Dr. Areej Alhareeri

Dr. Areej Alhareeri

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Areej Alhareeri, PhD, joined KSAUHS in September 2018, serving as an Assistant Professor of Human Genetics/Cytogenetics. Dr. Alhareeri received her PhD in Human Genetics from the School of Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University, followed by an American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ABMGG) fellowship in Clinical Cytogenetics at Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center.

Dr. Alhareeri participates in teaching Molecular Diagnostics, Hematology and Blood Bank courses. In addition, Dr. Alhareeri provides cytogenetics lectures to the dental students as part of their course work. 

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(2016) PhD in Human Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, VA, United States. 

(2013) Master of Science in Human Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, VA, United States 

(2005) Bachelor’s degree of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh.

  • (2018-present) Assistant Professor of Human Genetics/Cytogenetics,King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences,Riyadh, KSA.
  • (2009-2010) Teaching Assistant and Scholarship Recipient, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences,Riyadh, KSA.
  • (2005-2009) Clinical Cytogenetics Medical Technologist, National Guard Health Affairs (NGHA),Riyadh, KSA.

  • Alhareeri A., Archer K., Fu H., Lyon D., Elswick R., Kelly D., Starkweather A., Elmore L., Bokhari Y., Jackson-Cook C. Telomere lengths in women treated for breast cancer show associations with chemotherapy, pain symptoms, and cognitive domain measures: a longitudinal study. (Accepted manuscript; in production)
  • Bokhari, Y., Alhareeri, A., & Arodz, T. (2020). QuaDMutNetEx: a method for detecting cancer driver genes with low mutation frequency. BMC bioinformatics, 21(1), 122.
  • Starkweather, Angela R., Alhareeri, Areej A., Montpetit, Alison, Brumelle, Jenni, Filler, Kristin, Montpetit, Marty, Mohanraj, Lathika, Lyon, Debra E., Jackson-Cook, Colleen K (2014) An integrative review of factors associated with telomere length and implications for biobehavioral research. Nursing Research, 63(1): 36-50 .
  • Alison J. Montpetit, Areej A. Alhareeri, Marty Montpetit, Angela R. Starkweather, Lynne W. Elmore, Kristin Filler, Lathika Mohanraj, Candace W. Burton, Victoria S. Menzies, Debra E. Lyon, Colleen K. Jackson-Cook (2014) Telomere Length : A Review of Methods for Measurement. Nursing Research, 63(4): 289-299 .

Presentations:

    • Oral presentation - “Cytogenetics”, Health Professions Conference, Riyadh, KSA (2019)
    • Poster presentation - “Acquired Telomere Shortening in Women with Breast Cancer is Associated with Chemotherapy and Depressive Symptoms”, American Society of Human Genetics Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, USA (2015)
    • Oral presentation - “Telomere Length in Women with Breast Cancer: Their Relationship to Chemotherapy and Psychoneurological Symptoms”, American Cytogenetics Conference, Ashville, NC, USA (2014)

Posters:

  • Erica Fernandes, DO, Areej Alhareeri, PhD, Hind Al Saif, MD, Raymond Lewandowski, MD, Colleen Jackson-Cook, PhD (2018) Facial Dysmorphology Novel Analysis for the Detection of Mosaic Down Syndrome Using 2D Images: A Comparative Analysis. Poster presented at the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics Annual Clinical Genetics meeting. Charlotte, NC, USA
  • Lauren N Huddle MD, Areej Alhareeri BS, Valentina Robila MD, PhD, Michael O Idowu MD, MPH, Margaret M Grimes MD, Colleen Jackson-Cook, PhD. (2011). Higher proportion of at least pentaploidy for chromosomes X, Y, and 18 is present in myocytes of patients having a good outcome after receiving a Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD). Poster presented at The American Society for Clinical Pathology meeting, Las Vegas, NV, USA

Fellowships 

  • (2018) American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ABMGG) fellowship in Clinical Cytogenetics Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Pathology, VA, United States.

University Services: 

  • (2020 - Present) Chairman of the Molecular Genetics Master Program Establishment Taskforce, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • (2019 – Present) Member in the College of Applied Medical Sciences President Award committee, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • (2018 - Present) Member in the Risk Management Taskforce, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences at Riyadh, Jeddah, and Alahsa, Saudi Arabia

E-mail:  alhaririaksau-hs
Phone: +966 11 4299999
Ext: 99647