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Biography

Dean of the Faculty of Public Health at Université La Sagesse (Lebanon).
Associate Professor, Corporate Consultant.

Education
Dr. El Khoury pursued her graduate and doctoral studies in Cell and Molecular Biology in Paris Diderot University - France after earning a Bachelor in Sciences at the American University of Beirut (AUB) and a Master’s degree at Saint Joseph University (USJ - Lebanon). She also followed a Master of Business Administration program and is a permanent member of the Beta Gamma Sigma honor society.

Professional Experience
With over a decade in academia, Dr. El Khoury has published several international articles in peer reviewed journals in the health field. Her early research work focused on studies in virology and then in cancer biology. She also studied the effect of pollutants and the environment on the cellular transduction mechanisms responsible for various diseases in humans. Her latest international publications show that she is a strong partisan of epigenetics and believes that health homeostasis is an outcome of the adequate combination between a given genetic makeup and a favorable lifestyle.
She has developed several academic programs, mentored numerous research projects, and lectured about leadership, biology of cancer, signal transduction, molecular and cell biology at Notre Dame University-Louaize (Lebanon) and Paris Descartes University (France). She was also a visiting researcher at MD Anderson Cancer Center at Houston Texas and currently a visiting professor in Health Management at University of Lille – France.
Dr. El Khoury works in the context of campaigns related to public health and preventive medicine.
She recently initiated the creation of a continuing education program in Radioprotection in collaboration with the LAEC and the UN – IAEA.
She is also a corporate consultant in several national institutions and a sworn expert in her field.

Biography

Peer-reviewed Journals Publications
1. The COVID-19 Pandemic, A Wider Portal for Health Humanities. El Khoury D. Letters from Byblos No.26 Rethinking Humanities for a Post-Pandemic. World International Symposium Proceedings, CISH – UNESCO, November 25, 2021.
2. Updates on the Effect of Mycotoxins on Male Reproductive Efficiency in Mammals. El Khoury D, Fayjaloun S, Nassar M, Sahakian J, Aad PY. Toxins (Basel). 2019 Sep 3; 11(9).
3. Curcumin and Endometrial Carcinoma: an Old Spice as a Novel Agent. El Khoury D, Matar R, Touma T. International Journal of Women’s health. 2019 April 15. Vol 11; 249-256.
4. Attention-Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder: A Disorder or a Fraud? Chaaya R and El Khoury D. Global Journal of Health Science, 2019 April 8; Vol. 11, No. 5; 100-16.
5. Exercise-Induced Irisin, the Fat Browning Myokine, as a Potential Anticancer Agent. Maalouf G-E and El Khoury D. Journal of Obesity, 2019 April 1; vol 2019; 8 pages.
6. Targeting surface nucleolin with multivalent HB-19 and related Nucant pseudopeptides results in distinct inhibitory mechanisms depending on the malignant tumor cell type. Krust B, El Khoury D, Nondier I, Soundaramourty C, Hovanessian AG. BMC Cancer. Dec 2011; 11:333.
7. Suppression of tumorigenicity of rhabdoid tumor derived G401 cells by the multivalent HB-19 pseudopeptide that targets surface nucleolin. Krust B, El Khoury D, Soundaramourty C, Nondier I, Hovanessian AG. Biochimie. 2011; 93(3):426-33.
8. Surface expressed nucleolin is constantly induced in tumor cells to mediate calcium-dependent ligand internalization. Hovanessian AG, Soundaramourty C*, El Khoury D*, Nondier I, Svab J, Krust B. PLoS One. 2010; 23;5(12):e15787. (*contributed equally)
9. Targeting surface nucleolin with a multivalent pseudopeptide delays development of spontaneous melanoma in RET transgenic mice. El Khoury D, Destouches D, Lengagne R, Krust B, Hamma-Kourbali Y, Garcette M, Niro S, Kato M, Briand JP, Courty J, Hovanessian AG, Prévost-Blondel A. BMC Cancer. 2010; 24;10:325.
10. The cell surface expressed nucleolin is a glycoprotein that triggers calcium entry into mammalian cells. Losfeld ME, Khoury D, Mariot P, Carpentier M, Krust B, Briand JP, Mazurier J, Hovanessian AG, Legrand D. Exp Cell Res. 2009; 15;315(2):357-69. Epub 2008 Nov 6.
11. Suppression of tumor growth and angiogenesis by a specific antagonist of the cell-surface expressed nucleolin. Destouches D*, El Khoury D*, Hamma-Kourbali Y, Krust B, Albanese P, Katsoris P, Guichard G, Briand JP, Courty J, Hovanessian AG. PLoS One. 2008; 3(6):e2518. (*first authors)
Chapter in Books
Study of myelin genes expression in the central nervous system using Real Time PCR. Chapter in Psychiatric Disorders: Methods and Protocols, Second Edition. 2019. Springer, Nature.