Education
Ph.D. in Zoology
1997 Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas,
USA.
Dissertation: “Systematics, distribution, and zoogeography of mammals of
Tunisia”
Advisor: Dr. Robert J. Baker.
M.Sc. in Zoology
1988 Yarmouk
University, Irbid, Jordan
Thesis: “Reproduction and
growth of three species of Chaetodontidae (Pisces, Perciformes) in the Gulf of Aqaba”
Advisor: Dr. Neil C. Hulings.
B.Sc. in Biological Sciences
1984 Yarmouk
University, Irbid, Jordan
Research Experience
Nov 05- Current Research Assistant Professor.
Stem Cell Research Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of
Pittsburgh. Role: PI, Co-PI, and Co-I on several projects conducted at SCRC.
May 08- Current Affiliated Faculty at McGowan
Institute for Regenerative Medicine.
Mar 03- Nov 05 Research Specialist. Stem Cell
Research Center, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh.
Apr 01- Mar 03 Post-Doctoral Fellow. Division
of Hematology/Oncology, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.
June 98- Apr 01 Post-Doctoral Fellow.
Department of Human Genetics, University of Pittsburgh and The Pittsburgh Cytogenetics Laboratory, Magee-Women’s Hospital of
UPMC, Pittsburgh.
Jan 96- Aug 97 Research Assistant. Natural
Science Research Lab. The Museum, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.
Teaching Experience
Mar 2002- Current Research Assistant
Professor. Stem Cell Research Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery,
University of Pittsburgh. Teaching Experience: The following block courses:
Stem Cells (Bioengineering- Pathology- MSCMP 3740); Introduction to Immunobio-therapeutics (Immunology-MSIMM); Research Basis
for Medical Knowledge (Medicine- MSTP). Mentoring duties include all the
graduate students registered in the PhD and M.S. programs at SCRC, PGY-2
Orthopaedic residents, and international orthopaedics
fellows. I have also mentored over 15 undergraduate students, who rotate in my
lab as research for credit students, volunteers, and summer interns.
Feb 98- June 98 Assistant Professor.
Department of Applied Biology, Jordan University of Science and Technology
(JUST), Irbid, Jordan. Teaching load included the
following courses: Animal Physiology, Seminar, and Introductory Biology.
Coordinator for all general laboratory sessions.
Sep 92- Dec 95 Teaching Assistant. Department
of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University. Teaching load included
the lab periods of Vertebrate Structure and Development, Comparative Animal
Physiology, and Human Anatomy and Physiology
Sep 90- Dec 91 Teaching Assistant. Department
of Applied Biological Sciences, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan. Teaching load included the lab periods of
the following courses: Invertebrate Zoology, and General Biology.
Sep 88- Sep 90 Jordan Armed Forces. Draftee
(compulsory army service). Royal Wireless Communications Corps. Jordan.
Teaching load included courses in English language for wireless communications
cadets.
Feb 88- Aug 88 Part-time lecturer. Department
of Biological Sciences, Yarmouk University, Jordan.
Teaching load included the lab periods of Marine Biology, and Ecology.
Sep 84- Jan 84 Teaching and Research
Assistant. Department of Biological Sciences, Yarmouk
University. Teaching load included the lab periods of Comparative Chordate
Anatomy, and Ecology.
Honors and Awards
2008 Honorary Research Associate, Natural
Science Research Laboratory, Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.
2006 NIH NIAMS Spotlight on Research -
May 2006. Deasy B, Gharaibeh BM, Pollett JB, Jones MM, Lucas MA, Kanda Y, Huard J: Long-term
self-renewal of postnatal muscle-derived stem cells. Incytes-
American Society of Cell Biology Newsletter: Vol. 16, No. 7, July 2005.
2005 AACR-ASTRAZENECA Scholar in Training
Award - April 2005. Pollett J, Olshanski A, Gharaibeh B, Corsi
K, Usas A, Peng H, Huard J:
Pleuripotency, a double-edged sword: mixed
differentiation signals induce tumor formation in vivo. American Association
for Cancer Research 96th Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA: April 16-20, 2005.
2005 Young Investigator’s Award
- June 2005. Payne TR, Oshima H, Okada M, Gharaibeh
B, Momoi N, Tobita K, Keller BB, Peng H, Huard J: Functional repair of infarcted
hearts mediated by skeletal muscle stem cells and their secretion of VEGF. 2005
FASEB Summer Research Conference: Skeletal Muscle Satellite and Stem Cells,
Tucson, AZ: July 11-16, 2005.
Invention Disclosures
2008 Lavasani M, Gehrmann S, Gharaibeh B, Clark K, Pollett J, Kaufmann R, Huard J. Role of venous nerve guides
in peripheral nerve regeneration. University of Pittsburgh reference number
01660. March 2008.
Research Grants
Jan 09- Jun 010 Cook MyoSite,
Inc. Sponsored project. No cost extension.
Jan 07- Jun 09 Cook MyoSite,
Inc. Sponsored project for years 5-6". PI. 30% (3.6 Calendar months).
$250,000 direct costs.
May 09- Mar 011 1R21-HL094402-01 (Tobita, PI)
(Gharaibeh, Co-I). Three-dimensional cardiac gel bioreactor for functioning
cardiomyocyte induction from human skeletal muscle derived stem cells.
Jan 03– Dec 04 Research Advisory
Committee. Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. “Aberrant DNA
Synthesis Mediated by the c-Myc Oncogenes.”
Fellowship Funding. $ 85,000.
1998 Deanship of Scientific Research, Jordan
University of Science and Technology (Principal Investigator). “Natural
History Museum at the Jordan University of Science and Technology.”
Equivalent of $ 18,500.
1996 Section of Mammals, Carnegie Museum of
Natural History (Predoctoral grant). “Study of
the systematics, distribution, and zoogeography of
mammals of Tunisia.” $4,000
Journal Publications
2009
1. Huard J, Gharaibeh B, and Usas A. Regenerative medicine based on muscle derived stem
cells. Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics. Accepted.
2. Alejandro Nieponice,
Lorenzo Soletti, Jianjun
Guan, Yi Hong, Burhan Gharaibeh, Timothy M Maul, Johnny Huard, William
R. Wagner, and David A. Vorp. In-vivo Assessment of a
Tissue-engineered Vascular Graft Combining a Biodegradable Elastomeric Scaffold
and Muscle-Derived Stem Cells in a Rat Model. Submitted to Circulation
Research.
3. Tomoyuki
Matsumoto, Gregory M. Cooper, Burhan Gharaibeh, Laura B. Meszaros, Guangheng Li, Arvydas Usas, Freddie H. Fu, and
Johnny Huard. Cartilage Repair in a Rat Model of Osteoarthritis through Intraarticular Transplantation of Muscle-Derived Stem Cells
Expressing Bone Morphogenetic Protein 4 and Soluble Flt-1. Arthritis and
Rheumatism. Vol. 60, No (5):1390-405.
4. Matsumoto T, Cooper GM, Gharaibeh B,
Meszaros LB, Li G, Usas A,
Fu FH, Huard J. Blocking VEGF as a potential approach to improve cartilage
healing after osteoarthritis. J Musculoskelet
Neuronal Interact. 2008 Oct-Dec;8(4):316-7.
5. Mitra Lavasani, Jonathan B Pollett; Arvydas Usas; Sebastian Gehrmann; Aiping Lu; Burhan
Gharaibeh; Kathrine A Clark; Bin Sun; Robert A
Kaufmann; Bruno Péault; Robert J Goitz; and Johnny Huard. Muscle and Blood Vessel-Derived
Progenitor Cells Actively Participate in the Functional Regeneration of
Peripheral Nerve. Presubmission edits.
6. Clause, K, JP Tinney,
LJ Liu, B Gharaibeh, KL Fujimoto, WR Wagner, JC Ralphe,
BB Keller, J Huard, and K Tobita. 2009. Cardiomyocyte induction from skeletal
muscle derived stem cells using cell aggregates and a three-dimensional gel
bioreactor. Tissue Eng Part C Methods. 2009 Jul 14.
2008
7. Gharaibeh, B, Lu, A, J Tebbets, Zheng, B, Feduska, A, Crisan, M, Peault, B, Cummins, J and Huard. 2008. Isolation of murine
muscle-derived stem cells by differential adherence characteristics (The
Preplate Technique). Nature Protocols. 3(9):1501-9.
8. Matsumoto T, Cooper GM, Gharaibeh B,
Meszaros LB, Li G, Usas A,
Fu FH, Huard J. Blocking VEGF as a potential approach to improve cartilage
healing after osteoarthritis. J Musculoskelet
Neuronal Interact. 2008 Oct-Dec;8(4):316-7.
9. Matsumoto, T., Cooper, G. M., Gharaibeh,
B., Meszaros, L. B., Li, G., Usas,
A., Fu, F. H., and Huard, J. Blocking VEGF as a potential approach to improve
cartilage healing after OA. Accepted in Arthritis and Rheumatism.
10. Matsumoto, T., Cooper, G.M., Gharaibeh,
B., Meszaros, L.B., Li, G., Usas,
A., Fu, F.H., and Huard, J. 2008. Cartilage repair after osteoarthritis through
intra-articular transplantation of muscle stem cells expressing BMP4 and sFlt1.
Arthritis and Rheumatism. In Press.
11. Clause K, Tinney
JP, Liu LJ, Gharaibeh B, Fujimoto KL, Wagner WR, Ralphe
JC, Keller BB, Huard J, Tobita K. 2007. Functioning engineered cardiac tissue
from skeletal muscle-derived stem cells. CIRCULATION RESEARCH, Volume: 101(5):
E56-E56.
2007
12. Zheng, B, B
Cao, M Crisan, B Sun, G Li, A Logar,
S Yap, JB Pollett, L Drowley, T Cassino,
B Gharaibeh, BM Deasy, J Huard, and B Peault. 2007. Prospective identification of myogenic
endothelial cells in human skeletal muscle. Nature Biotechnology.
25:1025-34.
13. Pollett, JB, KA
Corsi, KR Weiss, GM Cooper, DA Barry, B Gharaibeh,
and J Huard. 2007. Malignant transformation of multipotent muscle-derived cells
by concurrent differentiation signals. Stem Cells. 25:2302-11.
14. Deasy, BM, A
Lu, JC Tebbets, JM Feduska,
RC Schugar, JB Pollett, B
Sun, KL Urish, BM Gharaibeh, B Cao, RT Rubin,
and J Huard. 2007. A role for cell sex in stem cell-mediated skeletal muscle
regeneration: female cells have higher muscle regeneration efficiency. J
Cell Biol. 177:73-86.
15. Clause, K, JP Tinney,
LJ Liu, B Gharaibeh, KL Fujimoto, WR Wagner, JC Ralphe,
BB Keller, J Huard, and K Tobita. 2007. Functioning engineered cardiac tissue
from skeletal muscle-derived stem cells. Circulation Research.
101:E56-E56.
2005
16. Deasy BM, Gharaibeh
BM, Pollett JB, Jones MM, Lucas MA, Kanda Y,
Huard J. 2005. Long-Term Self-Renewal of Postnatal Muscle-derived Stem Cells.
Mol Biol Cell. Jul;16(7): 3323-33.
17. Oshima H, Payne
TR, Urish KL, Sakai T, Ling Y, Gharaibeh B,
Tobita K, Keller BB, Cummins JH, Huard J. 2005. Differential myocardial infarct
repair with muscle stem cells compared to myoblasts. Molecular Therapy.
12(6): 1130-1141.
18. Payne TR, Oshima
H, Sakai T, Ling Y, Gharaibeh B, Cummins J, Huard J. 2005.
Regeneration of dystrophin-expressing myocytes in the mdx heart by skeletal muscle
stem cells. Gene Ther. Aug;12(16): 1264-74.
2000
19. Saunders, WS, M Shuster, X Huang, BM
Gharaibeh, AH Enyenihi, I Petersen, and SM
Gollin. 2000. Chromosomal Instability and Cytoskeletal
Defects in Oral Cancer Cells. Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences,
97(1): 303-308.
20. Rifai, L, WN
Al-Melhim, BM Gharaibeh and ZS Amr. 2000. The diet of the desert Eagle Owl, Bubo bubo ascalaphus, in the
Eastern desert of Jordan. Journal of Arid Environments. 44: 369-372.
21. Gharaibeh, BM and DA Schlitter. 1997. Mammals of the Holy Land (book review). Journal
of Mammalogy, 78(4): 1290-1291.
22. Gharaibeh, BM and C Jones.
1996. Myosciurus pumilio,
the West African pygmy squirrel. Mammalian Species, 523: 1-3.
23. Gharaibeh, BM and M Qumsiyeh. 1995. Otonycteris
hemprichii, Hemprich's
long-eared bat. Mammalian Species, 517: 1-4.
24. Goetze, JR, FD
Yancey, II, C Jones, and BM Gharaibeh. 1995. Noteworthy records
of mammals from the Edwards Plateau of central Texas. Texas Journal of
Science, 47(1): 3-8.
25. Yancey, FD, II, JR Goetze,
BM Gharaibeh, and C Jones. 1995. Distributional records of small
mammals from the Southwestern Rolling Plains of Texas. Texas Journal of
Science, 47(2): 101-105.
26. Gharaibeh, BM and NC Hulings. 1990. Reproduction of Chaetodon
austriacus, C. fasciatus
and C. paucifasciatus (Chaetodontidae,
Perciformes) in the Jordan Gulf of Aqaba. Environmental
Biology of Fishes, 29: 67-72.
Book Chapters
1. Gharaibeh B, L Drowley, and J
Huard. 2009. Muscle derived stem cells: a model for stem cell therapy in
regenerative medicine. In Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine: From
Embryology to Tissue engineering. Humana Press. (K. Appasani
and R.K. Appasani, Eds.). Accepted.
2. Gharaibeh, BM and C Jones. 1999. Mephitis
macroura. Pp. 186-188, in The Smithsonian Book
of North American Mammals. Smithsonian Institution Press. (D. Wilson and S.
Ruff, Eds.). 750 pp.
3. Hugh H Genoways
(Editor) Robert J Baker (Editor) Burhan M Gharaibeh (Illustrator)
Terry A. Vaughan (Illustrator). 1996. Contributions in Mammalogy : A Memorial
Volume Honoring Dr. J Knox Jones, JR. Museum of Texas Tech University. 315 pp.
Proceedings
1. Baker, RJ, B Albin,
RD Bradley, JJ Bull, J Burns, KA Clark, G Edson, RE
Estrada, E Farley, CB Fedler, BM Gharaibeh, RL
Hammer, C Jones, R Monk, JT Montford, G Moore, NC
Parker, J Raulings, A Sansom,
DJ Schmidly, RW Sims, H Wichman,
and FD Yancey. 1996. Natural Science database: Resource Management and Public
Health. Proceedings of the 4th Annual Conference of the Organization of Fish
and Wildlife Information Managers. July 1996: 10-20.
Recent Abstracts and Posters
2009
1. 1. Wei He, Alejandro Nieponice,
Lorenzo Soletti, Burhan Gharaibeh, Yi Hong, Mihaela Crisan, Bruno Peault, William R. Wagner, David A. Vorp.
Tissue-Engineered Vascular Grafts from Human Pericytes. NHLBI Symposium on
Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine. Submitted.
2. Xiang G; Wang B; Gharaibeh B; Huard J. Cardiogenic Differentiation of Skeletal Muscle-derived Stem
Cells induced by Wnt11 Gene Transfer. NHLBI Symposium on Cardiovascular
Regenerative Medicine. Submitted.
3. Aki Osawa, Tomoyuki Matsumoto, Seiji Kubo, Burhan Gharaibeh,
Alison Logar, Arvydas Usas, Hisashi Kurosawa,
Christopher Harner, Johnny Huard. Characterization of
Human Meniscus-Derived Vascular Stem Cells; Comparison of Periphery and Inner
cells. 55th Annual Meeting of ORS. Poster No. 1375 Las Vegas. Feb 22-25. 2009
4. Aiping Lu, Mitra Lavasani, Joseph Feduska, Jinhong Zhu, Burhan
Gharaibeh, Laura Niedernhofer, Johnny Huard.
Defective Proliferation and Myogenic Differentiation of Muscle-Derived Stem
Cells Isolated from a Murine Model of Accelerated Aging. Paper No. 353. ORS.
Las Vegas. Feb 22-25. 2009.
5. Tomoyuki
Matsumoto, Gregory Cooper, Burhan Gharaibeh, Laura Meszaros,
Guangheng Li, Arvydas Usas, Freddie Fu, Johnny Huard. Cartilage Repair after
Osteoarthritis through Intra-articular Injection of Muscle Stem Cells
Expressing BMP4 and sFlt1. Poster No. 1367. ORS. Las Vegas. Feb 22-25. 2009
2008
6. Tomoyuki
Matsumoto, Gregory M. Cooper, Burhan Gharaibeh, Laura B. Meszaros,
Guangheng Li, Arvydas, Usas, Freddie H. Fu, Johnny Huard. Blocking VEGF as a
Potential Approach To Improve Cartilage Healing after OA. ASGT 11th Annual
Meeting. Boston, Massachusetts May 28–June 1, 2008, USA. Oral Abstract #
74. Oral Abstract Sessions
7. Gharaibeh B, Tebbets
J, Lu A, Lavasani M, Tobita K, Phillippi
J, Wagner W, Huard J. Isolation of Muscle Derived Cells from Various Mammalian
Species by the Preplate Technique. The Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) 54th
Annual Meeting; March 2-5, 2008; San Francisco, CA.
8. Lavasani M, Gehrmann S, Gharaibeh B, Clark K, Pollett J, Kaufmann R, Goitz R,
Huard J. Role of Venous Nerve Guides in Peripheral Nerve Regeneration. The
Orthopaedic Research. Society (ORS) 54th Annual Meeting; March 2-5, 2008; San
Francisco, CA.
9. Matasumoto T,
Cooper G, Gharaibeh B, Meszaros L, Li G, Usas A, Fu F, Huard J. Blocking VEGF as a potential
approach to improve cartilage healing after OA. American Society of Gene
Therapy (ASGT) 11th Annual Meeting; May 28 – June 1, 2008; Boston, MA.
10. Zhu, J, Li, Y, Gharaibeh, B,
Huard, J. The use of follistatin to improve the transplantation of
muscle-derived stem cells. New Directions in Biology & Disease of Skeletal
Muscle. April 27- April 30, 2008. New Orleans, LA.
11. Gupta, N, Soletti,
L, Nieponice, A, Gharaibeh, B, Konig, G, Guan, J, Hong, Y, Huard, J, Wagner, W R, and Vorp, D. Preclinical Evaluation of an Autologous Stem
Cell-Based Tissue-Engineered Vascular Graft in a Pig Model. Vascular Annual
Meeting. June 4-8, 2008. San Diego, CA.
12. Lorenzo Soletti,
Alejandro Nieponice, Burhan Gharaibeh, Nav Y Gupta, Jianjun Guan, Yi
Hong, Johnny Huard, William R Wagner, and David A Vorp.
Development of a Tissue-Engineered Vascular Graft in Rat and Pig Models. ISACB.
2008. Bordeaux, France.
13. Alejandro Nieponice,
NavYash Gupta, Lorenzo Soletti,
Burhan Gharaibeh, Bridget M. Deasy, Jianjun Guan, Johnny Huard, William R. Wagner and David A. Vorp. Development of a tissue engineered vascular graft
fabricated with muscle-derived stem cells and a biodegradable elastomeric
scaffold in an in-vivo model. Eastern Vascular Society. Sept. 2008. Boston, MA.
14. Kelly C. Clause, Joseph P. Tinney, Li J. Liu, Burhan Gharaibeh, Johnny Huard,
Jonathan A. Kirk, Sanjeev G. Shroff,
Kazuro L. Fujimoto, William R. Wagner, John C. Ralphe, Bradley B. Keller, Kimimasa
Tobita. Cardiomyocyte induction from skeletal muscle derived stem cells using
cell aggregates and a three-dimensional cardiac gel bioreactor. ISSCR 2008.
Philadelphia, PA.
2007
15. Kelly Clause, Joseph P Tinney, Li J Liu, Burhan Gharaibeh, Kazuro L Fujimoto, William R Wagner, John C Ralphe, Bradley B Keller, Johnny Huard, Kimimasa
Tobita. Functioning Engineered Cardiac Tissue from Skeletal
Muscle–Derived Stem Cells. 4th Annual Symposium of the American Heart
Association Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences. July 30–August 2,
2007. Keystone Conference Center, Keystone, CO.
16. Clause KM, Tinney
JP, Gharaibeh B, Fujimoto KL, Wagner WR, Keller BB, Huard J, Kimimasa T. Functioning engineered cardiac tissue from
skeletal muscle-derived stem cells. McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Retreat; 2007 Mar 5-6; Nemacolin Woodlands Resort,
Farmington, PA.
2006
17. Zheng B, Cao B,
Sun B, Li GH, Gharaibeh B, Crisan M, Logar A, Peault B, Huard J.
Myogenic-endothelial cells, vessel-associated myogenic progenitors from human
skeletal muscle, possess high myogenic potential. The Orthopaedic Research
Society 52nd Annual Meeting; 2006 Mar 19-22; Chicago, IL.
2005
18. Deasy, BM, Aiping Lu , Karin Corsi, Jonathan
Pollett , Anne Olshanski,
Ken Urish, Jessica C. Tebbets,
Burhan M. Gharaibeh, and Johnny Huard. Sex differences in muscle
stem cells. FASEB Conference, Muscle satellite and stem cells, 4th
International Meeting. June 2005. Tuscon, AZ.
19. Deasy BM, Lu A,
Tebbets JC, Urish KM, Gharaibeh
BM, Payne TR, Kekre N, Jones MM, Rubin RT, and
Huard J. Sex-related Differences Between Male And Female Muscle-derived Stem
Cells. 51st Annual Orthopedic Research Society Meeting. 2005. Washington, D.C.
20. Nieponice, A., Deasy, B.M., Gharaibeh, B., Soletti, L., Guan, J., Huard, J., Wagner, W.R., Vorp, D.A. Characterization of Muscle Derived Stem Cells
within a Novel Tissue Engineered Vascular Graft. Tissue Engineering Society
International, December 2005, Shanghai, China.
21. Nieponice A, Gharaibeh
B, Soletti L, Deasy
BM, Guan J, Huard J, Wagner WR, and Vorp DA.
Assessment of a tissue engineered vascular graft fabricated with muscle-derived
stem cells and a biodegradable elastomeric scaffold. ISCAB
22. Oshima H, Payne
TR, Urish KL, Sakai T, Ling Y, Gharaibeh B,
Tobita K, Keller BB, Cummins JH, Huard J. June 2005. Muscle stem cells provide
superior infarct repair when compared with myoblasts. American Society of Gene
Therapy’s 8th Annual Meeting. St. Louis, MO.
23. Oshima H, Payne
TR, Urish KL, Sakai T, Ling Y, Gharaibeh B,
Tobita K, Keller BB, Cummins JH, Huard J. June 2005. Improved myocardial
infarct repair with muscle stem cells compared with myoblasts. Regenerate
Conference. Atlanta, GA.
24. Payne TR, Oshima
H, Okada M, Gharaibeh B, Momoi N,
Tobita K, Keller BB, Peng H, Huard J. June 2005. Functional
repair of infarcted hearts mediated by skeletal
muscle stem cells and their secretion of VEGF. FASEB Conference on Skeletal
Muscle and Stem Cells. Tucson, AZ.
25. Payne TR, Oshima
H, Okada M, Gharaibeh B, Urish K,
Tobita K, Momoi N, Keller BB, Peng
H, Huard J. June 2005. Skeletal muscle stem cells for cardiac repair; survival,
differentiation, angiogenesis, and VEGF expression. International Society for
Stem Cell Research 3rd Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
26. Pollet JB, Olshanski A, Gharaibeh B, Corsi
K, Usas A, Peng H, and
Huard J. Pleuripotency, a double edged sword: mixed
differentiation signals induce tumor formation in vivo. American Association
for Cancer Research, 96th Annual Meeting, April 16-20, 2005, Anaheim, CA.
27. Pollett JB, Olshanski A, Gharaibeh B, Corsi
K, Usas A, Peng H, Huard J.
Co-expression of BMP4 and Noggin in vivo induces tumor formation in a
dose-dependent manner. The Orthopaedic Research Society 51st Annual Meeting;
2005 Feb 20-23; Washington, DC.
28. Urish K, Deasy BM, Payne TR, Oshima H, Kekre N, Tebbets J, Gharaibeh
B, Lu A, Piganelli J, Huard J. Resistance to
stress is an indicator of the regenerative capacity of skeletal stem cells. 3rd
Annual Meeting of the International Society for Stem Cell Research. June 2005,
San Francisco, CA.
2004
29. Deasy, B.M, Gharaibeh,
B.M., Jones M.M., Lucas, M.A., Huard J. (2004) Long-Term Proliferation
Potential Of Muscle-Derived Stem Cells: Muscle-derived Stem Cells Have Highly
Extended, But Not Unlimited, Expansion Capability. International Society for
Stem Cell Research June, 2004. Boston, MA.
30. Deasy, B.M., Gharaibeh,
B.M., M. Jones, A. Lu, J. Tebbets, J. Huard.
(2004). Gender Differences in Transplantation Efficiency using Muscle-derived
Stem Cells for Muscular Dystrophy. American Society for Gene Therapy. June
2004. Minneapolis, MN.
31. Deasy, B.M, Gharaibeh,
B.M., Jones M.M., Lucas, M.A., Huard J. (2004) Muscle-derived Stem cells
display and extended but not unlimited, expansion capability: Implication for
Muscle Regeneration. American Society for Gene Therapy. June 2004. Minneapolis,
MN.
32. Payne TR, Oshima
H, Sakai T, Ling Y, Gharaibeh B, Cummins JH, Huard J. May 2004.
“Muscle stem cells deliver dystrophin and adopt a cardiac phenotype
through both differentiation and fusion in the dystrophic (mdx) heart. American
Society of Gene Therapy Conference, Minneapolis, MN. Molecular Therapy. Volume
9. Supplement 1.
33. Deasy, B.M, Gharaibeh,
BM, Jones, M, Lucas, M, Huard, J. 2004. Long-term proliferation
potential of Muscle-derived stem cells. The 2cd Annual Meeting of the
International Society of Stem Cell Research, Jun 10-13, Boston, MA.
34. Deasy, B.M, Gharaibeh,
BM, Jones, M, Lu, A, Tebbets, J, Huard, J.
2004. Gender differences in transplantation efficiency using muscle-derived
stem cells for muscular dystrophy. The 7th annual Meeting of the American
Society of Gene Therapy, Minneapolis, MN.
35. Deasy, B.M, Gharaibeh,
BM, Jones, M, Lucas, M, Huard, J. 2004. Muscle-derived stem cells
display an extended but not unlimited, expansion capability: implication for
muscle regeneration. The 7th annual Meeting of the American Society of Gene
Therapy, Minneapolis, MN.
2000
36. Kochmar S, Bay
C, Gharaibeh B, Surti U. June 22-25, 2000.
47,XX, +inv dup(15)(q12) in a patient with severe mental retardation and dysmorphic features. Poster Presentation. The Association
of Genetic Technologists 25th Anniversary Meeting, Scottsdale, Arizona.
Abstract # 31.
37. McPherson EW, Clemens MM, Kochmar S, Gharaibeh B, Surti
U. October 3-7, 2000. Supernumerary ring chromosome 11 mosaicism
causing retinal colobomas. Poster Presentation. The
American Society of Human Genetics 50th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia. Abstract
# 846.
38. Huang X, Shuster M, Godfrey TE, Saunders
WS, Gharaibeh BM, Gollin SM. October 3-7, 2000. Gene amplification
occurs via breakage-fusion-bridge cycles in oral cancer cells. Poster
Presentation. The American Society of Human Genetics 50th Annual Meeting,
Philadelphia. Abstract # 314.
1999
39. Gharaibeh, B. M., X. Huang, W. S. Saunders,
I. Petersen, S. M. Gollin. October 19-23, 1999. Endoreduplication
in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). Poster
Presentation. The American Society of Human Genetics 49th Annual Meeting, San
Francisco. Abstract # 890.
40. Huang, X., W.S. Saunders, B. M.
Gharaibeh, M. Shuster, A. H. Enyehini, and S. M.
Gollin. October 19-23, 1999. Aneuploidy, chromosomal
instability, and cytoskeletal defects in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) cells. The American Society
of Human Genetics 49th Annual Meeting, San Francisco. Abstract # 902.
1998
41. Gharaibeh, B. M. May 18, 1998.
G-banding data for Meriones shawi (Duvernoy, 1842) and a
reevaluation of the phylogeny of the jirds (Rodentia, Gerbillidae). The First
Annual Scientific Day of the Faculty of Science & Arts, Jordan University
of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan.
1995
42. Gharaibeh, B. M. March 31, 1995.
Geographic variation in the elephant shrew Elephantulus
rozeti (Mammalia, Macrosclididae) from Tunisia. 9th Annual Graduate Research
Forum, Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock,
Texas.
Article and Grant Editor and
Reviewer
1. Article Review. Journal of Mammalogy
2. Book Review. Texas Tech Press.
3. Grant Review. Arizona Science Foundation.
4. Grant Review. Leeds University. England.
Invited Speaker
February 8-9, 2009 Growth Factors in Sports
Medicine Symposium. ASPETAR, Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital.
Doha, Qatar.
October 21, 2007 International
Biotechnology-Engineering Meeting. School of Engineering, Tecnológico
de Monterrey (ITESM), Campus Cuernavaca, Mexico.
June 11, 2007 Continuing Medical Education
(CME) Program, Department of Pediatrics, Hamad
Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar..
Public Relations
• Interview with Aljazeera Network TV
Network. November 29th, 2008
• Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. December
2, 2008. Stem-cell rules address safety, ethics.
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/search/s_601408.html
University of Pittsburgh Service
Committees
2009- Current Faculty Senate, University of
Pittsburgh. Commonwealth Relations and Community Relations Committees
2007- Current Institutional Review Board
(IRB), the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC. Standing Member
2004- Current Animal Research and Care
Committee (ARCC), Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Member.
Professional Societies
Memberships
2008- Current American Society for Gene
Therapy
2004- Current Orthopedic Research Society
2004- Current International Stem Cell
Research Society
1999- Current American Society of Human
Genetics
1999- 2005 Pittsburgh Cytogenetics
Club
1993- 2000 American Society of Mammalogists
1993- 1998 Texas Society of Mammalogists
1993- 1998 Texas Academy of Sciences
1993- 1998 Southwestern Association of
Naturalists
1988-1992 Royal Society for the Conservation
of Nature, Jordan
1996-1998 Tunisian Life Sciences Society,
Tunisia
1996-1998 Tunisian Scientific Consortium,
Tunisia
Community Outreach
Design consultant. Science Advisory
Committee, Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative, McGowan Institute for
Regenerative Medicine and Carnegie Science Center. “If A Star Fish
Can Grow An Arm, Why Can’t I ?” Opening April 2009.
Popular science presentations. Stem cells,
bioethics, and regenerative medicine.
• Pittsburgh Public School Gifted
Program, Pittsburgh.
• Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering
Initiative Teacher-Workshop, Central Catholic High School, Pittsburgh.
• Advanced Placement Class, Central
Catholic High School, Oakland, Pittsburgh.
• Temple Mount Sinai Adult Education
Program, Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh.
Languages (Other than English)
Spanish- intermediate level.
French- basic knowledge.
Arabic- native fluency.
Reference are furnished upon
request