Dr. Kathleen Meehan

Qualification

Experience

Jan 2018 – current: Director: External Academic Relations, Khawarizmi International University College
Sep 2015 – Dec 2017: Head of Dept; Assoc. Prof, Health and Medical Sciences, Khawarizmi International University College
Feb 2012 – Aug 2015: Associate Dean Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT): Health Science
Feb 2010 – Jan 2012: Chair HCT: Health Science Faculty. Dean Health Sciences, SEHA
Feb 2007 – Jan 2010: Program co-ordinator HCT: Medical Laboratory Technology, Medical Imaging, Pharmacy and Nursing
Aug 2006 – Jan 2007: Faculty HCT: Medical Laboratory Technology
Aug 2005 – Aug 2006: Associate Professor Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa Faculty Health Sciences
Jan 1996 – Aug 2005: Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa: Faculty Health Sciences,
1983 – 1995: Principal Medical Technologist, Provincial Laboratory for Tissue Immunology, South Africa

Publications & Conferences

Pathology Update, SKMC/Cleveland clinic, Abu Dhabi, 2011 (invited speaker)
3rd Annual HIMS Conference: Public-Private Partnerships and HIMS Capability Development, Abu Dhabi 2013 (Invited Speaker)
Vitamin D Conference, Abu Dhabi, 2016
Vitamin D Conference, Abu Dhabi, 2017
Pathology Update, Abu Dhabi, 2016
Pathology Update and ASCP conference, Abu Dhabi and Dubai, 2017
CAP Inspector Training workshop, Abu Dhabi, 2017
Forum on the Role of Global Standards, CLSI and Laboratory Automation in Improving Quality of Clinical Laboratories Services and Patient Outcomes. Dubai 2017
MedLab Laboratory Accreditation Workshop, Dubai ,2017
Med Lab ASCP/CCAD Conference, Abu Dhabi, 2018
ABHES accreditation workshop, Las Vegas, February 2018
Moonshot Research Conference Initiative, VPS, Abu Dhabi, Oct 2018
International Conference on Endocrinology, Cape Town, SA, Dec 2018
8th World Conference on Women's Health and Breast Cancer – invited speaker. Dec 2018

Journal of Virological Methods (Int),Fragment Length Polymorphism for the Identification of High Risk Human Papillomaviruses.Patti Kay, Kathy Meehan, Anne-Lise Williamson,2002

Mutation Research (Int), Evaluation of DNA damage in a population of bats (Chiroptera) residing in an abandoned monazite mine. Kathleen A Meehan, Ernest J Truter, Jacobus P Slabbert and M Iqbal Parker.2003
Medical Technology, SA Journal SCGE assay on a population of bats residing in a monazite mine.Meehan, K and Truter, E. 2002

Medical Technology, SA Journal, micronucleus assay on bats residing in a monazite mine. Meehan, K and Truter, E, 2003

Medical Technology, SA Journal, The Intrinsic Radiosensitivity of Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells (CHO-K1) using the Clonogenic and Micronuclei Assays,Smit, K.A., Slabbert, J., Meehan, K.A.2004
Medical Technology, SA Journal, The Leukocyte Apoptosis Assay : A clinical Predictor of Radiosensitivity, Erasmus, WL, Slabbert, J.P, Crompton, N and Meehan, K.A. 2005

South African Journal of Science,Neutron and gamma ray radiation-induced apoptosis as measured using cellular morphology. Smit, K; Slabbert, JP and Meehan, K.,

Medical Technology Journal of South Africa Erasmus WL, Meehan K, Slabbert JP, Crompton NEA.The leukocyte apoptosis assay: a clinical predictor of radiosensitivity., 19 (1), 9-12. 2005

Medical Technology South Africa Journal Vol 24, No 2, Dec 2010
Leukocyte Apoptosis and Micronuclei induction in individuals with varying sensitivity to ionising radiation. Wendy L Solomon¹, Kathleen A Meehan, Dhiro Gihwala and Jacobus P Slabbert.

Awards & Recognition

AA Wadee memorial Gold Medal – most promising young scientist, SA, 1992
J&J Platinum award – exceptional achievement in field of immunology, SA,1997
Mutagenesis prize – most outstanding presentation by a young scientist, (Int) France, 1997
Most promising new researcher, CPUT, (first recipient) SA, 1999
Young Investigators Award – Radiobiology Society,(Int), SA, 2000
SA Ass of Women Graduates - Award of Excellence, SA, 2001
SocMedLabTechSA – Best doctoral student, SA, 2002
SA Ass Physicists Medicine Biology (SAAPMB) – best overall presentation, SA, 2004
Fogarty Scholarship, Int Centre,NIH – Full scholarship for University of Cape Town: Post graduate diploma in International Research Ethics, 2004
Nominee – HAAD Medical Distinction Award, 2011; 2013

Research Interest

The LAA assay as a clinical predictor in breast cancer patients receiving radiotherapy in the UAE. Collaboration with TAWAM Hospital, SKMC, Cornerstone University, Michigan, USA.
Prevalence and genetic sequencing of oesophageal and colorectal cancer in the UAE. Collaboration with Tawam hospital, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Prevalence and sequencing of parasites in stools of wild animals in the UAE. Collaboration with Sharjah University and Environmental Agency, Abu Dhabi.

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