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Abbas Ali Mahdi, is an Indian medical biochemist, educationist, academician and academic administrator. , Between 2017 - 2019 he worked as Vice Chancellor of Era University, Lucknow. Presently he is working as Professor & Head, Department of Biochemistry, King George's Medical University, Lucknow. Prof. Mahdi has more than three decades of research and teaching experience with 380 research publications (having over 16000 citations), including 34 book chapters. He has written eight books and has been Editor/Member Editorial Board of International and National Journals and reviewer of many national and international journals of repute. He has guided twenty two PhD, four M.Phil. and over two hundred MD/MS/DM/MCh/MDS/MSc students and has supervised over fifty research projects from DST, DBT, CSIR, UGC, ICMR, UPCST, including the prestigious DST – FIST (Government of India) and The World Academy of Science project (Trieste, Italy). Prof. Mahdi has made pioneering contributions in the area of natural products, metal toxicity and Free Radical Biology. His seminal work on protection from free radical mediated cellular injury by herbals in diabetic rats is well recognized.

His in-depth studies related to perturbation of antioxidant levels consequent to oxidative stress in seminal plasma of infertile men showed remarkable amelioration by some herbal preparations. His studies demonstrated significant improvement in sperm count and motility following inhibition of lipid peroxidation in seminal plasma by Mucuna pruriens in male sterility. The studies further showed that treatment with M. pruriens and Withania sominifera significantly ameliorated psychological stress, regulated steroidogenesis and improved semen quality in infertile men.

Also, his extensive studies on possible association of aluminium with Alzheimer’s disease have demonstrated that Al may be linked with neuro-lipofuscinogenesis, mitochondrial and endoplasmic reticulum stress and these changes may be responsible for the development of age related disorders, such as Alzheimer’s disease.

Prof. Mahdi has organized over a dozen national and international conferences and delivered innumerable public lectures in different parts of the country to create awareness about the adverse effects of lead poisoning. Currently he is working in the area of lead and fluoride toxicity.

Prof. Mahdi was President – of Association of Clinical Biochemists – India in 2018 and has earlier been President of Indian Society for Lead Awareness & Research (InSLAR) and President, Indian Academy of Biomedical Sciences (IABS) as also Vice - President of Society of Free Radical Research (SFRR), India. He has successfully organized the 44th Annual Conference of Association of Clinical Biochemists of India as Organizing Secretary.

Many Foreign Students have also worked under his guidance. Recently, The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), Trieste, Italy, awarded Fellowship for Research and Advanced Training to Dr. Ezejiofor N. Anthonet, Ph.D., Department of Experimental Pharmacology & Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, to work with him.

Prof. Mahdi has been a Visiting Professor of Biochemistry, Medical University, Nanchang, China, (2005), Chief Proctor, KGMU, Lucknow (2009-14), Faculty – Incharge, Trauma Centre, KGMU, Lucknow (2003-08), Faculty – Incharge, Shatabdi Hospital, KGMU, Lucknow (2010-14), Faculty – Incharge, Centre for Advance Research, KGMU, Lucknow, Additional Controller of Examinations, KGMU, Lucknow (2002-14), Director, National Referral Centre for Lead Projects – India, (2008-), Medical Superintendent, Gandhi Memorial Hospital, KGMU (2020) and Controller of Examinations, KGMU (November 2020-), Member of Governing Body/Executive Committee/Academic Council/Faculty Board/Board of Studies/Research & Development Council and Ethics Committee of many Universities/Academic Institutions.

He has also been associated with organization of over a dozen prestigious national and state level competitive examinations including the prestigious CPMT, UPPGMEE etc., as Coordinator and Co-Coordinator.

He has been an examiner/expert at both, national level as well as international level, for over 50 Universities/Institutions at China, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Malaysia. Prof. Mahdi has been an International Expert for Global Burden of Disease (GBD), WHO, Geneva (2013), Expert to review research projects of Israel Science Foundation, The Israel Academy of Sciences & Humanities, Jerusalem (2014), Member Expert Committee, Royan International Award, Islamic Republic of Iran (2012-15), Appointed expert by the Academic Council of King Saud University, Saudi Arabia to assess the academic & research work of Faculty for Departmental Promotions (2009).

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