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Dr. Thilakavathy Pandurangan

Assistant Professor

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Education Qualifications
  • 2015 - 2018 Doctorate in Biomedical Sciences - track Pharmacology & Therapeutics, College of Medicine & Health Sciences - United Arab Emirates University
  • 2021 - 2022 Master of Health Professions Education - Maastricht University/Suez Canal University
  • 2011 - 2014 Master's degree in Biomedical Sciences - track Pharmacology & Toxicology, College of Medicine & Health Sciences - United Arab Emirates University
  • 1999 - 2005 MBBCh - Dubai Medical College for Girls (DMCG) - Dubai, UAE
Experience
  • August 2025 - to date Dean Institutional Effectiveness & Quality Assurance Accreditation - RAK Medical and Health Sciences University
  • August 2024 - July 2025 Director of Quality Assurance & Institutional Effectiveness - Dubai Medical University
  • November 2023 - to date Associate Professor - Department of Biomedical Sciences, CoM
  • 2022- 2024 Associate Director of Quality Assurance - QAIE Unit, DMCG
  • 2019-2023 Assistant Professor- Pharmacology Department, DMCG
  • 2014-2018 Lecturer, Pharmacology Department, DMCG
  • 2007-2014 Teaching Assistant, Pharmacology Department, DMCG
Courses Taught
MS.c.:
  • Basic Neurobiology - First-year Master students.
  • Advanced Neurobiology of Addiction - Second-year Master students.
MBBS/MD: 
  • General, Autonomic, GIT, Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Renal, Skin and infectious, Musculoskeletal, Endocrine and reproductive, and Neuro- and psychopharmacology.
Publications  
BOOK/CHAPTER:
  • Taie, W. A. M. A., Ismail, M. K., Alnahdi, A., ElNebrisi, E., Ibrahim, E. H., & Al-Abachi, S. Z. (2025). Biomarkers for Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Treatment Response of Colorectal Cancer. In Colorectal Cancer. CRC Press.
  • Eldeeb, R., ElNebrisi, E., & Ahmed, A. S. (2025). AI-enhanced medical education: Learn, assess, refine, master. Kindle Direct Publishing. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F49H3DWV
  • Nebrisi, Eslam El. 2022. A Literature Review on Neuroprotective Activities of Curcumin in Parkinson 's Disease. Current Practice in Medical Science Vol. 6 122-47. doi: 10.9734/bpi/cpms/v6/16616D.
RESEARCH PUBLICATION:
  • ElNebrisi, E., Lozon, Y., & Oz, M. (2025). The Role of α7-Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors in the Pathophysiology and Treatment of Parkinson 's Disease. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 26(7), 3210. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms26073210 
  • Temidayo, O., Rawat, S., Shehab, N., Elnebrisi, E., & Du Plessis, S. (2025). The effects of Lepidium meyenii on MSG-induced subfertility in male Wistar rats: Targeting oxidative stress, pro-inflammatory cytokines, steroidogenic enzymes, and reproductive hormones regulation. Heliyon, e42246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2025.e42246
  • Elshafei, M., Oweis, H. A., Abdul Hafez, Y., Alom, T., Hayani, Z. M., & ElNebrisi, E. (2025). Late Postpartum Eclampsia with Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Case Study. Medicina, 61(1), 77. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina61010077
  • Nebrisi, E. E., Ruwayya, Z. S. A., Alzayori, D. I., Alzayori, R. I., Chandran, S. B., & Elshafei, M. (2024). Efficacy and Tolerability of Erenumab and Topiramate for Prevention of Chronic Migraine: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Medicina, 60(10), 1684. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina60101684
  • Shehab, N. G., Omolaoye, T. S., Du Plessis, S. S., Rawat, S. S., Naidoo, N., Abushawish, K. Y., ¦ El Nebrisi, E. (2024). Phytochemical Evaluation of Lepidium meyenii, Trigonella foenum-graecum, Spirulina platensis, and Tribulus arabica, and Their Potential Effect on Monosodium Glutamate Induced Male Reproductive Dysfunction in Adult Wistar Rats. Antioxidants, 13(8), 939. https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox13080939
  • Nizam, A., Iqbal, T., Mashood, H., & Nebrisi, E. E. (2022). Analyzing COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy among University Students in UAE: A Cross-Sectional Study. Dubai Medical Journal, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1159/000523993
  • Nebrisi, E. E. (2021). Neuroprotective Activities of Curcumin in Parkinson 's Disease: A Review of the Literature. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22(20), 11248. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms222011248
  • El Nebrisi, E., Javed, H., Ojha, S. K., Oz, M., & Shehab, S. (2020). Neuroprotective Effect of Curcumin on the Nigrostriatal Pathway in a 6-Hydroxydopmine-Induced Rat Model of Parkinson 's Disease is Mediated by α7-Nicotinic Receptors. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 21(19). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21197329
  • Nebrisi, E. E., Prytkova, T., Lorke, D. E., Howarth, L., Alzaabi, A. H., Yang, K.-H. S., ¦ Oz, M. (2020). Capsaicin Is a Negative Allosteric Modulator of the 5-HT3 Receptor. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 11, 1274. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2020.01274
  • Alzaabi, A. H., Howarth, L., El Nebrisi, E., Syed, N., Susan Yang, K.-H., Howarth, F. C., & Oz, M. (2019). Capsaicin inhibits the function of α7-nicotinic acetylcholine receptors expressed in Xenopus oocytes and rat hippocampal neurons. European Journal of Pharmacology, 857, 172411. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejphar.2019.172411
  • El Nebrisi, E. G., Bagdas, D., Toma, W., Al Samri, H., Brodzik, A., Alkhlaif, Y., ¦ Oz, M. (2018). Curcumin Acts as a Positive Allosteric Modulator of α7-Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors and Reverses Nociception in Mouse Models of Inflammatory Pain. The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 365(1), 190-200. https://doi.org/10.1124/jpet.117.245068
  • Nebrisi, E. E., Al Kury, L. T., Yang, K.-H. S., Jayaprakash, P., Howarth, F. C., Kabbani, N., & Oz, M. (2018). Curcumin potentiates the function of human α7-nicotinic acetylcholine receptors expressed in SH-EP1 cells. Neurochemistry International, 114, 80-84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuint.2017.12.010
  • Oz, M., El Nebrisi, E. G., Yang, K.-H. S., Howarth, F. C., & Al Kury, L. T. (2017). Cellular and Molecular Targets of Menthol Actions. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 8, 472. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2017.00472
  • Sultan, A., Yang, K.-H. S., Isaev, D., Nebrisi, E. E., Syed, N., Khan, N., ¦ Oz, M. (2017). Thujone inhibits the function of α7-nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and impairs nicotine-induced memory enhancement in one-trial passive avoidance paradigm. Toxicology, 384, 23-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tox.2017.04.005
  • Gaber, E. M., Jayaprakash, P., Qureshi, M. A., Oz, M., & Howarth, F. C. (2014). Well-preserved ventricular myocyte shortening in Goto-Kakizaki type 2 diabetic rats. Hamdan Medical Journal, 7(2), 211. https://doi.org/10.7707/hmj.v7i2.311
  • Gaber, E. M., Jayaprakash, P., Qureshi, M. A., Parekh, K., Oz, M., Adrian, T. E., & Howarth, F. C. (2014). Effects of a sucrose-enriched diet on the pattern of gene expression, contraction and Ca(2+) transport in Goto-Kakizaki type 2 diabetic rat heart. Experimental Physiology, 99(6), 881-893. https://doi.org/10.1113/expphysiol.2013.077594
THESIS SUPERVISION:

Topic:  A Comparative Study Of Clinical Injectable Buprenorphine and Psychological in Opioid Dependence Patients versus only Standard Psychological Treatment.

Program: MSc in Addiction Sciences 

AY: 2021 -2023

POSTER PUBLICATION:
  • Erenumab vs Topiramate in Chronic Migraine Prevention: A Retrospective Study on Effectiveness, Tolerability, and Side Effects. Zainaba Suaad, Dalya Ibrahim, Rnya Ibrahim, Shyam Babu, Mohamed ElShafei, Eslam ElNebrisi. 8th Emirates Family Medicien Society Congress - Intercontinental Dubai Festival city, Dubai, UAE, April 17 - 19, 2025. 
  • Late Postpartum Eclampsia with Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A case Study. Zahraa Hayani, Mohammed ElShafei, Hala Ashraf, Yosra Hafez, Thuraya Alom, Eslam ElNebrisi. 2nd EHS International Critical Care & Organ Donation & Transplantation Conference - Festival city, Dubai, UAE, February 15 - 16, 2025. 
  • The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in Parkinson 's disease patients: a literature review. Zahraa Hayani, Thuraya Alom, Yosra Hafez, Hala Ashraf, Eslam ElNebrisi. 2nd Annual Students Research & Scientific Day - March 22,2024 - DMCG. 
  • Phytochemical Investigation and Evaluation of the Fertility Effect of Some Remedies on Male Albeno Rates. Ayat Ahmed, Baraa Alaa, Hiba Ihsan, Manar AbdelHalim,Mariam Ayman, Kholood Y.I. AbuDarwish, Eslam ElNebrisi, Naglaa Gamil. DPCG Research Day - 2023, Dubai Pharmacy College for Girls, June 15, 2023 - DPCG.
  • Role of CD 90 as Cancer Stem Cell Biomarker in Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC). Aaliyah Mohammedkasim Kheruwala, Arzu Khattak, Fathima Muneer, Rumaisa Yoosuf, Nayyab Zafar, Sara Liba Changaai Mangalote, Mohamed Hussein, Eslam ElNebrisi. Global Wellness and Integrated Health Congress, 15-16 March 2023.
  • Analyzing COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy among University Students in UAE: A Cross-Sectional Study. Anjala Nizam; Tarab Iqbal; Haala Mashood; Dania Waleed; Eslam El Nebrisi.  9th International Family Medicine Conference & Exhibition, October 25, 2022.
  • Curcumin modulates the function of human α7- nicotinic receptors, Eslam El Nebrisi, Nurulain Syed, Frank Christopher Howarth, Murat Oz - UAEU Annual Research and Innovation Conference, September - 2015.
Achievements
HONORS, AWARDS & CERTIFICATIONS
July 2025 
  • Unfunded Research Reward,  Research reward from Kuwait University
February 2024 (Spring'24)
  • Outstanding Leadership Award
  • Awarded the Outstanding Leadership Award at the Health 2.0 Conference 
October 2023
  • Certified Reviewer - Commission of Academic Accreditation, UAE
  • Selected as a Certified Reviewer by the Commission of Academic Accreditation
September 2023
  • CMQ/OE
  • Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence from American Society of Quality CMQ/OE - ASQ [Certificate number: 58598] 
March 2016
  • Outstanding PhD student 
  • Outstanding PhD student - Class of 2015-16, College of Medicine & Health Sciences-UAEU