Educational Attainment:       

• 1989   French Baccalaureat Diploma, French Embassy,  Beirut, Lebanon
• 1992   B.Sc. Biology, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
• 1997   Ph.D. Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, U.K.

Employments and Appointments:

• Sept 2009- present, Assistant Professor
  Department of Basic Sciences, College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences
  
• Sept 2004- Feb 2009, Part-time Assistant Professor
  College of Nursing, National Guard Health Affairs, King Abdulaziz Medical City. Riyadh, K.S.A.
  
• Sept 2002- Jun 2003, Acting Head of Basic Sciences Department
  College of Nursing, National Guard Health Affairs, King Abdulaziz Medical City
  Riyadh, K.S.A.
  
• March 2002- Sept 2002, Full-time Assistant Professor
  College of Nursing,National Guard Health Affairs, King Abdulaziz Medical City
  Riyadh, K.S.A.
  
• 2000-2001, Senior Postdoctoral Fellow
  University of Manchester, Manchester, U.K.
  Riyadh, K.S.A.
  
• 1997–2000, Postdoctoral Research Associate
  University of Manchester, Manchester, U.K.

Selected Publications:

• Warhurst G., Higgs N.B., Fakhoury H., Warhurst A.C., Garde J., Coy D.H.  (1996) Somatostatin receptor subtype 2 mediates somatostatin inhibition of ion secretion in rat distal colon.  Gastroenterology 111:325-333.
  Fakhoury H., Hillarby M.C., Weiss J.B. Increased gelatinase activity in SSc dermal fibroblasts cultures with unaltered gelatinase mRNA expression (2002). Journal of Dermatological Sciences 29:62-69.
• Shahbazi M., Fakhoury H., Pravica V., Hutchinson I.V. A novel polymorphism in the epidermal growth factor (EGF) 5'untranslated region (2002). Lancet 359:397-401.
• Quarmby S., Fakhoury H., and Kumar S. Association of transforming growth factor beta 1 single nucleotide polymorphisms with radiation-induced damage to normal tissues in breast cancer patients (2003). International Journal of Radiation Biology 79:137-143.
• Nakkash-Chmaisse H, Makki RF, Abdelhamid E, Fakhoury H, Salti NN, Salti I. CTLA-4 gene polymorphism and its association with Graves' disease in the Lebanese population (2004). European Journal of Immunogenetics 31:141-3.