2019–2023: Lead auditor ISO 9001:2015, Quality Assurance Division, College of Medicine, Al-Nahrain University,
2017–2022: Laboratories Accreditation Unit (LAU) director
2015–current: Lecturer at College of Medicine, Al-Nahrain University, Baghdad, Iraq
2015–current: Otto-von-Guericke Magdeburg University (OvGU) alumnus
2010–current: Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) alumnus
2005–2015: Assistant lecturer at College of Medicine, Al-Nahrain University, Baghdad, Iraq
1999–2001: Medical practitioner in Baghdad, Iraq
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Natural Sciences (magna cum laude), Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany (2010–2015). Dissertation: “The Characterization of Mucosal Immune Response in Healthy Volunteers Vaccinated against Helicobacter pylori-derived Antigens and Challenged with a CagA+ Strain”
M.Sc. in Medical Microbiology (GPA 88.1%), College of Medicine, Al-Nahrain University, Baghdad, Iraq (2001–2004). Thesis: “Colorectal Carcinoma: A Seroprevalence of Helicobacter pylori CagA in Association with Immunohistochemical Staining of c-Myc and MUC-2”
MBChB in Medicine & General Surgery (GPA 75.8%), College of Medicine, Al-Nahrain University, Baghdad, Iraq (1993–1999)
Gastric epithelial expression of IL-12 cytokine family in Helicobacter pylori infection in human: is it head or tail of the coin? F Al-Sammak, T Kalinski, S Weinert, A Link, T Wex, P Malfertheiner PloS one 8 (9), e75192 , 2013 2013 Citations: 25
Association of Helicobacter pylori with colorectal cancer development FF Alsamak, AS Abdulamir, LK Mahdi, K Alnaib, FA Bakar Asian Biomedicine 4 (4), 609-618 , 2010 2010 Citations: 5
MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
Gastric epithelial expression of IL-12 cytokine family in Helicobacter pylori infection in human: is it head or tail of the coin? F Al-Sammak, T Kalinski, S Weinert, A Link, T Wex, P Malfertheiner PloS one 8 (9), e75192 , 2013 2013 Citations: 25
Association of Helicobacter pylori with colorectal cancer development FF Alsamak, AS Abdulamir, LK Mahdi, K Alnaib, FA Bakar Asian Biomedicine 4 (4), 609-618 , 2010 2010 Citations: 5