Dr. Mahjabeen Khan is a board-certified pediatrician dedicated to providing comprehensive medical care to achieve both patient and family wellness. Dr. Khan has a special interest in newborn care, allergy, asthma, ADHD, sports medicine, and nutrition. She is enthusiastic about teaching and guiding parents from the newborn period through adolescence with an emphasis on preventative health strategies.

Publications:

Leung, D.H., Khan, M.F., Minard, C.G., Guffey, D., Ramm, L.E., Clouston, A.D., Miller, G., Lewindon, P.J., Shepherd, R.W., Ramm, G.A. “Aspartate aminotransferase to platelet ratio and fibrosis-4 as biomarkers in biopsy-validated pediatric cystic fibrosis liver disease.” Hepatology. Vol. 62:1576-1583, 2015.

Leung, D.H., Ahamba, D.C., Pillai, L.N., Khan, M.F., O’Brian Smith, E., Mahoney, D.H. “Unrecognized hepatitis B in pre-screened children with hematologic and oncologic conditions.” Pediatric Blood & Cancer. doi:10.1002/pbc.24853, 2013.

Creighton, C.J., Benham, A.L., Zhu, H., Khan, M.F., Reid, J.G., Nagaraja, A.K., Fountain, M.D., Olokpa, E., Han, D., Ma, L., Kim, J., Hawkins S.M., Matzuk, M.M. “Discovery of novel microRNAs in female reproductive tract using next generation sequencing.” PLoS One. Vol. 5: e9637, 2010.

Creighton, C.J., Fountain, M.D., Yu Z., Nagaraja, A.K., Zhu, H., Khan, M.F., Gunaratne, P.H., Anderson, M.L. “Molecular profiling uncovers a p53-associated role for microRNA-31 in inhibiting the proliferation of serous ovarian carcinomas and other cancers.” Cancer Research. Vol. 70 (Issue 5): 1906-15, 2010.

Reid, J.G., Naghavi, A.O., Khan, M.F., Corry, D.B., Miller, J.N., McManus, M.T., German, M.S., Gibbs, R.A., Matzuk, M.M., Gunaratne, P.H. “Mouse let-7 miRNA populations exhibit RNA editing that is constrained in the 5_-seed/cleavage/anchor regions and stabilize predicted mmu-let-7a:mRNA duplexes.”Genome Research, Vol. 18: 1571-1581, 2008.

Gunaratne, P., Reid, J.G., Gao, X., Shaw, C.A., Creighton, C., Tran, P.L., Zhou, X., Drabek, R.B., Steffen, D.L., Hoang, D.M., Weiss, M.K., Naghavi, A.O., Khan, M.F., Cooney, A.J. “Novel microRNA candidates and miRNA-mRNA pairs in embryonic stem (ES) cells.” PloS One, Vol. 3 (Issue 7), E2548 1-16, 2008.

Awards:

Winning Poster 2010
2010 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Student Poster Competition San Diego, CA

Lalor Foundation Research Scholarship 2009
Frontiers in Reproductive Biology and Regulation in Fertility
Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology, Santa Fe, NM

Outstanding Research Presentation 2007
Undergraduate Research Day
Honors College, University of Houston, Houston, TX