Fadwa Benkessou

Fadwa Benkessou

Coordinator
Telephone: +46852486149
Visiting address: Nobels väg 15 A, 17165 Solna
Postal address: GVS Gemensamt verksamhetsstöd, GVS RSO EEO, 171 77 Stockholm

About me

  • I work as an Alliance Manager for partnerships between academia and industry.
    My main role is supporting KI researchers in establishing and maintaining
    different types of collaborations with our corporate partners.
    I have a PhD in Medical Sciences from Karolinska Institutet with a focus on
    pharmacology of cytostatic drugs in patients with hematological malignancies
    following conditioning regimens prior to HSCT.

Research

  • My research was around studying the pharmacology of Busulphan, a cytostatic
    drug used in conditioning treatment prior to HSCT, and understanding the side
    effects such as hepatotoxicity and neurotoxicity manifested in patients with
    hematological malignancies.
    Published Papers:
    * Vitamin D levels and busulphan kinetics in patients undergoing
    hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, a multicenter study. Bone Marrow
    Transplant. El-Serafi A, He R, Zheng W, Benkossou F, Oerther S, Zhao Y,
    Mellgren K, Gustafsson B, Heilmann C, Kanerva J, Lotfi K, Toporski J,
    Sundin M, Höglund M, Mattsson J, El-Serafi I, Hassan M.2021
    Apr
  • 56(4):807-817. doi: 10.1038/s41409-020-01091-y. Epub 2020 Oct 21.
    PMID: 33087877.
    * The effect of N-acetyl-l-cysteine (NAC) on liver toxicity and clinical
    outcome after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. El-Serafi I,
    Remberger M, El-Serafi A, Benkessou F, Zheng W, Martell E, Ljungman P,
    Mattsson J, Hassan M. Sci Rep. 2018 May 29
  • 8(1):8293. doi:
    10.1038/s41598-018-26033-z. PMID: 29844459
  • PMCID: PMC5974141.
    * Rapid and Robust Quantification of p-Xyleneselenocyanate in Plasma via
    Derivatization Zheng W, Benkessou F, Twelkmeyer B, Wang S, Ginman T,
    Ottosson H, Abedi-Valugerdi M, Subirana MA, Zhao Y, Hassan M.Anal Chem.
    2017 Jul 18
  • 89(14):7586-7592. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b01426. Epub 2017
    Jul 5.PMID: 28640579
    * Differential effects of low-dose fludarabine or 5-fluorouracil on the
    tumor growth and myeloid derived immunosuppression status of tumor-bearing
    mice. Abedi-Valugerdi M, Zheng W, Benkessou F, Zhao Y, Hassan M. Int
    Immunopharmacol. 2017 Jun
  • 47:173-181. doi: 10.1016/j.intimp.2017.04.006.
    Epub 2017 Apr 12. PMID: 28411578.
    * Quantification of dimethylacetamide and its primary metabolite
    monomethylacetamide in plasma using robust LC-MS method.. Benkessou, F.,
    El-Serafi, I., Twelkmeyer, B., Abedi-Valugerdi, M., &
  • Hassan, M. (2016).
    Journal of Analytical and Bioanalytical Techniques, 7, 327-334.

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Employments

  • Coordinator, Central Administration, Karolinska Institutet, 2024-

Degrees and Education

  • Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 2019

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