Education:

• PhD, Clinical Pharmacy, Beni Sweif University, Egypt
• MSc Pharmacology, Helwan University, Egypt
• Certificate, Clinical Research, School of Public Health, Harvard University, USA
• Diploma, Clinical Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Egypt
• Certificate of Bio banking, Luxembourg University, Luxembourg
• BSc, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ain Shams University, Egypt

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Selected publications:

• Abdelhafiz AS, Sultan EA, Ziady HH, Ahmed E, Khairy WA, Sayed DM, Zaki R, Fouda MA, Labib RM. What Egyptians think. Knowledge, attitude, and opinions of Egyptian patients towards biobanking issues. BMC Med Ethics. 2019 Aug 9;20(1):57. doi: 10.1186/s12910-019-0394-6. PubMed PMID: 31399100; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6689171.
• Elmassry MM, Kormod L, Labib RM, Farag MA. Metabolome based volatiles mapping of roasted umbelliferous fruits aroma via HS-SPME GC/MS and peroxide levels analyses. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci. 2018 Nov 1;1099:117-126. doi: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2018.09.022. Epub 2018 Sep 22. PubMed PMID: 30268004.
• Talaat AN, Ebada SS, Labib RM, Esmat A, Youssef FS, Singab ANB. Verification of the anti-inflammatory activity of the polyphenolic-rich fraction of Araucaria bidwillii Hook. using phytohaemagglutinin-stimulated human peripheral blood mononuclear cells and virtual screening. J Ethnopharmacol. 2018 Nov 15;226:44-47. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2018.07.026. Epub 2018 Jul 24. PubMed PMID: 30053532.
• Sameh S, Al-Sayed E, Labib RM, Singab AN. Genus Spondias: A Phytochemical and Pharmacological Review. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2018 Feb 12;2018:5382904. doi: 10.1155/2018/5382904. eCollection 2018. Review. PubMed PMID: 29785194; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5896409.
• Labib RM, Srivedavyasasri R, Youssef FS, Ross SA. Secondary metabolites isolated from Pinus roxburghii and interpretation of their cannabinoid and opioid binding properties by virtual screening and in vitro studies. Saudi Pharm J. 2018 Mar;26(3):437-444. doi: 10.1016/j.jsps.2017.12.017. Epub 2017 Dec 29. PubMed PMID: 29556136; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5856947.
• Hashim AN, Swilam NF, Moustafa ES, Bakry SM, Labib RM, Barakat HH, Singab AB, Linscheid MW, Nawwar MA. A cytotoxic flavonol glycoside from Melaleuca leucadendra leaves extract with immunostimulant activity. Pharmazie. 2018 Jan 2;73(1):61-64. doi: 10.1691/ph.2018.7785. PubMed PMID: 29441953.

 

Biography:

Dr. Kamal is a pharmacist with 18 years’ experience in the domains of clinical pharmacy, biostatistics and clinical research. Since 2008 he has been effectively using R software for statistical computing, data mining as well as modeling and simulation of capacity planning and resource utilization, infectious diseases, health economic evaluation and pharmacometrics. Dr. Kamal published 25 articles and conference presentations in the field of pediatric neuro-oncology, e-learning and clinical research informatics.

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Education:

• MBA, Hospital management, Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport, Egypt
• BSc. pharmaceutical sciences, Cairo University, Egypt

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Selected publications:

• • M. E. M. Abo, N. A. K. Shah, V. Balakrishnan, M. Kamal, A. Abdelaziz and K. Haruna, “SSA-SDA: Subjectivity and Sentiment Analysis of Sudanese Dialect Arabic,” 2019 International Conference on Computer and Information Sciences (ICCIS), Sakaka, Saudi Arabia, 2019, pp. 1-5.

doi: 10.1109/ICCISci.2019.8716466

• Alfaar AS, Nour R, Bakry MS, Kamal M, Hassanain O, Labib RM, Rashed WM, Elzomor H, Alieldin A, Taha H, Zaghloul MS, Ezzat S, AboElnaga S. A change roadmap towards research paradigm in low-resource countries: retinoblastoma model in Egypt. Int Ophthalmol. 2017 Feb;37(1):111-118. doi: 10.1007/s10792-016-0233-4.Epub 2016 Apr 25. PubMed PMID: 27113056.
• Ezzat S, Kamal M, El-Khateeb N, El-Beltagy M, Taha H, Refaat A, Awad M, Abouelnaga S, Zaghloul MS. Pediatric brain tumors in a low/middle income country: does it differ from that in developed world? J Neurooncol. 2016 Jan;126(2):371-6. doi: 10.1007/s11060-015-1979-7. Epub 2015 Oct 29. PubMed PMID: 26514358.
• kamal, M., Abdelhameed, F., Yasser, N. and Hassanain, O. (2016, August). Discrete Event Simulation using R: Hospital Capacity Planning. [online] Codeproject.com. Available at: https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1111093/Discrete-Event-Simulation-using-R-Oncology-
• El Beltagy MA, Atteya MM, El-Haddad A, Awad M, Taha H, Kamal M, El Naga SA. Surgical and clinical aspects of cerebellar pilomyxoid-spectrum astrocytomas in children. Childs Nerv Syst. 2014 Jun;30(6):1045-53. doi: 10.1007/s00381-014-2366-y. Epub 2014 Feb 5. PubMed PMID: 24497195.
• Kamal, M. and Bakery, M. (2012, November). The use of MS Chart Control and VB.NET for Statistical Purposes: Plotting Kaplan-Meier Estimate.. [online] Codeproject.com. Available at: https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/491394/The-use-of-MS-Chart-Control-and-VB-NET-for-Statist

 

Education:

• PhD, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, USA
• MSc, Bioinformatics, Krieger School of Arts and Science, Johns Hopkins University, USA
• BSc, Biochemistry, Ain Shams University, Egypt

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Research interest:

The main research interest of Dr. El-Naggar is in the field of tumor biology, specifically examining the role of aggresomes and misfolded proteins in pediatric brain tumors and the interplay between unfolded protein response and autophagy.

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Awards:

• Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award, USA (NRSA) 2007
• Misr El-Kheir First Annual Scientific Publications Award for 2010
• The State Incentive Award in Biological Sciences for 2010
• L’Oreal- UNESCO for Women in Science Fellowship Award 2011

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Selected publications:

• Fouad, Y. and El-Naggar, S., 2020. (bioaRxiv) Monitoring Autophagy: Not All LC3s Are Created Equal.
• Mosaab, A., El-Ayadi, M., Khorshed, E.N. et al. Histone H3K27M Mutation Overrides Histological Grading in Pediatric Gliomas. Sci Rep 10, 8368 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-65272-x
• Yehia M, Taha H, Salama A, Amer N, Mosaab A, Hassanain O, Refaat A, Yassin D, El-Hemaly A, Ahmed S, El-Beltagy M, Shaalan O, El-Naggar S. Association of Aggresomes with Survival Outcomes in Pediatric Medulloblastoma. Sci Rep. 2019 Aug 30;9(1):12605. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-49027-x. PubMed PMID: 31471537.
• Kassab SE, Mowafy S, Alserw AM, Seliem JA, El-Naggar SM, Omar NN, Awad MM. Structure-based design generated novel hydroxamic acid based preferential HDAC6 lead inhibitor with on-target cytotoxic activity against primary choroid plexus carcinoma. J Enzyme Inhib Med Chem. 2019 Dec;34(1):1062-1077. Doi: 10.1080/14756366.2019.1613987. PubMed PMID: 31072216; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6522981.
• Nassar M, Samaha H, Ghabriel M, Yehia M, Taha H, Salem S, Shaaban K, Omar M, Ahmed N, El-Naggar S. LC3A Silencing Hinders Aggresome Vimentin Cage Clearance in Primary Choroid Plexus Carcinoma. Sci Rep. 2017 Aug 14;7(1):8022. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-07403-5. PubMed PMID: 28808307; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5556083.
• Gad AZ, El-Naggar S, Ahmed N. Realism and pragmatism in developing an effective chimeric antigen receptor T-cell product for solid cancers. Cytotherapy. 2016 Nov;18(11):1382-1392. doi: 10.1016/j.jcyt.2016.07.004. Epub 2016 Sep 2. Review. PubMed PMID: 27601331.
• Samaha H, El Naggar S, Ahmed N. Armed hunter killers: discerning the role of adoptive T-cell transfer for glioblastoma. Immunotherapy. 2015;7(5):481-5. doi: 10.2217/imt.15.22. PubMed PMID: 26065474.
• Taha H, Yehia M, Mahmoud M, El-Beltagy M, Ghabriel M, El-Naggar S. Incidence of kiaa1549-braf fusion gene in Egyptian pediatric low grade glioma. Clin Transl Med. 2015 Mar 3;4:10. doi: 10.1186/s40169-015-0052-7. eCollection 2015. PubMed PMID: 25883769; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4392037.

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