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Dr.
Ali A. Khraibi
Professor of Physiology
College of Medicine
Alfaisal University
Riyadh, KSA
Email: akhraibi@alfaisal.edu
Tel : +(966-1) 215-7657 office
| Education: | ||
| PhD | 1984 | University of Mississippi School of Medicine, Jackson, Mississippi, Physiology /Biomed Eng |
| M.Sc. | 1980 | University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi, USA, Civil Engineering |
| B.Sc. | 1978 | University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi, USA, 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.
Current projects:
- KACST –Annual Research / Grants Program, Ali A. Khraibi (PI), Wesam Kurdi, Bernhardt H.J. Juurlink. Renal and Cardiovascular Adaptations to Hypertensive Pregnancy (submitted 2009).
- KACST –Annual Research / Grants Program, Ali A. Khraibi, Bernhardt H.J. Juurlink (PI). Phase 2 Protein Induction, Sirt1 and Gluconeogenesis (submitted 2009).
Publications: (Last five years )
Refereed journal papers:
- Ambrozewicz, M. A., A. A. Khraibi, S. DeBose Chung, and A. D. Dobrian. Effect of pioglitazone treatment on renal sodium handling in obese and lean rats on high fat diet (in preparation).
- Ambrozewicz, M. A., A. A. Khraibi, F. Simsek Duran, S. DeBose Chung, and A. D. Dobrian. Obese and lean rats on high fat diet have different renal sodium regulation in response to nitric oxide depletion (in preparation).
- Yu, T., and A. A. Khraibi. 2008. Enalapril treatment restores the decreased proximal tubule reabsorption in response to acute volume expansion in diabetic rats. Life Sciences 83:364-368.
- Yu, T., and A. A. Khraibi, 2006. Renal interstitial hydrostatic pressure and natriuretic response to high doses of angiotensin II in pregnant rats. Am. J. Hypertension 19:300-305.
- Yu, T., and A. A. Khraibi, 2005. Natriuretic response to direct renal interstitial volume expansion (DRIVE) in pregnant rats. Am. J. Hypertension 18(6):851-857.
- Khraibi, A. A., A. D. Dobrian, T. Yu, M. J. Solhaug, and R. B. Billiar,
2005. Role of RIHP and renal tubular sodium transporters in volume retention
of pregnant rats. Am. J. Hypertension 18(10):1375-1383.
Teaching:
Alfaisal University (Riyadh, KSA) (2008-present)
Undergraduate courses:
- PHY 212 Human Function (Physiology) (3 semester course), course director and participates in teaching.
- Problem Based Learning (PBL) course, facilitator (~10 hrs/week)
Eastern Virginia Medical School (Norfolk, Virginia, USA) (2002-2008)
Undergraduate courses:
- M1 Medical Physiology, 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
Graduate courses:
- BIMD 848 Concepts in Cell Biology and Physiology (sections on renal tubule)
Mayo Graduate School of Medicine (Rochester, Minnesota, USA) (1987-1996)
Graduate courses:
- PHYS 8859 Renal Physiology, Sections on "Control of Renal Circulation" and
"Control and Renal handling of Sodium". Lecturer and Course Director
