Mohamed Khaled, M.Sc.; Ph.D.

JAD profile

Associate Editor

Term Expiration: 

12/31/2026

Affiliation(s): 

Professor; faculty of public health; Lebanese University

Areas of Interest: 

basic and clinical research on Alzheimer's Disease and relvant diseases.

Biography & Research: 

Mohamed M. Khaled, M.Phil., Ph.D. Ph.D. graduate of University Collage of London–UK. A key player at the faculty of public health, Lebanese university. In fact, I was the dean of the faculty of public health as well as the school of pharmacy for several years. Supervised several Master and Ph.D. Students in the field of neuroscience. Since 2008, I have been involved in a research highlighting the existence of Alzheimer disease among the Lebanese population, mainly in the North of Lebanon; presently and for the last few years, my work intended to study the role of the genetic polymorphism among the Alzheimer Patients. I was the pioneer in evolving and conducting a public awareness program in the area of north Lebanon via piloting several epidemiological studies in the area, by involving a well-established team of volunteers (MSRC team). These studies endorsed several clinical diseases well spread in the area, such as sickle cell anemia, breast cancer, osteoporosis, diabetes mellitus, tuberculosis, blood pressure, nosocomial infections and several other health problems, activities that has clearly helped the community. However, in the last few years my attention focused on health care and wellbeing of elderlies in the community. List of publications: 1- Sinha AK, Ekins RP, Ballabio M, Pickard M, Al Maiden Z, Gullo D, Ruiz de Elvira MC and Khaled M (1988). The correction of maternal hypothyroxinemia in early pregnancy in rats with irreversible biochemical lesions in the brain in the progeny. Abstract from “Iodine and the Brain Meeting” March 1989 (NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA). 2- Pickard MR, Sinha AK, Khaled M, Ruiz de Elvira MC and Ekins RP (1988). The effect of 3, 5, 3’- triiodothyronine on 2-deoxy-D-glucose uptake into the adult rat synaptosomes, J. Endocrinology 117 (suppl) Abstract 157. 3- Pickard MR, Khaled M, SinhaAK (1988). The effect of 3, 5, 3’-Triiodothyronine on 2-deoxy-D-glucose uptake into adult rat synaptosomes. Annalesd’endocrinologie 49: 241. 4- Ekins RP, Sinha AK, Ballabio M, Pickard M, Hubank M, Al Mazidi Z and Khaled M. (1988). Role of maternal carrier proteins in the supply of thyroid hormones to the feto-placental unit: evidence of a feto-placental requirement for thyroxin. In: Research in Congenital Hypothyroidism. Eds.: Delange F, Fisher DA & Glinoer D. Plenum Press, New York&London. pp. 45-60. 5- Sinha AK, Pickard M, Hubank M, Gullo D, Khaled M and Ekins RP (1988). Effects of T3 on leucine, 2-deoxy-D-glucose, fucose uptake and protein synthesis in neurons and astrocytes in culture: A possible role of maternal thyroid hormones on growth and differentiation of neuronal cells in utero. Abstract from the 13th European symposium on hormones and cell regulation, Alsace, France, 26th-29th September 1988. 6- Sinha A, Pickard M, Ballabio M, Hubank M, Khaled M, Gullo D and Ekins R (1989). Maternal hypothyroxinemia may cause deficit in glucose metabolism in the cortex of the adult rat progeny. Annalesd’endocrinologie50: 136. 7- Ekins RP, Sinha AK, Pickard M, Ballabio M, Hubank M, Khaled M and Hadjzadeh M (1989). Maternal thyroid hormone transport in pregnancy. Journal of Endocrinology 123 (suppl) Abstract 20. 8- Khaled M, Sinha A, Pickard M, Hubank M, Ekins RP (1989). Effects of thyroid hormones on 3H-lysine uptake end incorporation into protein in neuronal culture. Journal of Endocrinology 123 (suppl) Abstract 145. 9- Eakins RP, Sinha AK, Ballabio M, Pickard M, Al Mazidi Z, Khaled M and Hadjzadeh M. (1989). Maternal control of the foetal hormonal environment. Abstract from an International Symposium on Environment, Genetics and Thyroid Disorders, 6-8 March, New Delhi, India. 10- Pickard MR, Sinha AK, Gullo D, Khaled M and Ekins RP (1990). Regulatory effects of thyroid hormones on amino acid metabolism in the brain: The influence of maternal hypothyroxinemia on brain biochemistry of adult rat progeny. In Amino Acids “Chemistry, Biology and Medicine”. Lubec G and Rosenthal GA (eds). ESCOM Science publishers, Leide, The Netherlands, pp. 828-838. 11- Khaled M, Sinha AK, Pickard MR and Ekins RP (1992). Regulatory effect of thyroid hormones on Amino Acid Metabolism in the Brain: effect on 3H-Lysine metabolism in neural cell culture. First scientific conference by National Union of Kuwait Students, Country UK. Abs 11:20. 12- Khaled M, Sinha AK, Pickard M, Gullo D and Ekins RP. Reverse tri-iodo-thyronine has intrinsic thyromimetic effect on 2-deoxy glucose, lysine uptake and lysine incorporation into protein in neurons and astrocytes in culture. J Endocrinology, Dec. 1994. 13- M. Khaled, A. Saddik, D. Safadi, A. Saleh and O. Amin (2010). Spot light on Alzheimer’s disease in the north of Lebanon, Middle East journal of psychiatry and Alzheimer’s, volume 1, issue 1, pp 21-37. 14- Khaled M, Al-Jamal H, Tajer L, El-Mir R. Alzheimer's Disease in Lebanon: Exploring Genetic and Environmental Risk Factors-A Comprehensive Review. Journal of Alzheimer’s disease (JAD) 2024; 99 (1):21-40. doi: 10.3233/JAD- 231432. PMID: 38640157.