Professor Adrian trained at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School (Imperial College School of Medicine) in London where he received his Ph.D. and his M.R.C.Path. 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 the Edward Elcock Professor and Director of Gastrointestinal Cancer Research. In 2006, he moved to Al Ain as Professor and Chairman of the Department of Physiology, in the College of Medicine and Health Sciences at the United Arab Emirates University. In 2018, he moved to the new College of Medicine at MBRU in Dubai. Professor Adrian has published more than 400 scholarly articles in peer-reviewed journals (Citations >27,000; h-index = 85) and more than 80 reviews and book chapters.
Academic Appointments
Professor of Physiology
Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE
Professor
United Arab Emirates University, UAE
Director of Graduate Programs
United Arab Emirates University, UAE
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
- Curriculum Director for Second Year Medical Class, Crieghton University, Omaha, NE, USA.
- Course coordinator for the Digestion and Nutrition Course and Endocrine System Course (Pathophysiology lectures, tutorials and assessment). At Creighton University, UAE University and MBRU.
- Course coordinator and Lectures in Basic Cancer Biology & Advanced Cancer Biology at UAEU.
- Course co-coordinator for the Abdomen Course (Physiology lectures, tutorials and assessment).
- Teaching faculty for the Human Reproduction Course, MBRU.
- Teaching faculty for the Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue Course, MBRU.
- Teaching faculty for the Musculoskeletal Course, MBRU.
- Teaching faculty for the Foundations in Medical Sciences Course, MBRU.
- Teaching faculty for the Head and Neck Course, MBRU.
- Teaching faculty for the Limbs and Spine Course, MBRU.
- Teaching faculty for the Thorax Course, MBRU.
- Teaching faculty for the Advanced Clinical Science Course for Dental Residents, MBRU.
- Extensive teaching in other medical and post-graduate programs.
- 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 Pathologists
- Association of Clinical Biochemistry
- Endocrine Society
- American Physiological Society
- American Gastroenterological Association
- American Diabetic Association
- Gastroenterology Research Group
- British Diabetic Association
- European Association for the Study of Diabetes
- Bayliss and Starling Society
- Neuroendocrine Club
- American Pancreatic Association
- International Association for Pancreatology
- Pancreas club
- European Pancreatic Club
- New York Academy of Sciences
- American Association for Cancer Research
- Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences
Research interests
- Investigation of the anti-cancer effects of novel compounds from marine sources, including PAK-1 kinase inhibitors.
- Investigation of a novel growth-related gene product, TPA-induced transmembrane protein which is located in the endoplasmic reticulum.
- Investigation of the muscle and adipose tissue transcriptome in cancer cachexia.
- Transcriptome studies in diabetic neuropathy and retinopathy.
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.