Abdul Rao Was The Leader Of

The Research For The Three

USF Colleges Of Medicine
Abdul Rao was the leader of the research
for the three USF colleges of medicine.
USF has three colleges of medicine,
nursing and public health. Dr. Abdul Rao
bridged research across USF and USF
health campuses in an effective way.
Dr. Abdul Rao USF said, "I am very
excited about this opportunity to work
with faculty, staff, and students at USF
Health to enhance its research capacity
and to continue to improve the quality of
its graduate programs. There is an
enormous potential for growth of basic,
translational
And clinical research at USF Health and
the prospect of developing productive
collaborations between faculty and
students in the College/Schools at USF,
the Moffitt Cancer Center, the All
Children's Hospital, and many other local
and regional affiliates.
At USF Health Abdul Rao, MD, MA,
DPhil, served as the Senior Associate
Vice President for Research and
Graduate Studies. He also served as the
Vice Dean for Research and Graduate
Studies for the College of Medicine. Dr.
Abdul Rao has also been the Vice Provost
for Research and Sponsored Programs
and Dean, College of Graduate Studies at
the Middle Tennessee State University.
About Dr. Abdul Rao
Dr. Abdul S. Rao did his medical degree
from Dow Medical University, Karachi,
Pakistan, in 1983. After completing his
residency training in Orthopedic
Surgery, Abdul Rao joined the
Department of Physiology, Boston
University School of Medicine and
graduated in 1989 with an M.A., in
Physiology.
He completed a year of post-doctoral
Research Fellowship in the Department of
Neurology, Harvard Medical School. Dr.
Abdul Rao joined the Nuffield Department
of Surgery, University of Oxford, Oxford,
UK, as a Clinical Instructor from 1990-
1993. He graduated from the University of
Oxford with a D.Phil., (Doctor of
Philosophy) in Transplantation
Immunology in 1993.