Dana Bakheet
Associate Professor
Pharmacology
Alfaisal University
Saudi Arabia
Biography
Doctor of Philosophy in Molecular Pharmacology (2003), University of Brighton, Brighton, United Kingdom. Posts Vice-Dean: (2011 - to date) Associate Professor: (2009 - to date) College of Medicine / Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Scientist: (2007 - to date). King Faisal Hospital and Research Center/ Department of Genetics Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Research objectives: Pharmacogenetics -Pharmacogenetics studies in Saudi population. Molecular Biology -Role of the scaffold protein striatin in regulating cardiac remodeling. -Association studies of specific genes mutations and cardiovascular diseases in Saudi population. -Identification of genes mutations in Saudi patients with persistent hyperinsulenimic hypoglycemia of infancy (Nesidioblastosis). -Mutational screening of disease related genes (Hemoglobinopathies). Screen for both known and unknown mutations. Teaching Experiences: -From 1993 to date. Books: -Bakheet, D. Selected topics in clinical pharmacology. (2007). Al Farazdak press, 1st edition, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Research Interest
Molecular Biology, Pharmacology.
Publications
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Adi A, Bin Abbas B, Al Ha med M , Al Tassan N , Bakheet D ana . Screening for mutations in ABCC8 and KC NJ11 genes in Saudi persistent Hyperinsulinemic Hypoglycemia of Infancy (PHHI) patients. Paper ID 1370126. OJGEN open journal. June 2014 .
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Tayeb Hamsa; Bakheet Dana ; Zaza Khaled; Wakil Salma; Dzimiri, Nduna. Genotypin g of CYP2C19 polymorphisms and its clinical validation in the Saudi population. Paper ID JPP - 14 - 0517.R1 . Journal Of Pharmacy and Pharmacology. Nov ember 2014 .
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Ahmad Adi, Bassam Bin Abbas, Mohamed Al Hamed, Nada Al Tassan, Dana Ba kheet . Screening for mutations in ABCC8 and KCNJ11 genes in Saudi persistent hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia of infancy (PHHI) patients. Accepted in publication March 2015 , Genes.
