Curriculum Vitae

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Ghulam Dhabaan

MSc, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Medical Microbiology

Mobile: : +966 507858012 • Office: +966 13 333 1163 Email: [email protected]

P. O. Box 2114 Dammam, 31451, Saudi Arabia

P ERSONAL D ATA

Full Name: Ghulam Nasser Saleh Dhabaan

First Father Grandfather Family Name

Nationality: Yemen

Date of Birth: 1 5 / 1 1 / 1 9 7 9

D D M M Y Y Y Y

Place of Birth: Yemen Marital Status: Married

UD Employee ID: Assistant Professor Date of Joining: 27.08.2014 Department: Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Official UD email: [email protected] Other email: [email protected] Office Tel. No.

Mobile No.

^0507858012

Home Tel. No.

Language Proficiency:

Language:

^Read ^Write ^Speak

Arabic Native Native Native

English Fluent Fluent Fluent

Others

(beginning with the most recent)

A CADEMIC Q UALIFICATIONS :

Date Academic Degree Specialty Institute Country

18.01.2013 Ph.D Microbial

Pathogenesis

University of Malaya Malaysia

02.09.2006 M.Sc Clinical

Microbiology and Immunology

Jordan University of Science and Technology

Jordan

20.07.2002 B.Sc Med

Microbiology

Kufa University Iraq

PhD, Master or Fellowship research title

: (Academic honors or distinctions)

PhD:

Study of Acinetobacter baumannii pili gene and its expression in response to imipenem

Master:

Antibiotic resistance of Acinetobacter baumannii from King Abdullah University

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Hospital

Fellowship:

: (beginning with the most recent)

P ROFESSIONAL R ECORD University Appointments

from to Academic Posts Specialty/Department Institute & Country

2012 2014 Senior Research Fellow Medical

Microbiology/Medicine

Malaysia

Hospital Appointments

from to Hospital Title Institution

2012 2014 University Malaya Hospital TIDREC

Specialty: Medical Microbiology

Subspecialty: Microbial Pathogenesis

Areas of Expertise: Microbial virulence, antibiotic resistance and microbial genetics

Saudi Commission for Health Specialties registration No. Valid until:

Clinical Responsibilities:

1.

Infection Control and surveillance

2.

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R ESEARCH A CHIEVEMENTS

Published Refereed Scientific Research Papers: (

use Vancouver Style, "author-number system") 1. Dhabaan GN, AbuBakar S, Shorman MA, Hassan H. 2012. In vitro activity of tigecycline against

Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from a teaching hospital in Malaysia. J Chemotherapy, 24(2):

87-92 (ISI-Cited Publication)

2. Ghulam N. Dhabaan, Sazaly AbuBakar and Hamimah Hassan. 2012. Comparison of tigecycline tolerance amongst clinical and hospital environment isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii.

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Volum 16, Supplement 1, June 2012, Pg e413. (ISI- Cited Publication).

3. Ghulam N. Dhabaan, Hamimah H and M. A. Shorman. 2011. Emergence of extensive drug- resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in north of Jordan. African Journal of Microbiology Research.

Vol. 5(9), pp. 1070-1074, 4 May, 2011 ISSN 1996-0808 2011 Academic Journals (ISI- Cited Publication).

4. Alasil SM, Omar R, Ismail S, Yusof MY, Dhabaan GN, Abdulla MA: Evidence of Bacterial Biofilms among Infected and Hypertrophied Tonsils in Correlation with the Microbiology, Histopathology, and Clinical Symptoms of Tonsillar Diseases. International journal of otolaryngology 2013, 2013:408238.

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Refereed Scientific Research Papers Accepted for Publication:

Name of Author/s Research Title Journal Acceptance date

1. Ghulam N. Dhabaan, Sazaly AbuBakar, Mahmoud Shorman, Kooh Jing Jing and Hamimah Hassan. Acinetobacter baumannii: a strong survival pathogen. A manuscript submitted to ISI Journal, 2014. (ISI- Cited Publication)

2. Ghulam N. Dhabaan, Sazaly AbuBakar, Mohammed Al-Haroni and Hamimah Hassan. Study of Acinetobacter baumannii virulence genes expression in response to imipenem. A manuscript submitted to The international journal of infectious diseases, Q1 &ISI Journal, 2014. (ISI- Cited Publication)

3. Ghulam N. Dhabaan, Sazaly AbuBakar and Hamimah Hassan. Pili genes polymorphisms amongst Acinetobacter baumannii imipenem resistant and sensitive strains. To be submitted soon to ISI Journal.

4. Ghulam N. Dhabaan, Sazaly AbuBakar and Hamimah Hassan. Electron microscope images of Acinetobacter baumannii in response to tigecycline challenge. Submitted to ISI Journal.

5. Pang Sui Ping, Ghulam N. Dhabaan, Sazaly AbuBakar and Hamimah Hassan. Acinetobacter baumannii gene expression profile in response to space environmental stress. Submitted to ISI Journal.

6. Sazaly AbuBakar, Keivan Zandi, Ghulam N. Dhabaan, and Hamimah Hassan, et al. Synirgisum effects of imipenem/flavonoids against both Acinetobacter baumannii imipenem resistant and sensitive strains from UMMC. Submitted to ISI Journal.

Scientific Research Papers Presented to Refereed Specialized Scientific Conferences:

(use Vancouver system)

1. Ghulam N. Dhabaan, Sazaly AbuBakar, Mohammed Al-Haroni, Pang Sui Ping, and Hamimah Hassan. Acinetobacter baumannii pili in response to imipenem. 9th International Symbosium on the biology of Acinetobacter. Oral presentation 19-21 June 2013, Cologne, Germany.

2. Ghulam N. Dhabaan, Sazaly AbuBakar, Mohammed Al-Haroni, Pang Suiping and Hamimah Hassan. Acinetobacter baumannii pili gene expression in response to imipenem. The

International Congress of Malaysian Society of Microbiology (ICMSM 2013). Oral presentation, 12-15 December, langkawi, Malaysia.

3. Hamimah Hassan, Ghulam N. Dhabaan and Sazaly AbuBakar. Acinetobacter baumannii from hospital environment shows higher tolerance to tigecycline than clinical strain., 9th International Symbosium on Antimicrobial agents and resistance (ISAAR 2013).13-15 March 2013, Kuala Lumpur (International).

4. Hamimah Hassan, Ghulam N. Dhabaan and Sazaly AbuBakar. In-vitro activity of Tigecycline against Acinetobacter baumannii clinical and environmental isolates from a Malaysian Teaching hospital., 12th Western Pacific Congress on Chemotherapy and Infectious Diseases. Poster presentation, 2nd - 5th December 2010, Singapore (International).

5. Ghulam N. Dhabaan, Sazaly AbuBakar and Hamimah H. Suceptibility of Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from UMMC to Tigecycline. International Congress of Malaysian Society of Microbiology, Poster presentation, 15-16 Dec 2009, Malaysian Society of Microbiology, (International).

6. Ghulam N. Dhabaan, Sazaly AbuBakar and Hamimah Hassan. 2012. Comparison of tigecycline tolerance amongst clinical and hospital environment isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii. Poster presentation,15^th international congress on infectious diseases, June 2012, Thailand,

International.

Scientific Publications (Books, Translations, Chapter in Books, etc.)

(use Vancouver system and include only refereed books) 1.

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Completed Research Projects:

Name of Investigator/s Research Title Report Date Funding source &

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Amount

1.

Dr. Ghulam Dhabaan

Prof. Hamimah Hassan

Proteomic analysis of pili from Acinetobactetr baumannii in response to imipenem challenge

2013 Ministry of

Science, Malaysia/110,000

2.

Dr. Ghulam Dhabaan

Prof. Hamimah Hassan

Relationship between the antibiotic profile and virulence determinants of Acinetobacter baumannii clinical and environmental isolates from UMMC

2010 Ministry of

3.

Dr. Ghulam Dhabaan

Characterization of Acinetobacter baumannii fimbriae genes in clinical and environmental isolates

2009 Ministry of

4.

Dr. Ghulam Dhabaan

The relationship between the

antimicrobial sensitivity and virulence factors of Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates in UMMC

2008

Ministry of Science, Malaysia/45,000

Current Research:

Name of Investigator/s Research Title

1.

Ghulam Dhabaan., et al

The association of antibiotic resistance, virulence, and survival of Gram-negative non-fermenting pathogens from King Fahd

University Hospital

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Scientific Reports

Name of Authors Research Title Submitted to

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Contribution to Scientific Journals as a Reviewer or as a Member in the Editorial Board:

Type of contribution

Journal Institution Country from to

1.

Principle Reviewer

International Journal of Antimicrobial

Agents

University of Malaya

Malaysia 2013 -

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1.

3.

Research Areas of Interest

2.

Microbial Pathogenesis

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Antimicrobial resistance, bacterial virulence and surviving

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Patents:

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C ONTRIBUTION TO S CIENTIFIC C ONFERENCES & S YMPOSIA :

Title Place and date of

the conference

Extent of contribution

(attendant, speaker, or organizer) 1. Acinetobacter baumannii pili in

response to imipenem. 9^thInternational Symbosium on the biology of

Acinetobacter

Germany, 2013 Speaker

2. Acinetobacter baumannii pili gene

expression in response to imipenem

Malaysia, 2013 Speaker

3. Acinetobacter baumannii from hospital

environment shows higher tolerance to tigecycline than clinical strain

Makaysia, 2013 Poster Presenter

4. In-vitro activity of Tigecycline against Acinetobacter baumannii clinical and environmental isolates from a Malaysian Teaching hospital

Singapore, 2012 Poster Presenter

5. Comparison of tigecycline tolerance amongst clinical and hospital

environment isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii

Thailand, 2012 Poster Presenter

M EMBERSHIP OF S CIENTIFIC AND P ROFESSIONAL S OCIETIES AND O RGANIZATIONS :

International:

Type Society / council Address Date

1.

2.

National:

Type Society / council Address Date

1.

2.

Awards and Honors:

Awards and Honors: International / National organization Date

1.

Ph.D. with Distinction International 2013

2.

Pathogen Full Genome sequencing Training/ Sanger institute-UK

International 2012

Delivering Lecture/Workshops & other Teaching Methods

T EACHING A CTIVITIES :

Undergraduate:

Course/Rotation Title No./Code Extent of contribution

(no of lectures/tutorials. or labs, clinics)

1.

Microbiology 2Y

(6)

2.

Immunology 2Y

3.

Immunology 2Y

Brief description of undergraduate courses taught: (Course Title – Code: description)

1.

2.

Postgraduate:

Course/Rotation Title No./Code Extent of contribution

(no of lectures/tutorials. or labs, clinics) 1.

2.

3.

Brief description of postgraduate courses taught: (Course Title – Code: description)

1.

2.

3.

Course Coordination:

Course Title & Code Coordination Co-coordination Undergrad. Postgrad. from to 1.

2.

3.

4.

Guest/Invited Lectures for Undergraduate Students:

Course Title & Code Subject College & University Date

1.

2.

3.

4.

Guest/Invited Lectures for Postgraduate Students:

Activity/Course Title &

Code

Subject College & University or program

Date

1.

2.

3.

Student Academic Supervision and Mentoring:

Level Number of students from to

1.

2.

3.

Supervision of Undergraduate Student Research:

From - to Level & course Title No. of

students

(7)

1.

2.

Supervision of Master and/or PhD Thesis:

Degree Type Title Institution Date

1.

Master

Cloning, expression and purification of Burkholderia pseudomallei antigenic proteins

University of Malaya 2013

2.

Master

Analysis of the expression levels of select multiple drug resistance candidate genes of Acinetobacter baumannii

University of Malaya 2013

3.

Ongoing Research Supervision:

Degree Type Title Institution Date

1.

2.

3.

Participation in Examinations

(as an External/internal examiner)

External/internal

College & University or program Specialty Date

1.

2.

3.

A DMINISTRATIVE R ESPONSIBILITIES , C OMMITTEE M EMBERSHIP & C OMMUNITY S ERVICE :

(beginning with the most recent)

Administrative Responsibilities:

from to Position Organization

1.

2012 2014 Academic staff University of Malaya

2.

3.

Committee Membership:

from to Committee Organization

1.

2.

3.

Scientific Consultations:

from to Institute Full-time or Part-time

1.

2.

3.

Volunteer Work:

from to Type of Volunteer Organization

1.

2.

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3.

Personal Key Competencies and Skills:

⁽computer, Information technology, technical, etc.)

1.

Bioinformatics

2.

Molecular Techniques related softwares

3.

Many international professional training courses 2008-2013

12 August, 2013

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