Professor Adrian was trained at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School (Imperial College School of Medicine) in London where he received his PhD and his MRCPath. He moved to Yale University as Director of the GI Surgical Research Laboratory, then to Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska as Professor and Head of the Physiology Division and Research Director in the Cancer Center and then to Northwestern University School of Medicine in Chicago, where he was Professor and Director of Gastrointestinal Cancer Research. In 2006, he moved to Al Ain as Chairman of the Department of Physiology, in the College of Medicine at the United Arab Emirates University. He joined Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences in 2018. Professor Adrian has published more than 400 scholarly articles in peer-reviewed journals (Citations >25,000; h-index = 79) and more than 80 reviews and book chapters.
Academic Appointments
Professor of Physiology
Basic Medical Sciences Department, Mohammed Bin Rashid University, Dubai Healthcare City, Dubai, UAE
Professor
Department of Physiology, United Arab Emirates University
Director of Graduate Programs
College of Medicine, UAEU
Chairman
Oncology Research Group, College of Medicine, UAEU
Chairman
Department of Physiology, UAEU
Director of the Gastrointestinal Oncology
Cancer Center, Northwestern University, Medical School, Chicago, IL, USA
Director
Gastrointestinal Surgery Research Laboratories, Northwestern University
Edward Elcock Professor of Surgery and Pathology
Northwestern University
Professor of Physiology
Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE, USA
Director of Research
Cancer Center, Creighton University School of Medicine
Division Head of Physiology
Creighton University School of Medicine
Research Scientist (Associate Professor)
Department of Surgery, Yale University, School of Medicine; and Director, Gastrointestinal Surgical Research Laboratory; V.A. Medical Center, West Haven, CT
Senior Research Officer/Lecturer
Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London, UK
Professional Education
FRCPath
Royal College of Pathologists, UK
MRCPath
Royal College of Pathologists, UK
PhD (Physiology)
Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London University, UK
MSc, (Applied Immunology)
Brunel University, UK
MIBiol (Clinical Biochemistry)
Royal Institute of Biology
Teaching
- Teaching Physiology and Pathophysiology to medical students.
- Teaching Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Cancer Biology to postgraduate students.
- Mentoring Masters and PhD students.
Honors and Awards
Edward Elcock Endowed Professorship
Surgical Research
Distinguished Faculty Service Award
Creighton University
Affiliate Member of Eppley Cancer Center
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Mentor for National Fellowships
Academic Medicine
Distinguished Teacher Award
Creighton University School of Medicine
Distinguished Research Career Award
Creighton University School of Medicine
Phi Beta Delta
Foreign Scholars Honors Society
Publications
Membership of Professional Bodies/Associations
- Royal College of Pathology, U.K.
- British Society of Gastroenterology.
- British Diabetic Association.
- Medical Research Society.
- Endocrine Society.
- Bayliss and Starling Society.
- American Gastroenterological Association.
- Pancreas Club.
- American Physiological Society.
- American Pancreatic Association.
- European Pancreatic Club.
- International Association of Pancreatology.
- American Association for Cancer Research.
- American Diabetic Association.
- European Association for the Study of Diabetes
Research interests
- Investigation of marine triterpenoid glycosides as therapeutic agents in cancer.
- Identification of TTMP as a novel growth-related gene in cancer.
- Mechanisms of cancer cachexia.
- Mechanisms of diabetic retinopathy and neuropathy.
- Targeting intestinal L-cells for treatment of diabetes and obesity.
Clinical and Community Service
- Supra-Regional Assay Service for Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK.
- Administration and Service in four universities.
- Community service in USA and UAE.