Joseph YAGHI

Associate Professor

Faculty of Science – professeur associé

Faculty of Sciences - Branch of Southern Lebanon – Chargé de Cours

07/731 284/5 ext 3383 joseph.yaghi@usj.edu.lb

PHD in Microbiology.Associated Professor.Sworn expert in the court in Microbiology.Head of SVT Laboratory.Microbiological analyzes of food, cosmetic and phamaceutical products.Establishment of laboratories according to ISO17025. National GMP and GHP expert.Member of the american society of microbiology.Published several articles in the folowing themes: food safety, MDR bacteria.Member of the scientific committee of the LITANI river.Director of several Master's and doctoral thesis at USj


Education

Degree University Country Year
proteomic profile and caracterization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa multi-resistant strains by different biochemical and molecular approaches. Saint Joseph University of Beyrouth Lebanon 2016
Molecular typing of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus anitratus and lwoffi Université de Montréal Canada 1996
Bachelor in Microbiology and Immunology Université de Montréal Canada 1994

Teaching at USJ

Bacteriology and Virology

Food Microbiology

Manufacturing operational Management

Professional experience outside USJ

Professional experience Organisation Start date End date
Laboratory setup according to 17025 Chamber of commerce, industrie, Agriculture 01/06/2011 07/07/2012
Expertise for the MACLE project in the lebanese indutries TAHINA and HALAWA UNIDO 01/05/2007 01/09/2008
Expertise for the MACLE project in the dairy industries financed by USAID USAID 01/04/2007 01/04/2011
National Expert GMP, GHP, MACLE project UNIDO 01/01/2005 01/01/2009
Two training courses in food Microbiology at the SERMHA Laboratory Institute Pasteur LILLE 01/11/2004 19/12/2024
Microbiological analyzes of food, cosmetic, pharmaceutical products FS-USJ 01/12/2002 01/12/2023
Head of SVT Laboratories FS-USJ 01/09/1997 01/06/2024

Areas of expertise

Medecine and Health

Research themes

Food Microbiology
Antmicrobial activity
Biofilm
Antibiotic Resistance


Publications and communications

     Hoteit, M. ; Yaghi, J. ; El Khoury,A. ; Daou, R. ; Hindieh, P. ; Assaf, J.C. ; Al Dawi, J. ; El Khoury, J. ; AlJawaldeh, A. Prevalence and Antibiotic Resistance of Staphylococcus aureus andEscherichia coli Isolated from Bovine Raw Milk in Lebanon : A study onAntibiotic Usage, Antibiotic Residues, and Assessment of Human Health RiskUsing the One Health Approach. Antibiotics 2022, 11, 1815. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics11121815

 

     Lactobacillus rhamnosus and Staphylococcusepidermidis in gut microbiota : in vitro antimicrobial resistance PamelaHindieh, Joseph Yaghi, André El Khoury, Ali Chokr, Ali Atoui, NicolasLouka and Jean Claude Assaf. AMB Express 12(128) DOI:10.1186/s13568-022-01468-w

 

     Marie Noel Mansour, Joseph Yaghi,André El Khoury, Arnaud Felten, Michel-Yves Mistou, Ali Atoui, NicolasRadomski. Prediction of Salmonella serovars isolated from clinical and foodmatrices in Lebanon and genomic-based investigation focusing on Enteritidisserovar. International Journal of Food microbiology (2020). DOI:10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2020.108831

 

     Joseph YAGHI ; Grace NARGUIZIAN ;Ali ATOUI ; Marie Noel MANSOUR ; Malak GHORABI and André EL KHOURY. Serotypingand Antimicrobial Resistance of Salmonella isolates from food matrices andclinical specimens from Lebanon. Journal of microbiology, biotechnology andfood sciences. (2021), 11(1). DOI: 10.15414/jmbfs.3565 

                               

     Joseph Yaghi, Nour Fattouh, AkkawiCharbel, Laure Chami, Richard Maroun, Georges Khalil

Unusually High prevalence of cosecretion of Ambler Class A and BCarbapenemases and Nonenzymatic Mechanisms in multidrug- Resistant ClinicalIsolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Lebanon “2019 Microbial Drug Resistant26(2)