Research

The following research projects are currently undertaken by the department members:
1. Prevalence and Genotype Distribution of Human Papillomavirus, Jordan.

2. HPV association with Head and Neck Cancer in Jordanian patients.

3. Child abuse and Neglect: knowledge and attitudes of undergraduate students in Jordan.

4. To assess and compare the knowledge, attitude and clinical skills of primary health care providers in 
     Jordan towards domestic violence.

5. Establishing cell free extract from gram negative and gram positive bacteria capable of biodegrading
     clorobenzoic.

6. Prevalence and mechanisms of resistance to fusidic acid and glycopeptides among clinical isolates of 
     coagulase negative Staphylococci in Jordan.

7. Incidence, characterization and novel treatments of multi-drug resistance Staphylococcus aureus 
     infection at Prince Hamzah Hospital in Jordan.

8. Frequency and association of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) with prostate cancer in Jordan.

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Recent publication by members of the department:

1. Al-Himsawi N, Hijjawi N, Al-radaideh A, Al-Tamimi M. Seroprevalance of hydatid disease in Jordan using
     indirect hemagglutination test. Parasite epidemiology and control. 2019.   
     https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parepi.2019.e00104.

2. Al-Tamimi M, Abu-Raideh J, Himsawi N, Khasawneh A, Hawamdeh H. Molecular screening of methicillin
     and vancomycin resistance genes in coagulase-negative Staphylococci isolated from the nostrils of 
     hospitalized patients. J Infect Dev Ctries. Accepted. 2019.

3. Al-Tamimi M, Abu-Raideh J, Albalawi H, Shalabi M, Saleh S. Effective oral combination treatment for 
     Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase producing Escherichia coli. Microb Drug Resist. 2019 
     Oct;25(8):1132-1141.

4. Belal Azab, Zain Dardas, Loai Alzghoul, Amira Masri, Diya Hasan, Tareq Saleh, Mohammad Alsalem. 
     Genotoxicity assessment in autism spectrum disorder patients using sister chromatid exchange and 
     chromosomal aberration assays. Int J Clin Exp Med 2019;12(9):11476-11482.

5. Saleh T, Tyutyunyk-Massey L, Gewirtz DA. Tumor Cell Escape from Therapy-Induced Senescence as a 
     Model of Disease Recurrence after Dormancy. Cancer Res. 2019 Mar 15;79(6):1044-1046.

6. Sameer Al Haj Mahmoud, Muayad Mehdi Abboud, Ashraf Khasawneh, Noor A. Mohammed. The Effects of 
     Chloride Position on the Aerobic Degradation of Chlorobenzoates by Klebsiella pneumoniae. Jordan Journal
     of Biological Sciences. Volume 12, Number 4, 2019.

7. AlOkda AM, Nasr MM, Amin SN. Between an ugly truth and a perfect lie: Wiping off fearful memories
     using beta-adrenergic receptors antagonists. J Cell Physiol. 2019 May;234(5):5722-5727. 

8. Raith A. S. Al-Saffar and Mohammad K. M. Al-Wiswasy. The Role of Homogenate Hepatic Tissue in  
     Myogenesis. Jordan Journal of Biological Sciences. Volume 12, Number 1, 2019.