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- Country of residence: Jordan
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CURRICULUM VITAE
NAME : Hamzeh H. Elayan
PERSONAL DATA : Born: April 12, 1949
Place of Birth: Al-Khalil, Jordan
Married, 4 Children
ADDRESS : Department of Pharmacology
Faculty of Medicine
University of Jordan,
Amman,Jordan
Email : hamzehe@yahoo.com
EDUCATION : 1973- B.S.c. Pharmacy, Cairo University
Cairo, Egypt
1978- Ph.D Pharmacology, Leeds
University England
EMPLOYMENT AND
PROMOTIONS : Present position Professor of Pharmacology since
July
1990.
Pharmacology Department
Faculty of Medicine
University of Jordan
March 1984 to - Associate Professor of
Pharmacology July 1990 Pharmacology
Department
Faculty of Medicine
University of Jordan
February 1979 to- Assistant Professor of
Pharmacology
1984
October 1978 to- Part Time Lecturer of
Pharmacology
February 1979 University of Jordan,
Amman,Jordan
January 1974 to- Pharmacist at General Medical
September 1974 Laboratory, Ministry of Health
Amman-Jordan
Committees:
Research Committee.
Curriculum and Examination Committee.
Promotion Committee.
Library Committee.
Faculty Council.
Membership of Safety of some food products committees,
Ministry of Health, Amman-Jordan
TEACHING ACTIVITIES:
1. Teaching pharmacology courses to:
2. - Medical students, 2nd & 3rd years.
- Pharmacy students
- Dental students
- Nursing students
- Rehabilitation students
- Post graduate students
3. Teaching an introductory course in medical laboratory
technology for the medical technical diploma students (years 1982
- 1985)
4. Teaching short revision courses in pharmacology for pharmacists
at the syndicate of pharmacists 1985
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES:
1. A research visit for 3 months (Summer, 1980) to Department of
Pharmacology, Leeds University, Leeds, England.
2. A visiting professor, associated with Dr. M. Bennett, Department
of pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Bath,
England.
3. Sabbatical leave from June 1987 to July 1988. Associated with
Michael G. Ziegler, M.D. University of California- San diego
(UCSD) Medical Center, , San Diego, California, USA.
4. Sabbatical leave from June 91 to July 92 in UCSD Medical Center,
San Diego, USA. supported by a Fulbright schoolarship.
5. Six month sabbatical leave (Feb. 1999-August-1999) in UCSD
Medical Center, San Diego, USA.
6. Six month sabbatical leave (Feb. 2001-August-2001) in UCSD Medical
Center, San Diego, USA.
7. Six month leave (Feb. 2005-August-2005) in UCSD Medical Center,
San Diego, USA.
8. Sabbatical leave from september 2010 to August 2011. Associated
with Michael G. Ziegler, M.D. UCSD Medical Center, San Diego,
California, USA.
9. Sabbatical leave for one term from August 2013 to January 2014,
at . UCSD Medical Center, San Diego, California, USA.
PUBLICATIONS:
Chronic β2 adrenergic agonist, but not exercise , improves glucose
handling in older type 2 diabetic mice. Elayan H, Milic M, Sun P,
Gharaibeh M, Ziegler MG. Cell Mol neurobiol. 32(5): 871-7, 2012.
Endogenous epinephrine protects against obesity induced insulin
resistance. Michael G. Ziegler , Milos Milic , Ping Sun , Chih-Min Tang ,
Hamzeh Elayan , Xuping Bao ,Wai Wilson Cheung , Daniel T.
O’Connor. Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical, 162 :32-4.
2011.
Cardiovascular regulation in obstructive sleep apnea. .Michael G. Ziegler
, Milos Milic, Hamzeh Elayan. Drug discovery Today: Disease Models.
Vol.8. No. (4) : 155-160, 2011.
Epinephrine and the Metabolic syndrome. Michael G. Ziegler, Hamzeh
Elayan, , Milos Milic & Munir Gharaibeh. Current Hypertension
Reports. Vo.243-6, 11906-11911, 2011.
Epinephrine regulation of hemodynamics in catecholamine knockouts and
the pithed mouse. Sun P, Bao X, Elayan H, Milic M, Liu F, Ziegler MG.
Ann N Y Acad Sci.1148:325-30, 2008
Cardiovascular responses to electrical stimulation of sympatheticnerves
in the pithed mouse. Hamzeh H. Elayan , Ping Sun , Milos Milic , Fujun
Liu , Xuping Bao , Michael G. Ziegler. Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic
and Clinical 140 (2008) 49–52
The pressor effect of NO synthase inhibition correlates to preexisting
systolic BP in the rat. Elayan HH, Kennedy BP, Ziegler
MG., Auton Neurosci. 2002 Ja 10; 95(1-2): 32-6.
Adrenalectomy attenuates L-NAME angmentation of the
vasopressor responses to sympatheic nerve stimulation in the
pithed rat. Elayan HH, Kennedy BP, Ziegler MG. Life sciences
70: No 21, April 21, 2002 2481-2491
Selective peripheral regulation of norepinephrine and epinephrine
release by nitric oxide. Elayan HH, Kennedy BP, Ziegler MG.
Clin. Exper . Pharm Physiol 29(7): 589-94, Jul 2002.
The Bioequivalence Study of Folifer-Z: A new formulation of
sustained-release iron and zinc. Salhab AS, Zmeili SM, Gharaibeh, MN,
Elayan H, Sallam E, Al Deleq S. Int J Pharm. 178(2): 171-81, 1999.
Glucocorticoid elevation of mRNA encoding epinephrine-forming
enzyme in lung. Kennedy B, Elayan H, Ziegler MG.
Am J Physiol. 265(2 Pt 1): L117-20 , 1993.
Glucocorticoid induction of epinephrine synthesizing enzyme in rat
skeletal muscle and insulin resistance. Kennedy B, Elayan H,
Ziegler MG. J Clin Invest. 92(1): 303-7, 1993.
Glucocorticoid hypertension and nonadrenal phenylethanolamine
N-methyltransferase. Kennedy B, Elayan H, Ziegler MG.
Hypertension. 21(4): 415-9, 1993.
Propranolol reduces rat dopamine-beta-hydroxylase activity and
catecholamine levels. Elayan H, Kennedy B, Ziegler MG.
Eur J Pharmacol. 3; 212(2-3): 259-62, 1992.
Epinephrine synthesis by rat arteries. Kennedy B, Elayan H,
Ziegler MG.
Am J Hypertens. 4(1 Pt 1): 45-50, 1991.
Elayan H. Sources of urinary catecholamines in renal denervated
transplant recipients. Ziegler MG, Morrissey EC, Kennedy B.
J Hypertens. 8(10): 927-31, 1990.
Epinephrine synthesis in the rat iris. Elayan H, Kennedy B, Ziegler
MG. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 31 (4): 677-80, 1990.
Lung epinephrine synthesis. Kennedy B, Elayan H, Ziegler MG
Am J Physiol. 258 (4 Pt 1): L227-31, 1990
Epinephrine synthesis in rat skin b an N-methyltransferase. Elayan
H, Kennedy B, Ziegler MG. Arch Dermatol Res. 282 (3): 194-7,
1990.
Cardiac atria and ventricles contain different inducible adrenaline
synthesising enzymes. Elayan HH, Kenedy BP, Ziegler MG.
Cardiovasc Res. 24(1): 53-6, 1990.
Epinephrine synthesis by an N methyltransferase in rat liver. Elayan
H, Kemmedy B, Ziegler MG. Gastroenterology. 98(1): 152-5, 1990.
Rat renal epinephrine synthesis. Ziegler MG, Kennedy B, Elayan H.
J Clin Invest. 84(4): 1130-3, 1989
Ziegler MG, Kennedy B, Elayan H. Extraadrenal adrenaline
formation by two separate enzymes. Experientia. 45(8): 718-20,
1989.
Gharaibeh MN, Elayan HH, Salhab AS. Hypoglycemic effects of
Teucrium polium. J Ethnopharmaco. 24(1): 93-9, 1988.
Ziegler MG, Kennedy B, Elayan H. A sensitive radioenzymatic assay
for epinephrine forming enzymes. Life Sci. 43(25): 2117-22, 1988.
Some pharmacological properties of Al-Ja'adeh Plant. Elayan, .H.,
Salhab, A.S. & Abu Rumeileh, b. Dirasat, 8, 131-138, 1981.
A study on smoking in Jordan. Salhab, A.S., Elayan, H.H., Z& Zmeili,
S.M. Dirasat 9, Nov. 2, 157-168, 1982.
A study on caffeine consumption in Jordan. Elayan, H.H., Salhab, A.S.,
& Zmeili S.M. Jordan Medical Journal, 19, 127-137, 1982.
Ramadan fastin and catecholamines excretion. Elayan, H.H. Dirasat,
12, 93-100, 1985.
The acute toxicity of the juice of Ecballium elatrium (L.) A. Rich. A.S.
Salhab, H.H. Elayan, M.N. Gharaikbeh and S. Amr. Dirasat 13(11):
91-99, 1986.
Crystalline isolation and physiochemical characterization of guaiol as a
major constituent of an active spasmolytic fraction of the essential oil
of Teucrium polium (L.). A.S. Salhab, H.H. Elayan and U.H.
Strenstrom. Dirasat 14 (6): 93-101, 1987.
Effect of cigarette and pipe smoking on heart rate, blood pressure and
urinary excretion of VMA. Hamzeh Elayan. Dirasat 14(6): 23-30,
1987.
Abstracts:
1. A study on caffeine consumption in Jordan. A.S. Salhab, H. Elayan
and S. Zmeili. the Pharmacologist, 23(3), 421, 1981.
2. A study on smoking in Jordan. A.S. Salhab, H. Elayan and S.
Zmeili. the Pharmacologist, 24(3), 217, 1982
3. The Pharmacological activity of the volatile oil of Teucrium
polium L. plant. a.S. Salhab, H.h. Elayan and R. Madden. The
Pharmacologist 25(3), 1983.
4. Investigations in three medicinal plants used in Jordan folklore
medicine A.S. Salhab, H.H. Elayan, M.N. Gharaibeh. The fourth
Jordanian Medical Conference, Jordan Medical Association 6th - 8th
March, 1985, Amman-Jordan
5. The acute toxicity of the juice of the plant Ecballium elatrium (L.)
A. Rich. M. Gharaibeh, A.S. Salhab, H. Elayan and S. Amr. the
Pharmacologist Vol. 27 No. 3, 259, 1985
6. Effects of the crude juice of Ecballium elatrium (L.) A. Rich on
bilirubin level in the main bile duct ligated rats. H. Elayan, A.
Salhab, and M. Gharaibeh. The Pharmacologist, Vol. 27, No. 4,
922, 1985.
7. Effects of cigarette and pipe smoking on heart rate, blood pressure
and urinary excretion of VMA. H.H. Elayan, The Pharmacologist
28(3): 203 (1986).
8. The hypoglycemic and anorexic actions of Teucrium polium L. in
rats. Munir Gharaibeh and Hamzeh Elayan. The Pharmacologist
28(3): 164 (1986).
Achievements and Awards
Fulbright grant 1991-1992
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