Omaima Sabek, PhD

Associate Research Professor of Surgery, Academic Institute
Associate Research Member, Research Institute
Department of Surgery
Immunobiology & Transplant Science Center
J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center
Houston Methodist
Weill Cornell Medical College

Former affiliation

Immunobiology & Transplant Science Center

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0919-0093

1340 Citations
23 h-Index

Research output per year

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Personal profile

After completion of her postdoctoral training in 2005, Dr. Sabek received dual appointments as an Assistant Professor in the College of Nursing and Department of Surgery at the University of Tennessee in Memphis, Tennessee. She has collaborated on several NIH-funded research grants and published over 30 peer-reviewed papers. Dr. Sabek joined The Methodist Hospital Research Institute in 2007.

Research interests

Dr. Sabek´s research focuses on islet cell transplantation, and specifically, the surrogate markers for prediction of long-term transplantation outcomes. She also aims to improve transplantation outcomes through the development and validation of improved techniques for islet recovery, isolation, engraftment, and post-transplant functioning/preservation. Dr. Sabek also conducts studies investigating potential biomarkers of allograft rejection.

Education/Academic qualification

Biochemistry, Postdoctoral Fellowship, Department of Biochemistry, University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN

Chemistry, PhD, University College London

Free-text keywords

Islet cell transplantation
Functional genomics
Allograft rejection
Osteocalcin
Diabetes

Research Area Keywords

Regenerative Medicine
Molecular Medicine
Transplantation

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Projects

3 Finished

Blocking TNFR1 increases tumor radiosensitivity and ameliorates radiation-induced cognitive impairments

Sabek, O.

Baylor College of Medicine

3/1/14 → 5/31/17

Project: State

Circadian clock and beta-cell stress adaptation

Sabek, O.

Baylor College of Medicine

2/1/14 → 1/31/19

Project: Federal Funding Agencies

Role of Pancytopenia and inflammatory Signaling in the Mechanism of AIRE-Induced Microvascular and Organ Damage Using an Animal Imaging Model.

Sabek, O.

Baylor College of Medicine

7/13/10 → 4/4/14

Project: Federal Funding Agencies

Research Output

1340 Citations
23 h-Index
62 Article
2 Review article
1 Book
1 Chapter

Novel Silicon Titanium Diboride Micropatterned Substrates for Cellular Patterning

Friguglietti, J., Das, S., Le, P., Fraga, D., Quintela, M., Gazze, S. A., McPhail, D., Gu, J., Sabek, O., Gaber, A. O., Francis, L. W., Zagozdzon-Wosik, W. & Merchant, F. A., Jun 2020, In : Biomaterials. 244, 119927.