Dr. Salman is an Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology. 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. Dr. Salman also obtained a graduate certificate in applied pharmacy practice from the Australian Pharmaceutical Society (APS) in 2016. He is a certified pharmacist by 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, Department of Pediatrics, 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 within the same department.
Dr. Salman’s research primarily focuses on the autonomic neuroregulation of cardiovascular and renal functions. He employs experimental rodent models of normal and disease states to elucidate mechanisms related to altered cardiovascular autonomic control in hypertension, metabolic syndrome, and chronic kidney disease. Dr. Salman utilizes a multidisciplinary research approach, ranging from whole animal physiology and pharmacology to electrophysiology (e.g., whole fiber neural recordings and neurostimulation). He maintains key international collaborations with experts in this field in the US, Australia, and New Zealand. Dr. Salman is one of very few individuals worldwide who can chronically record sympathetic nerve activity in rats and is, therefore, a recipient of numerous research awards.
With over 16 years of cumulative research experience, Dr. Salman has contributed various research papers and abstracts within the field of autonomic neuroscience. He serves as a reviewer for many leading medical journals in his field, including the American Journal of Physiology, Frontiers in Physiology, Basic and Clinical Autonomic Neuroscience, 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).