Rana R. Zeine

Rana R. Zeine

Rana Zeine MD, PhD, MBA is adjunct faculty at Kean University and visiting professor at Chamberlain University College of Nursing, teaching Immunology, Biology of Cancer, Biological Aspects of Aging, and Microbiology. She was associate professor of Pathology at the Saint James School of Medicine. She earned her BS in Biology, Teaching Diploma and MD degrees from the American University of Beirut with elective rotations in neuropediatrics at Massachusetts General Hospital and Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical. Her PhD from McGill University focused on cancer, autoimmunity and neuroimunology. She was research associate for multiple sclerosis at the University of Ottawa and Albert Einstein College of Medicine where she completed residency in pathology and fellowship in neuropathology (2004) at Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY. She was research scientist for dementia at Nathan Kline Institute, and research faculty for neuroblastoma at Northwestern Univ. and the University of Chicago. Dr. Zeine earned an MBA with Distinction (2012) from Keller Graduate School of Management and is accredited in organizational culture & effectiveness from Human Synergistics International.

Publications

Medical Cannabis and the Effects of Cannabinoids on Fighting Cancer, Multiple Sclerosis, Epilepsy, Parkinson's, and Other Neurodegenerative Diseases
Rana R. Zeine, Brian W. Teasdale. © 2023. 405 pages.
Research on the therapeutic efficacy of cannabinoids has demonstrated that cannabidiol (CBD), either alone or in 1:1 mixtures with delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), can...
Cannabinoid Efficacy for Developmental Epileptic Encephalopathy (DEE) Intractable Seizure Control: A Systematic Review of the Literature
Courtney R. Acker, Rana R. Zeine. © 2023. 27 pages.
Seizures in 20-30% of epileptics are resistant to treatment with anti-epileptic drugs (AED). This chapter evaluates studies on the efficacy of cannabinoids as adjunctive therapy...
Anti-Tumor Effects of Cannabinoids in Brain, Lung, Breast, Prostate, Colorectal, and Pancreatic Cancers: A Systematic Review of the Literature
Dhairavi Shah, Dhaara Shah, Yara Mohamed, Danna Rosas, Alyssa Moffitt, Theresa Hearn Haynes, Francis Cortes, Taunjah Bell Neasman, Phani kumar Kathari, Ana Villagran, Rana R. Zeine. © 2023. 28 pages.
In search for new cancer treatments, the anti-tumor effects of cannabinoids are under investigation. This study systematically reviews the experimental and clinical evidence for...
The Impact of Medical or Health-Related Internet Searches on Patient Compliance: The Dr. Net Study
Sara Wilcox, Olha Huzo, Annu Minhas, Nicole Walters, Joel Ehis Adada, Mary Pennington, Luckner Roseme, Denelle Mohammed, Aleksandar Dusic, Rana Zeine. © 2022. 26 pages.
Health-related Internet searches have been associated with cyberchondria and can impact how patients receive and react to medical advice. The purpose of this study was to analyze...