Allal Ouhtit, MPH, PhD

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	Allal Ouhtit, MPH, PhD Assistant Professor of Pathology 533 Bolivar St. New Orleans, LA 70112 Phone: (504) 568-2896 Fax: (504) 568-2932 aouhti@lsuhsc.edu Lab Staff
Degrees	M Ph Neuroscience - 1991 Claude Bernard Lyon-1 University, Lyon, France PhD Biochemistry - 1995 Claude Bernard Lyon-1 University, Lyon, France
Bio	Dr. Ouhtit, Assistant Professor of Pathology, received his M Ph degree in Neuroscience from the University of Lyon in France. His Ph D in Biochemistry was awarded in early 1995 from the University of Lyon. He completed his postdoctoral work at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and joined MD Anderson Cancer Center as a Research Associate. In 2001, Dr. Ouhtit joined the Queens University of Belfast in Northern Ireland as an Assistant Professor. In 2005, he was appointed as an Assistant Professor at LSU Health Sciences Center and a member of the Stanley S Scott Cancer Center.
Clinical Interests	Dermatology; Psoriasis; Melanoma, Breast and prostate cancers
Research Interests	CD44 and invasion/metastasis of melanoma, breast and prostate cancers Mechanisms of melanoma and non-melanoma initiation
Teaching Activities	Pathology; Cancer Biology; Dermatology; Biochemistry
Selected Publications	A. Ouhtit, H. Nakazawa, B. K. Armstrong, A. Kricker, E. Tan, H. Yamasaki, D. R. English. UV-specific p53 mutations in normal skin as potential predictor of skin cancer risk: A case-control study of basal cell carcinoma in Australia. Journal of National Cancer Institute 90: 523-531, 1998 H. N. Ananthaswamy, A. Ouhtit, A Gorny, L Evans, P. Kaskina, A. T. Sands, C. J. Conti. Persistence ofp53 mutations and resistance of keratinocytes to apoptosis are associated with the increased susceptibility of mice lacking the XPC gene to UV carcinogenesis. Oncogene 18: 7395-8, 1999 L Hill, A. Ouhtit, S. Loughlin, H. N. Ananthaswamy, M. Kripke, L. Own-Schaub. Fas Ligand: A sensor for DNA damage is critical in skin cancer etiology. Science 285: 898-900, 1999 W. Jiang, H. N. Ananthaswamy, H. K. Muller, A. Ouhtit, S. Bolshakov, S. E. Ullrich, El-Naggar AK, M. L. Kripke. UV irradiation augments lymphoid malignancies in mice with one functional copy of wild-type p53. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 98:9790-5, 2001 Hill A, McFarlane S, Mulligan K, Gillespie H, Draffin J, Trimble A, Ouhtit A, Johnston PG, Harkin DP, McCormick D, Waugh DJ. Cortactin underpins CD44-promoted invasion and adhesion of breast cancer cells to bone marrow endothelial cells. Oncogene. 25:6079-91, 2006
Additional Info	Publications at PubMed

Assistant Professor of Pathology