Nayyar Ahmed Khokhar, phd

Nayyar Ahmed, PhD, received his doctorate in Allergy & Immunology and a Bachelors of Biomedical Science (with Honors) from Deakin University, Australia. Furthermore, he has pursued two postdoctoral positions at the Children’s Hospital Pittsburgh (UPMC) and Hillman Cancer Center. He teaches Medical Microbiology for the Nursing program, Microbiology, Epidemiology, and Foundations of Biology II, as well as other assorted biology courses. He maintains active involvement and membership in a number of on- and off-campus organizations geared toward student development in sciences, including co-chairing Tri-Beta chapter at UPG, the Ahmadiyya Association of Muslim Scientists (USA), and Humanity First (a non-profit). His research interest include the molecular biology of allergic reaction, including asthma/hay-fever events during pollen season, to identify a correlation between weather variables and clinical data. To date, Dr. Ahmed has published four research articles and two book chapters in the field of allergy, epigenetics, and pancreatitis.