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Saint James School of Medicine is one of the best Caribbean medical schools for medical research. We are committed to providing our medical students with significant research experience. Our research program introduces you to clinical research, connects you to your international peers, provides understanding of research principles and offers you an opportunity to publish medical research before you commence your clinical rotations.

Medical research is one of Saint James School of Medicine’s core strengths, and our impressive line-up of student publications demonstrates our expertise and enthusiasm in this area. If you see your medical career focusing on research, Saint James will be an excellent medical school for you.

2014 Medical Research Publications

  1. Sharma S, Ebadi M: Significance of metallothioneins in aging brain. In: Neurochemistry International, Volume 65, January 2014, Pages 40–48. Available at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0197018613003276.
  2. Wang et al: Global, regional, and national levels of neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality during 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. The Lancet – 29 May 2014. Available at: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2814%2960460-8/fulltext and http://download.thelancet.com/flatcontentassets/pdfs/S0140673614606966.pdf. Published online May 2, 2014 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60497-9.
  3. Kassebaum et al: Global, regional, and national levels and causes of maternal mortality during 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. thelancet.com. Published online May 2, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60696-6.
  4. Bao S. Notch controls cell adhesion in the Drosophila eye. PLoS Genet. 2014, Jan; 10(1): e1004087. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004087. Epub 2014 Jan 9. Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24415957.
  5. Murray et al: Global, regional, and national incidence and mortality for HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria during 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013, The Lancet, Available online 22 July 2014, ISSN 0140-6736, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60844-8. Available at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140673614608448).
  6. Sharma S: Nanotheranostics in Evidence Based Personalized Medicine. Current Drug Targets, 2014, 15, 000-000. Available at: http://www.eurekaselect.com/124150/article.
  7. Gugnani HC., Sharma S, Wright K: A preliminary Study on the Occurrence of Keratinophillic fungi in Soils of Jamaica. Med. trop. S. Paulo [serial on the Internet]. 2014  June [cited  2014  Oct  14] ;  56( 3 ): 231-234. Available from: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652014000300231&lng=en.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652014000300009.
  8. Davidson, BC, Philpot S, Onyeokoro U, Jones W, Amelingmeier J,  Kamel J, Madhavan R: Assessment of the degree of mercury contamination of marine fish around Bonaire. Toxicological & Environmental Chemistry. 2014. 95 (10), 1675-1679. Available at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/02772248.2014.904126#.VD2SwRZGU_0
  9. Davidson BC, Ayvazyan A, Evani S, Cliff G. Comparison of the fatty acid profiles of liver and fat from five Indian Ocean loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 2014, 94 (07) pp 1581-1584. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315414000484. Available at: http://journals.cambridge.org/action//displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=9243341
  10. Malecki M: Above all, do no harm’: safeguarding pluripotent stem cell therapy against iatrogenic tumorigenesis. Stem Cell Research & Therapy 2014, 5:73. Available at: http://stemcellres.com/content/5/3/73.
  11. Dasgupta S, Aghazadeh-Dibavar S, Bandyopadyay M: the role of toll-like receptor agonists in the immunotherapy of leishmaniosis. An update and proposal for a new form of anti-leishmanial therapy. Annals of Parasitology 2014, 60(2), 75–82. Available at: http://www.annals-parasitology.eu/go.live.php/PL-H53/current-issue.html.
  12. Davidson BC, Nel W, Rais A, Namdarizandi, Vizarra S and Cliff G: Comparison of total lipids and fatty acids from liver, heart and abdominal muscle of scalloped (Sphyrna lewini) and smooth (Sphyrna zygaena) hammerhead sharks. SpringerPlus 2014, 3:521.Available at: http://www.springerplus.com/content/pdf/2193-1801-3-521.pdf.

Book chapters

  1. Sharma S, Gawande S, Jagtap A, Abeulela R and Salman Z: Fetal alcohol syndrome: prevention, diagnosis & treatment. Alcohol Abuse: Prevalence & Risk Management, Chapter: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: Prevention, Diagnosis, & Treatment, Publisher: NOVA Science Publishers, New York, U.S.A, Editors: Samuel Pombo, Fillip Borbosa, Marco Torrado, Nun Felix de Casta.
  2. Harish C. Gugnani: Ecology of Endemic Dimorphic Pathogenic Fungi.  Fungi from Different Substrates. Chapter 15. Publisher: CRC Press.  Eds: J. K. Misra, Jalpa P. Tewari, Sunil Kumar Deshmukh, Csaba Vágvölgyi.
  3. Sharma S and Ebadi M: Contents Antioxidants as Potential Therapeutics in Neurodegeneration. Systems Biology of Free Radicals and Antioxidants, 2014, pp 2191-2273. Chapter 97; Ed: I. Laher, Publishers Springer Verlag Heidelberg, Germany. 2014. Available at: http://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-642-30018-9_85.

Meetings, poster presentations, abstracts

  1. Bao S: Two counteracting mechanisms in the determination of unique cellular patterns. Poster presented on Gordon Research Conference on Signaling by Adhesion Receptors held 06/22/2014 – 06/27/2014 at Bates College in Lewiston ME United States.
  2. Sharma S: Charnoly body as a universal biomarker in nanomedicine. International Translational Nanomedicine Conference. Boston. July 25-27.http://www.northeastern.edu/itnano/?page_id=687.
  3. Sharma S: Charnolo Pharmacon Therapeutics of Chronic Multidrug Resistant Diseases (speaker). BIT’s 5th Annual Congress of International Annual International Congress of Medichem-2014 (ICM-2014), November 18-20, Suzhou, China. http://www.bitcongress.com/icm2014/program-4.asp
  4. Sharma S: Charnoly body as a universal biomarker in nanomedicine. Chairman of Session 503. BIT’s 12th Annual Congress of International Drug Discovery Science & Technology-2014 (IDDST-2014). November 18-20, Suzhou, China. http://www.iddst.com/iddst2014/ScientificProgram6.asp
  5. Sharma S: Mitochondrially targeted nanomedicine (chairman; invited speaker). BIT’s 4th Annual World Gene Convention-2014 (WGC-2014). November 13-16. Haikou, China http://www.bitlifesciences.com/wgc2014/program5.asp
  6. Sharma S: Novel Biomarkers in Parkinson’s Disease (chairman; invited speaker). BIT’s 4th Annual World Congress of Molecular Medicine. (MolMed 2014. November 13-16. Haikou. China. http://www.bitlifesciences.com/molmed2014/program3.asp
  7. Davidson B: The incidence of cancer mortality in the Caribbean region from 2006 to 2012. Session: Chemoprevention. Environmental Exposure and Cancer Risk.  9th International Conference of Anticancer Research, Sithonia, Greece, 6th-10th October 2014.  http://www.iiar-anticancer.org/conference/?page_id=1335

2013 Medical Research Publications

  1. Arain M, Haque M, Johal L, Mathur P, Nel W, Rais A, Sandhu R, Sharma S. Maturation of the Adolescent Brain. Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment 2013:9 449–461 Available at: https://www.dovepress.com/maturation-of-the-adolescent-brain-peer-reviewed-article-NDT-recommendation1.
  2. Shabbir F, Patel A, Mattison C, Bose S, Krishnamohan R, Sweeney E, Sandhu S, Nel W, Rais A, Sandhu R, Ngu N, Sharma S: Effect of diet on serotonergic neurotransmission in depression: Neurochemistry International, Volume 62, Issue 3, February 2013, Pages 324–329.  Available at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0197018612004123.
  3. Sharma S, Moon CS, Khogali A, Haidous A, Chabenne A, Ojo C, Jelebinkov M, Kurdi Y, Ebadi M.: Biomarkers in Parkinson’s disease (recent update). Neurochem Int. 2013 Jun 19. Available at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0197018612004123.
  4. Arain M, Haque M, Johal L, Mathur P, Nel W, Rais A, Sandhu R, Sharma S: Maturation of the adolescent brain. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. 2013;9:449-61. Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3621648/.
  5. Sharma S, Rais A, Sandhu R, Nel W, Ebadi M: Clinical significance of metallothioneins in cell therapy and nanomedicine: International Journal of Nanomedicine; April 2013 Volume 2013:8 p: 1477 – 1488. Available at: http://www.dovepress.com/clinical-significance-of-metallothioneins-in-cell-therapy-and-nanomedi-peer-reviewed-article-IJN-recommendation1.
  6. Sharma R, Masaki J, Agarwal a: Sperm DNA Fragmentation Analysis Using the TUNEL Assay; Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.). 01/2013; 927:121-36. Avilable at: http://www.springerprotocols.com/Abstract/doi/10.1007/978-1-62703-038-0_12.
  7. Bao S1, Zhu L, Zhuang Q, Wang L, Xu PX, Itoh K, Holzman IR, Lin J. Distribution dynamics of recombinant Lactobacillus in the gastrointestinal tract of neonatal rats. PLoS One. 2013;8(3):e60007. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060007. Epub 2013 Mar 27.Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23544119.
  8. Brandão RD, Veeck J, Van de Vijver KK, Lindsey P, de Vries B, van Elssen CH, Blok MJ, Keymeulen K, Ayoubi T, Smeets HJ, Tjan-Heijnen VC, Hupperets PS.: A randomised controlled phase II trial of pre-operative celecoxib treatment reveals anti-tumour transcriptional response in primary breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res. 2013 Apr 8;15(2):R29. Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23566419.
  9. Lau P, Bossers K, Janky R, Salta E, Frigerio CS, Barbash S, Rothman R, Sierksma AS, Thathiah A, Greenberg D, Papadopoulou AS, Achsel T, Ayoubi T, Soreq H, Verhaagen J, Swaab DF, Aerts S, De Strooper B. Alteration of the microRNA network during the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. EMBO Mol Med (2013) 5, 1–22 doi: 10.1002/emmm.201201974.  Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3799583/
  10. Gugnani HC, Doctalina R, Rosea J and Bruce D. (2013) Prevalence of keratinophilc fungi in soils of Bonaire (Dutch Caribbean), West Indies. Kavaka (Transactions of Mycological Society of India): Avilable at: http://caribbean.scielo.org/scielo.php?pid=S0043-31442012000900012&script=sci_arttext&tlng=en.
  11. Mateka JJL, Haniff MM, Bainey RS, Iliou CB. Interesting Trends In Incidence and Mortality Rates of Colorectal Cancer in the United States of America. J Gastroint Dig Syst S6: 004. doi: 10.4172/2161-069X.S6-004. Available at: http://omicsonline.org/interesting-trends-in-incidence-and-mortality-rates-of-colorectal-cancer%20in-the-united-states-of-america-2161-069X.S6-004.php?aid=11521.
  12. Iskander K, Farhour R, Ficek M, Ray A. Obesity-related complications: Few biochemical phenomena with reference to tumorigenesis. Malays J Pathol 2013; 35(1): 1-15. Available at: http://www.mjpath.org.my/2013.1/obesity.pdf.
  13. Endom Ismail; Farahnaz Amini; Shairah Abdul Razak; Husna Mohd Zaini; Reza Farhour; Bin Alwi Zilfafalil. Peninsular Malaysia’s negrito orang asli and its theory of african origin. Sains Malaysiana. 2013;42(7):921-926. Available at: http://www.ukm.my/jsm/pdf_files/SM-PDF-42-7-2013/05%20Endom%20Ismil%20.pdf.
  14. Chivandi E, Davidson BC, Erlwanger Proximate, mineral, fibre, phytate-phosphorus, vitamin E, amino acid and fatty acid composition of Terminalia sericea. S. Afr. J. Bot. 2013;88:96-100. (article written on Bonaire). Avilable at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0254629913002809.
  15. Ray A, Barreto SC, Armstrong E, Dogan S. Pathobiology of cancer and clinical biochemistry. J Pediatr Biochem 2013; 3(4): 187-201.  Available at: http://iospress.metapress.com/content/c0g56144t0006791/.
  16. Orish VN, Onyeabor OS, Boampong JN, Acquah S, Sanyaolu AO, Iriemenam NC.The effects of malaria and HIV co-infection on hemoglobin levels among pregnant women in Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics. 2013. 120:236-239. Available at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0020729212005814.
  17. Sanyaolu AO, Fagbenro-Beyioku AF, Oyibo WA, Badaru OS, Onyeabor OS, Nnaemeka CI. Malaria and HIV co-infection and their effect on hemoglobin levels from three healthcare institutions in Lagos, southwest Nigeria. African Health Sciences. 2013. 13(2):295-300. Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3824477/.
  18. Babokhov P, Sanyaolu AO, Oyibo WA, Fagbenro-Beyioku AF, A current analysis of chemotherapy strategies for the treatment of human African trypanosomiasis. Iriemenam NC. Pathogens & Global Health. 2013. 107(5):242-252. Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4001453/.
  19. Oyibo WA, Azuka A, Oladosu OO, Ojuromi OT, Sanyaolu AO, Olusanya O, Fagbenro-Beyioku AF. Prevalence of Entamoeba histolytica / Entamoeba dispar among patients with Gastro-intestinal complaints in Lagos, Nigeria. Archives of Biomedical Sciences & Health. 2013. 1(1):10-19. Available at: http://www.academia.edu/4404029/PREVALENCE_OF_E_HISTOLYTICA.

Book chapters

  1. Gugnani H.C. Ecology of dimorphic endemic pathogenic fungi. In: Fungi from Different Substrates. Eds. JK Misra, JP TEwari, SK Deshmukh and Csaba Vagvolgyi. CRC Press, USA.

Meetings, poster presentations, abstracts

  1. Gugnani HC and Denning DW. Burden of serious fungal infections in Dominican Republic (Abstract no.321). Available at: http://www.life-worldwide.org/assets/uploads/files/posterdominicanrepTIMM.pdf.
  2. Gugnani, HC and Denning DW. Burden of serious fungal infections in Jamaica (Abstract no.319) . Available at: http://www.life-worldwide.org/assets/uploads/files/posterjamaica.pdf.
  3. Denning DW and Gugnani HC. Burden of serious fungal infections in Trinidad and Tobago (Abstract no.318). Available at: http://www.life-worldwide.org/assets/uploads/files/poster%20Trinidad%20and%20tobTIMM%281%29.pdf.
  4. Zeine, R., Palatnick, F., Boglarsky, C.A., Blessinger, P., Herrick, B. and Hamlet, M.T. Customer Service Focus and Mission Articulation as measures of Effectiveness in Higher Education Institutions.  The International Journal of Business and Applied Sciences (IJBAS), 2013. Available at: http://www.academia.edu/3272403/Customer_Service_Focus_and_Mission_Articulation_as_measures_of_Effectiveness_in_Higher_Education_Institutions_Driving_Student_Success.
  5. Zeine, R., Boglarsky, C.A., Blessinger, P., Michel, L. External Adaptability of Higher Education Institutions: The Use of Diagnostic Interventions to Improve Agility. Change Management: An International Journal, CGPublisher, 2013. Available at: http://www.academia.edu/2083580/External_Adaptability_of_Higher_Education_Institutions_The_Use_of_Diagnostic_Interventions_to_Improve_Agility.
  6. Zeine, R.,Boglarsky, C.A., Blessinger, P., Michel, L. External Adaptability of Higher Education Institutions: The Use of Diagnostic Interventions to Improve Agility. (13th International Conference on Knowledge, Culture and Change in Organizations, On the Organization, Vancouver, BC, Canada 6/2013). Platform presentation by Dr. Zeine. http://ontheorganization.com/_uploads/M13_FINAL_Post_Conf_Program_6.19.pdf
  7. Zeine, R., Palatnick, F., Boglarsky, C.A., Blessinger, P., Herrick, B. and Hamlet, M.T. Customer Service Focus and Mission Articulation as measures of Effectiveness in Higher Education Institutions. (2013 International Conference of Business and Applied Sciences Academy of North America, BAASANA, Manhattan, New York, NY, USA 8/2013). Platform Presentation by Dr. Hamlet. http://baasana.org/conferences.html
  8. Zeine, R., Boglarsky, C.A., Daly, E., Blessinger, P., Kurban, M., Gilkes, A. Considerate Leadership as a measure of Effectiveness in Medical and Higher Education: Analysis of Supervisory Managerial Leadership. (14th International Conference on Knowledge, Culture and Change in Organizations, On the Organization, Oxford, UK 08/2013). Available at: http://www.academia.edu/4055424/Considerate_Leadership_as_a_measure_of_effectiveness_in_Medical_and_Higher_Education_Analysis_of_Supervisory_Managerial_Leadership.
  9. Sharma S. Charnoly body as a sensitive biomarker in Nanomedicine. International Translational Nonomedicine Conference. Boston, July 26-28, 2013. (Invited Speaker).
  10. Sharma S, Chabenne A, Moon, C, Ojo C, Khogali A. Clinical Significance of Metallothioneins in Parkinson’s Disease. XX World Congress on Parkinson’s Disease and Related Disorders. Geneva, Switzerland. 8-11 Dec, 2013.
  11. Sharma S, Khogali A, Haidous A, Moon C, Chabenne A, Ojo C, Jelebinkov M, Kurdi Y, Ebadi M. Metallothioneins inhibit neurodegenerative α-synucleinopathies. 8thInternational Conference on RNA Metabolism (San Diego, CA; Nov 7-8, 2013). A Satelite Neuroscience Meeting.  Abstract not available

2012 Medical Research Publications

  1. Chivandi E, Davidson BC and Erlwanger KH. The red sour plum (Ximenia caffra) seed: a potential non-conventional energy and protein source for livestock feeds.. Int. J. Agric. Biol. 2012. Available at:  http://www.fspublishers.org/published_papers/68310_..pdf.
  2. Chivandi E, Cave E, Davidson BC, Erlwanger KH, Moyo D and Madziva MT. Suppression of Caco-2 and HEK-293 cell proliferation by Kigelia Africana, Mimusops zeyheri and Ximenia caffra seed oils. In Vivo. 2012:26:99-106. Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22210722.
  3. Ray A, Ficek M. Immunomodulatory effects of anti-estrogenic drugs. Acta Pharm. 2012 Jun 1;62(2):141-55. doi: 10.2478/v10007-012-0012-3. Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22750814.

Meetings, poster presentations, abstracts

  1. Davidson BC, Cliff G, Blumenau M, Axcel A : A comparison of the total lipid and fatty acid profiles of abdominal blubber from Indian Ocean bottlenose (Tursiops aduncus) and common (Delphinus sp.) dolphins; LIPID MAPS (Lipidomics Impact on Cell Biology, Metabolomics and Translational Medicine) Abstracts of Annual Meeting 2012: May 7-8, 2012, La Jolla, CA, p.35.
  2. Davidson BC, Cliff G: Changes in lipid and fatty acid profiles in female spotted raggedtooth (Carcharias taurus) sharks with season and ovulation; LIPID MAPS (Lipidomics Impact on Cell Biology, Metabolomics and Translational Medicine) Abstracts from Annual Meeting 2012: May 7-8, 2012, La Jolla, CA, p.35.
  3. Davidson BC, Ayvazyan A, Evani S, Cliff G: Comparison of the fatty acid profiles of liver and fat from five Indian Ocean loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta): LIPID MAPS (Lipidomics Impact on Cell Biology, Metabolomics and Translational Medicine) Abstracts from Annual Meeting 2012: May 7-8, 2012, La Jolla, CA, p.35.
  4. Sarma R: Nutrition challenges confronting developing India: Michigan Epidemiology Conference 2012, Michigan Public Health Association, 30. March 2012. Also available at: http://www.mipha.org/epi/conf2012/SarmaIndiaNutrition.pdf.

Book chapters

  1. Sharma S, Ebadi M: In Vivo Molecular Imaging in Parkinson’s Disease. Parkinson’ Disease, 2nd Edition, Publication Date: Oct 9, 2012, Eds: Ronald F. Pfeiffer, Zbigniew K.    Wszolek, & Manuchair Ebadi, CRC Press, Florida. Available at: http://www.crcnetbase.com/doi/abs/10.1201/b12948-66

2011 Medical Research Publications

  1. Rameshwar Sarma V. Kramadhati, Dinh T, Mekamkwe J, Ndungu P, and Nguyen E. Functional food availability, a limitation to peoples’ health on Islands. Functional Foods in Health and Disease 2011; 7:222-231. Available at: http://www.functionalfoodscenter.net/files/46830648.pdf
  2. Davidson BC, MacIver JE, Lessard E, Connors K. Meat Lipid Profiles: A Comparison of Meat from Domesticated and Wild Southern African Animals. In Vivo March-April 2011 vol. 25 no. 2 197-202. Available at: http://iv.iiarjournals.org/content/25/2/197.full (title changed – Differences in the fatty acid profile of meats are related to the degree of species domestication).
  3. Davidson BC, Zayed M, Zayed S and Cliff G. Liver lipids of Indian and Atlantic Ocean spinner (Carcharhinus brevipinna) and blacktip (Carcharhinus limbatus) sharks. Afr. J. Mar. Sci. 2011:33(1):115-118.  Available at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2989/1814232X.2011.572360#preview.
  4. Davidson BC, Sidell J, Rhodes J and Cliff G. A comparison of the heart and muscle total lipid and fatty acid profiles of nine large shark species from the east coast of South Africa. Fish Physiol. Biochem. 2011:37:105–112. Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20694746.
  5. Chivandi E, Davidson BC, Erlwanger KH. Kigelia africana seed: proximate, mineral, vitamin E, fibre, amino acid and fatty acid composition of Mimusops zeyheri (Red Milkwood) Seed. J. Food Sci. Tech. 2011 2011:46:555-560. Available at: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2621.2011.02730.x/abstract
  6. Davidson BC and Cliff G. Liver lipids of female Carcharias taurus (spotted raggedtooth) sharks: A comparison between seasons. Fish Physiol. Biochem. 2011:37:613-618. Available at: http://link.springer.com/search?query=Liver+lipids+of+female+Carcharias+&facet-journal-id=10695&search-within=Journal

Meetings, poster presentations, abstracts

  1. Sarma R: Functional Food Availability, a Limitation to People’s Health in Island. 8th  International Conference Functional Foods for Chronic Diseases: Science and Practice; March 15-17, 2011,  University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA (see above)


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