HE, Zonfrillo M, Casalbore P, Felsani A, Giannetti S, Trevisi G, Althani A, Mangiola A. (2017) The interference of Notch1 target Hes1 affects cell growth, differentiation and invasiveness of glioblastoma stem cells through modulation of multiple oncogenic targets. Oncotarget. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.15013. [Epub ahead of print] (Impact Factor: 4.886)
Marei HE, Elnegiry AA, Zaghloul A, Althani A, Afifi N, Abd-Elmaksoud A, Farag A, Lashen S, Rezk S, Shouman Z, Cenciarelli C, Hasan A. (2017) Nanotubes Impregnated Human Olfactory Bulb Neural Stem Cells Promote Neuronal Differentiation in Trimethyltin-induced Neurodegeneration Rat Model. J Cell Physiol. doi: 10.1002/jcp.25826. [Epub ahead of print] . (Impact factor:3.839)
Carlo Cenciarelli, Hany E. Marei, Manuela Zonfrillo, Patrizia Casalbore, Armando Felsani, Stefano Giannetti, Gianluca Trevisi, Asma Althani, Annunziato Mangiola “ The Interference of Notch1 target Hes1 affects cell growth, differentiation and invasiveness of glioblastoma stem cells through modulation of multiple oncogenic targets”. Oncotarget (2017). (Impact Factor: 4.886)
Asha A. Elmi1, Devendra Bansal1, Anushree Acharya, Sini Skariah1, Soha R. Dargham, Laith J. Abu-Raddad, Nady Mohamed-Nady, Paul Amuna, Asma A. J. Al- Thani, Ali A. Sultan1. (2017) Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Infection: Molecular Epidemiology, Genotyping, Seroprevalence and Associated Risk Factors among Arab Women in Qatar. PLoS ONE 12(1): e0169197. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0169197. (Impact Factor: 3.057)
Butt AA, Navasero CS, Thomas B, Marri SA, Katheeri HA, Thani AA, Khal AA, Khan T, Abou-Samra A-B, Antibiotic Prescription Patterns for Upper Respiratory Tract Infections in Outpatient Qatari Population in the Private Sector, International Journal of Infectious Diseases (2016), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2016.12.004. (Impact Factor: 2.229)
Abu-Madi; Jerzy M Behnke; Sonia Boughattas; Asma Al-Thani; Sanjay H Doiphode BMC Infectious Diseases A decade of intestinal protozoan. Epidemiology among settled immigrants in Qatar Marawan. BMC Infectious Disease (2016) 16:370. DOI 10.1186/s12879-016-1728-3 (Impact Factor: 2.690)
Massimo Sartelli, Dieter G. Weber, Etienne Ruppé, Matteo Bassetti, Brian J. Wright, Luca Ansaloni, Fausto Catena,Federico Coccolini, FikriM. Abu-Zidan9, Raul Coimbra, Ernest E. Moore11, Frederick A. Moore , Ronald V.Maier, Jan J. De Waele, AndrewW. Kirkpatrick, Ewen A. Griffiths, Christian Eckmann, Adrian J. Brink, John E.Mazuski, Addison K. May, Rob G. Sawyer, Dominik Mertz, Philippe Montravers, Anand Kumar, Jason A. Roberts, Jean-Louis Vincent, Richard R. Watkins, Warren Lowman, Brad Spellberg, Iain J. Abbott,Abdulrashid Kayode Adesunkanmi, Sara Al-Dahir, Majdi N. Al-Hasan, Ferdinando Agresta, Asma A. Althani, Shamshul Ansari, Rashid Ansumana, Goran Augustin, Miklosh Bala, Zsolt J. Balogh, Oussama Baraket, Aneel Bhangu, Marcelo A. Beltrán, Michael Bernhard, Walter L. Biffl, Marja A. Boermeester, Stephen M. Brecher,Jill R. Cherry-Bukowiec, Otmar R. Buyne, Miguel A. Cainzos, Kelly A. Cairns, Adrian Camacho-Ortiz, Sujith J. Chandy, Asri Che Jusoh, Alain Chichom-Mefire, Caroline Colijn, Francesco Corcione, Yunfeng Cui, Daniel Curcio, Samir Delibegovic, Zaza Demetrashvili, Belinda De Simone, Sameer Dhingra, José J. Diaz,Isidoro Di Carlo, Angel Dillip, Salomone Di Saverio, Michael P. Doyle, Gereltuya Dorj, Agron Dogjani,Hervé Dupont, Soumitra R. Eachempati, Mushira Abdulaziz Enani, Valery N. Egiev, Mutasim M. Elmangory, Paula Ferrada, Joseph R. Fitchett, Gustavo P. Fraga, Nathalie Guessennd, Helen Giamarellou, Wagih Ghnnam, George Gkiokas, Staphanie R. Goldberg, Carlos Augusto Gomes, Harumi Gomi, Manuel Guzmán-Blanco, Mainul Haque, Sonja Hansen, Andreas Hecker, Wolfgang R. Heizmann, Torsten Herzog, Adrien Montcho Hodonou, Suk-Kyung Hong, Reinhold Kafka-Ritsch, Lewis J. Kaplan, Garima Kapoor, Aleksandar Karamarkovic, Martin G. Kees, Jakub Kenig, Ronald Kiguba, Peter K. Kim, YoramKluger,Vladimir Khokha, Kaoru Koike, Kenneth Y. Y. Kok, Victory Kong, Matthew C. Knox, Kenji Inaba, Arda Isik, Katia Iskandar, Rao R. Ivatury, Maurizio Labbate, Francesco M. Labricciosa, Pierre-François Laterre,Rifat Latifi, Jae Gil Lee, Young Ran Lee, Marc Leone, Ari Leppaniemi, Yousheng Li, Stephen Y. Liang,Tonny Loho, Marc Maegele, Sydney Malama, Hany E. Marei, Ignacio Martin-Loeches, Sanjay Marwah, Amos Massele, MichaelMcFarlane, Renato Bessa Melo, Ionut Negoi, David P. Nicolau, Carl Erik Nord, Richard Ofori-Asenso, AbdelKarim H. Omari, Carlos A. Ordonez, Mouaqit Ouadii, Gerson Alves Pereira Júnior, Diego Piazza, Guntars Pupelis, Timothy Miles Rawson, Miran Rems, Sandro Rizoli, Claudio Rocha, Boris Sakakhushev, Miguel Sanchez-Garcia, Norio Sato, Helmut A. Segovia Lohse, Gabriele Sganga,Boonying Siribumrungwong, Vishal G. Shelat, Kjetil Soreide, Rodolfo Soto, Peep Talving, Jonathan V. Tilsed, Jean-Francois Timsit, Gabriel Trueba, Ngo Tat Trung, Jan Ulrych, Harry van Goor, Andras Vereczkei, Ravinder S. Vohra, Imtiaz Wani, Waldemar Uhl, Yonghong Xiao, Kuo-Ching Yuan, Sanoop K. Zachariah,Jean- Ralph Zahar, Tanya L. Zakrison, Antonio Corcione, Rita M. Melotti, Claudio Viscoli and Perluigi Viale. (2016) Antimicrobials: a global alliance for optimizing their rational use in intra-abdominal infections (AGORA). World Journal of Emergency Surgery 11:33. DOI 10.1186/s13017-016-0089-y. (Impact Factor: 1.583)
Marawan A. Abu-Madi, Jerzy M. Behnke, Sonia Boughattas, Asma Al-Thani, Sanjay H. Doiphode. and Anand Deshmukh, Helminth infections among long-term residents and settled immigrants in Qatar in the decade from 2005 to 2014: temporal trends and varying prevalence among subjects from different regional origins et al. Parasites & Vectors (2016) 9:153, DOI 10.1186/s13071-016-1433-57 (Impact Factory: 3.43).
Hanan Al Kuwari, Asma Al Thani, Ajayeb Al Marri, Abdulla Al Kaabi, Hadi Abderrahim, Nahla Afifi, Fatima Qafoud, Queenie Chan, Ioanna Tzoulaki, Paul Downey, Heather Ward, Neil Murphy, Elio Riboli and Paul Elliott, The Qatar Biobank: background and methods. BMC Public Health (2015) 15:1208, DOI 10.1186/s12889-015-2522-7 (Impact Factory: 2.26).
Asma Althani (2015), Qatar Biobank and Qatar Genome Programs Road Map. Journal of Tissue Science & Engineering. (2015) 6: 157. doi:10.4172/2157-7552.1000157. (Impact Factory: 2.72).
Asmaa Althani, Hany E. Marei, Wedad S. Hamdi, Nasrallah GK , Mohamed El Zowalaty, Souhaila Al Khdor, Maha Al Asmakh, and Hassan Abdel-Aziz (2015) Human microbiome and its association with health and diseases. J Cell Physiol. 2015 Dec 11. doi: 10.1002/jcp.25284. [Epub ahead of print] (Impact Factory: 4.1).
Hany E. Marei, Asmaa Althani, Shaymaa Rezk, Amany Farag, Samah Lashen , Nahla Afifi, Abd-Elmaksoud A, Roberto Pallini, Patrizia Casalbore, and Carlo Cenciarelli (2015) Therapeutic Potential of Human Olfactory Bulb Neural Stem Cells for Spinal Cord Injury in rats. Spinal Cord Spinal Cord , (16 February 2016) | doi:10.1038/sc.2016.14 (Impact Factory: 2.3).
Mohamed E ElZowalaty, Asmaa Althani, Thomas J Webster, AhmedE El Zowalaty, HerbertP Schweizer, Gheyath K Nasrallah, Hany Marie and Hossam M Ashour. Psuedomonas aeruginosa: arsenal of resistance mechanisms, decades of changing resistance profiles, and future antimicrobial therapies (Review article). Future Microbiology (2015), 10.2217/fmb.15.48 , ISSN 1746-0913 (Impact factor: 4.28)
Hany E. Marei, Asmaa Althani, Mohamed El Zowalaty, Mohammad A. Albanna, Carlo Cenciarelli, Tengfei Wang, Thomas Caceci (2015) Common and rare variants associated with Alzheimer’s disease. J Cell Physiol. 2015 Oct 23. doi: 10.1002/jcp.25225. [Epub ahead of print] (Impact Factory: 4.1).
Hany E. Marei, Asmaa Althani, Mohamed El Zowalaty, Carlo Cenciarelli (2015) Recent perspective about the amyloid cascade hypothesis and stem cell-based therapy in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease (Accepted for publication as a book chapter with Bentham Science Publishers (eBook series “Frontiers in Clinical Drug Research-Alzheimer Disorder; Vol. 4”).
“Frontiers in Clinical Drug Research-Alzheimer Disorder; Vol. 4”
George Luka, , Ali Ahmadi, Homayoun Najjaran, , Evangelyn Alocilja , Maria DeRosa , Kirsten Wolthers , Ahmed Malki , Hassan Aziz , Asmaa Althani and Mina Hoorfar. Microfluidics integrated biosensors: A leading technology t owards lab-on-a-chip and sensing applications. Sensors 2015, 15, 1-x manuscripts; 3011-31doi: 10.3390/s150x0000x. (Impact factor:2.245). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26633409
Hany E. Marei, Lashen S, Farag A, Asmaa Althani, Afifi N, A AE, Rezk S, Pallini R, Casalbore P, Cenciarelli C. Human olfactory bulb neural stem cells mitigate movement disorders in a rat model of Parkinson's disease. J Cell Physiol. 2015 Jul; 230(7):1614-29. doi: 10.1002/jcp.24909. (Impact factor:3.839)
Hany E. Marei, Farag A, Asmaa Althani, Afifi N, Abd-Elmaksoud A, Lashen S, Rezk S, Pallini R, Casalbore P, Cenciarelli C. Human olfactory bulb neural stem cells expressing hNGF restore cognitive deficit in Alzheimer's disease rat model. J Cell Physiol. 2015 Jan; 230(1):116-30. doi: 10.1002/jcp.24688. (Impact factor:3.839)
Raed O. AbuOdeh, Enas Al-Absi, Nadima H. Ali, Makiyeh Khalili, Naema Al-Mawlawi Tameem A. Hadwan, Asmaa Althani and Gheyath K. Nasrallah. Detection and Phylogenetic Analysis of Human Pegivirus (GBV-C) Among Blood Donors and Patients Infected With Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) in Qatar. Journal of Medical Virology, 2015, DOI 10.1002/jmv (Impact factor:2.347)
Hany E. Marei, Asmaa Althani, Nahla Afifi, Ahmed Abd-Elmaksoud, Camilla Bernardini, Fabrizio Michetti, Marta Barba, Mario Pescatori, Giulio Maira, Emanuela Paldino, Luigi Manni, Patrizia Casalbore, Carlo Cenciarelli. Over-Expression of hNGF in Adult Human Olfactory Bulb Neural Stem Cells Promotes Cell Growth and Oligodendrocytic Differentiation. PloS ONE, 2013, 8 (12), e82206. (Impact factor: 4.015)
Asmaa Althani, Maide Baris, Najah Al-Lawati, Said Al-Dhahry, Characterising the etiology of Severe Acute Gastroenteritis Among Patients Visiting a Hospital in Qatar using Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction, BMC infectious disease Journal, BMC Infectious Diseases 2013, 13:329. (Impact factor: 3.03)
Asmaa Althani, Hanan Abdul-Rahim, Enas Alabsi, Haneen N. Bsaisu,1Pascale Haddad Ghina R. Mumtaz, Laith J. Abu-Raddad. Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection among general population women in Qatar. STI 2013; 89:iii57–iii60. (Impact factor: 3.078)
Asma Althani, Sumbul Bushra, Noor Shaath, & Hisham A. Sattar. Detection of respiratory viruses in adults with asthma or chronic pulmonary disease during the winter season in the state of Qatar. Archive Virology, 2012, November (6), 1576-4. (Impact factor: 2.282)
A.Al-Khanji, M.Al-Kuwari, A. Al-Khal & Asmaa Althani, University Students’ Knowledge and Attitudes towards HIV/AIDS in Qatar, World family medicine journal, 2012, 10 (5), 17-28. (Impact factor: 2.63)
Hany E. Marei, Asma Althani, NahlaAfifi, FabrizioMichetti, Mario Pescatori, Roberto Pallini, Patricia Casalbore, Carlo Cenciarelli, Philip Schwartz & Abd-Elmaksoud Ahmed. Gene Expression Profiling of Embryonic Human NeuralStem Cells and Dopaminergic Neurons from Adult Human SubstantiaNigra, PloS ONE, 2011, 6(12), e28420. (Impact factor: 4.092)
Asmaa Althani,Aesha I. Abu-Rub, Dr. Afaf Al-Ansari, M. Abushama, Mrs. Moza Al-Khanji & Sabah Al-Lawati, Prevalence of Human Papillomavirus infection in women attending gynae/oncology clinic in Qatar, Future Virology, 2010, 5(4), 513-519. (Impact factor: 1.035)
Asmaa Althani, Samir B Azzam, Hafsa M Al-Sheik abboubaker, Fatma G Abdel-hadi, MamounElsheikh and Ibrahim A Janahi, The role of hMPV in pediatric respiratory tract infection in Qatar, Future Virology, 2010, 5(3), 355-360. (Impact factor: 1.035)
AbdelhamidKerkadi , Asmaa Althani, Amina Al-Boainain , Ibrahim Janahi and Rajiv Singh, Sensitization to common food and inhalant allergens in children attending Allergy and Asthma Pediatric Clinic in Doha, Qatar, JFAE, 2009, Vol. 7, Issue 2, pages 213-217. (Impact factor: 0.35)
Asmaa Althani,MamounElsheikh , Mohammed Janahi , Ajayeb Al-Marri , HuseyinCaksen , AbdulbariBener. (2008) Seasonality and epidemiology of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Qatar. Journal of Pediatric Infectious Disease Vol 3, No 1, 41-45.
Asma Althani. Variety of resident nationalities in Qatar and effect or presence of new disease in Qatari society (part 2), Arkiat, Bulletin of E.S. Center, Qatar university, second edition, February 2010.
Asma Althani. Variety of resident nationalities in Qatar and effect or presence of new disease in Qatari society (part 1), Arkiat, Bulletin of E.S. Center, Qatar university, second edition, June 2009.
Abu-Madi, M.A., Pal, P., Asmaa Althani, A. and Lewis, J.W. (2008) Descriptive epidemiology of intestinal helminth parasites from stray cat population in Qatar. Journal of Helminthology 83, 1-8. (Impact factor: 1.229)
Asma Althani. High-risk Human Papilloma Virus infection (HPV) among women attending women's hospital in Qatar, Arkiat, Bulletin of E.S. Center, Qatar university, second edition, June 2008
Asma Althani, Shaikha Mubarak, Noor Ashkanani and Amina Al-Boainain, Common food & inhalant allergens among allergic and asthmatic children in Qatar, Arkiat, Bulletin of E.S. Center, Qatar university, February 2008
Asmaa Althani (1999) Bacteremia and septicemia in Qatar. Saudi Medical Journal, 20(6), 425-432.
Submission of Qatar Respiratory syncytial viruses sequencing, 2004/5 at GenBankhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.govi

Dr. Pejmen Moghaddam

pmoghaddam@qu.edu.qa

Research Interests:

Communicable Diseases, Diabetes, Cancer

Publications:

Macrophage Infection by Mycobacteria, Mycobacterial Diseases (omics publishing group), (0.764), 2016

Dr. Ahmad Malki

ahmed.malki@qu.edu.qa

Research Interests:

Cancer

Publications:

New 3-Cyano-2-Substituted Pyridines Induce Apoptosis in MCF 7 Breast Cancer Cells, Mol-ecules, (2.416), 2016
Novel 1,5-diphenyl-6-substituted 1H-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidin-4(5H)-ones induced apop-tosis in RKO colon cancer cells. J Enzyme Inhib Med Chem. (2016).
Microfluidics integrated biosensors: A leading technology towards lab-on-a-chip and sensing applications (2016)

Dr Maha Al-Asmakh

maha.alasmakh@qu.edu.qa

Research Interests

Diabetes

Publications

Nasrallah GK, Al-Asmakh M, Rasool K, Mahmoud K. Ecotoxicological Assessment of Ti3C2Tx (MXene) Using Zebrafish Embryo Model (2018). Environmental Science: Nano. (Accepted)
Korecka A, Dona A, Lahiri S, Tett AJ, Al-Asmakh M, Braniste V, D’Arienzo R, AbbaspourA, Reichardt N, Fujii-Kuriyama Y, Rafter J, Narbad A, Holmes E, Nicholson J,Velmurugesan Arulampalam V, Pettersson S. Bidirectional communication between the Aryl hydrocarbon Receptor (AhR) and the microbiome tunes host metabolism (2016). NpjBiofilms and Microbiomes 2: 16014.
Montagner A, Korecka A, Polizzi A, Lippi Y, Blum Y, Canlet C, Tremblay-Franco M, Gautier-Stein A, Burcelin R, Yen YC, Je HS, Al-Asmakh M, Mithieux G, Arulampalam V, Lagarrigue S, Guillou H, Pettersson S, Wahli W. Hepatic circadian clock oscillators and nuclear receptors integrate microbiome-derived signals (2016). Scientific Reports 20(6):23951.
Althani A, Marei H, Hamdi WS, Nasrallah GK, El Zowalaty ME, Al Khdor S, Al-Asmakh M, Abdel-Aziz H. Human Microbiome and Its Association With Health and Diseases (2016). Journal of Cellular Physiology 231(8):1688-94.
Al-Asmakh M, Hedin L. Microbiota and the control of blood-tissue barriers (2015). Tissue Barriers 3(3).
Al-Asmakh M, Zadjali F. Use of Germ-Free Animal Models in Microbiota-Related Research (2015). Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 25(10):1583-8.
Braniste V*, Al-Asmakh M*, Kowal C*, Anuar F, Abbaspour A, Tóth M, Korecka A, Bakocevic N, Guan NL, Kundu P, Gulyás B, Halldin C, Hultenby K, Nilsson H, Hebert H, Volpe BT, Diamond B, Pettersson S. The gut microbiota influences blood-brain barrier permeability in mice (2014). Science Translational Medicine 6(263). (* shared first authorship)
Al-Asmakh M, Stukenborg JB, Reda A, Anuar F, Strand ML, Hedin L, Pettersson S, Söder O. The gut microbiota and developmental programming of the testis in mice (2014). PLoS One 9(8).
Al-Asmakh M, Anuar F, Zadjali F, Rafter J, Pettersson S. Gut microbial communities modulating brain development and function (2012). Gut Microbes 3(4):366-73.
Al-Asmakh M. Gene and Genomes: impact on medicine and society: The Human Genome Project and Beyond (2008). Middle East journal of family medicine 6(1): 12-15.
Al-Asmakh M, Race H, Tan S and Sullivan MH. The effects of oxygen concentration on in vitro output of prostaglandin E2 and interleukin-6 from human fetal membranes (2007). Molecular Human Reproduction 13(3):57-61.
Al-Asmakh M Reproductive Functions of progesterone (2007). Middle East Journal of Fertility and Sterility 12(3).

Dr. Elham Sharif

e.sharif@qu.edu.qa

Publications

Sharif, E. A. L. M., Rahman, S., Zia, Y., Rizk, N. M. R. (2017). The frequency of polycystic ovary Syndrome in young reproductive females in QATAR. NATIONAL JOURNAL OF WOMENS HEALTH, ,1 9-10.

Dr. Gheyath K. Nasrallah

gheyath.nasrallah@qu.edu.qa

Research Interests:

Communicable Diseases, Neuro-cardio

Publications:

Glycine and Folate Ameliorate Models of Congenital Sideroblastic Anemia, PLOS GENET-ICS, )7.53), 2016
Review of recent research on biomedical applications of electrospun polymer nanofibers for improved wound healing, Nanomedicine, (2.255), 2016
Human Microbiome and its Association with Health and Diseases, Journal of Cellular Physiology, (4.155), 2016
Metagenomic analysis demonstrates the diversity of the fecal virome in asymptomatic pigs in East Africa, Archives of Virology, (2.255), 2016
Detection and phylogenetic analysis of human pegivirus (GBV‐C) among blood donors and patients infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV) in Qatar, Journal of Medical Virology, (2.35), 2016
AbuOdeh, R. O., Aziz, H. A., Moussa, H., Hussien, S., Hadwan, T. A. Q., Nasrallah, G. K. (2017). First study in Qatar to reveal high Legionella counts in coolEinags toewrners. Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawas(s1it0, )2, 3703-707.
Majdalawieh, A. F., Fayyad, M. W., Nasrallah, G. K. (2017). Anti-cancer properties and mechanisms of action of thymoquinone, the major active ingredient of NCigrieticlla lsativa. reviews in food science and nutrition (18,) ,5 37911-3928.
Smatti, M., Yassine, H. M., AbuOdeh, R., AlMarawani, A., Taleb, S. A., Althani, A. A. J. F., Nasrallah, G. K. (2017). Prevalence and molecular profiling of Epstein Barr virus (EBV) among healthy blood donors from different nationalities P lionS Q oantaer,. 1(122), e0189033.
Majdalawieh, A. F., Massri, M., Nasrallah, G. K. (2017). A comprehensive review on the anticancer properties and mechanisms of action of sesamin, a lignan in sesame seeds (Sesamum indicumEu).ropean journal of pharmacolog,y 5, 1821-5521.
Al-Sadeq, D. W., Majdalawieh, A. F., Nasrallah, G. K. (2017). Seroprevalence and incidence of hepatitis E virus among blood donors: A Review in medical virology
Al-Qahtani, A. A., Alabsi, E. S., AbuOdieh, R., Thalib, L., El Zowalaty, M. E. M. M., Nasrallah, G. K. (2017). Erratum to: prevalence of anelloviruses (TTV, TTMDV, and TTMV) in healthy blood donors and in patients infected with HBV or HCVV inro Qloagtya jro. urnal,( 14), 143.
Gallego-Villar, L., Hannibal, L., Häberle, J., Thöny, B., Ben-Omran, T., Nasrallah, G. K., Dewik, A. N., Kruger, W. D., Blom, H. J. (2017). Cysteamine revisited: repair of arginine to cysteine mutations Journal of inherited metabolicdisea (4se),, 54505-567.
Nasrallah, G. K., Al Absi, E. S., Ghandour, R., Ali, N. H., Taleb, S., Hedaya, L., Ali, F. M. A. M., Huwaidy, M., Husseini, A. (2017). Seroprevalence of hepatitis E virus among blood donors in Qatar (2013-201T6)r.ansfusion, (577), 1801-1807.
Mohamed, I. A., Krishnamoorthy, N. T., Nasrallah, G. K., Da'as, S. I. (2017). The Role of Cardiac Myosin Binding Protein C3 in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy-Progress and Novel Therapeutic Opportunities Journal of cellular physiology(,7 2),3 12650-1659.
Hassiba, A. J., El Zowalaty, M. E. M. M., Webster, T. J., Abdullah, A. M., Nasrallah, G. K., Khalil, K. A., Luyt, A. S., Elzatahry, A. A. A. M. (2017). Synthesis, characterization, and antimicrobial properties of novel double layer nanocomposite electrospun fibers for wound dressing applications .international journal of nanomedic,in 2e2, 0152-2213.
Mustafa, I., Younes, N. N., Baji, M. H., Shraim, A. M. A., Nasrallah, G. K. (2017). Combine iron chelation therapy ameliorates decline of iron on iron loaded ZebraBfisrihti sehmbryo. Journal of Hematology,( S17u6ppl. 1), 47.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bjh.14613/full
(2018) “Green” ZnO-Interlinked Chitosan Nanoparticles for the efficient Inhibition of Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria in Inject Seawater Journal of Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
(2018) Laboratory challenges in the diagnosis of hepatitis E virus Journal of Medical Microbiology
(2018) A systematic investigation of the bio-toxicity of core-shell magnetic mesoporous silica microspheres using zebrafish model Journal of Microporous and Mesoporous Materials
(2018) Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Seroprevalence among Different National Populations of Middle East and North African Males Journal of Sexually transmitted diseases
(2018) Zebrafish larvae as a model to demonstrate secondary iron overload Journal of European journal of hematology
(2018) Ecotoxicological Assessment of Ti3C2Tx (MXene) Using Zebrafish Embryo Model Journal of Environmental science. Nano.
(2018) Estimating seroprevalence of herpes simplex virus type 1 among different Middle East and North African male populations residing in Qatar Journal of medical virology

Dr. Ibrahim Mustafa

ibrahim.mustafa@qu.edu.qa

Research Interests:

Cancer, Neuro-cardio

Dr. Mustafa studies focused on iron chelation therapy and its importance in the developing countries in South Asia and Middle East, hot spots for ß- thalassemia. ß thalassemia requires regular blood transfusions and chelation therapy to prevent iron toxicity from the donor blood. Improved chelators and therapeutic approaches may have clinical benefits to worldwide transfusion dependent patients.

Dr. Hatem Zayed

Hatem.zayed@qu.edu.qa

Publications:

Ouhtit, A., Rizeq, B., Abou Saleh, H., Rahman, M. M., Zayed Ibrahim, H. (in press). Novel CD44 downstream signaling pathways mediating breast tumoIrn itnevransaitoionn. al Journal of Biological Sciences
Avnir, Y., Prachanronarong, K. L., Zhang, Z., Hou, S., Peterson, E. C., Sui, J., Zayed Ibrahim, H., Kurella, V. B., McGuire, A. T., Stamatatos, L., Hilbert, B. J., Bohn, M. F., Kowalik, T. F., Jensen, J. D., Finberg, R. W., Wang, J. P., Goodall, M., Jefferis, R., Zhu, Q., Kurt Yilmaz, N., Schiffer, C. A., Marasco, W. A. (2017). Structural Determination of the Broadly Reactive Anti- IGHV1-69 Anti-idiotypic Antibody G6 and Its ICdieoltl orpeep.orts, (2111), 3243-3255.
George Priya Doss, C., Zayed Ibrahim, H. (2017). Comparative computational assessment of the pathogenicity of mutations in the Aspartoacylase Meneztaybmoeli.c brain disease(6, )3,2 2105-2118.
Ouhtit, A., Abdraboh, M. E., Hollenbach, A. D., Zayed Ibrahim, H., Zayed, H. (2017). CD146, a novel target of CD44-signaling, suppresses breast tumor ceCll einll vcaosmiomn.unication and signaling : CCS(,1 1)5, 45. 13 West St.
Agrahari, A. K., Sneha, P., George Priya Doss, C., Siva, R., Zayed Ibrahim, H. (2017). A profound computational study to prioritize the disease-causing mutations in PRPS1 gene. Metabolic brain disease
Oliva-Olivera, W., Coín-Aragüez, L., Lhamyani, S., Salas, J., Gentile, A. M., Romero-Zerbo, S. Y., Zayed Ibrahim, H., Valderrama, J., Tinahones, F. J., El Bekay, R. (2017). Differences in the neovascular potential of thymus versus subcutaneous adipose-derived stem cells from patients with myocardial ischaeJomuiarn.al of tissue engineering and regenerative .medicine
Mosaeilhy, A., Mohamed, M. M., GPD, C., El Abd HSA, Gamal, R., Zaki, O. K., Zayed Ibrahim, H. (2017). Genotype-phenotype correlation in 18 Egyptian patients with glutaric academia type I.Metabolic brain disease(5, )3,2 1417-1426.
Ali, S. K., Sneha, P., Priyadharshini Christy, J., Zayed Ibrahim, H., George Priya Doss, C. (2017). Molecular dynamics-based analyses of the structural instability and secondary structure of the fibrinogen gamma chain protein with the D356V Jmoutrantaiol no.f biomolecular structure & dynamics(,1 325), 2714-2724.
Zaki, O. K., Priya Doss, G., A. Eid, A., Murad, G. G., Elashi, S. A., Ebnou MSA, Kumar, T., Khalifa, O., Gamal, R., El Abd HSA, Nasr, B. N., Zayed Ibrahim, H. (2017). Genotypephenotype correlation in patients with isovaleric acidaemia: comparative structural modelling and computational analysis of novel vaHriuamntasn. molecular genetic(s1, 62)6, 3105-3115.
S., K. T., Tanwar, H., S., GPD, C., Zayed Ibrahim, H. (2017). Structural Analysis of G1691S Variant in the Human Filamin B Gene Responsible for Larsen Syndrome: A Comparative Computational ApproaJcohu.rnal of cellular biochemistry(7, )1, 118900-1910.
Abdel-Motal, U. M., Abdelalim, E. M., Abou-Saleh, H., Zayed, H. (2017). Neuropathy of type 1 diabetes in the Arab world: A systematic review and metaD-iaanbaeltyessis research and clinical practice, 1, 21772-180.
S., T. K., GPD, C., S., Zayed, H. (2017). Determining the role of missense mutations in the POU domain of HNF1A that reduce the DNA-binding affinity: A computationPalol aSp opnroea, ch. 12(4), e0174953.
Moseilhy, A., Mohamed, H., El Abd, H. S., Mohammad, S. A., El Bekay, R., Abdel-Motal, U. M., Ouhtit, A., Zaki, O. K., Zayed Ibrahim, H. (2017). Severe neurological manifestations in an Egyptian patient with a novel frameshift mutation in the Glutaryl-CoA dehydrogenase gene. Metabolic brain disease (1, )3,2 35-40.
Zaki, O. K., Krishnamoorthy, N., El Abd, H. S., Harche, S. A., Mattar, R. A., Al Disi, R. S., Nofal, M. Y., El Bekay, R., Ahmed, K. A., George Priya Doss, C., Zayed Ibrahim, H. (2017). Two patients with Canavan disease and structural modeling of a novMele mtaubtoaltiico n brain disease, 3(21), 171-177.

Dr. Mashael Al-Shafai

malshafai@qu.edu.qa

Publications

(2017) PopPAnTe: A Tool for Population and Pedigree Association Testing. Journal of BMC Genomics

Dr. Gianfranco Pintus

gpintus@qu.edu.qa

Research Interests:

Diabetes

Publications:

Sotgia, S., Zinellu, A., Mangoni, A. A., Serra, R., Pintus, G., Caruso, C., Deiana, L., Carru, C. (2017). Cellular immune activation in Sardinian middle-aged, older adults and centenarians. Experimental Gerontology, 1 9393-137. https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85031108977
Posadino, A. M., Phu, H. T., Cossu, A., Giordo, R., Fois, M., Thuan, D. T., Piga, A., Sotgia, S., Zinellu, A., Carru, C., Pintus, G. (2017). Oxidative stress-induced Akt downregulation mediates green tea toxicity towards prostate canTceorx icceolllosgy in Vitro, 42255-262. https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85019246886
Rassu, G., Soddu, E., Posadino, A. M., Pintus, G., Sarmento, B., Giunchedi, P., Gavini, E. (2017). Nose-to-brain delivery of BACE1 siRNA loaded in solid lipid nanoparticles for Alzheimer's therapCyo.lloids and Surfaces B: Biointerface, s2,9 165-3201. https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85010216510
Zinellu, A., Sotgia, S., Scanu, B., Arru, D., Cossu, A., Posadino, A. M., Giordo, R., Mangoni, A. A., Pintus, G., Carru, C. (2017). N- and S-homocysteinylation reduce the binding of human serum albumin to catechEinusro. pean Journal of Nutritio(n2,) ,5 7685-791. https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84949549419
Zinellu, A., Sotgiu, E., Assaretti, S., Sotgia, S., Paliogiannis, P., Pintus, G., Mangoni, A. A., Carru, C. (2017). Evaluation of global genomic DNA methylation in human whole blood by capillary electrophoresis UV deteJcotiuornn.al of Analytical Methods in Chemistry, 2017 https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85039449954
Identification of the Main Intermediate Precursor of l-Ergothioneine Biosynthesis in Hu-man Biological Specimens. Molecules. (2016),PubMed. (IF: 2.465)
Activation of the Pro-Oxidant PKCβII-p66Shc Signaling Pathway Contributes to Pericyte Dysfunction in Skeletal Muscles of Patients with Diabetes with Critical Limb Ischemia. Diabetes. (2016). PubMed .(IF: 8.784)
Metabolic shift toward oxidative phosphorylation in docetaxel resistant prostate cancer cells. Oncotarget. 2016. PubMed. (IF: 5.008).