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Ranya El Sayed

Assistant Professor

Ranya El Sayed

Assistant Professor

Academic Appointment(s)

Dental College of Georgia
Department of Periodontics

Medical College of Georgia
Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy

Bio

Dr. Ranya Elsayed is an assistant professor at the Periodontics Department. Dr. Elsayed graduated from the dental school at Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. She earned her PhD in Oral Biology and Maxillofacial Pathology, Dental College of Georgia along with an MBA at the Hull College of Business, Augusta University. After completing her postdoctoral training at Molecular Immunology and microbiology lab at the Periodontics Department, she joined the Periodontics Department in October 2021 as an assistant professor.

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Education

  • MBA, Business Administration and Ma Augusta University, 2020

  • Ph.D., Oral Biology and Oral and Maxi Augusta University, 2019

  • BDS, Dental/Oral Surgery Specialty Ain Shams Univ, 2006

Awards & Honors

  • Competitive ISEV2022 Scholarship award. ISEV 2022 international organization committee, 2022

  • 2022 American Association of Immunologists AAI Early Career Faculty Travel Grant American association of Immunologists, 2022

  • International Association for Dental Research IADR Microbiology and Immunology Travel grant award International Association for Dental Research IADR , 2021

  • Plenary poster award American Society for Bone and Mineral Research ASBMR 2021 Annual Meeting American Society for Bone and Mineral Research ASBMR, 2021

  • Distinction honor award for PhD thesis, The Graduate School, Augusta University, 2019

Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year

  • BMFN 5102

    Biomedical Foundations II

  • BMNN 5101

    Nervous SyS & Neuroscience I

  • PERI 5302

    Non-Surgical Periodontics

  • SPDS 5001

    Special Dental Studies

  • OBMP 8001

    Topics in Oral Biology 1

  • OBPR 8001

    Topics in Oral Biology I

  • CURS 2990

    Undergrad Research I

  • PERI 5211

    Fundamentals of Periodontology

Scholarship

Selected Recent Publications

  • Exogenous and Endogenous Dendritic Cell-Derived Exosomes: Lessons Learned for Immunotherapy and Disease Pathogenesis., 2021
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Matrix-Bound Zolzoledronate Enhances the Biofilm Colonization of Hydroxyapatite: Effects on Osteonecrosis., 2021
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Porphyromonas gingivalis Provokes Exosome Secretion and Paracrine Immune Senescence in Bystander Dendritic Cells., 2021
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Proteomic Characterization, Biodistribution, and Functional Studies of Immune-Therapeutic Exosomes: Implications for Inflammatory Lung Diseases., 2021
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Enterococcus faecalis shifts macrophage polarization toward M1-like phenotype with an altered cytokine profile., 2021
    Journal Article, Academic Journal

College Service

  • SARC 2023 - Present

    Role: Committee Member

  • Research Advisory Committee -DCG Intramural Grants Review 2023 - Present

    Role: Committee Member

  • Research and Table Clinic Day 2022 - Present

    Role: Other

University Service

  • Flowcytometry core advisory board 2022 - Present

    Role: Committee Member

Professional Service

  • Frontiers in Immunology journal 2023 - Present

    Role: Reviewer, Journal Article

  • Frontiers in Immunology, research topic “Exosome mediated intercellular communication: Immune stimulation and suppression.” 2023 - Present

    Role: Editor

  • Frontiers in Medicine 2023 - Present

    Role: Reviewer, Journal Article

  • Frontiers in Microbiology, Infectious Agents and Disease 2023 - Present

    Role: Other

  • Immunological Tolerance and Regulation, Frontiers 2023 - Present

    Role: Editor