• President of the Rotary Club of Adliya 1999-2000
• Assistant District Governor 2007-2008
• District Secretary 2009-2010

Dr. Khaled Saeed Tabbara, President 1999-2000, ADG 2007-2008, DS 2009-2010

Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Infectious Diseases
College of Medicine and Medical Sciences,
Arabian Gulf University,
P.O.Box 22979,
Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain

Telephones

Office: +973-1723 9733 / 9433
Home +973-1787 – 7194
Mobile +973-3968 – 9515

Fax – Office +973-1723 – 0730
Private +973-1787 – 7195

Email
kst1@batelco.com.bh
khaled@rotaryadliya.org

Other personal details:

Birth date: February 3, 1950
Marital Status: Married, two children
Citizenship: Bahraini

EDUCATION

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in Immunology, September 1979, Washington State
University, Pullman, Washington, U.S.A.

Dissertation: Immunological parameters in the A/J mouse with a progressively growing tumor.

MASTER OF SCIENCE in Biology, June 1973, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.

Thesis: Lysis of Sphaerotilus discophorus 35S

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE in Biology-Chemistry (group major), June 1971, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Arabian Gulf University, college of medicine and medical sciences, Bahrain
• Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies and Research
• Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
• Director, Master of Laboratory Medicine Program
• Director, Laboratory Animal Care Facility (Since 2003)
• Vice Dean for Student Affairs and Alumni (1995-98)
• Coordinator, Premedical Program (1992-96)

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
• Fulbright Fellow, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases (2002)

University of Texas medical branch, Galveston, Texas
• Post doctoral fellow and Research Associate, Department of Microbiology. (1982-84)

College of health sciences, ministry of health, Bahrain
• Chairman, Department of Life Sciences (1980-82)
• Senior Lecturer, Department of Life Sciences (1979-80)

Publications

• Have published a number of articles in international, refereed scientific journals
• Have supervised a number of Master of Science Thesis projects
• Conditions Influencing the Efficacy of Vaccination with Live Organisms against Leishmania major Infection
• Progress towards a Leishmania vaccine
• Serodiagnosis of toxoplasmosis in Bahrain
• Campylobacter jejuni induces diverse kinetics and profiles of cytokine genes in INT-407 cells
• Clinical relevance of virulence genes in Campylobacter jejuni isolates in Bahrain

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

• Bahrain Medical Society
• American Society for Microbiology
• American Association of Immunologists

MEMBERSHIP IN EDITORIAL BOARDS

• Editorial Board, Journal of the Bahrain Medical Society
• Production Manager, Journal of the Bahrain Medical Society
• Reviewer, Bahrain Medical Bulletin
• Reviewer, Saudi Medical Journal

Rotary Involvement

• Establishing member, Rotary Club of Adliya
• President, Rotary Club of Adliya (1999 – 2000)
• Assistant Governor for Bahrain, Rotary District 2450 (2007 – 08)
• District Secretary 2009-2010