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2026

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Immunology

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123
Citations
52952
World Ranking
309
National Ranking
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Medicine

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123
Citations
53107
World Ranking
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National Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Lebanon Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in Lebanon Leader Award
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Mohamed H. Sayegh is affiliated with the American University of Beirut in Lebanon and has a research focus primarily within the field of Medicine, with a significant emphasis on Infectious Diseases. Their scholarly work spans several subfields including Epidemiology, Health, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, and Molecular Medicine.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics, with particular attention to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research. Other notable themes in their work include COVID-19 clinical research studies, vaccine coverage and hesitancy, SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, antibiotic use and resistance, antibiotic resistance in bacteria, and urinary tract infections management.

Mohamed H. Sayegh has contributed to several peer-reviewed papers, highlighting a consistent focus on infectious disease dynamics, vaccination strategies, and antimicrobial resistance. Representative publications include:

  • Immunogenicity and reactogenicity of BNT162b2 booster in BBIBP-CorV-vaccinated individuals compared with homologous BNT162b2 vaccination: Results of a pilot prospective cohort study from Lebanon (2021, Vaccine)
  • Antimicrobial resistance surveillance and trends in armed conflict, fragile, and non-conflict countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region (2025, Infectious Diseases of Poverty)
  • Global vaccination strategy to eradicate COVID-19: Beyond science (2021, Journal of Global Health)
  • Immunogenicity and Effectiveness of Primary and Booster Vaccine Combination Strategies during Periods of SARS-CoV-2 Delta and Omicron Variants (2022, Vaccines)
  • The Prevalence and Risk Factors of Acute Kidney Injury during Colistin Therapy: A Retrospective Cohort Study from Lebanon (2023, Antibiotics)

Their work is represented in frequent publications within notable scientific journals such as Vaccine, Infectious Diseases of Poverty, Journal of Global Health, Vaccines, and Antibiotics.

Collaborative efforts feature prominently in Mohamed H. Sayegh's career. Frequent co-authors include Rima Moghnieh, Dania Abdallah, Abdul Rahman Bizri, Salam El-Hassan, and Nayla Jbeily, reflecting ongoing partnerships in research related to infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance.

Among the professional recognitions, Mohamed H. Sayegh is a member of the Association of American Physicians, indicating engagement with ongoing professional medical communities.

Best Publications

  • Endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition contributes to cardiac fibrosis

    Elisabeth M Zeisberg;Oleg Tarnavski;Michael Zeisberg;Adam L Dorfman

  • Identification of cells initiating human melanomas

    Tobias Schatton;George F. Murphy;Natasha Y. Frank;Kazuhiro Yamaura

  • Tissue expression of PD-L1 mediates peripheral T cell tolerance

    Mary E. Keir;Spencer C. Liang;Indira Guleria;Yvette E. Latchman

  • Delayed graft function in kidney transplantation.

    Norberto Perico;Dario Cattaneo;Mohamed H Sayegh;Giuseppe Remuzzi

  • Oral Tolerance: Immunologic Mechanisms and Treatment of Animal and Human Organ-Specific Autoimmune Diseases by Oral Administration of Autoantigens

    H. L. Weiner;A. Friedman;A. Miller;S. J. Khoury

  • The programmed death-1 (PD-1) pathway regulates autoimmune diabetes in nonobese diabetic (NOD) mice.

    Mohammed Javeed I. Ansari;Alan D. Salama;Alan D. Salama;Tanuja Chitnis;Tanuja Chitnis;R. Neal Smith

  • The Role of T-Cell Costimulatory Activation Pathways in Transplant Rejection

    Mohamed H. Sayegh;Laurence A. Turka

  • ABCB5-mediated doxorubicin transport and chemoresistance in human malignant melanoma.

    Natasha Y. Frank;Armen Margaryan;Ying Huang;Tobias Schatton

  • Requirement for T-cell apoptosis in the induction of peripheral transplantation tolerance.

    Andrew D. Wells;Xian Chang Li;Yongsheng Li;Matthew C. Walsh

  • Critical role of the programmed death-1 (PD-1) pathway in regulation of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

    Alan D. Salama;Tanuja Chitnis;Tanuja Chitnis;Jaime Imitola;Jaime Imitola;Mohammed Javeed I. Ansari

  • CD28-B7 blockade after alloantigenic challenge in vivo inhibits Th1 cytokines but spares Th2.

    Mohamed H. Sayegh;Enver Akalin;Wayne W. Hancock;Mary E. Russell

  • Immunomodulation by Mesenchymal Stem Cells A Potential Therapeutic Strategy for Type 1 Diabetes

    Reza Abdi;Paolo Fiorina;Chaker N. Adra;Mark Atkinson

  • Quantifying the frequency of alloreactive T cells in vivo: new answers to an old question.

    Elliot J. Suchin;Peter B. Langmuir;Ed Palmer;Mohamed H. Sayegh

  • Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation with co-stimulatory blockade induces macrochimerism and tolerance without cytoreductive host treatment.

    Thomas Wekerle;Thomas Wekerle;Josef Kurtz;Hiroshi Ito;Joseph V. Ronquillo

  • Anaritide in acute tubular necrosis. Auriculin Anaritide Acute Renal Failure Study Group.

    R. L. Allgren;T. C. Marbury;S. N. Rahman;L. S. Weisberg

  • Transplantation 50 Years Later — Progress, Challenges, and Promises

    Mohamed H Sayegh;Charles B Carpenter

  • Immunosuppressive strategies in transplantation.

    Mark D Denton;Colm C Magee;Mohamed H Sayegh

  • Antibody-induced transplant arteriosclerosis is prevented by graft expression of anti-oxidant and anti-apoptotic genes.

    Wayne W. Hancock;Roland Buelow;Mohamed H. Sayegh;Laurence A. Turka

  • Regulatory B cells are identified by expression of TIM-1 and can be induced through TIM-1 ligation to promote tolerance in mice

    Qing Ding;Melissa Yeung;Geoffrey Camirand;Qiang Zeng

  • A critical role for the programmed death ligand 1 in fetomaternal tolerance.

    Indira Guleria;Arezou Khosroshahi;Mohammed Javeed I Ansari;Antje Habicht

  • Costimulatory function and expression of CD40 ligand, CD80, and CD86 in vascularized murine cardiac allograft rejection

    Wayne W. Hancock;Mohamed H. Sayegh;Xiang Guang Zheng;Robert Peach

  • Effects of explosive brain death on cytokine activation of peripheral organs in the rat.

    Moriatsu Takada;Kari C. Nadeau;Wayne W. Hancock;Harald S. Mackenzie

Frequent Co-Authors

Anil Chandraker
Anil Chandraker Brigham and Women's Hospital
Wayne W. Hancock
Wayne W. Hancock University of Pennsylvania
Nader Najafian
Nader Najafian Brigham and Women's Hospital
Laurence A. Turka
Laurence A. Turka Harvard University
Samia J. Khoury
Samia J. Khoury American University of Beirut
Alan D. Salama
Alan D. Salama University College London
Hideo Yagita
Hideo Yagita Juntendo University
Charles B. Carpenter
Charles B. Carpenter Brigham and Women's Hospital
Jerzy W. Kupiec-Weglinski
Jerzy W. Kupiec-Weglinski University of California, Los Angeles
Hugh Auchincloss
Hugh Auchincloss National Institutes of Health

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