Dr. Omar Bagasra

Professor of Biology 
Director of the South Carolina Cener for Biotechnology
Dept. of Biology,
School of Natural Science & Mathematics

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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:

AACR-HBCU Faculty Scholar Award, April 6, 2002
AARC Minority Counsel Member and Co-Chair of Award & Nomination Committee,
2003-4.

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.