Ali Amin Khraibi

Biography

Education: Ph.D. 1984 University of Mississippi School of Medicine, Jackson, Mississippi, Physiology /Biomedical Engineering M.Sc. 1980 University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi, Civil Engineering B.Sc. 1978 University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi, Civil Engineering Research Interests: The role of the kidney in hypertension, renal adaptations during pregnancy, renal and cardiovascular functions in diabetic pregnancy, development and maintenance of hypertension in a diet‐induced obesity rat model, role of the immune system in the development and maintenance of hypertension. Teaching: Undergraduate and graduate courses: 1/1979‐5/1980 Engineering Structures Laboratory Assistant, and Soil Mechanics Laboratory Assistant, University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 1/1982‐1/1984 Physiology Laboratory Assistant, University of Mississippi School of Medicine, Jackson, Mississippi 4/1987‐3/1996 Renal Physiology (Phys 8859), Sections on "Control of Renal Circulation" and "Control and Renal handling of Sodium", Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota 7/1994‐3/1996 Renal Physiology (Phys 8859), Course Director, Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota 2/2002‐09/2008 Medical Physiology (M1), Renal Physiology Sections on: Introduction to Renal Physiology/Kidney Structure and Function, Renal Blood Flow, Glomerular Filtration Rate, Sodium and Water Excretion, and Regulation of Extracellular Fluid Volume, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia 06‐2008‐09/2008 Graduate students (Ph.D. and Medical Master): Concepts in Cell Biology and Physiology (BIMD 848) sections on the renal tubule (renal section of the course), Eastern Virginia Medical, Norfolk, Virginia 09‐2008‐present Medical Physiology Course (3 semester course), course director and participates in teaching. Alfaisal University College of Medicine, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 09‐2008‐present Problem Based Learning (PBL), facilitator, Alfaisal University College of Medicine, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Research Interest

The role of the kidney in hypertension, renal adaptations during pregnancy, renal and cardiovascular functions in diabetic pregnancy, development and maintenance of hypertension in a diet‐induced obesity rat model, role of the immune system in the development and maintenance of hypertension.