Moiz Bakhiet

Chief Executive Director
Centre for Molecular Medicine, Genetics, and Inherited Disor
Princess Al-Jawhara Center for Molecular Medicine
Saudi Arabia

Professor Genetics
Biography

Moiz Bakhiet is the Chief Executive Director (Founder) of Princess Al-Jawhara Centre for Molecular Medicine, Genetics, and Inherited Disorders. He is a Professor and Chairman of the Department of Molecular Medicine, College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Arabian Gulf University, and is a senior Consultant/Physician Neurologist at the Bahrain Royal Medical Services, Kingdom of Bahrain. Pr. Bakhiet received his M.B.B.S. in 1985 from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, and his Ph.D. in Medical Sciences in 1993 from Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. He also obtained a Clinical Specialty in Neurology in 1993 from the Swedish Board of Health and Welfare.

Research Intrest

" Research interests of Moiz Bakhiet includes: - Immunogenetics of Neuroinflammatory Disorders - Cell signalling in immune mediated diseases - Cytokines and chemokines in health and Disease - Molecular interactions between the Immune System and the Nervous systems "

List of Publications
Yosif H, Taha S, Habib (2006) Cytokine gene polymorphism in Bahraini patie nts with coronary heart disease. Arab Gulf Journal of S cientific Research. 24: 144-150.
Mousa A, Al-Zaki A, Taha S, Bakhiet M (2007) Induction of the chemokines CCL3 α , CCL3 β and CCL5 in atherosclerotic patients. Am J Immunol . 3: 45-51
Bahrani A, Taha S, Shaath H, Bakhiet M (2007) TNF-αand IL-8 in acute stroke and the modulation of these cytokines by antiplatelet agents. Curr. Neurvascular Res. 4: 3137.