Biography
Nezar Al-Hebshi, PhD is a Professor of Oral Microbiology and Co-director of the Oral Microbiome Research Laboratory at Temple University Kornberg School of Dentistry (USA), and an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Center for Microbiology and Immunology, Temple University Lewis Katz School of Medicine. He is also a primary member of the Fox Chase Cancer Center. He obtained his PhD in oral microbiology from the University of Bergen, Norway (2005), and his bachelor’s degree in dental surgery from the University of Science and Technology (UST), Yemen (1999). Before moving to the USA, he held faculty and research positions in Yemen and Saudi Arabia between 2006 and 2015.
Dr. Al-Hebshi has been involved in more than $9 million in research funding, primarily from the National Institutes of Health, serving as Principal Investigator and lead co-investigator on multiple awards. His research focuses on
- Defining microbiome perturbations in health and disease through advanced sequencing and mechanistic approaches
- Modeling and modulating the oral microbiome to develop clinically relevant indices of dysbiosis for improved prediction and diagnosis of oral diseases.
- Dissecting the role of Fusobacterium nucleatum in oral carcinogenesis; and
- Exploring the anticancer and immunomodulatory properties of health-associated oral bacteria.
Dr. Al-Hebshi has more than 70 publications, holds an h-index of 33, and has presented his research findings at meetings across four continents.