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Sasha H. Shafikhani, PhD

Sasha Shafikhani
Professor
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, Oncology and Cell Therapy, RUSH Medical College
Education

BA, University of California, Berkeley
PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Postdoctoral Fellowship; UCSF

Areas of Expertise

Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Exotoxins, Wound Infection, Surgical Site Infection (SSI); Wound Healing; Host/Pathogen Interactions; Innate Immunity; Programmed Cell Death; Apoptosis, Cancer Therapy; Microvesicles

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Contact Info:

1735 W. Harrison St.
Suite 612
Chicago, IL 60612-3806
Phone: (312) 942-1368
Fax: (312) 942-5206
sasha_shafikhani@rush.edu
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Biography

As a cellular microbiologist, Shafikhani’s research approach is to apply the knowledge gained from studying pathogens toward advancing understanding of host cellular processes. The primary focus of his lab is to determine the virulence mechanisms that mediate Pseudomonas aeruginosa pathogenesis in the context of wound infection, to determine the eukaryotic host responses that are intended to control Pseudomonas aeruginosa wound infections; and to employ bacterial toxins as molecular tools to dissect important mammalian cellular processes such as cytokinesis, apoptotic program cell death and apoptotic compensatory proliferation signalling. Shafikhani’s research has been supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health, Bears Care, Piccolo/Gavers and Rush internal funds.

Honors and Activities
  • Current invited to serve as an editor on Journal of Clinical Immunology and Immunotherapy, 2014
  • The Harry J. Lloyd Charitable Trust Nominee, Chicago, 2013
  • Current invited to serve as an editor on Austin Journal of Clinical Immunology, 2013
  • Current invited to serve as an editor on Dataset Papers in Microbiology journal, 2012
  • Pew Scholar Program Nominee, Chicago, 2010
  • UCR Young Investigator Award, Chicago, 2009-10
  • National Institutes of Health, Ruth M. Kirschstein NRSA Award, University of California, San Francisco, 2003-06
  • Water Resources Quality Grant- Role (Graduate Student Investigator), University of California, Berkeley, 1997
  • Cal Bear Honorary Scholarship, University of California, Berkeley, 1990
  • Cal Bear Honorary Scholarship, University of California, Berkeley, 1989
  • Best Tutor Award, 1988 

 

Publications

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