Osama Mohamed Ahmed

Osama Mohamed Ahmed

Professor of Physiology Head of Zoology

Department Faculty of Science

Beni-Suef University

Egypt

Osama M. Ahmed, (born in November 24, 1970) is a professor of physiology at Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University. He has granted Ph. D. in Physiology from Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Egypt at year 2000. He is working in different research fields including diabetes mellitus, obesity, carcinogenesis, drug-induced toxicity, rheumatoid arthritis, hyperoxaluria, hyperhomocysteinemia, hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism and assessment of medicinal plant their constituents as well as novel synthetic organic compounds as protective, preventive and therapeutic remedies. He holds more than 82 publications in the fields of his expertise in international journals. He has written two book chapters titled "Recent Advances in Chemistry and Biology of Natural Products" and "a New Look Hypothyroidism". He is a Deputy-Editor of Beni-Suef University Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences (BJBAS). He is a Co-PI of Experimental Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Research Project granted by Science and Technology Development Fund (STDF), Egypt. He is a principal investigator and co-investigator in many research projects. He has taught physiology course for students in Faculty of Science, Faculty of Education (Biology Branch), and Faculty of Arts (Psychology Branch) in Beni-Suef University (Egypt) and for students in Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine (Nahda University, Beni-Suef, Egypt).

Studies on Experimentally-induced type 1 and 2 diabetes and its treatment with medicinal plants and plant constituents

- Hepatotoxicity and anti-tumor activities.

- Experimentally-induced hypo- and hyper-thyroidism.

- Chemically-induced carcinogenicity and the treatment of cancer with natural products and newly synthesized organic compounds.