Lab of Dr. Fouad Zouein

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Lab of Dr. Fouad Zouein

Link to Dr.Zouein's FMIS Profile

Research Area

Novel Therapeutic strategies to prevent adverse cardiac remodeling and subsequent heart failure development

Research Projects

The impact of chronic smoking on cardiac/aortic remodeling in female mice in the presence and absence of estrogen contraceptives
The impact of chronic smoking on cardiac/aortic remodeling between males and females mice following myocardial infarction
The impact of IL33/ILC2 axis on cardiac remodeling post myocardial infarction
Effect of hyper-caloric intake on hemodynamic functions and cardiac autonomic control: Potential modulation by anti-diabetic drugs
The impact of Vitamin B3 on cardiac remodeling post-MI

Selected Publications

Google Scholar : https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=fouad+zouein&hl=en&as_sdt=0,5

Personnel

Dr. Abdallah Kaplan, Postdoctoral fellow
Email: ak155@aub.edu.lb

Dr. Emna Abidi, Postdoctoral Fellow

Dr. Cynthia Tannous, Postdoctoral Fellow

Mrs. Rana Ghali, Research Assistant
Email: rg04@aub.edu.lb

Research Grants

Title	Role	Source	Year
Impact of Vaping Inhalation on Cardio-Pulmonary Systems: Replacing 'Worst' with 'Bad'?	Principal Investigator	AUBMC – CRS	Pending
Vitamin B3: The New Promising Drug of Myocardial Infarction Management	Principal Investigator	AUBMC-MPP	2018
Smoke Cardiomyopathy in Females: Deciphering the Unknown and Assessing the Risk of Estrogen Contraceptives	Principal Investigator	CNRS	2018
LC2 and IL-33: A Novel Therapeutic Team for MI	Principal Investigator	AUBMC-MPP	2017
Role of STAT3 in Hypertension Induced Remodeling of the Heart	Principal Investigator	AUBMC-Seed	2015

Awards

2017	Elected as Fellow of The American Heart Association (FAHA) conferred by the Council on Hypertension during Leadership Committee Meeting of the American Heart Association (AHA)
2017	Faculty Development Program in Clinical Research Award
2014	Regions Award for outstanding graduate research accomplishment
2013	European Cytokine Society Junior Publication Initiative Award for best review article
2012	Society for Free Radical Biology and Medicine (SFRBM) Mini-Fellowship award
2012	Excellence in Pharmacology Program Award – The School of Graduate Studies at the University of Mississippi Medical Center

Thesis Projects (Last 5 Years)

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