Nozohouri, Ehsan | Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

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Pharmaceutical Sciences

nozohouri_ehsan
  • Graduate Student / Research Assistant
Lab Phone: 806-414-9252/9255
E-Mail: ehnozoho@ttuhsc.edu
Mail Address: 1300 S Coulter
Amarillo, TX 79106-1712

Biography

Ehsan Nozohouri completed his Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Pure Chemistry from the University of Tabriz, East Azerbaijan, Iran, in 2019. He joined the Graduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences as a PhD student in January of 2021, and is presently working in the laboratory of Dr. Ulrich Bickel with the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Education:

  • BS: Pure Chemistry, University of Tabriz, East Azerbaijan, Iran, 2019

Research Interests:

Investigation of physiological transport mechanisms through in-vitro and in-vivo models of the blood-brain barrier; Application of LC-MS/MS and advanced microscopy

Publications:

   Before Admission to GPPS:

  • Sohrabi H, Dezhakam E, Nozohouri E, Majidi MR, Orooji Y, Yoon Y, Khataee A. Advances in layered double hydroxide based labels for signal amplification in ultrasensitive electrochemical and optical affinity biosensors of glucose. Chemosphere. 2022 Dec; 309(Pt 1):136633. Epub 2022 Sep 30.
  • Sohrabi H, Dezhakam E, Khataee A, Nozohouri E, Majidi MR, Mohseni N, Trofimov E, Yoon Y. Recent trends in layered double hydroxides based electrochemical and optical (bio) sensors for screening of emerging pharmaceutical compounds. Environ Res. 2022 Aug; 211:113068. Epub 2022 Mar 10.

   After Admission to GPPS:

  • Behnam Noorani, Ekram Ahmed Chowdhury, Faleh Alqahtani, Yeseul Ahn, Ehsan Nozohouri, Sumaih Zoubi, Dhavalkumar Patel, Laurence Wood, Juyang Huang, Muhammad Bilal Siddique, Abraham Al-Ahmad, Reza Mehvar, Ulrich Bickel. Effects of Volatile Anesthetics versus Ketamine on Blood-Brain Barrier Permeability via Lipid-Mediated Alterations of Endothelial Cell Membranes. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2023 May; 385(2):135-145. Epub 2023 Feb 24.
  • Noorani B, Cucullo L, Ahn Y, Kadry H, Bhalerao A, Raut S, Nozohouri E, Chowdhury EA. Advanced Microfluidic Vascularized Tissues as Platform for the Study of Human Diseases and Drug Development. Curr Neuropharmacol. 2022 Jul 6. Epub ahead of print.
  • Noorani B, Chowdhury EA, Alqahtani F, Sajib MS, Ahn Y, Nozohouri E, Patel D, Mikelis C, Mehvar R, Bickel U. A Semi-Physiological Three-Compartment Model Describes Brain Uptake Clearance and Efflux of Sucrose and Mannitol after IV Injection in Awake Mice. Pharm Res. 2022 Feb 10. Epub ahead of print.
  • Noorani B, Bhalerao A, Raut S, Nozohouri E, Bickel U, Cucullo L. A Quasi-Physiological Microfluidic Blood-Brain Barrier Model for Brain Permeability Studies. Pharmaceutics. 2021 Sep 15;13(9):1474.

Presentations:

  • Ehsan Nozohouri, Yeseul Ahn, Ulrich Bickel. "Effect of propofol on the in-vitro model of the blood-brain barrier based on induced pluripotent stem cell derived human brain microvascular endothelial cells". American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) PharmSci 360, Boston, MA; October 2022.
  • Ehsan Nozohouri, Yeseul Ahn, Sumaih Zoubi, Dhavalkumar Patel, Ulrich Bickel. "Effect of propofol on the in vitro model of the blood-brain barrier based on induced pluripotent stem cell derived human brain microvascular endothelial cells. 19th Annual Research Days, Ογ½ΆΦ±²₯ Jerry H Hodge School of Pharmacy, Office of Sciences in Amarillo, event at Lubbock, TX; June 2022.
  • Chanakya D. Patil, Ehsan Nozohouri, Yeseul Ahn, Behnam Noorani, Dhavalkumar Patel, Ulrich Bickel. "Isoflurane Affects the Blood-Brain Barrier Permeability for Gentamicin". Research Days, Ογ½ΆΦ±²₯ Jerry H Hodge School of Pharmacy, Amarillo (virtual); June 2021. [presented by E. Nozohouri]

Seminars:

  • 02/03/2023  "Propofol Acutely Increases Blood-Brain Barrier Permeability for Sucrose in Mice"
  • 05/06/2022 "Effect of propofol on blood-brain barrier (BBB) integrity of induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived human brain microvascular endothelial cells (hBMEC)"

Awards/Scholarships:

  • Graduate Award for 2022-2023, Helen Hodges Educational Charitable Trust, September 2022.
  • Best Oral Presentation, GPPS Graduate Student Seminar Series - First Place (tied), Ογ½ΆΦ±²₯ Graduate Student Association in Amarillo (GSAA), Spring 2022.

Memberships:

  • Graduate Student Association in Amarillo (GSAA), Ογ½ΆΦ±²₯ – International Student Representative, 2022-2023.
  • Graduate Student Association in Amarillo (GSAA), Ογ½ΆΦ±²₯, 2021-present.