Vice President's Assistant for Medical and Health Sciences

Dr. Majdi Dwikat ‎

Born in Balata Village, Nablus in 1972, Dr. Majdi Dwikat ‎received a B.Sc in Medical Laboratory ‎Sciences  from An-Najah National University, Nablus in 1994. Dr. Dwikat worked as a Technician Assistant ‎in Medical Laboratory ‎Sciences from 1994-2000 at An-Najah. He received his MSc in Biotechnology from ‎the University of Salento, Italy in 2001 and a PhD in Biotechnology and Medical Physiology ‎from the same university in 2006. He also was the Head of Medical Laboratory Department from 2007-2013 ‎and Head Of Medical Physiology and Pharmacology/ Toxicology Department from 2014-2015 ‎at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at An Najah.

Dr. Dwikat published a number of research papers on effects of natural extract on isolate tissues, effect of bioactive ‎compound on living cells, anti cancer activity, biological effect of electromagnetic field ‎‎(electromagnetic carcinogenicity) and antibacterial effects of natural extract.