Sofiyan Saleem
- Assistant Research Professor, Internal Medicine
- (602) 827-2002
- Biosciences Partnership Phx, Rm. 8TH FL
- Phoenix, AZ 85004
- ssaleem1@arizona.edu
Degrees
- Ph.D. Toxicology
- Hamdard University, New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Role of oxidative stress in ischemic stroke and its prevention with herbal medicine
Work Experience
- UACOMP (2017 - Ongoing)
Awards
- Flinn Foundation
- Summer 2023
- VRP P2 grant
- ABRC- VRP, Spring 2023
Licensure & Certification
- Postdoctoral research fellow, The Johns Hopkins University SOM (2009)
Interests
Teaching
I am very interested to teach and trained medical students or undergraduate/graduate students in the field of neuroscience, renal and cardiovascular disorders as well as Toxicology/pharmacology.
Research
My research projects: related to neurological disorders such as Stroke, hemorrhage and its treatment with therapeutic drugs (anti-MMP9 monoclonal antibodies). In addition, interest in DVT and PE. The duties are to evaluate stroke outcomes through neurobehavior, histology, Immunochemistry and cellular molecular biology techniques. In addition, performing any colony maintenance and management. Moreover, performing Ultrasound vevo 3100 on Dilated cardiomyopathy mouse model and tissue/organ collection. I am also involved in several other projects of stroke and IVC.I am also very interested to write and submit NIH grant application such as R21 and RO1.
Courses
No activities entered.
Scholarly Contributions
Journals/Publications
- Reed, G. L., Sullivan, R. D., Zhao, T., Wang, D., & Saleem, S. (2021). Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Expression is Enhanced by Ischemia and Tissue Plasminogen Activator and Induces Hemorrhage, Disability and Mortality in Experimental Stroke. Neuroscience.
