Dr. Salman is an Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology and an Award-Winning Neuroscientist. He received his undergraduate degree in pharmacy from the University of Baghdad in 2003 and earned his doctorate from the Australian School of Advanced Medicine at Macquarie University (Sydney) in 2015. In 2016, Dr. Salman also obtained a graduate certificate in Applied Pharmacy Practice from the Australian Pharmaceutical Society (APS). He is a certified pharmacist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and an active member of the APS.
Previously, Dr. Salman was affiliated with the Division of Pulmonology, Allergy, and Immunology in the Department of Pediatrics at the School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), Cleveland, Ohio, United States. There, he completed his postdoctoral training and subsequently held the position of Senior Research Associate in the same department.
Dr. Salman’s research primarily focuses on the autonomic neuroregulation of cardiovascular and renal functions. He employs experimental rodent models in both normal and disease states to elucidate mechanisms related to altered cardiovascular autonomic control in conditions such as hypertension, metabolic syndrome, and chronic kidney disease. His research approach is multidisciplinary, spanning whole-animal physiology and pharmacology to electrophysiology, including techniques like whole-fiber neural recordings and neurostimulation. He maintains key international collaborations with experts in the US, Australia, and New Zealand. Dr. Salman is one of the few researchers worldwide capable of chronically recording sympathetic nerve activity in rats, and has received numerous research awards, including most recently the 2024 Science PINS Prize for Neuromodulation.
With many years of cumulative research experience, Dr. Salman has contributed to various research papers and abstracts in the field of autonomic neuroscience. He serves as a reviewer for leading medical journals in his field, including the American Journal of Physiology, Frontiers in Physiology, Basic and Clinical Autonomic Neuroscience, Scientific Reports, Acta Physiologica, Experimental and Clinical Hypertension, and Circulation.
Dr. Salman is also a member of the American Heart Association (USA), the American Physiological Society (USA), the International Society of Hypertension (UK), and the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (USA).