Ruhul Abid, MD, PhD – Principal Investigator
Ruhul Abid, MD, PhD is Associate Professor of Brown University Warren Alpert Medical School and Principal Investigator at the Cardiovascular Research Center (CVRC), Cardiothoracic Surgery Division at Rhode Island Hospital.
Dr. Abid received his MD from Dhaka Medical College with special training on hypertension and related diseases. He also served as the Project Leader of a PHC (Global Health) project with special emphasis on communicable and non-communicable diseases including cardiovascular and maternal health care in Bangladesh. Dr. Abid received his PhD in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry from the Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Japan, and did his postdoctoral training in breast cancer at the LSU Medical Center, LA, USA. He then joined Harvard Medical School and completed a Fellowship in Vascular Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He began his career at Harvard Medical School as an Instructor in Medicine in 2002, rising to the rank of Assistant Professor in 2006. He joined Brown Medical School as Assistant Professor in 2011 and has established his vascular biology lab at the CVRC of Rhode Island Hospital. He has been serving on the Medical Faculty Executive Council of Alpert Medical School since 2012.
Dr. Abid has combined careers in research on vascular biology, cardiovascular diseases, and teaching of graduate students. Basic science research interests include mechanisms of coronary circulation in health and disease (e.g. myocardial ischemia), signal transduction in vascular endothelial cell, and effects of reactive oxygen species on vascular/endothelial function and angiogenesis. He has published original research articles in many peer-reviewed journals. He has been continuously supported by research grants from the American Heart Association and NIH since 2004. In recognition of his research achievements, Dr. Abid was honored by the American Heart Association with the prestigious Werner Risau New Investigator Award in Vascular Biology in 2011. Dr. Abid is also the recipient of the 6th annual Young Investigator Award in Thrombosis from the ATVB, American Heart Association in 2005. He has served as a member of the study sections for the American Heart Association, Association for International Cancer Research (AICR), and NIH (adhoc- VCMB). He has been serving as a full member of the Lipids, Thrombosis, and Vascular Wall Biology-Clinical (LTVWB-Clinical) Study Section since 2008. Dr. Abid has mentored many residents, postdoctoral fellows, medical and undergraduate students during his tenure at HMS and Brown Alpert Medical School.
Ruhul Abid has been utilizing his extensive experience in both research and training to advance cardiovascular medicine and research.
Rayane Brinck Teixeira, MS, PhD – Post-doc
Rayane is studying the roles of sub-cellular oxidants/reactive oxygen species (ROS) in coronary vascular endothelium in myocardial ischemia. She is using both in vitro human coronary artery endothelial cells (EC) and in vivo animal model of myocardial infarction (LAD ligation) to modulate sub-cellular ROS in ECs to improve post-infarct angiogenesis and cardiac function.
Cynthia Xu, MD – General Surgery Resident
Cynthia is a general surgery resident at Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University, with an interest in aortic disease. She received a Bachelor and Master in piano performance at the University of Maryland, College Park, and medical degree from the University of Maryland in Baltimore. In the summer of 2021, she joined the Abid lab, with plans to work on extracellular vesicles in the treatment of cardiovascular disease.
Sharif Sabe, MD – General Surgery Resident
Sharif is a general surgery resident at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and clinical teaching fellow at Harvard Medical School, with an interest in cardiac surgery. He received a BA in Anthropology, MA in Bioethics, and MD from Case Western Reserve University. In the Summer of 2021, he joined the Abid lab, with plans to work on extracellular vesicles in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases.
Mohamed Sabra, MD – Research Intern
My name is Mohamed Sabra. I was born and raised in New Jersey. I obtained my medical degree at October 6 University Medical School in Egypt. I did my surgery rotations at Rhode Island Hospital with Dr. Frank Sellke. I am currently studying for my U.S Medical License Exams and applying for surgical residency in the U.S. My main interest is Cardiovascular surgery and research. I joined the Cardiovascular Research center in order to learn and assist in current lab research on cardiovascular, oxidant and extracellular vesicles experiments. I am grateful and honored to be working alongside such great minds and impactful pioneers in the field of medical discovery.
Christopher Chang – Undergraduate Student
Christopher is part of the class of 2023 at Brown University and is a member of the Program of Liberal Medical Education – an 8 year BS/MD program that enables him to get an undergraduate degree at Brown and a medical degree at the Warren Alpert Medical School in 2027. He plans to double concentrate in Biochemistry and English during his time at Brown. Christopher has been involved in multiple research projects since high school, mostly in the fields of cancer and cardiovascular research. In his free time, he enjoys reading, playing chess, and playing tennis.
Past Lab Members
Aja Tucker – Undergraduate Student
Current position: MD candidate at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Karla Braga, PhD – Research Intern
Ahmad Aboul Gheit, MD – Research Fellow
Taslova Abedin, MD – Research Intern
Current position: Residency Applicant
Melissa Pfeiffer, MS – Research Assistant
Current position: Associate Scientist II at Lake Pharma
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sita Hamid Trisha, MD, MPH – Research Intern
Current position: Neurology Resident at SUNY upstate NY
Catherine Karbasiafshar, BS – Research Assistant
Current position: MD candidate at Eastern Virginia Medical School
Saleh Alobaid – Research Intern
Faaezuddin Syed – Research Intern
Olivia Cummings – Undergraduate Student
Current position: MD candidate at The Warren Alpert Medical School
May Gao – Undergraduate Student