Firas H. Kobaissy, Ph.D. 

Education

POSTGRADUATE:
University of Florida
Department of Psychiatry
Fellowship: Research Assistant Professor

GRADUATE:
University of Florida
Degree: Ph.D. in Neuroscience 

Bowling Green State University
Degree: Master of Life Science

UNDERGRADUATE:
The American University of Beirut,
Degree: BSc. in Medical Lab Technology

Research Interests

Research Interests

• Animal Models of Brain Injury
• Assessing Molecular Mechanisms of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
• Neurotherapy in TBI in TBI, and Epilepsy
• Mechanisms of Drug Abuse and Neuronal Injury
• Proteomics and Systems Biology

Research in my lab involves the following:

• Drug Intervention as Neurotherapeutics in Brain Injury,
• Biomarkers of neural injury mechanisms
• Omics approaches to decipher Protein Interaction

Clinical Interests

• Biomarker Research for TBI, Alzheimer's Disease, and epilepsy.

Publications

• Kattan D, Barsa C, Mekhijian S, Shakkour Z, Jammoul M, Doumit M, Zabala MCP, Darwiche N, Eid AH, Mechref Y, Wang KK, de Rivero Vaccari JP, Munoz Pareja JC, Kobeissy F. Inflammasomes as biomarkers and therapeutic targets in traumatic brain injury and related-neurodegenerative diseases: A comprehensive overview. Neurosci Biobehav 2023 Jan;144:104969
  
  
• Ibeh S, Bakkar NZ, Ahmad F, Nwaiwu J, Barsa C, Mekhjian S, Reslan MA, Eid AH, Harati H, Nabha S, Mechref Y, El-Yazbi AF, Kobeissy F High fat diet exacerbates long-term metabolic, neuropathological, and behavioral derangements in an experimental mouse model of traumatic brain injury. Life Sci. 2022 Dec 22;314:121316. doi: 10.1016/j.lfs.2022.121316. Online ahead of print.PMID: 36565814
  
  
• Mondello S, Sandner V, Goli M, Czeiter E, Amrein K, Kochanek PM, Gautam S, Cho BG, Morgan R, Nehme A, Fiumara G, Eid AH, Barsa C, Haidar MA, Buki A, Kobeissy FH, Mechref Y. Exploring serum glycome patterns after moderate to severe traumatic brain injury: A prospective pilot study. E-Clinical Medicine. 2022 Jun 17;50:101494.
  
  
• Haidar MA, Shakkour Z, Barsa C, Tabet M, Mekhjian S, Darwish H, Goli M, Shear D, Pandya JD, Mechref Y, El Khoury R, Wang K, Kobeissy F. Mitoquinone Helps Combat the Neurological, Cognitive, and Molecular Consequences of Open Head Traumatic Brain Injury at Chronic Time Point. 2022 Jan 24;10(2):250.

Click the link to view additional publications. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Kobeissy+F&sort=date

Honors and Awards

• Current President-Elect: International Brain Research Organization (IBBRO)-MENA 2020-2023
• Selected a judge for The 2016 UA Neuro Global Summit Nov 8-11th in Dublin, Ireland. 2016
• Selected Panel Chair at The International Council of Integrative Medicine, Australia Chapter (2008)
• Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award recipient (2008)
• The University of Florida, Faculty Research award (2007)
• Excellence in Medical Education, University of Florida (2007)

 Patents

1. “Synaptotagmin and Collapsin Response Mediator Protein as Biomarkers for Traumatic Brain Injury” (Applicants: OTTENS, Andrew, K. Kobeissy, Firas, H. WANG, Ka-wang, Hayes, Ronald, L. Zhang, Zhiqun LIU, Ming, Chen OLI, Monika: Application No.: PCT/US2008/001644 Pub. No.: WO/2008/097618
2. International Patent; Title: Multidimensional Protein Separation (Applicants: OTTENS, Andrew, Kobeissy, Firas, DENSLOW, Nancy, WANG, Kevin, K: WO 2005/103069