Dr. Ibrahim O. Farah is Professor of Biology and Director of the JSU Animal Core Facilities, College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Jackson State University. Dr. Farah graduated with a DVM (1977) and MVSc (1983) from the University of Khartoum in Sudan. He also earned an MS degree in Public health (1981) from the Royal University of Denmark and an MPH (1985) as well as a Ph.D. (1988) from the University of Minnesota, USA.
Dr. Farah is a academic editor, reviewer or member of the editorial board for more than 16 peer-reviewed journals including Annual Review and Research in Biology and advances in Biology and Biotechnology; Open Access Journal of Microbiology & Biotechnology (Serve as Academic Editor for all 3), the International Journal of Experimental Pathology, Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation (board member), the British and Saudi Medical journals as well as panel review member for proposals submitted to DOD, DOE, EPA and the American Biological Institute (ABI). He has received many awards and honors and is currently the president of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences. Dr. Farah authored and co-authored more than 200 peer-reviewed publications, book chapters and presentations as well as published abstracts in various journals, meetings, conferences and symposia.
Research Interests
Core interests include: Bioactive Compounds; Medical Microbiology; Food Microbiology; Environmental Microbiology, Health and Food Safety, Molecular and Cellular Microbiology, Biomedical Sciences and biotechnology Fermentation Technology. The current primary research focus has been to understand/exploit the metabolic differences between cancer and normal phenotypes in many organ-associated cancers including those of the lungs, breast, liver and the prostate. These include: (1) Implementing metabolic modulations of cellular homeostatic/energetic deregulation. (2) Understanding the differential metabolic/energetic deregulation mechanisms involved in the development of obesity as a chronic entity as well as in its relation to cancer phenotypes and (3) The experimental modulation and utility of natural biotherapeutics.
HONORS AND AWARDS:
• U of K academic excellence prize, 1977.
• Award of excellence in Anatomy, Animal. production, Preventive Medicine and Public Health, U of K, 1977.
• FAO / DANIDA Scholarship (National Competition), 1980-1981.
• U of K Scholarship, 1981-1983.
• Senior National Sponsorship, U of K / U of M, 1983-1988.
• MESA / Ford Foundation Visiting Professor Scholarship, Research Triangle, North Carolina, 1993.
• Alumni, U of Khartoum / U of Minnesota- Graduate School / School of Public Health.
• Beta, Beta, Beta National Honor Society – Academic excellence- Honorary Membership, 1999.
• Graduate Faculty U of K / JSU, Since 1988.
• Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society, since 2002
• AACR-HBCU Faculty Scholar Award, 2002
• AACR-HBCU Faculty Scholar Award, 2003.
• AACR-HBCU Faculty Scholar Award, 2004
• Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 2004
• Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 2005
• Strasmore’s Who’s Who 2005 and 2006.
• Director, Mississippi Academy of Sciences (MAS) Board, 2005-present
• MAS Outstanding Contribution to Science Award, 2009.
• Marquis Who’s Who in the World, 2007-2011
• Marquis Who’s Who in America, 2008-2011
• President of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences, 2012-2013
• Past President of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences, 2013-2014
• RMBS Board Member since April 2014
• MAS Board of directors since 2012
• Academic editor and editor for four peer-reviewed journals
SOCIETAL AFFILIATIONS:
American Society for Microbiology, International Association of Milk, Food and Environmental Sanitarians, Sudan Veterinary Association, The Mississippi Academy of Sciences (board member, chair for the Health Sciences and Associate Editor of the journal), Tri-Beta Honor Society, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium Group, and The American Association For Cancer Research (AACR).