Curriculum Vitae

Doaa Salman, VMD, MVSc, PhD

1. Personal details:

• Name in full          : Doaa Mahmoud Abass Salman
• Date of birth         : 1982 – 08 – 02.
• Nationality            : Egyptian.
• E-mail                    : abassdoaa@yahoo.com
• Address in Egypt: Department of Animal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt. 82524.

2. Educational Qualification:

• Present status: From 2015 till present: Lecturer of Animal Medicine (Internal medicine & Clinical Laboratory Diagnosis) at Faculty of veterinary medicine Sohag university , Egypt
• 2012-2014: Member of joint supervision scholarship for PhD at Infection and Pathology Research Unit, National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases (NRCPD), Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Japan. Title is “Identification and analysis of genes involved in the differentiation of tachyzoite to bradyzoite in Toxoplasmosis and their application in vaccine development”.
• 2011-2012: Pre-Doctoral courses with overall grades Excellent. Department of Animal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, South Valley University, Qena, Egypt.
• 2007-2010: Master of Veterinary Medical Sciences (MVSc) in small Animal medicine. Title is “Studies on some feline urinary system disorders with special reference to ultrasonographic imaging” Department of Animal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assiut University, Egypt.
• 2005-2007: Master courses. Grades are excellent and very good. Department of Animal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assiut University, Egypt.
• 1999-2004: Very good grade with honor, Bachelor of Veterinary Sciences (BVSc), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assiut University, Egypt.

3. Experience and Research Qualifications:

• Five years, work as research assistant at Small animal clinic at Department of Animal medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assiut University, Egypt.
• Five years, experience in teaching the undergraduate students the Internal medicine and clinical laboratory diagnosis at Department of Animal medicine, faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assiut University, Egypt.
• Laboratory and research work on the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of animal diseases.
• Two years (joint supervision scholarship) in Japan, studying for Ph.D
• Six months in Japan working as Foreign researcher
• Four months in China working as post-doctoral high end foreign expert in the field of Diagnosis and prevention of Infectious diseases.

4. Other qualifications (language and computer skills):

• English language skills (Academic IELTs score: 6).
• Japanese language: Elementary one level.
• Computer skills (ICDL) "International Computer Driving License" (since, 2008).

5. Training and Development:

• Training Course for use and handling of Experimental Animals. Obihiro University of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine, Japan.
• Training courses: FLDP "Faculty and Leadership Development Project" Sponsor Assiut university, Egypt. I received the following training courses
  • Job Ethics.
  • Scientific Research Ethics.
  • Effective communication Skills.
  • Time management and meetings.
  • Use of technology in teaching.
  • Effective teaching skills.
  • Basic statistical analysis.
• Training workshops: under the supervision of Assiut university, Egypt:
  • Diagnostic Parasitology.
  • Animal welfare.
  • Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease.

6. Employments:

• Present status: From 2015 till present: Lecturer of Animal Medicine (Internal medicine & Clinical Laboratory Diagnosis).
• From July 2014 till January 2015: Visiting foreign researcher at Infection and pathology Research Unit, National Research Center for Protozoan diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Japan.
• From June 2012 to July, 2014: Ph.D. Student at Infection and pathology Unit, National Research Center for Protozoan diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Japan.
• 2010 till March 2015: Assistant lecturer of Internal Medicine & Clinical Laboratory Diagnosis at Assiut/ Sohag University, Egypt.
• 2005 to 2010: Demonstrator of Clinical Laboratory Diagnosis and Internal Medicine at Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assiut University, Egypt.

7. Awards:

• Pfizer Co. Award of "Pfizer Co. Competition for Excellent Veterinary Students" for the best research projects and presentations. El-zakazek city,Egypt. 2003.
• Award and Degree of "Very good with honour" for the Graduation from Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. 2004.
• The degree of excellence in Veterinary Anatomy. From the Egyptian Association of Anatomy and Embryology, 2004.
• Graduation Appreciation Award. CID Phramaceutical Company, Egypt, 2005.
• Graduation Appreciation Award. HOFMA Phramaceutical Company, Egypt, 2005.

8. Grants/ Projects:

• High-End Expert Project-China, Academy of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Qinghai University, 2015.
• Visiting Researcher Grant (for 6 months): National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, 2014. Obihiro University, Japan.
• Egyptian Chanel System scholarship (for two years): June 2012 to June 2014.

9. Professional Memberships:

• Egyptian Association of cattle disease, Egypt (2006 – 2014).
• The Arab Society for Medical Research, Egypt (2008 – 2014).
• The Japanese Society of Veterinary Science (2013 – 2014).
• Japanese Society of Veterinary Parasitology     (2013 – 2014).

10. Research areas:

• Epidemiological studies and Molecular diagnosis of parasites and protozoa
• Studies on Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum as diseases encountering surrounding environment through contamination by their oocysts. Estimation of seroprevalences of gondii and N. caninum in different animals especially farm ones. In addition studying the factors that may contribute to such prevalence and trying to find ways to control the risk factors.
• My studies were directed also toward studying the status of toxoplasmosis in its final host (cats) that is known to initiate the gondii life cycle. Analysis of cat samples (serum/plasma and faeces). DNA extraction from cat feces to investigate the presence of protozoa (T. gondii, crypotosporidium, Giardia, etc) and parasites (Toxocara cati, hook worm, Taenia, etc).
• Investigate the endemic parasitic disease in other countries through specialized projects, for example, In Thailand a special focus on the liver fluke (Opisthorchis viverrini) infestation in human. Examining animals samples that may share human in such parasites as, dogs, cats. For example DNA extracted from fecal samples that subject to PCR and sequencing to identify the prevalent parasitic species.
• Molecular and Genetic studies
• Isolation of gondii: from naturally infected cat. Genotypic and phenotypic analyses and further comparison to other T. gondii strains that already identified worldwide.
• Identification and characterization of gondii bradyzoite specific genes that may play an important role in the mechanism of action of the bradyzoite. In trial to explore the function of targeted genes during the parasite transitional phase and their involvement in the latent toxoplasmosis.
• Generation of knock out parasites where some genes were disrupted. As this mechanism facilitates the functional analysis of the targeted genes.
• Infection studies to the laboratory animals (mice) by the protozoa ( gondii and N. caninum). In order to explore the pathogenicity of these parasites and its effect on the clinical status of the host.

11. International publications (Peer-reviewed):

• Salman D, Pumidonming W, Oohashi E, Igarashi M. (2018). Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii and other intestinal parasites in cats in Tokachi sub-prefecture, Japan. Journal of Veterinary Medical Science. doi: 10.1292/jvms.

• Khalphallah A, Aref NM, Abu-Seida AM, Elmeligy E, Bayoumi SA, Al-Lethie AA, Salman D.(2018). Hepatobiliary diseases in Buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis): clinical, laboratory and ultrasonographic findings. Journal of Veterinary Science.

• Pumidonming W, Katahira H, Igarashi M, Salman D, Abdelbaset AE, Sangkaeo K. (2018).

Potential risk of a liver fluke Opisthorchis viverrini infection brought by immigrants from prevalent areas: A case study in the lower Northern Thailand. Acta Tropica. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.

• Rizk MA, Mahmoud ME, El-Sayed SAE, Salman D. (2017). Comparative therapeutic effect of steroidal and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on pro-inflammatory cytokine production in water buffalo calves (Bubalus bubalis) naturally infected with bronchopneumonia: a randomized clinical trial. Tropical Animal Health and Production. doi: 10.1007/s11250-017-1383-8.

• Salman D, Okuda LH, Ueno A, Dautu G, Zhang F, Igarashi M. (2017). Evaluation of novel oocyst wall protein candidates of Toxoplasma gondii. Parasitology International.

• Abdelbaset AE, Alhasan H, Salman D, Karram MH, Ellah Rushdi MA, Xuenan X, Igarashi M. (2017). Evaluation of recombinant antigens in combination and single formula for diagnosis of feline toxoplasmosis. Experimental Parasitology. 
• Pumidonming W, Salman D, Gronsang D, Abdelbaset AE, Sangkaeo K, Kawazu SI, Igarashi M. (2017). Prevalence of gastrointestinal helminth parasites of zoonotic significance in dogs and cats in lower Northern Thailand. The Journal of Veterinary Medical Science.
• Mahmoud ME, Ui F, Salman D., Nishimura M., Nishikawa Y. (2014): Induction of immunity-related GTPase M1 (IRGM1) protein mediates anti-toxoplasmal activity in IFN-β-primed murine macrophages. Cellular Microbiology.
• Salman D., Oohashi, E., Mohamed, A., Abd El-Mottelib, A., Okada, T., Igarashi, M. (2013): Seroprevalences of Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum in Pet Rabbits in Japan. The Journal of Veterinary Medical Science.

Internal Publications:

1. H. Elrashidy and Doaa salman. Diagnosis and management of intestinal obstruction in domestic cats (22 cases). Assiut Veterinary Medical Journal. 2017.
2. Motamed Elsayed Mahmoud and Doaa Salman. Low Body Condition Scoring as a Detrimental Factor to Reproductive Performance and Behavior in Dairy Cattle and Seidi Buffaloes. Assiut Veterinary Medical Journal 61 (145): 112-118, 2015.

Theses:          

• Master thesis: Title is “Studies on some feline urinary system disorders with special reference to ultrasonographic imaging”
• D. Thesis: Title is “Identification and analysis of genes involved in the differentiation of tachyzoite to bradyzoite in Toxoplasmosis and their application in vaccine development”

     Projects under preparation

• Identification and characterization of bradyzoite specific genes affect the virulence of Toxoplasma gondii. Authors: Doaa Salman, Muller Compaore, Suphasawatt Puranaveja1, Tadashi Okada, Makoto Igarashi.
• Genetic characterization of Toxoplasma gondii isolate from Tokachi subprefecture in Japan. Authors: Doaa Salman, Eiji Oohashi, Makoto

• Presentations/ Abstract/ Conference paper:
• Salman, D., Compaore, M., Puranaveja, S., Okada, T., Igarashi, M. (2013): Identification and characterization of novel bradyzoite-specific genes in Toxoplasma gondii. Proceedings of the 156^th meeting of the Japanese Society of Veterinary Science.
• Salman, D., Compaore, M., Puranaveja, S., Okada, T., Igarashi, M. (2014): Novel bradyzoite-specific genes affect the virulence of Toxoplasma gondii. 57th Parasitology meeting, 27^th -30^th March, Ehime University, Japan.
• Salman, D., Oohashi, E, Igarashi, M. (2014): Prevalence and genetic characterization of Toxoplasma gondii isolate from Tokachi subprefecture in Japan. 157th Japanese Society of Veterinary Medical Association Symposium 9^th–12^th September, Hokkaido University, Japan.
• Compaore, M., Salman, D., Puranaveja, S., Okada, T., Igarashi, M. (2013): Characterizations of Toxoplasma gondii DPA knock out and over expressing parasites. Proceedings of the 156^th meeting of the Japanese Society of Veterinary Science.
• Pumidonming, W., Sangkaeo, K., Salman, D., Abdelbaset, E., Igarashi, M. (2014): Molecular diagnosis of hookworm infestation of dogs and cats from the lower northern, Thailand and their zoonotic potential. Neglected Tropical Diseases in Asia (NTD ASIA 2014).
• Pumidonming, W., Surit, P., Sangkaeo, K., Salman, D., Igarashi, M. (2014): Opisthorchis viverrini infection in northeastern Thai (Khon Isan) communities in Lower Northern Thailand. Neglected Tropical Diseases in Asia (NTD ASIA 2014).

• Mahmoud, M. E., Salman, D. (2012): Body condition scoring of dairy cattle and buffaloe in Sohag Governorate. 13^th Scientific Congress of Egyptian Association for Cattle Diseases, 20th–24th December, Luxor, Egypt.
• Prevalence of Cryptosporidium in calves at upper Egypt (Assiut- Sohag governerates) In collaboration with Qinghai Academy, China.
• Research on Neospora caninum at Xining as a herd problem. Toward Isolation of Neospora Caninum from Xining, China.

• Collaborative Projects with:
• Oohashi, E., Head of Small Animal Sector, Akashiya Animal Hospital, Makubetsu, Hokkaido, Japan.
  • Project 1: Seroprevalences of Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum in Pet Rabbits in Japan. Journal of Veterinary Medical Science. 2014.
  • Project 2: Prevalence and genetic characterization of Toxoplasma gondii isolate from Tokachi subprefecture in Japan. 2014. Co-authors: Abdelbaset, E., Igarashi, M. under preparation for submission.
• Nishikawa, Y., Associate Professor; Research Unit for Host Defense, Obihiro University, National Research Center for Protozoan diseases, Japan.
  • Project: Type I IFN–mediated innate immunity in gondii infection. Co-authors: Mahmoud, M., Nishimura, M., Nishikawa, Y. Cellular Microbiology (accepted proof July 2014, in press).
• Pumidonming, W., Assistant professor; Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medical Science, Naresuan University. Thailand
  • Project 1: Opisthorchis viverrini infection in northeastern Thai (Khon Isan) Communities in Lower Northern Thailand. 2014.
  • Project 2: Molecular diagnosis of hookworm infestation of dogs and cats from the lower northern, Thailand and their zoonotic potential. 2014.