CURRICULUM VITAE
Mona Al-Gizawiy PhD
Mona Al-Gizawiy PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Biophysics
Department of Biophysics
OFFICE ADDRESS: |
8701 Watertown Plank Road |
Milwaukee, WI 53226 |
EDUCATION: |
09/1993 - 08/1998 B.S.V.M, Jordan University of Science & Technology (JUST), Irbid, Jordan |
01/2000 - 08/2003 M.S., University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN |
08/2003 - 12/2009 Ph.D., University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN |
FACULTY APPOINTMENTS: |
07/01/2022 - Present Assistant Professor, Biophysics, Medical College of Wisconsin |
CENTER/INSTITUTE AFFILIATIONS: |
03/18/2025 - Present Member, Neuroscience Research Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
AWARDS AND HONORS: |
1993 - 1998 Academic Scholarship, Jordan University of Science & Technology |
1993 - 1998 Dean's List, Jordan University of Science & Technology |
1998 Graduated valedictorian with B.S. in Veterinary Medicine, Jordan University of Science & Technology |
2000 - 2006 Academic Scholarship to support graduate studies at the University of Minnesota, provided by Jordan University of Science & Technology |
10/2002 VMED Travel Award, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota |
2003 - 2005 Academic Fellowship, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota |
2007 - 2009 Graduate Assistantship, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota |
10/2009 VMED Travel Award, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota |
2009 First Place research poster award, 2009 Points of Pride Research Day , University of Minnesota |
02/2013 The Society for In Vitro Biology Certificate of Outstanding Achievement for Ability and Creativity in In Vitro Biology. (to mentored student), Capital Science & Engineering Fair, Madison, WI |
03/2013 Featured in BrainStem, newsletter of the MCW Clinical Cancer Brain and
Spine Tumor Program, Medical College of Wisconsin |
03/2013 Second Place poster award, Biochemistry/ Medicine/ Health Category (to mentored student), Waukesha County Science & Engineering
Fair, WaCSEF, Waukesha, WI |
02/2014 First research staff member to be featured in the MCW Cancer Center "Spotlight, Medical College of Wisconsin |
10/2018 Poster judge, Medical Student Summer Research Program Poster Contest, Medical College of Wisconsin |
05/2019 Third place Research Award (poster), Sixth Annual Pediatric Cancer Symposium: Tumor Microenvironment, Children's Wisconsin |
10/2024 First place Research Award (poster), Tenth Annual Pediatric Cancer Symposium: Exploring the past, present and future of novel therapies for pediatric cancer, Children's Wisconsin |
12/2024 Featured in "IB News" newsletter, Imaging Biometrics, LLC. |
MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: |
1998 - 2003 Jordan Veterinary Medical Association (member) |
2003 - 2008 International Veterinary Academy of Pain Management (member) |
2008 - 2015 Society for Neuroscience (member) |
2015 - 2019 Society for Neuro-Oncology (member) |
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COMMITTEE SERVICE: |
Medical College of Wisconsin |
01/2011 - 05/2011 consultant, MCW Tissue Bank Executive Committee, Medical College of Wisconsin |
09/2022 - Present member, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, Medical College of Wisconsin |
MCW TEACHING ACTIVITIES: |
Graduate Student Education |
10/2022 - Present Annual lecture on translational applications for PHARM 676: Advanced Drug Delivery Systems, School of Pharmacy, Medical College of Wisconsin |
EXTRAMURAL TEACHING: |
Graduate Student Education |
10/1998 - 12/1999 Teaching Assistant, animal husbandry, livestock production, veterinary |
2002 - 2003 Tutor, biology and physiology, anatomy (Academic Counseling and |
2002 - 2006 Co-lecturer, CVM 6321: Surgery, Anesthesiology, Critical Care, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota |
2004 - Present Guest lecturer, "Blood flow and the control of blood pressure", "The |
PROGRAMMATIC DEVELOPMENTS: |
Educational Programs |
Student |
11/2003 Co-facilitator, Workshop on Local Anesthetic Techniques,
College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota |
Clinical Programs |
10/1998 - 01/2000 Co-facilitator, Animal husbandry and livestock production skills lab, |
10/1998 - 01/2000 Co-facilitator, Animal husbandry and livestock production skills lab; Dept. Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Jordan University of Science & Technology |
COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES: |
1993 - 2009 Tutor (English as a second language) |
1997 - 2009 Tutor (Biology, anatomy and physiology - high school through college level) |
2002 - 2004 Speaker, International Classroom Connection program, Minnesota International |
2004 - 2008 Instructor, (Beginner and Intermediate German), St. Paul Public Schools |
BIBLIOGRAPHY |
Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers |
1. Al-Gizawiy M, Ijaz A, Khamas W. “A comparison of two castration methods in tomcats and dogs.” Pakistan Vet J. 2004; 24:134-138 |
2. Al-Gizawiy MM, P Rudé E. Comparison of preoperative carprofen and postoperative butorphanol as postsurgical analgesics in cats undergoing ovariohysterectomy. Vet Anaesth Analg. 2004 Jul;31(3):164-74. |
3. Smeester BA, Al-Gizawiy M, Beitz AJ. Effects of different electroacupuncture scheduling regimens on murine bone tumor-induced hyperalgesia: sex differences and role of inflammation. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2012;2012:671386. PMCID: PMC3541553 |
4. Smeester BA, Al-Gizawiy M, O'Brien EE, Ericson ME, Triemstra JL, Beitz AJ. The effect of electroacupuncture on osteosarcoma tumor growth and metastasis: analysis of different treatment regimens. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2013;2013:387169. PMCID: PMC3818845 |
5. Heroux MS, Chesnik MA, Halligan BD, Al-Gizawiy M, Connelly JM, Mueller WM, Rand SD, Cochran EJ, LaViolette PS, Malkin MG, Schmainda KM, Mirza SP. Comprehensive characterization of glioblastoma tumor tissues for biomarker identification using mass spectrometry-based label-free quantitative proteomics. Physiol Genomics. 2014 Jul 01;46(13):467-81. PMCID: PMC4587597 |
6. Doan NB, Nguyen HS, Montoure A, Al-Gizawiy MM, Mueller WM, Kurpad S, Rand SD, Connelly JM, Chitambar CR, Schmainda KM, Mirza SP. Acid ceramidase is a novel drug target for pediatric brain tumors. Oncotarget. 2017 Apr 11;8(15):24753-24761. PMCID: PMC5421885 |
7. Flister MJ, Tsaih SW, Stoddard A, Plasterer C, Jagtap J, Parchur AK, Sharma G, Prisco AR, Lemke A, Murphy D, Al-Gizawiy M, Straza M, Ran S, Geurts AM, Dwinell MR, Greene AS, Bergom C, LaViolette PS, Joshi A. Host genetic modifiers of nonproductive angiogenesis inhibit breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2017 Aug;165(1):53-64. PMCID: PMC6404538 |
8. Doan NB, Nguyen HS, Al-Gizawiy MM, Mueller WM, Sabbadini RA, Rand SD, Connelly JM, Chitambar CR, Schmainda KM, Mirza SP. Acid ceramidase confers radioresistance to glioblastoma cells. Oncol Rep. 2017 Oct;38(4):1932-1940. PMCID: PMC5652937 |
9. Prah MA, Al-Gizawiy MM, Mueller WM, Cochran EJ, Hoffmann RG, Connelly JM, Schmainda KM. Spatial discrimination of glioblastoma and treatment effect with histologically-validated perfusion and diffusion magnetic resonance imaging metrics. J Neurooncol. 2018 Jan;136(1):13-21. PMCID: PMC5756123 |
10. Doan NB, Alhajala H, Al-Gizawiy MM, Mueller WM, Rand SD, Connelly JM, Cochran EJ, Chitambar CR, Clark P, Kuo J, Schmainda KM, Mirza SP. Acid ceramidase and its inhibitors: a <i>de novo</i> drug target and a new class of drugs for killing glioblastoma cancer stem cells with high efficiency. Oncotarget. 2017 Dec 22;8(68):112662-112674. PMCID: PMC5762539 |
11. Chitambar CR, Al-Gizawiy MM, Alhajala HS, Pechman KR, Wereley JP, Wujek R, Clark PA, Kuo JS, Antholine WE, Schmainda KM. Gallium Maltolate Disrupts Tumor Iron Metabolism and Retards the Growth of Glioblastoma by Inhibiting Mitochondrial Function and Ribonucleotide Reductase. Mol Cancer Ther. 2018 Jun;17(6):1240-1250. PMCID: PMC5984712 |
12. Doan NB, Nguyen HS, Alhajala HS, Jaber B, Al-Gizawiy MM, Ahn EE, Mueller WM, Chitambar CR, Mirza SP, Schmainda KM. Identification of radiation responsive genes and transcriptome profiling via complete RNA sequencing in a stable radioresistant U87 glioblastoma model. Oncotarget. 2018 May 04;9(34):23532-23542. PMCID: PMC5955095 |
13. Alhajala HS, Nguyen HS, Shabani S, Best B, Kaushal M, Al-Gizawiy MM, Erin Ahn EY, Knipstein JA, Mirza S, Schmainda KM, Chitambar CR, Doan NB. Irradiation of pediatric glioblastoma cells promotes radioresistance and enhances glioma malignancy <i>via</i> genome-wide transcriptome changes. Oncotarget. 2018 Sep 25;9(75):34122-34131. PMCID: PMC6183347 |
14. Alhajala HS, Markley JL, Kim JH, Al-Gizawiy MM, Schmainda KM, Kuo JS, Chitambar CR. The cytotoxicity of gallium maltolate in glioblastoma cells is enhanced by metformin through combined action on mitochondrial complex 1. Oncotarget. 2020 Apr 28;11(17):1531-1544. PMCID: PMC7197450 |
15. Reith TP, Prah MA, Choi EJ, Lee J, Wujek R, Al-Gizawiy M, Chitambar CR, Connelly JM, Schmainda KM. Basal Ganglia Iron Content Increases with Glioma Severity Using Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping: A Potential Biomarker of Tumor Severity. Tomography. 2022 Mar 15;8(2):789-797. PMCID: PMC8938779 |
16. Al-Gizawiy MM, Wujek RT, Alhajala HS, Cobb JM, Prah MA, Doan NB, Connelly JM, Chitambar CR, Schmainda KM. Potent <i>in vivo</i> efficacy of oral gallium maltolate in treatment-resistant glioblastoma. Front Oncol. 2023;13:1278157. PMCID: PMC10822938 |
17. Connelly JM, Zoss CJ, Szabo A, Mirza SP, Adom F, Bernstein LR, Al-Gizawiy MM, Schmainda KM, Chitambar CR. A phase 1 trial of iron metabolism-targeting oral gallium maltolate in recurrent and refractory glioblastoma. Neurooncol Adv. 2026;8(1):vdag154. PMCID: PMC13283452 |
18. Chitambar CR, Zoss CJ, Al-Gizawiy MM, Schmainda KM, Connelly JM. Reharnessing the therapeutic potential of gallium-based compounds in oncology: From the laboratory to the clinic. Pharmacol Rev. 2026 Jul;78(4):100138. |
Abstracts |
1. Al-Gizawiy MM, Robinson EP. Comparison of carprofen and butorphanol as post-surgical analgesics in cats. Vet Anaesth Analg. 2003 Apr;30(2):110. |
Non-Peer Reviewed Educational Products |
1. Renu D, Aggarwal P, Cherukuri SC, Tata P, Bhat V, Livi CB, Rosenberg M, Al-Gizawiy M, Schmainda K, Mirza SP. “Molecular subtypes in glioblastoma multiforme: Integrated analysis using Agilent GeneSpring and Mass Profiler Professional Multi-Omics Software (Application Note).” 2015; www.agilent.com/chem 5991-5505EN |
