Curriculum Vitae
Education
6/1978 B.Sc., Biology, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
8/1982 M.Sc., Zoology/Systematic and evolutionary biology, The University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut.
5/1986 Ph.D., Zoology/Genetics, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.
12/1998 Clinical molecular genetics fellowship, Duke University, Durham, NC
6/1991 Clinical cytogenetics fellowship. Department of Pediatrics, Univ. Tenn., Memphis (Boards 1993)
Career
7/2008-Date Consultant, Applied Reasearch Institute of Jerusalem (currently project funded by UNESCO to map R&D in Palestine)
10/2008-Date President and chairman of the board, Palestinian Center for Rapprochement Between People, Beit Sahour
1/2009-Date Professor (part time), Birzeit University, Birzeit, Palestine (birzeit.edu).
8/2008-Date Professor (part time), Bethlehem University, Bethlehem, Palestine (Bethlehem.edu).
10/2004-Date Director, Cytogenetics Services, SiParadigm Inc., 690 Kinderkamack Rd, Oradell, NJ, Tel 1-888-599-labs, http://siParadigm.com Laboratory growth at 30% annually in test volume including breast cancer her2neu and hematologic cancers.
7/2006-4/08 Consultant Director, University Pathology, Reference Laboratory, 4 Skyline Dr., Hawthorne, NY 10532, Tel 914-345-3007. Included directing cytogenetics lab operations and training/giving talks at Westchester Medical Center to Pathology residents.
11/1999 to 12/2004 Director, Cytogenetics Services & Associate Professor Department of Genetics, Yale University, New Haven, CT. Service, teaching, and research in all aspects of genetics. Member of Yale Cancer Center.
1/1994 to 11/1999 Director, Cytogenetics Services & Associate Clinical Professor (promoted from Assistant Professor in 1995), Departments of Pathology, Pediatrics, OB/GYN, and Genetics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
1/1994 to 8/1994 Interim Director (off-site), Cytogenetics Laboratory, T. C. Thompson Children’s Hospital, Erlanger Medical Center, Chattanooga, Tennessee.
7/1991 to 12/1993 Director & Department Head, Cytogenetics Laboratory, T. C. Thompson Children’s Hospital, Erlanger Medical Center, and Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, UT College of Medicine, Chattanooga, Tennessee. Duties include directing all aspects of the laboratory including budgeting, quality control, starting new procedures, expanding services, personnel management, resource allocation, resident and medical student teaching,research, community service, and consultation.
1/1990 to 10/1999 Research Associate at the Section of Mammals, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
7/1989 to 7/1991 Consultant, Dept. Pharmacology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee. Collaboration with D. P. Suttle, Ph.D.
1/1988 to 7/1993 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Memphis State University, Memphis, Tennessee. Also taught a course on Embryology.
6/1987 to 6/1989 Journey research fellowship. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN. Work on mechanisms of gene amplification.
6/1986 to 6/1987 Postdoctoral immunology fellowship. Department of Biochemistry, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX.
9/1985 to 12/1985 Rea postdoctoral fellowship (Conferred predoctorally). Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA.
Board Certification
1993 American Board of Medical Genetics (Clinical Cytogenetics). Recertified 2003.
1999 American Board of Medical Genetics (Clinical Molecular Genetics)
2004 State of New York Laboratory Director Certificate (Cytogenetics)
Peace Activism Positions
Peace Activism Positions
- Advisory Board, Al-Rowwad Children Theater, Aida Refugee Camp 2009-Date
- Board of Advisors, Siraj Center, Beit Sahour, Palestine (SirajCenter.org) 2007-Date
- Board of One Democratic State Group (August 2008-Date)
- Board Member, Peace Action Education Fund (2008-2009)
- Board Member, Peace Action Education Fund (2007-2009)
- Steering Committee Member of the US Campaign to End the Occupation (2005-07)
- Board Member, Association for One Democratic State in Israel/Palestine (2005-07)
- Media Coordinator, Palestinian American Congress, CT Chapter (2003-2008)
- Ex-President of the Middle East Genetics Association (1997-1999) http://info.med.yale.edu/genetics/clinical/lab_services/mega
- Media Coordinator, Arab American Anti-Discrimination Committee in North Carolina, Won the Jallow activism award from ADC national in 1998
- Cofounder and ex-national treasurer and ex-media coordinator of Al-Awda, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition (see http://al-awda.org). (2000-04)
- Cofounder of the http://AcademicsFor Justice.org and http://BoycottIsraeliGoods.org campaigns.
- Organizer for the Wheels of Justice Tour http://justicewheels.org
- Vice President of the Middle East Crisis Committee http://TheStruggle.org (2003-date)
- Founder and president of the Holy Land Conservation Foundation
- Coordinator with others for the Oral History Project http://www.palestineremembered.com/oralhistory/
- Member of a number of human rights groups (Amnesty, Peace action, Human Rights Watch, ACLU etc.).
Selected Recent Talks Given on Human Rights
from over 400 in the past five years alone (Another >100 seminars given on areas like environmental conservation and genetics)
- Dec 15, 2004 Hebrew Academy, Temple Mishkan Israel, Woodbridge, CT
- Jan 31, 2005 Master's Tea and Talk: “Sharing the Land of Canaan: Human Rights and the Israeli-Palestinian Struggle” with Author, Calhoun College, Yale University
- Feb 24 2005 Focus on the Media, Al-Najah University, Nablus
- April 28th Palestinian Right of Return, Univ Illinois, Urbana
- "The One State Solution," knowjusticeknowpeace.org conference in Houston, TX 4/30/05
- Global awareness forum: seeds of war, seeds of peace (with Al-Marder) Naugatuck Community College, 5/12/05
- Presentation hosted by Palestine American Congress, Patterson, New Jersey, 6/5/05
- Monday, October 10 Idaho State University, Pocatello
- Wed., April 19, 2006 Colorado State University
- May 22, 2006 Quale futuro per Palestina e Israele? Casa delle Culture, Rome, Italy
- May 27, 2006 Part of Panel on divestments, boycotts, and sanctions at the European Coordinatng Meeting on Palestine, Geneva, Switzerland
- June 28, 2006 Invited to speake by ISTAME (Papandreas) Institute representin Greek PASOK party at University of Athens
- Sept 20, 2006 The Israeli Invasions of Gaza, Lebanon, and Nablus: Eyewitness Reporting and discussion on the Mideast Conflict. Western Connecticut State Univesrity, Danbury (hosted by student groups and Danbury Peace Coalitions)
- October 10, 2006 Alfred University, Four classes given
- October 24 7-9 pm William Patterson university
- November 27, 2006 Juniata College, PA (80-100 students and faculy attended)
- Dec 5, 2006 "Cnfronting Zionism in Palestine and the US", with Joel Kovel at Bard College, NY
- Jan 4 Gave talks to 4 classes at Andover Highschool, Andover, MA
- July 18 Formal Talk to Teachers in Bethlehem district organized by teachers' union, Bethlehem Hotel
- July 19 Media and mass Communications, Al-Najah University, Nablus
- July 28 2 PM Formal Talk to Birzeit University summer program for Internationals
- Sept 16, 2007 University oF Bridgeport, Bridgeport CT
- 17 October, The School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London http://www.soas.ac.uk/
- Feb 12, 2008, Brown University, RI "Terrorism, the United States, and the centrality of the struggle against Israeli Apartheid"
- Feb 14th, Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut "Terrorism, the United States, and the Israeli-Palestinian Struggle"
- Feb 28 Social History, Washington State University, Vancouver, WA
- Feb 28 Economic Geography, Washington State University, Vancouver, WA
- Mar 4, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
- Mar 10, Lewis Clark College, Portland, OR
- March 15: Raleigh talk to Muslim Public Affairs Council annual banquet (350 in attendance)
- March 31st 2008 "Terrorism, the US, and the Centrality of the Israel/Palestine Question: Can Peace be Based on Human Rights and International Law?" George Mason University, School of Law, http://www.law.gmu.edu/news/2008/925 Arlington, VA (heavily
- April 30, 2008, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT on panel Occupation and Resistance: Contextualizing Conflict in Northern Ireland, Palestine, and Hawai`i
- May 1st Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, MA Film Screening: "La Terre Parle Arabe" and Discussion with Dr. Mazin QumsiyehSponsored by Harvard Nakba Cmmittee, PSC (FAS) and Palestine Awareness Committee (HKS)
- May 4, 2008 Are Boycott and Divestment Legitimate Strategies to End the Israel Occupation of Palestine? PANEL: Susanne Hoder: Interfaith Peace Initiative, Providence, RI, Norton Mezvinsky: Author, Professor of History, CCSU, Mazin Qumsiyeh: Author, Scientist, Human Rights Activist, Chengiah Ragaven: CCSU Instructor; ANC Activist, S.Africa
- May 11, 2008 Westlake Hills Presbyterian Church, 7127 Bee Cave Rd., Austin, TX, The Nakba and the plight of native Christians and Muslims in Palestine
- 16 Sept 2008 Sharing the Land of Canaan: a durable peace based on coexistance and equality in one country, Alternative Information Center, Beit Sahour
- Oct 15, 2008 "The Democratic Alternative and the One State Solution." Lecture via video conference, Laterna Hall, Gaza City. Hosted by ODSG
- October 22, 2008 "A rights-based approach to a durable peace: how discriminatory laws hinder peace and how the Universal Declaration of Human Rights does matter" AFSC Ramallah
Committees Served/Graduate Students Supervised
10/1995- 11/1999 Member of the Basic Sciences Faculty Committee, Duke University.
1/1994-11/1999 Member of the Medical Genetics Training Committee, Dept Pediatrics, Duke Universoty Medical Center.
10/1993-6/1995 Member of the M.S. Faculty Advisory Committee for Cara Bergman. Thesis: Chromosome variation in Blarina carolinensis and B. brevicauda.
6/1989-9/1992 Member of the M.S. Faculty Advisory Committee for Diana M. Adams Garland at Memphis State University (Expected date of graduation, June, 1991). Thesis title: Chromosome and electrophoretic variation in Blarina carolinensis and B. brevicauda in Tennessee (Mammalia: Insectivora).
6/1987-12/1989 Member of the Ph.D. Faculty Advisory Committee for George D. Baumgardner at Memphis State University. Dissertation title: Morphological Variation in Kangaroo rats (Genus Dipodomys): I. Individual nongeographic variation and character relationships, II. Geographic pattern of size and a test of Bergmann's rule for selected species, III. Genus-wide variation and species discrimination.
6/1984-6/1988 Member of the International Committee of the American Society of Mammalogists.
8/1980-9/1981 Member, International Center Advisory Board, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut.
Teaching:
3/1978-6/1979 Bethlehem Secondary School, Bethlehem, and the Schmitz Girls College, Jerusalem. Biology teacher of 10th, 11th, and 12th grades. 20 hours/week, average 35 students/class.
8/1980 to 6/82 Department of Biology, the University of Connecticut. Taught Vertebrate Anatomy, General Biology, Botany labs. Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech. Average 6 hrs/week, 20-25 students/class.
9/1983-5/1984 Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University. Taught General Zoology, Botany, and Advanced
1/85-9/85 Animal Physiology labs. Eight hours/week, average 20 students/class.
1/1986 to 5/1986 Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University. Graduate Cytogenetics lab. Two hrs/week, 15 students.
11/1988 to 6/1991 Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Department of Biology, Memphis State University (now University of Memphis), Memphis, Tennessee. Taught Vertebrate Embryology, Upper Level in Spring, 1989. Four hours a week, 38 students.
1/1990-1/1991 The University of Tennessee-Memphis. Medical Genetics and Medical Technology students. Total 4 lectures, 45 students.
7/1991- 2/1993 The University of Tennessee College of Medicine. Many Lectures and Seminars to staff, techs, residents, and physicians.
1/1994-11/1999 Duke University Medical Center. Taught medical genetics course to medical students (3 lectures on cytogenetics), 2 lectures in the Molecular Pathology Course, lecture to Path 200 (Medical Students), lecture to Technologhist Program (3 hours, Spring), and many other invited lectures and seminars (average 6 per month) to various Duke departments.
1/1994 -11/1999 Duke University Medical Center. Organized weekly lecture on issues in cytogenetics (60% of lectures given, 40% by invited speakers). These lecturesare open to residents, fellows, staff physicians, and lab techs and cover all areas of molecular genetics and cytogenetics.
9/1995-9/1999 Society of Clinical Research Associates, Duke University Medical Center. 2 hour lecture for each session (2-3 times per year).
1/2000 to 12/2004 Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Genetics. Cytogenetics for Medical students in the genetics course (second year). Clinical rounds (occasional lectures). Supervise rotating fellows and residents. Actively participates in weekly hematopathology and radiation oncology case conferences. Occasional talks at other departments and departmental Journal Club.
Service
1974 to1978 Part-time curator for the vertebrate collections at Jordan University and at Sana Atallah Natural History Museum.
1977-78 Treasurer for Biology Club, Jordan University.
4/1980 to 8/1980 Part-time curatorial assistant at the University of Connecticu Museum of Natural History. Included specimen preparation and other curatorial activities in Vertebrates.
8/1980-9/1981 Member, International Center Advisory Board, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut.
6/1983 to9/1983 Graduate research assistant, Texas Tech University. Research title: "Genetics of the endangered Utah Prairie Dog, Cynomys parvidens."
6/1984 to 12/1985 Research assistant, Texas Tech University, in charge of maintaining the living and frozen cell lines as well as initiating primary cell lines from varioustaxa and obtaining the G- and C-band data on this material. Also served as laboratory supervisor for Prof. R. J. Baker's Program.
6/1984-6/1988 Member of the International Committee of the American Society of Mammalogists.
1984-85 Vice President for Graduate Student Biology Club, Texas Tech University.
6/1985 to 2000 Reviewer for grant proposals for the National Science Foundations, and manuscripts submitted for Journal of Mammalogy, Journal of Heredity,Mammalian Genome, Chromosome Research, Mammalia, Annals of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Occasional Papers of the Museum of Texas Tech Univ., and Texas J. Sci.
6/1987-12/1989 Member of the Ph.D. Faculty Advisory Committee for George D. Baumgardner at Memphis State University. Dissertation title: Morphological Variation in Kangaroo rats (Genus Dipodomys): I. Individual nongeographic variation and character relationships, II. Geographic pattern of size and a test of Bergmann'srule for selected species, III. Genus-wide variation and species discrimination.
6/1989-9/1992 Member of the M.S. Faculty Advisory Committee for Diana M. Adams Garland at Memphis State University (Expected date of graduation, June, 1991). Thesis title: Chromosome and electrophoretic variation in Blarina carolinensis and B. brevicauda in Tennessee (Mammalia: Insectivora).
10/1993-6/1995 Member of the M.S. Faculty Advisory Committee for Cara Bergman. Thesis: Chromosome variation in Blarina carolinensis and B. brevicauda.
1/1994-11/1999 Member of the Medical Genetics Training Committee, Dept Pediatrics, Duke Universoty Medical Center.
7/1995-11/1999 Cytogenetics member of CALGB (Cancer and Leukemias Group B). Attended meeting in Miami, Florida (3-6 May, 1996), Ft. Lauderdale, FL(28 June 1998) and have been a participant cytogeneticist since July 1995.
10/1995- 11/1999 Member of the Basic Sciences Faculty Committee, Duke University.
2/1996-Present Inspector, CAP (College of American Pathologists) Inspector number 1007340.
10/1996-Present Founder & ex-President for Middle East Geneticists of America (MEGA): A non-profit organizations with meetings in conjunction with annual ASHG as well as involved in International Development of Genetic Health Services.
10/1996- Present Founder and president for Holy Land Conservation Foundation, A non-profit organization for environmental and historical preservation. Now President.
Trainees
Yesim Yilmaz, MD Fellow in cytogenetics. July 2001- May 2004.
Peining Li, Ph.D. Fellow in cytogenetics. January, 2000- Feb 2001.
Manjunath Nimmakayalu, Ph.D. Fellow in cytogenetics. January, 2000- date.
Kyu-Rae Kim, MD, visitor from South Korea for research on Ob/Gyn pathology and genetics. From July 1997 to June 1998. Currently faculty member, Asan Medical Center, Universitu of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, S. Korea.
Xiao-Xiang Zhang, MD,PhD, for reserarch & certification by the ABMG in Clinical Cytogenetics, July 1996 to July 1998. Currently FACMG, Asst. Lab Director, Smith Kline Labs, California.
Howida Hosny El-Gebaly, M.D. for reserarch & certification by the ABMG in Clinical Cytogenetics, April 1996 to April 1998. Currently faculty at Ain Shams Univ., Egypt.
Shannon Dover, senior biology major, COSEN fellow, for summer research experience, paper published. July-Sept. 1997. Currently Medical Student in South Carolina.
Mohamed Nagy Ahmed, M.D. for reserarch & certification by the ABMG in Clinical Cytogenetics, July 1995 to July 1997. Currently, Neonatology, Duke Univ. Med. Ctr.
Siddharth Adhvaryu, Ph.D. April 1994-June, 1996. Presently FACMG, Director of Cytogenetics, Center for Genetic Services, Corpus Christi, TX.
Jessie Levine, Ph.D. for certification by the ABMG in Clinical Cytogenetics. April 1994 to November, 1995. Presently recouperating from major car accident in Canada.
Jennifer L. Coate, senior biology major, COSEN fellow, for summer research experience, paper published. July-Sept. 1996. Presently medical student.
Ayman Al Sulaiman, Technologist from Saudi Arabia for training in cytogenetics (Saudi/DUMC agreements), July 1995 to July 1996. Presently senior tech in Saudi Arabia.
Nasser Al Helali, M.D. for research in cytogenetics and for ABMG in Clin. Genetics, January 1994 to January, 1996. Presently staff at Chicago Children’s Hospital.
Amal Atared, technologist from Saudi Arabia for training in cytogenetics (Saudi/DUMC agreements), March 1996. Presently back in Saudi Arabia.
Hui-Min Li, RN. Genetic counselor from Taiwan for training in cytogenetics, Feb-March 1996. Now enrolled in a degree program at Johns Hopkins.
Trained and supervised numerous fellows and residents for short (1 week) to intermediate (1 month) training in genetics and cytogenetics.
Published Book Chapters (diversified topics)
Baker, R. J., M. B. Qumsiyeh, and C. S. Hood. Role of chromosomal banding patterns in understanding mammalian evolution. Pp. 67-96 in Current Mammalogy, Vol. 1 (H. H. Genoways, ed.), Plenum Publishing Corporation, New York. 1987.
Qumsiyeh, M. B. and R. J. Baker. Comparative cytogenetics and the determination of primitive karyotypes. Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics, 1988, 47:100-103.
Baker, R. J. and M. B. Qumsiyeh. Methods in chiropteran mitotic chromosomal studies. Pp. 425-435 In Ecological and Behavioral Methods for the Study of Bats (T. H. Kunz, ed.), Smithsonian Inst. Press, Washington DC. 1988.
Suttle, D. P. and M. B. Qumsiyeh. A reversible selection system for UMP synthase gene amplification and deamplification. Pp. 255-264 in R. Kellem (ed.)Gene Amplification in Mammalian Cells: Techniques and Applications . Marcel Dekker Inc., New York, NY, 543 pp. 1992.
Qumsiyeh, M. B., M. Dasouki, and A. Teebi. Genetics of Palestinians and Jordanians. pp. 227-258 in "Genetic Disorders Among The Arabs" edited by Ahmad S. Teebi and T. A. Farag, Oxford Monographs in Genetics No. 33, Oxford Univ. Press. 1997.
Qumsiyeh, MB and Peining Li. Molecular Biology of Cancer: Cytogenetics. Pp. 77-90. In “Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology” V. T. DeVita, Jr, S. Hellman, S. A. Rosenberg (eds). Philadelphia: Lippinscott, Williams and Wilkins, Inc., Sixth Edition. 2001.
Qumsiyeh, MB and Y. Yilmaz. Cytogenetics. In “Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology” V. T. DeVita, Jr, S. Hellman, S. A. Rosenberg (eds). Philadelphia: Lippinscott, Williams and Wilkins, Inc., Seventh Edition. 2005; pp 34-42.
Qumsiyeh, MB, S. G. Adhvaryu, and A. Teebi. Cytogenetics. Pp.20-32 in "Textbook of Clinical Pediatrics," A.Y. Elzouki, H. A. Harfi, H. M. Nazer, Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins, 2001.
Qumsiyeh, MB . Sumud wa Muqawama: Popular Resistance in Palestine after 120 years (chapter in Arabic published in Nonviolent Resistance in the Arab World, Beirut, Lebanon (network of nonviolence), 2009.
Selected Writing and Publications on issues of Palestine (from over 300)
Relativity, Palestine Telegraph 23 August 2009. http://www.paltelegraph.com/opinions/editorials/1854-relativity
Role of Palestinians in Diaspora: Palestinian activism in the US (in Arabic) Haq AlAwda Feb 2009 at http://www.badil.org/Arabic-Web/haq-alawda/articles07.htm
My Personal Journey to Palestine, Spring 2009, published in North Carolina Peace Action Newsletter.
The Gaza Ghetto Uprising, Januray 10-12, 2009 Published in The Star (Jordan), Palestine Chronicle, Turkish Weekly, MR Zine Monthly Review, and Global Research
Christmas under occupation: U.S. hands off the little town of Bethlehem, San Francisco Bayview (National Black Newspaper) December 24, 2008
First Sign of No Change: Obama Chooses his Chief of Staff, Online Journal and also Palestine Chronicle 7 Nov 2008
One State as the ideal road to peace (with Sam Leibowitz) Online Journal, Common Dreams, and Daily New Egypt, Nov 16, 2008
The US versus Obama, McCain, and AIPAC, June 08 published in Online Journal and in Palestine Chronicle.
Why we do not celebrate Israel, 5/20/08, Final Call
The Next 60 years for Palestine. Palestine-Israel Journal, 2008 15 (1,2): 181-186. http://www.pij.org/current.php?id=66
Bush in Palestine, New Haven Register 1/10/08
Palestinian Refugees at the center again, Teaneck Suburbanite, May 18, 2007
Zionism Keeps Israelis and Palestinians Apart, Eagle Tribune 1/16/07
Serving foreign interests 22 July 2006 Dissident Voice
Boycott Israel, Global Agenda Magazine (World Economic Forum), caused controversy, 1/2006
published in Spanish http://www.voltairenet.org/article134924.html
and in French at http://www.voltairenet.org/article134696.html
US public interest and the Palestinian elections 1/23/06 Dissident Voice
Connecting the dots: IRAQ & PALESTINE
published in Spanish at 9/25/05 Milli Gazette and Nodo 50
It is also available in German as Die Israelische Lobby und der Irak-Krieg
Interview with Share International Sept 2005
also published here http://www.anis-online.de/pages/_1-ebene/AndreasRoom.htm#mazin
Palestine still the issue Vermont Guardian 8/19/05
The Passion of Zionism Jordan Times 3/18/04
Arafat didn't block peace in the Middle East, New Haven Register 11/18/04
Their dog-eat-dog world Published in Al-Ahram 9/4/2004
Time to apply South Africa remedy to Israel New Haven Register 7/27/04
Only Justice Brings Peace Jordan Times 2/4/2004
How reality is distorted Jordan Times 1/6/04 and Hartford Courant
The International Intifada, Q News
While Human Rights Ignored, Peace is impossible, New Haven Register 5/19/03
Spoils and toils of war Jordan Times 7/28/2003
Shame, revulsion, and sadness, Jerusalem Post, Nov. 17, 2002
The Cucumber and the Cactus, Northeast Magazine, 11/3/02 (7700 word, in-depth article)
A two-state solution won't work, Daily Star (Lebanon) , 8/31/2002
Beyond Rage in the Middle East, Boston Globe 8/22/2002
Finding Truth neccessary for world to heal New Haven Register 11/1/01
Arabs and Palestinians on September 11, 9/14/01 Continua Magazine (Yale University)
Genetic healthcare in the Middle East. Arab Students' Journal, January 27, 2001.
Israeli attempts to destroy International Law Hartford Courant 1/23/01
A Season of Mayhem, Boston Globe 1/4/01
100 years of anti-Arab and anti-Muslim stereotyping, The Prism (NC) Jan 98
Zionist position fails to recognize other side, Duke Chronicle 3/6/1998
Israelis, Palestinians must search for justice, Duke Chronicle 9/11/1997
Also Published over 400 letters to the editor and was interviewed over 300 times by various media outlets (ranging from local papers to national and international media to the Associated Press and other wire services).
Selected writings and publications in the science field (37 selected from 143 publications)
Qumsiyeh, M. B. New records of bats from Jordan.Säugetierk. Mitt. 1980, 28(1): 36-39.
Qumsiyeh, M. B. Phylogenetic studies of the rodent family Gerbillidae: I. Chromosomal evolution in the southern African group. Journal of Mammalogy, 1986, 67:680-692.
Qumsiyeh, M. B., D. A. Schlitter, and A. M. Disi. New records and karyotypes of small mammals from Jordan. Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde, 1986, 51:139-146.
Qumsiyeh, M. B., M. J. Hamilton, and D. A. Schlitter. Problems of using Robertsonian rearrangements in determining monophyly: examples from the genera Tatera and Gerbillurus.Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics, 1987, 44:198-208.
Qumsiyeh, M. B. and R. K. Chesser. Rates of protein, chromosome, and morphologic evolution in four genera of Rhombomyine gerbils. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 1988, 16(1):89-103.
Qumsiyeh, M. B., R. D. Owen, and R. K. Chesser. Differential rates of protein and chromosome evolution in bats of the family Rhinolophidae.Genome, 1988, 30:326-335.
Qumsiyeh, M. B., M. B. Valentine, and D. P. Suttle. Localization of the gene for uridine monophosphate synthase to human chromosome region 3q13 by in situ hybridization. Genomics, 1989, 5:160-162.
Qumsiyeh, M. B., S.W. King, J. Arroyo-Cabrales, I. R. Aggundey, D. A. Schlitter, R. J. Baker, and K.J. Morrow. Complex chromosomal and immunological evolution in the morphologically similar species of murid rodents of the Mastomys/Praomys Complex. Journal of Heredity, 1990, 81(1):58-65.
Qumsiyeh, M. B. and D. P. Suttle. Localization of the adenosine deaminase, transferrin, and UMP synthetase genes on Chinese hamster chromosomes 4 and 6 by
in situ hybridization. Journal of Heredity, 1990, 81(2):111-116.
Qumsiyeh, M. B. On the nature of controversies in evolutionary biology. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, 1990, 33(3):421-430.
Qumsiyeh, M. B., A. T. Tharapel, L. P. Shulman, S. E. Elias, and J. L. Simpson. Anaphase lag as the most likely mechanism for monosomy X in direct cytotrophoblasts but not in mesenchymal core cells from the same villi. Journal of Medical Genetics, 1990, 27:780-781.
Qumsiyeh, M. B. and S. A. Tharapel. Detection of trisomy 12 in chronic lymphocytic leukemia using fluorescence in situ hybridization. Leukemia. 1992, 6(6): 602-605.
Qumsiyeh, M. B. S. Goorha, and D. P. Suttle. Gene amplification and chromosome rearrangements: a study of a single cell lineage selected for amplification and deamplification of the UMP synthase gene. Cytogenetics Cell Genet., 1993, 62:162-168.
Qumsiyeh, M. B., Z. S. Amr, and D. M. Shafi. Status and conservation of the carnivores of Jordan (Mammalia: Carnivora). Mammalia. 1993, 57(1):55-62.
Qumsiyeh, M. B. and J. W. Bickham. Chromosomes and relationships of long eared bats of the genera Plecotus and Otonycteris. Journal of Mammalogy. 1993, 74(2):376-382.
Benkhalifa, M., P. Malet, M. B. Qumsiyeh, D. Boucher, V. Belliec, Y. Menzo. Chromosome aberrations in normal and translocated human sperm: role in reproduction pathology. Referens. Geneo. Obstet. 1994, 2(3):288-296.
Qumsiyeh, M. B. Evolution of number and morphology of mammalian chromosomes. J. Heredity. 1994, 85:455-465.
Qumsiyeh, M. B. Impact of rearrangements on function and position of chromosomes in the interphase nucleus and on human genetic disorders. Chromosome Research, 1995, 3:455-465.
Qumsiyeh, M. B. , Z. S. Amr, A. M. Budari. Status and conservation of Artiodactyla (Mammalia) in Jordan. Mammalia 1996, 60:417-430.
Benkhalifa, M., Y. Menezo, L. Janny, J. L. Pouly, and M. B. Qumsiyeh. Cytogenetics of uncleaved oocytes and arrested zygotes in IVF programs. J. Assisted Repr. & Genetics. 1996, 13(2):140-148.
Byrd, J.C., R. W. Weiss, D. C. Arthur, D. Shah, M. R. Baer, D. Laurence, F. Davey, E. S. Trikha, A. J. Carroll. R. Tantavahi, and M. B. Qumsiyeh. S. R. Patil, J. Moore, R. J. Mayer, C. A. Scjiffer, C. D. Bloomfield. Extramedullary leukemia adversely affects hematologic complete remission rate and overall survival in patients with t(8;21)(q22;q22): Results from CALGB 8461. J Clin Oncology . 1997, 15(2):466-475.
Qumsiyeh, M. B., Adhvaryu, S. G., L. Fry-Mehltretter, T. Peters-Brown, and Helen Kay. Discrepancies in cytogenetic findings in chorionic villi. J. Maternal Fetal Medicine, 1997, 6:351-355.
Qumsiyeh, M. B. Chromosome abnormalities in the placenta and spontaneous abortions. J. Matern.-Fetal Med. 1998, 7:210-212.
Ashley-Koch, A., C.M. Wolpert, L. Zaeem, M. M. Menold, M. B. Qumsiyeh et al. Genetic studies of autistic disorders and chromosome 7. Genomics. 1999, 61:227-236.
Qumsiyeh, M. B. Structure and function of the nucleus: anatomy and physiology of chromatin. Cellular Mol. Life Sci. (CMLS) 1999, 55:1129-1140.
Ahmad, M. N., K. Kim, B. Haddad, A. Berchuck, M. B. Qumsiyeh. Comparative genomic hybridization studies in hydatidiform moles and choriocarcinoma: Amplification of 7q21-q31 and loss of 8p12-p21 in choriocarcinoma. Cancer Genet Cytogenet 2000, 116:10-15.
Ahmed, M. N., G. R. DeLong, and M. B. Qumsiyeh. Postnatal Developmental delay (PNDD) and chromosome abnormalities. Clinical Pediatrics 2000, 39:233-235.
Qumsiyeh, M. B., K-R. Kim, W. Bradford. Cytogenetics and mechanisms of spontaneous abortions: Increased apoptosis and decreased cellular proliferation in chromosomally abnormal villi. Cytogenet Cell Genet 2000, 88(3-4):230-235.
Smith DS. Leone G. DeGregori J. Ahmed MN. Qumsiyeh MB. Nevins JR. Induction of DNA replication in adult rat neurons by deregulation of the retinoblastoma/E2F G1 cell cycle pathway. Cell Growth & Differentiation. 2000, 11(12):625-33.
Benkhalifa, M., S. Kahraman, D. Caserta, E. Domez, M. B. Qumsiyeh. Morphological and cytogenetic analysis of intact oocytes and blocked zygotes. Prenatal Diagnosis, 2003, 23(5):397-404
Benkhalifa M, S Kahraman, MD A Biricik, S Serteyl, E Domez,Y Kumtepe, M B Qumsiyeh. Cytogenetic abnormalities and the failure of development after round spermatid injections. Fertility and Sterility 2004, 81(5):1283-1288.
Drazinic,, Carolyn M. Adife G. Ercan-Sencicek, Laura M. Gault, Fuki M. Hisama, Mazin B. Qumsiyeh, Norma J. Nowak, Joseph F. Cubells,, and Matthew W. State. Rapid Array-Based Genomic Characterization of a Subtle Structural Abnormality: A Patient with Psychosis and der(18)t(5;18)(p14.1;p11.23). American Journal of Medical Genetics, 2005;134:282-290.
Benkhalifa M, S Kasakyan, P Clement, M Baldi, G Tachdjian. A Demirol, T Gurgam, F Fiorentino, M Mohammad, MB Qumsiyeh. Array comparative genomic hybridization profiling of first trimester products of conception that failed to grow in vitro. Prenatal Diagnosis, 2005; 894-900.
Yilmaz Y, Lazova R, Qumsiyeh M, Cooper D, Pawelek J. Donor Y chromosome in renal carcinoma cells of a female BMT recipient: visualization of putative BMT-tumor hybrids by FISH. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2005;35(10):1021-1024.
Bixia Xiang , Susan S Hemingway, Mazin Qumsiyeh Peining Li, CytoAccess, a Relational Laboratory Information Management System for a Clinical Cytogenetics Laboratory. J Assoc Genet Technol. 2006, 32(4):168-70.
Amr, Zuhair Sami, Mohammad Adnan Abu Bakr, Mazin Butros Qumsiyeh, Bat Diversity and Conservation in Jordan. Turkish Journal of Zoology, 2006, 30:235-244.
Caserta D, Benkhalifa M, Baldi M, Fiorentino F, Qumsiyeh M, Moscarini M. Genome profiling of ovarian adenocarcinomas using pangenomic BACs microarray comparative genomic hybridization. Mol Cytogenet. 2008 May 20;1(1):10. http://www.molecularcytogenetics.org/articles/browse.asp
Selected Book Reviews Published
"Sabra and Shatila: September 1982" Bayan Nuwayhed Al-Hout, 2004, Pluto Press, London, Holy Land Studies Journal, Spring 2005
Palestine Guidebooks: "Palestine and Palestinians: Guidebook", Alternative Tourism Group, Beit Sahour, 2005 and "Palestine: A guide", By Mariam Shahin, Photography by George Azar, Interlink Publishing, Northampton, Massachusetts, 2005. The Middle East Journal, Vol. 59, No. 4, Autumn 2005, Pp 699-700. (please do not circulate or print without permission from http://www.mideasti.org)
"Mammals of Arabia" by D. L. Harrison and P. J. Bates. Journal of Mammalogy 1992, 73(1):228-229.
"Mammals of Algeria" by K. Kowalski and B. Rzebik-Kowalska. Journal of Mammalogy. 1992, 73(2):459-460.
“Pathology of the Placenta” Third Edition by Benirschke and Kaufmann, Springer-Verlag, Int. J. Gynecol. Pathol. 1998, 17:93-94.
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