Profile

Name: Hadi Mahdi Ahmad Alsakee

Post: Head of Biology department

Qualification: M.Sc.; Ph.D.

Academic Title: Assistant Professor

Specialty: Microbiology

e-mail: hadi.alsakee@cihanuniversity.edu.iq

Mobile number: (+964) - 07504463414

Short Biography

Assistant Professor Dr. Hadi Mahdi Ahmad Alsakee joined the Department of Biology at Cihan University-Erbil, in 2017 as the Head of Biology Department. Formerly, he was head of Microbiology department in the College of Medicine, Hawler Medical University-Erbil (2012-2017), and registrar of College of Medicine, Hawler Medical University (2008-2012). He obtained his Ph.D. in Medical Microbiology from College of Medicine, Hawler Medical University-Erbil in 2009, and M.Sc. in Parasitology from Baghdad University, College of Sciences in 2001 and B.Sc. in Biology from Salahaddin University, College of Science-Erbil (1990-1991). He taught medical parasitology and medical microbiology for Medical, nursing and dentistry undergraduate and postgraduate students, and currently teaching virology and laboratory techniques for Biology students at Cihan University-Erbil. He supervised three M.Sc. and one PhD students. He attended eight national and five international conferences and workshops, and published twelve (9 in national and 3 in international journals) scientific articles. His research interests are Immunity to parasitic infections, Vaccine development against hydatid disease, Epidemiology of infectious diseases, Immunodiagnosis of parasitic infections, Molecular detection of infectious agents, Virulence factors and gene polymorphism.

Research Interests

• 1. Immunity to parasitic infections.

  2. Vaccine development against hydatid disease.

  3. Epidemiology and risk factors of infectious disease.

1. Immunodiagnosis of infectious disease.

   1. Virulence factors gene polymorphism in toxoplasmosis.

2. Virulence factors gene polymorphism in leishmaniasis.

• 1. Evaluation of rota virus vaccination.