Positions

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine

Addresses

Texas Heart Institute (Lab)

6519 Fannin Street
Houston, TX 77030
United States

Education

PhD from University of Manchester

Manchester, England

Cardiovascular Molecular Medicine

PharmD from Zagazig University

Zagazig, Egypt

Research Fellowship at University of Louisville

Louisville, KY

Professional Interests

• Cardiac regeneration
• Cell cycle
• Epigenetics

Professional Statement

Dr. Abouleisa have earned a PharmD degree at Zagazig University, Egypt. Then she moved England where she achieved her Ph.D. degree in Molecular Biomedicine at Manchester University, England. Her Ph.D research training focused on calcium signaling during development of cardiac hypertrophy. Then Dr. Abouleisa achieved her postdoctoral training at University of Louisville, KY. Her project focused on identifying the molecular mechanisms that regulate cardiac regeneration. Dr. Abouleisa has joined Baylor College of Medicine in January 2024 as assistant professor. Her research projects focused on identifying the epigenetic and post translational modification in cardiomyocyte cell cycle.

Websites

Selected Publications

• Riham R E Abouleisa, Jessica M. Miller, Ahmad Gebreil, Abou Bakr M. Salama, Marc Dwenger, Hania Abdelhafez, Reham M. Wahid, Adeniyi T. Adewumi, Bradford G. Hill, Mahmoud E.S. Soliman, Nader E. Abo-Dya, Tamer M A Mohamed "A Novel Small Molecule Inhibitor of p38⍺ MAP Kinase Augments Cardiomyocyte Cell Cycle Entry in Response to Direct Cell Cycle Stimulation." British Journal of Pharmacology.;
• Riham R. E. Abouleisa, Xian-Liang Tang, Qinghui Ou, Abou-Bakr M. Salama, Amie Woolard, Dana Hammouri, Hania Abdelhafez, Sarah Cayton, Sameeha K. Abdulwali, Momo Arai, Israel D Sithu, Daniel J Conklin, Roberto Bolli, Tamer M A Mohamed "Gene Therapy Encoding Cell Cycle Factors to Treat Chronic Ischemic Heart Failure in Rats." Cardiovasc Res.;
• Riham R.E. Abouleisa, Abou Bakr M. Salama, Qinghui Ou, Xian-Liang Tang, Mitesh Solanki, Yiru Guo, Yibing Nong, Lindsey McNally, Pawel K. Lorkiewicz et al "Transient Cell Cycle Induction in Cardiomyocytes to Treat Ischemic Heart Failure." Circulation.;