Rami Mukbel, DVM PhD
CURRICULUM VITAE
Rami M. Mukbel
Personal Information:
Address:
Department of Basic Veterinary Sciences
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Jordan University of Science and Technology
Irbid 22110 , Jordan
Office phone 02-7201000 ext:23262
Cell Phone: 079-5170357
Fax: 02-7201081
Degrees:
2005 PhD in Veterinary Pathology Major in Veterinary Parasitology, Iowa State University, USA.
Leishmania amazonensis and macrophage interactions.
1994 DVM, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan.
Work Experience:
2009-todate Assistant Professor, Veterinary Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan.
2005 -2009 Post-Doc research associate, Center for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA
Responsible for two main projects:
-Studying the role of complement and Fc receptors in Leishmania infection.
-Study the human immune response to sandfly salivary proteins.
2007 Guest Lecturer, Parasitology, Department of Biology, University of Notre Dame. Indiana, USA
2006 Part-time Lecturer, Veterinary Parasitology, Department of Veterinary Basic Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology.
2002 Co-lecturer in Pathology of Parasitic disease, Department of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University Iowa State University, Iowa, USA.
2001-2003 Teaching assistant for Veterinary Parasitology Laboratory, Department of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Iowa, USA.
1995-2000 Veterinarian: National Center of Agricultural research and Technology Transfer. (Al-khnasry Station for sheep and goat breeding improvement, Amman-Jordan)
July-Dec1994 Veterinarian, Princess Alia Horse Clinic, Brook Hospital, Petra, Jordan.
Membership in scientific and Professional Societies:
-American Association of Veterinary Parasitology.
- American Society of Parasitology.
- Jordan Veterinary Association.
Honors & Awards:
Gamma Sigma Delta
Publications:
Mukbel, R.M., Patten, C., Petersen, C., Jones, D.E, (2007). Efficiency of Leishmania amazonensis amastigote killing by macrophages is determined by both nitric oxide and superoxide. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Meat Hygiene, 76(4):669-75.
Mukbel, R.M., Petersen, C., Jones, D.E., (2006). Soluble factors from Leishmania major-specific CD4+ T cells and B cells limit L. amazonensis amastigote survival within infected macrophages. Microbes and Infection, 8(9-10):2547-55.
Abo-Shehada, M.N., Jebreen, E., Arab, B., Mukbel, R., Torgerson, P.R. (2002). Prevalence of Taenia multiceps in sheep in northern Jordan. Prev Vet Med., 55(3): 201-7.
Abdelrahman, M.M., Abo-Shehada, M.N., Mesanat, A., Mukbel, R. (2002). The requirements of calcium by Awassi ewes at early lactation, Small Ruminant Research, 45(2): 101-107.
Mukbel, R., Torgerson, P.R., Abo-Shehada, M., (2001). Seasonal variations in the abundance of Gasterophilus spp. larvae in donkeys in northern Jordan. Trop Anim Health Prod., 33(6):501-9.
Abo-Shehada, M.N., Arab, B., Mukbel, R., Williams, D., Torgerson, P.R., (2000). Age and seasonal variations in the prevalence of Oestrus ovis larvae among sheep in northern Jordan. Prev Vet Med. 16;47(3):205-12.
Mukbel, R.M., Torgerson, P.R., Abo-Shehada, M.N., (2000). Prevalence of hydatidosis among donkeys in northern Jordan. Vet Parasitol., 29;88(1-2):35-42.
Abo-Shehada, M., Mukbel, R., and Allonby, E., (1999). Acute Heart failure in Awassi sheep: A report of two cases. Proceeding of the 24 th Arab Veterinary Medical
Congress, Cairo Egypt.
Abo-Shehada, M.N., Arab, B., Mukbel, R.M., (1998). Study on the occurrence of Dictyocaulus filaria among Awassi sheep in norhtern Jordan. Altabib Albaitari Journal, 14(1): 52-55.
Abo-Shehada, M.N., Arab, B., Mukbel, R.M., (1998). Study on the occurrence of Muellerius capillaris among Awassi sheep in northern Jordan. Altabib Albaitari Journal, 15(1): 17-22.
On going research and submitted manuscripts:
Mukbel, R.M., McDowell, M.A. Fc receptor dependent enhanced immune response to Leishmania major in the absence of complement 3. J. of Immunol., in preparation.
Mukbel, R.M., Wortmann, G., Lesho, E., Tripathi, V., Wadsworth, M., Stayback, G., Oliveira, F., Kamhawi, S., Valenzuela, V., Ramalho-Ortigao, M., McDowell, M.A.. Human Immune Responses against Phlebotomus papatasi saliva. Am. J. Trop. Hyg., in preparation.
Ramalho-Ortigaom, M., Coutinho-Abreu, I.V., Stayback, G., Wadsworth, M., Fawaz, E., El-Hossary, S., Hanafi, H., Hoel, D., Abo-Shehada, M., Valenzuela, J., Kamhawi, S., Mukbel, R.M., McDowell., M.A. Differential expression of salivary gland cDNAs in laboratory and field populations of Phlebotomus papatasi. J. Med Entomol., in preparation.
Boggiatto P.M., Jei, F., Mukbel, R.M., Ghosh, M., Jones, D.E., Petersen, C. A. Role of MAP kinase ERK in altering dendritic cell maturation and cell-mediated immune response to Leishmania amazonensis infection. Infection and Immunity. in preparation.
Gibson-Corley, K. N., Mukbel, R.M., Petersen, C., Jones, D. The Role of B cells in the Cell-Mediated Immune Response to Leishmania amazonensis. Infection and Immunology, in preparation.
Ramalho-Ortigao, M, Balbino, V.Q., Coutinho-Abreu, I.V, Mukbel, R.M., Fawaz, E., El-Hossary, S., Hanafi, H., Hoel, D., Abo-Shehada, M., Valenzuela, J., Kamhawi, S., McDowell, M.A. Phlebotomus papatasi salivary gland sequence variability and impact on defining vaccine candidates. BMC Genomics, in preparation.
Mukbel, RM, Abo-Shehada, M.N. Prevalence of Dictyocaulus arnifieldi infection among donkeys in Jordan. Veterinary Parasitology, in preparation.
Conferences Presentation
· 30th Annual Autumn Immunology Conference, Chicago, 2001
· American Society of Parasitologists 76th Annual Meeting, 2001
· 33rd Annual Autumn Immunology Conference, Chicago, 2004
· Woods Hole Immunoparasitology meeting, 2005.
· 34th Annual Autumn Immunology Conference, Chicago, 2005
· Woods Hole Immunoparasitology meeting, 2007.
· American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 56th Annual meeting, 2007
· 36th Annual Autumn Immunology Conference, Chicago, 2007.
Workshops and Training Courses Attended:
· Horseshoeing and lameness, International League for Equine Fare and the Society for Animal Protection (SPANA), Amman, Jordan: June-1992.
· Workshop on Pesta des Pestits Ruminants, JUST, Irbid, Jordan: June-12-1993.
· Workshop on improving the Middle East Local breeds of sheep and goat, Amman, Jordan: April 9-19-1995.
· Workshop in artificial insemination in sheep and goat, University of Jordan and McGill University, Amman, Jordan: June 7-12, 1997.
· Workshop on Mayasis in animal and human, JUST, Jordan: April 11-12, 1998.
· Luminex Basic training, Austin, Texas, USA: February 2007.
· Geographical Information System (GIS), Pasteur Institute, Tunisia, Tunis. August, 2007.
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