EDUCATION
HONORS/AWARDS
12/08-Present
Nahel W. Awadallah nwawadallah@johnstoncc.edu
Mobile: 252-314-0363
Work: 919-209-2059
Long Island University , Brooklyn, NY
Master of Science, January 2000
Major: Microbiology
Long Island University , Brooklyn,NY
Bachelor of Science, June 1997
Major: Molecular Biology
-McGraw Hill Grant: Integrating technology and using e-books for our courses. Each arts and science faculty received a netbook to help them with this goal. $16,000.00 for Fall, 2009.
-PETA Grant: Alternative to dissections. $5000.00 for Fall, 2009.
-Tactus Technologies: Johnston Community College was awarded the V-frog software for all of Johnston Community
College campuses. Fall, 2009.
-Closing the Educational Gap:
Drop Out Prevention Grant -
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.
($58,450.00)
2009-2010
-Burroughs Wellcome Fund Award ($81,137) 2008-2009 establishing a science/biotechnology enrichment program.
-Spotlight Award of Excellence from Sampson County Board of
Education year 2007-2008
-Excellence in Teaching Award for the year 2007-2008
-Excellence in Teaching Award for the year 2003-2004
-Biology Teaching Fellowship-Scholarship, 1995-97
-Student Activity Award-Grant, 1992-95
Dean’s Award Recipient, 1992-94
Johnston Community College
Department of Arts and Sciences
Biology Instructor / advisor
Designed the college’s online anatomy and physiology courses that are now being used as model by other colleges.
-Teach Human Anatomy and physiology I and II both as traditional and online.
-Teach pathophysiology for medical assistant and message therapy students.
-Integrated virtual dissections, virtual mobile laboratory, and enhanced the anatomy laboratory exercises to include many medical related experiments.
-Working closely with nursing division to establish new laboratory exercise using Laerdal simulator.
-Writing grants in collaboration with the grant writer at Johnston
Community College.

08/02 – 12/08
08/02-12/08
05/01-08/01
Sampson Community College
Department of Arts and Sciences
College Transfer
Science Coordinator/Biology Instructor
Director of Global Education
-Established and designed all of the online biology courses offered at Sampson Community College. In addition, I implemented all of the hybrids courses in our division.
-Extensive grant writing and spearheading the biotechnology initiative at that institution.
-Coordinated and managed all of the science classes offered at
Sampson Community College.
- Revised course syllabi for all biology classes and integrated current affordable biotechnology laboratories involving concepts in molecular biology and genetics. Furthermore, the syllabi includes “writing across the curriculum” assignments to improve students writing skills
-Designed and continuously updated web pages for each class.
Established a main biology website that includes science web learning and on line supplements and resources to be utilized by our students.
-Directed and coordinated global education initiative at the college. I was an active member representing the institute at
“ World View ” and “ Center of International Understanding ” at
UNC-chapel Hill. Pioneered the Integration of “globalizing our curriculum ” within all course curriculums.
Johnston Community College
Department of Arts and Sciences
Adjunct Biology Instructor
Designed the colleges’ online anatomy and physiology courses.
-Taught Human Anatomy and physiology I and II both as traditional and on line.
-Taught a one semester anatomy and physiology and pathophysiology for medical assistant and message therapy students.
New York University School of Medicine
Department of Medicine/Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Assistant Research Scientist
Directed and coordinated research activity in an active molecular biology laboratory investigating the influence of immune function in cholesterol metabolism and purinergic modulation of these functions. Mentored to rotating students from NYU graduate students in molecular biology and students from elsewhere on summer research programs. Actively participated in post-

graduate seminars in Clinical Pharmacology. Keen interest in pioneering technologies with major contributions towards the development of real-time PCR and the adoption of DNA microarray at this institution.
09/98-04/01
Please see attached bibliography
New York University School of Medicine
Department of Medicine / Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Senior Research Technician
Performed Reverse Transcriptase-Polymerase Chain reaction
(RT-PCR), Western Blot, cell culture (fibroblasts, human arterial endothelial cells and hepatoma cells, amongst others), acute and chronic animal models of inflammation, gas chromatographymass spectrometry (GC-MS), high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), assessment of apoptosis by terminal deoxynucleotidyl tranferase-mediated dUTP-biotin nick endlabeling of DNA fragments (TUNEL), thin layer chromatography, enzyme-linked immunosorbant assay (ELISA), isolation of RNA,
DNA and proteins; bacterial culture and cell transfection; DNA sequencing; single-stranded confirmational polymorphism
(SSCP).

BIBLIOGRAPHY
PAPERS:
1. Allison B. Reiss, kamaran Anwar, Joan T. Merrill, Edwin SL
Chan, Nahel W. Awadallah , Bruce N. Cronstein, H. Michael
Belmont, Elise Belilos, Gary Rosenblum, Kristina Belostocki, Lois
Bonetti, Kowser Hasneen, and Steven E. Carsons. Plasma from systemic patients compromises cholesterol homeostasis: a potential mechanism linking autoimmunity to atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Under revision for Clinical Science,
June 2008
2. Allison B Reiss, Mohammad M Rahman, Edwin SL Chan, M.
Carmen Montesinos, Nahel W Awadallah , and Bruce N
Cronstein. Adenosine A
2A
Receptor Occupancy Stimulates
Expression of Proteins Involved in Reverse Cholesterol
Transport and Inhibits Foam Cell Formation in Macrophages .
Journal of Leukocyte Biology , 2004 76: 727-734.
3. Reiss A.B., Awadallah N.W., Malhotra S., Montesinos C.M.,
Chan E.S.L., Javitt N.B., Cronstein B.N. Immune complexes and interferon-g downregulate cholesterol 27-hydroxylase expression in human arterial endothelium, monocytes and the human monocytoid cell line THP-1, 2000 J. Lipid Res . 2001 42: 1913-
1922.
4. Nguyen Dinh Khoa, M Carmen Montesinos, Allison B. Reiss,
David Delano, Nahel Awadallah , and Bruce N. Cronstein.
Inflammatory Cytokines Regulate Expression of adenosine
Receptors in Human Monocytic THP-1 Cells and Human
Microvascular Endothelial Cells. J Immunol 2001 167: 4026-
4032.
REVIEWS
1. Reiss A.B., Awadallah N.W., Cronstein B.N. Cytochrome
P450 cholesterol 27-hydroxylase: an anti-atherogenic enzyme.
Recent Research Development in Lipids, vol.4 2000, part 1- p.
39-51
2. Allison B. Reiss, M.D., Nahel W. Awadallah , M.S., Patricia
M.Roblin, M.S., Edwin S.L. Chan, M.D., M. Carmen Montesinos,
Ph.D., Bruce N. Cronstein, M.D. and Margaret R.
Hammerschlag, M.D. Immune Modulation of Cholesterol
Homeostasis. Recent Res Devel Protein Eng 2001(1) : 21-38.
ABSTRACTS:

1. Reiss A.B., Rahman, M.M., Chan, E.S.L., Montesinos,
M.C., Awadallah, N.W.
, Hasneen, K., and Cronstein,
B.N. Adenosine A2A receptor activation upregulates expression of the cholesterol-metabolizing 27hydroxylase enzyme and inhibits foam cell transformation in THP-1 human monocytes/macrophages. Arthritis Rheum.
(2003) 48. (9, Suppl.):S691.
2. Allison B Reiss, Joan T Merrill, Nguyen D Koa, Nahel W
Awadallah , Edwin S L Chan, Carmen Montesinos, Bruce N
Cronstein. Serum From SLE Patients Compromises
Cholesterol Homeostasis in Cultures Human Aortic
Endothelial Cells (HAEC) by Decreasing Cholesterol 27hyrdoxylase expression. American College of
Rheumatology annual meeting Oct,2002. P.284, (165)-700.
3. Allison B Reiss, Edwin S L Chan, Nguyen, Mohammad
Rahman, Nahel W Awadallah , Carmen Montesinos, Bruce
N Cronstein. Adenosine A2A Receptor Occupancy
Increases Cholesterol 27-Hydorxylase(27-OHase) mRNA
Expression and Inhibits Foam Cell Formation in Murine
Macrophages . American College of Rheumatology annual meeting Oct,2002. P.346, #1506.
4. Reiss, A.B., Awadallah, N.
, Chan, E., Montesinos,
M.C., Jagroop,C., Delano, D., and Cronstein B.N.
Immune complexes (IC) decrease cholesterol 27hydroxylase and ATP binding cassette transporter 1
(ABCA1)message and increase atheromatous foam cell transformation in murine macrophages following lipid loading. (2002) Conference abstract 61, SLE: Targets for New Therapeutics, Bethesda, MD.
5. Reiss, A.B., Awadallah, N.
, Chan, E., Montesinos,
M.C., Delano, D., and Cronstein, B.N. Immune complexes (IC) in the presence of normal human serum
(NHS) downregulate ATP binding cassette transporter
1 (ABCA1) protein mRNA and promote atheromatous foam cell transformation in THP-1 human monocytoid cells. (2002) Conference abstract 62 , SLE: Targets for
New Therapeutics, Bethesda, MD
6. Reiss, A.B., Awadallah, N.W
., Roblin, P.M., Chan,
E.S.L., Jagroop, C.D., Trachman, J.D., Hammerschlag,
M.R., and Cronstein, B.N. (2001) Chlamydia infection decreases expression of anti-atherogenic cholesterol 27-

Hydroxylase enzyme in THP-1 and Hep-2 cells. 101 st
General Meeting, The American Society for
Microbiology. (In Press)
7. Reiss A.B., Awadallah N., Chan E.S.L., Montesinos
C.M., Cronstein B.N. Immune complex-mediated downregulation of cholesterol 27-hydroxylase in human arterial endothelial cells (HAEC) and THP-1 monocytoid cells is mediated by the 126kD C1q receptor (Abstract, ArthritisRheum 2000,43:9(suppl.),
S356)
8. Reiss A.B., Awadallah N., Chan E.S.L., Montesinos
C.M., Delano D.L., Cronstein B.N. Immune complexes and interferon-g increase foam cell transformation in phorbol-differentiated THP-1 macrophages (Abstract,
ArthritisRheum 2000,43:9(suppl.), S68)
9. Reiss A.B., Merrill J.T., Awadallah N., Chan E.S.L.,
Cronstein B.N. Atherogenic effect of serum from patients with SLE and antiphospholipid syndrome: decreased cholesterol 27-hydroxylase expression by human aortic endothelial cells (Abstract,
ArthritisRheum 2000,43:9(suppl.), S112)
10. Reiss A.B., Awadallah N.W., Montesinos M.C., Chan
E.S.L., Cronstein B.N. Immune complexes that have fixed complement downregulate cholesterol 27hydroxylase mRNA in monocytoid cells (THP-1) and may contribute to atherogenesis in SLE. Arthritis
Rheum 1999:42(9, Suppl. S193 )
11. Reiss A.B., Awadallah N.W., Delano D.L., Chan
E.S.L., Montesinos C.M., Cronstein B.N. Immune regulation of atherogenesis in the elderly through modulation of cholesterol metabolism (Abstract, Stress in Aging, June 2-5, 2000, Boston )
12. Reiss A.B., Awadallah N.W., Malhotra S., Montesinos
M.C., Chan E.S.L., Javitt N.B., Cronstein B.N. Immune complexes and interferon-g downregulate cholesterol
27-hydroxylase expression in human arterial endothelium, monocytes and the human monocytoid cell line THP-1. (Abstract, SLE Foundation Scientific
Retreat, April 7-8 , 2000)

13. Khoa N.D., Montesinos M.C., Awadallah N.W.,
Cronstein B.N. Inflammatory cytokines induce a shift from high affinity (A2 a
) to low affinity (A2 b
) adenosine receptors; a mechanism for resistance to methotrexate.
Arthritis Rheum 1999:42(9, Suppl.
S191 ).