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Hassan Mahsoub, MS, PhD

Senior Research Associate, Molecular Virology
  • Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology
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Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology
VA-MD College of Veterinary Medicine
Virginia Tech
205 Duck Pond Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24061

PhD, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences-Avian Virology, 2015
Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, Virginia

MS, Agricultural Sciences, 2007
Alexandria University
Alexandria, Egypt

BS, Agricultural Sciences, 2002
Alexandria University
Alexandria, Egypt

2022-present
Senior Research Associate

Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology
Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

2019-2022
Postdoctoral Associate

Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology
Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

2016-2018
Postdoctoral Associate

Department of Population Health Sciences
Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

2012 - 2015
Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant

Department of Population Health Sciences
Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

2008-2015
Graduate student
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

2007 - 2017
Assistant Lecturer and Faculty of Agriculture
Alexandria University
Alexandria, Egypt

2003 - 2007
Demonstrator/Instructor and Faculty of Agriculture
Alexandria University
Alexandria, Egypt

  • Molecular mechanisms of viral pathogenesis
  • Development of animal models to study virus-host interactions
  • Viral host range, evolution, and emergence
  • Viral receptors and host cell tropism
  • Hepatitis E viruses
  • Feline panleukopenia virus/ parvovirus
  • Turkey adenovirus 3 / turkey hemorrhagic enteritis virus
  • American Society for Virology
  • American Society for Microbiology
  • American Association of Avian Pathologists