Ashraf Ibrahim

About Ashraf Ibrahim

Dr. Ibrahim is a Professor at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and a Senior Investigator and Vice Chair of Board of Directors at the Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (20••••22). He received his Ph.D degree in Microbial Physiology in 1991 from Loughborough University of Technology, UK. Dr. Ibrahim completed his Postdoctoral training in molecular pathogenic fungi and his current research focuses on molecular pathogenesis, host-pathogen interactions, immunotherapies, and models of infections to advance the understanding of pathogenic mechanisms and virulence factors of fungal and bacterial infections and translate this knowledge into novel therapeutic strategies to combat Infectious Diseases. His laboratory represents a leading group in mucormycosis research in which they established genetic manipulation of Rhizopus (the most common cause of infection), developed animal models, pioneered the use of iron chelation therapy in treating the disease, and currently developing a humanized monoclonal antibody against this lethal fungal infection. He is also the current leading figure in the development of a vaccine candidate against multiple drug resistant healthcare-associated infections including Candida species (including the emerging infection caused by Candida auris), and Gram-negative bacterial infections. He is constantly invited to National and International Conferences to lecture on his research interests. He co-founded several start-up companies that develop vaccines, immunotherapies and diagnostics of healthcare-related infections. Dr. Ibrahim currently holds several NIH and industry sponsored projects. He coauthored more than 200 peer-reviewed research papers, book chapters (including the Mucormycosis Chapter in ‘Harrison’s Principle of Internal Medicine) and review articles. Dr. Ibrahim was a standing member of the NIAID DDR and DMPA study sections (20••••23), is a current associate editor of several scientific journals, and serves as an Ad Hoc reviewer of numerous peer-reviewed Journals.

Experience

1. Director of the Graduate Studies Program

   The Lundquist Institute

   Oct 2018 — Present · Los Angeles, CA, US

Education

• Loughborough University

  Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Microbiology and Immunology

  1987 — 1991

Skills

• Protein Chemistry
• Clinical Research
• Cell Culture
• Bioinformatics
• Statistics
• Cell
• Microbiology
• Biostatistics
• Genetics
• Clinical Trials
• Microscopy
• Science
• Western Blotting
• Pcr
• Molecular Biology
• Immunology
• Biotechnology
• Protein Purification
• Dna
• Cell Biology
• Life Sciences
• Biochemistry
• Infectious Diseases
• R
• Research
• Lifesciences
• Immunohistochemistry