Dr. Omar Bagasra
Professor of Biology
Director of the South Carolina Center for Biotechnology
Dept. of Biology,
School of Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Education
B.Sc.
Microbiology, Karachi University, Pakistan
M. Sc., 1970,
Biochemistry, Karachi University, Pakistan
Ph.D., 1979,
Microbiol.& Immunol, University of Louisville, KY, USA
M.D., 1985,
Medicine, Universidad Autonoma Cd Juarez, MX
Residency, 1987-93
Surgical/Mol. Path., Hahnemann Univ/Temple Univ., Philadelphia, USA
Fellow, 1986-87
Clinical Lab. Immunol,
St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, Philadelphia
Professional Positions:
2002-present Adjunct Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208.
2001-present Professor of Biology & Director, South Carolina Center for Biotechnology, Claflin University, Orangeburg, SC 29115.
1998-2001 Professor of Biology & Director, Center for Transgenic & Recombinant Vaccine Research, Lincoln University, PA 19352.
1997-1998 Professor of Medicine, Director of the Molecular Retrovirology Laboratory, Section Chief, Molecular Diagnostics, Center for Human Virology, Thomas Jefferson Univ. PA 19122.s
Laboratory Director of the Immunology Laboratory, ACTG-TJU-University of Penn. Consortium; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.
1991-1997 Associate Professor & Director, Molecular Retrovirology Laboratories, Division of Infectious Disease, Section Chief, Molecular Diagnostics, Center for Human Virology Department of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, PA 19122
1987-1990 Associate Professor of Microbiology, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey, Camden,
NJ 08103-1505
1980-1987 Assistant Professor/Associate Professor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine,
Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, PA 19102.
Awards and Other Professional Activities:
Awards and Other Professional Activities:
AACR-HBCU Faculty Scholar Award, April 6, 2002
AARC Minority Council Member and Co-Chair of Award & Nomination Committee, 2003-2004.
SC Governor’s Professor of the Year Award, 2006
Outstanding Teacher Award from the SC Independent Colleges and Universities, 2007
Exemplary Teacher Award by the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry of The United Methodist Church, 2007.
Winner of James E. Hunter Award for outstanding performance in Teaching & Educational Development. Claflin University, 2008.
Editorial Appointments:
1992-1998 Editorial Board, Cell Vision-Journal of Analytic Morphology (Eaton)
1998 Guest Editor, AIDS Targeted Research
1998-2003 Editorial Board, Journal American International Health Council (in Arabic/English)
1999-present Editorial Board, Applied Immunohistochemistry and Molecular Morphology (Lippincot)
2004 Guest Editor, J Mol. Histology
2007-present Editorial Board, Libyan Journal of Medicine
2008-present Section Editor, Journal of Infectious for Developing Countries.
Editorial Boards:
1999-present Applied Immunohistochemistry and Molecular Morphology (Lippincot)
1998-2003 Journal American International Health Council (in Arabic/English)
1994-1999 Cell Vision-Journal of Analytic Morphology (Eaton)
Guest Editor:
Histochem J, 2003
AIDS Targeted Research, 1998
Patents:
1996 U.S. Patent #5,589,333, issued Dec. 31, 1996 In situ PCR- Basic Technology.
1998 U.S. Patent #5,750,347, issued May 12, 1998 In situ PCR- Automation Technology.
2008 U.S. Patent # 021396/0640 August 15, 08. miRNA Triplex Formations for the downregulation of HIV replication.
