Nassim FARES

Professor

Center Jacques Loiselet for Medical Genetics and Genomics – professeur

Doctoral School of Health and Science – professeur

Faculty of Medicine – Directeur CGGM - Enseignant représentant les champs disciplinaires des sciences médicales et sciences et technologies au Conseil

Faculty of Dental Medicine – Chargé de Cours

Faculty of Science – Chargé de Cours

Faculty of Education – Chargé de Cours

Institute of Physiotherapy – Chargé de Cours

Institute of Psychomotor Therapy – Chargé de Cours

01/421 000 ext 6772 nassim.fares@usj.edu.lb

An experienced physiologist with over 20 years of academic experience at the Faculty of Medicine at Saint Joseph University in Beirut. He serves as the Director of the Doctoral School of Sciences & Health and oversees undergraduate medical and scientific master’s programs.His expertise includes international curriculum accreditation, scientific advisory roles, doctoral school leadership, and academic counseling. His laboratory research focuses on signaling pathways in cardiac and renal diseases, including preclinical translational studies, pathogenesis, and the development of novel therapeutic strategies.He has authored more than 60 peer-reviewed publications and received several prestigious awards, including:CNRS-L Excellence in Research Award (November 2016) in the field of cardiovascular physiology and pathophysiologyCEDRE France-Lebanon Intergovernmental Research Award (June 2006) in health sciencesMetrics: h-index: 21; citations: 1,184.


Education

Degree University Country Year
Doctor of pharmacy (Pharm.D) Saint Joseph University of Beyrouth Lebanon 2014
Habilitation à diriger des recherches Université de Poitiers France 2008
Educational in health sciences Saint Joseph University of Beyrouth Lebanon 2006
Cellular and molecular physiology and pathophysiology Université de Poitiers France 1997
DEA Biomembranes - Physiology and Pharmacology Université de Poitiers France 1994
Research in Physiology and Pharmacology Université de Poitiers France 1993
Animal Physiology Université Libanaise (UL) Lebanon 1990

University teaching outside USJ

University teaching outside USJ Country Institution Start date End date
Cardiovascular pathophysiology courses France Sorbonne Université 19/12/2019
Physiology courses Chad Le bon Samaritain-Faculty of medicine 12/01/2015
Neurophysiology courses (12h), Faculty of Health sciences Lebanon University of Balamand 01/05/2007 15/05/2007
Pharmacology courses, Faculty of medicine (10h) Lebanon University of Balamand 01/09/2006 01/09/2010
Cellular biology France Université de Poitiers 01/04/1996 30/04/1996

Areas of expertise

Medecine and Health

Research themes

1. Mécanismes cellulaires et moleculaires du remodelage fibrotique cardiaque en condition de stressdiv>2. Mécanismes cellulaires et moleculaires du remodelage fibrotique rénale en condition de stress;
3. Nouvelles stratégies anti-fibrotiques;

Publications and communications

p class=MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5intext-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">1.      Rached G, ... Fares N. Adv Sci (Weinh). 2023 Feb;10(6):e2204846.

2.      Ismail A, ... Fares N. OxidMed Cell Longev. 2022 Sep 19;2022:8770136.

3. Chacar S, ... Fares N. AgingCell. 2019 Apr;18(2):e12894.

4. Beaini S, ... Fares N. J CellPhysiol. 2019Jun;234(6):9616-9630.

5. Saliba Y, ... Fares N. Antioxid Redox Signal. 2019 Jun1;30(16):1851-1879.

 6. Nakhl S, ... Fares N. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2019Jun;73(6):850-858.

 7. Chacar S, ... Fares N. JCell Physiol. 2017 Apr;232(4):725-730.

8. Saliba Y, ... Fares N. JAm Soc Nephrol. 2015Aug;26(8):1855-76.


Awards and distinctions

Prix CEDRE