Teaching experiences:
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2013-present: Pharmacology for
medical students; JUST
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2013-present: Pharmacology for
dental students; JUST
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2013-present: Pharmacology for
nursing students; JUST
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2013-present: Advanced clinical
pharmacology for master students; JUST
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2014-2016: Special topics in
endodontics; JUST
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2016-2018: Dental
therapeutics for dental students; JUST
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2016-present: Part-time
lecturer; Faculty of Pharmacy, JUST
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2017, 2022: Clinical
Pharmacology; Applied Scientific University
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2018: Part-time
lecturer, Aristotle University, Greece (Erasmus mobility agreement)
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2019-2020: Part-time
lecturer, Algarve University, Portugal (Erasmus mobility agreement)
Other Training and Experience
2021-present - Deanship of Research, Vice Dean
2016-present - Department Research Committee, member
2016-present - Animals Care Unit Committee at JUST,
Member
2019-2021 - Acting Chair, Department of
pharmacology, School of Medicine; Jordan University of Science and Technology
2016-2017 - Faculty Research Committee, member
2016-2019 - Assistant Dean, School of Medicine,
Jordan University of Science and Technology:
- Director of Course Schedule Mapping.
- Quality and
accreditation representative
- Member of New
Curriculum Committee for Medical students.
- Faculty Quality
Control.
- Member of the
Organizing Committee for 8th International Medical Conference, 2016.
- Member of the Organizing
Committee of the 9th International Medical Conference, 2017.
October,
2019 Participation in Erasmus Plus
teaching Mobility at Algarve University, Faro, Portugal.
April,
2018 Participation in Erasmus Plus
teaching Mobility at Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece.
2016 Higher Diploma in palliative
care, Applied Scientific University, Amman, Jordan
June,
2014 64th Lindau Nobel
Laureate Meeting. Lindau, Germany. Jordan representative.
2011-2013
Student Government Association
(SGA) representative of the Pharmacology and Toxicology Student Organization
(PTSO)
March,
2013 Community Outreach:
screening and judging at the “Richmond Metro Science fair” (=Metro Richmond
STEM Fair).
2012-2013 Graduate Student Representative of the
Central Virginia Chapter of the Society of Neuroscience (CVCSN). (Elected)
May,
2012 Community Outreach:
Lecturing to AP psychology; Hermitage High School, Richmond, VA
2006-2008 Research
and Teaching Assistant: Department
of Anatomy and Neurobiology-Jordan University of Science and Technology (Irbid, Jordan)
Awards
2013 Lauren A. Woods Award: First
Place for research excellence among doctoral students in the departmental of
Pharmacology and Toxicology at Virginia Commonwealth University
2012 Travel Award: Central Virginia
Chapter Society for Neuroscience (CVCSN); Society of Neuroscience (SFN), New
Orleans, Louisiana (2012)
2012 Travel Award:
International Narcotics Research Conference (INRC); Kansas City, Missouri
(2012)
2011 Travel Award: The American Society of Pharmacology
and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET), Experimental Biology, Washington, D.C.
(2011)
Presentations
(2017): Neurobiology
of addiction in preclinical studies. IBRO-MINA International Conference, JUST,
Irbid, Jordan.
(2017): Neurobiology
of addiction: First Scientific Day for the Department of Pharmacology at
Faculty of Medicine, JUST.
(2014):
Endnote: How to Manage Your References. Presentation in the School of Pharmacy
second annual meeting, Zarqa University.
(2012):
Effects of Mu- Opioid Receptor Agonists on Pain-Depressed Behaviors in Rats. Presentation
at the Emory/Wake Forest/VCU lab exchange, Winston-Salem, NC (Sep, 2012)
(2011):
Mu but not kappa opioid receptor agonists block pain-depressed behavior of
intracranial self-stimulation in rats. International Narcotics Research
Conference: Hollywood, Fl, (June, 2011)
(2010):
Effects of Mu Opioid Agonists on Intracranial Self-Stimulation in Rats: Role of
Mu Agonist Efficacy. Presentation at the Emory/Wake Forest/VCU lab exchange,
Winston-Salem, NC (Oct, 2010)
(2009):
Effects of Acute and Chronic Morphine on Intracranial Self-Stimulation in Rats.
Presentation at the Emory/Wake Forest lab exchange: Atlanta, GA (Sep, 2009)
Publications
Ahmad A
Altarifi, Bassel A Younis, Khawla Q Nuseir, Arwa A Al-Mousa, Ahmad K Qaoud, Mohammad I Alsalem , John K Neubert.
Preclinical comparison of antinociceptive effects between ibuprofen,
diclofenac, naproxen, and acetaminophen on acid-stimulated body stretching and
acid-depressed feeding behaviors in rats. Behavioural Pharmacology. 2022
Dec 1;33(8):567-574
1316-1325
Effects of Dibenzo-p-Dioxins/Dibenzofurans
on Acetylcholinesterase Activity and Histopathology of the Body Wall of
Earthworm Eisenia andrei:
a Potential Biomarker for Ecotoxicity Monitoring. Water, Air, and Soil
Pollution. July, 228:266; 2017.
Altarifi AA, David B, Muchhala KH, Blough BE, Akbarali H, Negus SS (2017). Effects of acute and repeated treatment with the
biased mu opioid receptor agonist TRV130 (oliceridine) on measures of
antinociception, gastrointestinal function, and abuse liability in rodents. Journal of psychopharmaology. Jun;31(6):730-739, 2017.
Mohammad Alsalem, Ahmad
Altarifi, Heba Kalbouneh, Heba Al-Zer, Belal Azab and
Khalid El-Salem (2016). Role of PPARα and PPARγ in Mediating the Analgesic
Properties of Ibuprofen in vivo and the Effects of Dual PPARα/γ
Activation in inflammatory Pain Model in the Rat. International
journal of pharmacology. Oct 12: 812-820, 2016.
Alsalem M, Millns P, Altarifi A, El-Salem K, Chapman V, Kendall DA (2016). Anti-nociceptive
and desensitizing effects of olvanil on capsaicin-induced thermal hyperalgesia
in the rat. BMC pharmacology and Toxicology. Jul 21;17(1):3, 2016.
Miller LL, Altarifi AA,
Negus SS (2015). Effects of repeated morphine on intracranial self-stimulation
in male rats in the absence or presence of a noxious pain stimulus. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology. Oct;23(5):405-14, 2015.
Negus SS, Neddenriep B, Altarifi AA, Carrol FI, Leitl MD, Miller LL (2015). Effects of
keptprofen, morphine, and kappa opioids on pain-related depression of nesting
in mice. Pain. 156(6):1153-60, 2015.
Altarifi
AA, Negus SS (2015). Differential tolerance to morphine antinociception in
assays of pain-stimulated vs. pain-depressed behavior in rats. European
Journal of Pharmacology. 5;748:76-82, 2015.
Altarifi
AA, Rice KC, Negus SS (2015). Effects
of μ-opioid receptor agonists in assays of acute pain-stimulated and
pain-depressed behavior in male rats: role of μ-agonist efficacy and noxious
stimulus intensity. JPET. 352(2):208-17, 2015
Altarifi
AA, Yuan Y, Zhang Y, Selley DE, Negus SS (2015).
Effects of the novel, selective and low-efficacy mu opioid receptor ligand NAQ
on intracranial self-stimulation in rats. Psychopharmacology.
232:815-824, 2015.
Negus SS, Altarifi AA. Mu, delta and kappa opioid agonist effects in
novel assays of pain-depressed behavior. In: Ko H, Husbands, S, editors.
Research and Development in Opioid-Related Medications. ACS Books. May, 2013.
Altarifi
AA, Rice KC, Negus SS (2013). Abuse-related
effects of µ-opioid analgesics in an assay of intracranial self-stimulation in
rats: modulation by chronic morphine exposure. Behavioural Pharmacology 24(5-6):459-70, 2013.
Altarifi AA, Miller LL, Negus SS (2012). Role of Mu Opioid Receptor Reserve and
Mu Agonist Efficacy on Mu Agonist Effects on Intracranial Self-Stimulation. Behavioural
Pharmacology 23(7):678-92, 2012
Negus SS, Rosenberg MB, Altarifi AA, O`Connell RH,
Folk JE, Rice KC (2012). Effects of the Delta Opioid Receptor Agonist SNC80 on
Pain-Related Depression of Intracranial Self-Stimulation (ICSS) in Rats.
Journal of Pain 13(4):317-27, 2012
Altarifi AA, Negus SS (2011). Some determinants of
morphine effects on intracranial self-stimulation in rats: dose, pretreatment
time, repeated treatment, and rate dependence. Behavioural Pharmacology
22(7):663-673
Abstracts
Mohammad
Alsalem, Ahmad Altarifi, Nour
Aldaoud. Effects and Side Effects of
Cannabinoid/Opioid Combination in a Chronic Pain Model in Rats. Experimental
Biology. Orlando, 2019.
K. Nuseir, A.
Tasslaq, A. Altarifi, K. H. Alzoubi. Early and late
anti nociceptive effects of sucrose on neonatal inflammatory pain; comparison
to a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug.
Society for Neuroscience. San Diego, 2018.
Ahmad A,
Bassel Y. Mohammad A. Khawla N. Antinociceptive Effects of NSAIDs on
Acid-Stimulated Stretching and Acid-Depressed Feeding in Rats. Society for
neuroscience: Washington, D.C. 2017.
Younis B, Altarifi AA (2016). Effects of Non-Steroidal anti-inflammatory
Drugs on Assays of acid-induced and acid-Depressed Behaviors in Rats. Poster
presented at the 8th International Medical Conference: JUST, Irbid,
Jordan 2016.
Ahmad Altarifi, Bruce E. Blough, and S. Stevens
Negus. Abuse-Related Effects of the Biased Mu Opioid Receptor Agonist TRV130 on
Intracranial Self-Stimulation in Rats. College of Problem on Drug Dependence,
Palm Springs, USA, 2016.
Altarifi AA, Negus SS (2014). Morphine antinociception is resistant to tolerance in
an assay of pain-depressed intracranial self-stimulation. Poster
presented at Society for Neuroscience: Washington, D.C. 2014.
Altarifi AA, Negus SS (2013). Effects of Methadone,
Fentanyl and Nalbuphine on Intracranial Self-Stimulation in Rats: Modulation by
Morphine Exposure. Poster presented at Experimental Biology: Boston, MA 2013
Altarifi AA, Negus SS (2012). Effects of Mu Opioid
Receptor Agonists on Pain-Stimulated and Pain-Depressed Behaviors in Rats.
Poster presented at Society of Neuroscience, New Orleans, Louisiana 2012
Altarifi AA, Negus SS (2012). Effects of Mu, Delta
and Kappa Opioid Receptor Agonists on Pain-Stimulated vs. Pain-Depressed
Behaviors in Rats. Poster presented at International Narcotics Research
Conference; Kansas City, Missouri 2012
Altarifi AA Negus SS (2012): Effects of Mu, Delta and
Kappa Opioid Receptor Agonists on Pain-Stimulated vs. Pain-Depressed Behaviors
in Rats. 7th annual pain consortium symposium: NIH, (May 2012)
Altarifi AA, Negus SS (2011). Chronic Morphine
Treatment Influences Mu- Opioid Receptor Agonist Effects on Intracranial
Self-Stimulation. Poster presented at the College on Problems of Drug
Dependence: Hollywood, Florida, 2011
Altarifi AA, Negus SS (2011). Effects of Mu Opioid
Agonists on Intracranial Self-Stimulation in Rats: Role of Mu Agonist Efficacy.
Poster presented at Experimental Biology: Washington, D.C., 2011
Altarifi AA, Negus SS (2010). Role of Time Course
and Repeated Treatment as Determinants of Morphine Effects on Intracranial
Self-Stimulation (ICSS) in Rats. Poster presented at Experimental Biology:
Anaheim, California, 2010
Grants
2018 - 2020: Effect of Acute and Chronic administration
of Tramadol on Intracranial Self- Stimulation
in Rats.(JUST)
2016 - 2020: Effects and side effects of
cannabinoid/opioid combination on chronic pain models
in rodents; Scientific Research Support Fund (Co-Investigator)
(Scientific Research
Fund, Jordan)
2016: Swimming exercise effects on pain in rats
and dose of analgesic used; Jordan University
of Science and Technology.
2015: Assessment
the antinociceptive effect of NSAIDs on lactic acid-stimulated writhing and depressed
feeding behaviors in rats; Jordan University of Science
and Technology
2015 - 2019:
Effects of waterpipe machine water on
the behavioral and tissue-organ function
in rodents; Jordan University of Science and Technology
2014: New strategies to assess
pain-related behaviors in rodents; Jordan University of Science and Technology