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Dr. Ehsan Abdalla DVM, MSc, MSc, PhD

Assistant Professor/Director of Analytics

Curriculum Vitae

INSTITUTION AND LOCATION

DEGREE

GRADUATION YEAR

MAJOR

Faisal Abad Agriculture University, Pakistan

DVM

1993

Veterinary Medicine

Faisal Abad Agriculture University, Pakistan

MSc

1995

Pathology/Histopathology

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MSc

PhD

2011

2011

Epidemiology and Risk Analysis

Epidemiology and Risk Analysis

1. Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) projects of the US national institutes of health (NIH) 2011 - Present:

  •  Serving as a community liaison for Community Based Epidemiological Research to address HIV/AIDS in the Black Belt Counties (BBC) of Alabama working with various health departments e.g. Medical AIDS Outreach (MAO) of Montgomery, Alabama, Macon County Health Department (MCHD), Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH).
  • Collect clinical data and perform quality control measures for input into laboratory databases. Perform Risk Analysis of chronic and infectious diseases and food safety to assess the dynamics and the effect of control strategies.
  • Geographic Information Systems (GIS); prepare, analyze, and map demographic and disease incidence and mortality rates data e.g. 2009 H1N1 pandemic, Cancer, HIV/AIDS, Diabetes Mellitus, Cardiovascular Diseases, Infant Mortality Rates, Populations, Unemployment Rates, and Per capita Income for Black Belt Counties (BBCs) of Alabama to be used by various Researchers within RCMI.
  •  Performed statistical analysis for epidemiologic survey investigations and provided assistance on database development for risk assessment projects.

2. Ensured completion of epidemiologic investigations and statistical analysis, Risk Analysis and GIS of animal and human diseases such as; emerging/reemerging and vector-borne diseases (e.g., West Nile virus, Dengue), Foodborne diseases (e.g., Salmonella and E. coli O157:H7), Waterborne diseases (e.g., Polio) and Zoonosis diseases (e.g., 2009 H1N1 pandemic, H5N1, Salmonellosis and Leptospirosis).
3. Assuring completion of several epidemiologic investigations and statistical analysis, Risk Analysis and GIS of several animal and human diseases. These include diseases such as; Covid-2019, Influenza, Cancer (e.g., Cervical Cancer and Breast Cancer), Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD), Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) including HIV and Blood-borne viruses (e.g. HIV/AIDS), Tuberculosis, Vaccine preventable diseases (e.g. Influenza), Classical Swine Fever, phenomenon of aging in diseases like HIV/AIDS and others].

4. Population Control and Disease Surveillance in Feral (wild) Hogs on Russell Plantation, in Macon County, Alabama.
5. Develop questionnaires survey instruments for investigation of diseases.
6. Write grant proposals for submission to funding agencies.
7. Organized and conducted several trainings and presented presentations on infectious diseases, health trends and infection control for a variety of audiences.
8. Assisted with public communication whereby I presented several presentations.
9. Coordinated research projects and data analysis that involved use of SAS software, SPSS software, R software, @Risk Software and ArcGIS software
10. Graduate student’s coordinator.

PATH/MBIO 0669 Risk Analysis & Modeling: Principles and Methods

MBIO 0660 – 03 Biomedical Statistics Lab

MSPH 0615 Health Disparities/Inequities

  MBIO 0601– 02 Special Problems

   MBIO 700 Research and Thesis/Practicum

Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals
1. Isra Elhussin, David Nganwa, Ronald Peaster, Oyoyo Egiebor-Aiwan, Crystal M James, John Heath, Lecarde Webb and Ehsan Abdalla*. Disparities in Cervical Cancer Treatment Options between African American (Black) and White Women in Alabama. Submitted and accepted for publication in the Journal of Healthcare, Science and the Humanities (JHSH), on April 23, 2020, No: JHSH-20 Spring (PubMed Journal). In press.


2. Yumna Aladdin Elsobky, Ph.D.; Gamal El Afandi; Ehsan Abdalla*; Ahmed Byomi; Gopal Reddy. Possible Ramifications of Climate Variability on HPAI-H5N1 Outbreak Occurrence: Case study from the Menoufia, Egypt. Submitted to the Journal of PLOS ONE, on February 20, 2020, No: PONE-D-20-13090.


3. Oyoyo Egiebor-Aiwan, Isra Elhussin, Ronald Peaster, Crystal M James, John Heath, David Nganwa, Lecarde Webb and Ehsan Abdalla*. The Impact of Race and Geographical Location on the Options for Treatment of Cervical Cancer in Black and White Women Living in Alabama. Submitted and accepted for publication in the Journal of Healthcare, Science and the Humanities (JHSH), on October 30, 2019, No: JHSH-19F-V9-3(PubMed Journal). In press.

4. Ehsan Abdalla*, Roberta Troy Souleymane Fall, Isra Elhussin, Oyoyo Egiebor-Aiwan and David Nganwa*. Racial Differences in 5‐year Relative Survival of Cervical Cancer by Stage at Diagnosis, between African American (Blacks) and White women, living in the State of Alabama, USA. Submitted for publication to the BioMedCentral Journal Cancer (BMC), on April 11, 2019, ID: BCAN-D-19-01097R1. In press


5. Ehsan Abdalla*; Tsegaye Habtemariam; Roberta Troy; Souleymane Fall; Berhanu Tameru; David Nganwa. A comparative study of health disparities in Cervical Cancer Mortality Rates through time between Black and Caucasian women in Alabama and the US". Submitted and accepted for publication to the International Journal of Studies in Nursing, on November 29, 2018. In press.


6. Rawah Faraj*1, 2, Ehsan Abdalla 2, Gopal Reddy 1, Temesgen Samuel 1, Woubit Abdela1. Chimera of Heat-labile Enterotoxin B chain conjugate with LipL32 and or LipL21 proteins induces strong reactive antibodies in experimental mice. Published in the International Organization of Scientific Research (IOSR) Journal of Biotechnology and Biochemistry, Vol.4, Issue 3, Ver.1 May – June 2018.


7. Abdalla Ehsan, HabteMariam T, Nganwa D, Dibaba AB, Gerbi G, Vinaida R, Tameru B. (2011). Epidemiology of influenza A 2009 H1N1 virus pandemic in the U.S. J Health Care Poor Underserved; 22(4 Suppl):39-60.
8. El Zubeir Ibtisam, Nour Ehsan*. Studies on some camel management practices and constraints in pre-urban areas of Khartoum State, Sudan. International Journal of Dairy Science, 2006, 1(2):104-112.https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=ijds.2006.104.112