Mahfoud Assem, PharmD, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences

Locations

果冻影院 Pharmacy School
HRC H2600

Contact Information

Education

PharmD, University of Burgundy, Dijon, France
PhD, Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Burgundy, Dijon, France
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Pharmacogenetics and Pharmacogenomics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN

Biography

Before joining the 果冻影院 Pharmacy School, Mahfoud Assem, PharmD, PhD was an Associate Professor in the department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at South University School of Pharmacy in Columbia, SC. Before then, he was Assistant Professor in the Division of Pharmaceutics and Translational Therapeutics, College of Pharmacy at the University of Iowa. During his career, Dr. Assem developed a solid clinical translational research program in the area of Pharmacogenomics of brain tumors and Pharmacogenetics of anticancer drug metabolism. His research interests focus on personalized medicine of glioblastoma, the most frequent type of primary adult brain tumors that affect more than 15,000 individuals each year in the United States with an 80% annual mortality rate. Dr. Assem’s long-term goals are to develop genetic diagnostic strategies and appropriate pharmacogenomics interventions to improve outcomes for patients with brain cancers.

Research Interests

Genomics and Pharmacogenomics of Malignant Glioma
Genetic and Environmental Regulations of Anticancer Drug Metabolism

(Al-Ghabeish M, Scheetz T, Assem M, Donovan MD.) Mol Pharm. 2015 Aug 03;12(8):2742-54 PMID: 26106909 PMCID: PMC4671632 06/25/2015
(Dhamankar V, Assem M, Donovan MD.) Inhal Toxicol. 2015;27(14):767-77 PMID: 26572092 PMCID: PMC4970319 11/18/2015
(Alqudah MA, Agarwal S, Al-Keilani MS, Sibenaller ZA, Ryken TC, Assem M.) PLoS One. 2013;8(10):e77299 PMID: 24143218 PMCID: PMC3797092 10/22/2013
(Agarwal S, Al-Keilani MS, Alqudah MA, Sibenaller ZA, Ryken TC, Assem M.) PLoS One. 2013;8(5):e62852 PMID: 23696788 PMCID: PMC3656086 05/23/2013
(Assem M, Sibenaller Z, Agarwal S, Al-Keilani MS, Alqudah MA, Ryken TC.) OMICS. 2012 Mar;16(3):113-22 PMID: 22401657 PMCID: PMC3300066 03/10/2012
(Sberna AL, Assem M, Xiao R, Ayers S, Gautier T, Guiu B, Deckert V, Chevriaux A, Grober J, Le Guern N, Pais de Barros JP, Moore DD, Lagrost L, Masson D.) Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2011 Oct;31(10):2232-9 PMID: 21778422 PMCID: PMC4104927 07/23/2011
(Sberna AL, Assem M, Gautier T, Grober J, Guiu B, Jeannin A, Pais de Barros JP, Athias A, Lagrost L, Masson D.) J Hepatol. 2011 Jul;55(1):154-61 PMID: 21145854 12/15/2010
(Lin YS, Yasuda K, Assem M, Cline C, Barber J, Li CW, Kholodovych V, Ai N, Chen JD, Welsh WJ, Ekins S, Schuetz EG.) Drug Metab Dispos. 2009 Jun;37(6):1295-304 PMID: 19251824 PMCID: PMC2683691 03/03/2009
(Pottier N, Yang W, Assem M, Panetta JC, Pei D, Paugh SW, Cheng C, Den Boer ML, Relling MV, Pieters R, Evans WE, Cheok MH.) J Natl Cancer Inst. 2008 Dec 17;100(24):1792-803 PMID: 19066270 PMCID: PMC2639326 12/11/2008
(Masson D, Qatanani M, Sberna AL, Xiao R, Pais de Barros JP, Grober J, Deckert V, Athias A, Gambert P, Lagrost L, Moore DD, Assem M.) J Lipid Res. 2008 Aug;49(8):1682-91 PMID: 18441373 04/29/2008
(Pottier N, Cheok MH, Yang W, Assem M, Tracey L, Obenauer JC, Panetta JC, Relling MV, Evans WE.) Hum Mol Genet. 2007 Oct 01;16(19):2261-71 PMID: 17616514 07/10/2007
(Marzolini C, Tirona RG, Gervasini G, Poonkuzhali B, Assem M, Lee W, Leake BF, Schuetz JD, Schuetz EG, Kim RB.) Mol Endocrinol. 2007 Aug;21(8):1769-80 PMID: 17519356 05/24/2007

My teaching philosophy is derived from the expression, 鈥淕ive a man a fish, and you have fed him once. Teach him how to fish and you have fed him for a lifetime.鈥� My goals are to increase students鈥� curiosity, knowledge, and critical thinking and to show and encourage them to develop life-long active learning skills to face new challenges and future changes in pharmacy.

Mahfoud Assem, PharmD, PhD

December 2016

果冻影院