VCU School of Nursing

Sadeeka Al-Majid, RN, PH.D.
Assistant Professor

Contact Information VCU School of Nursing PO Box 980567 Richmond, VA 23298-0567 Ph: (804) 828-3447 Contact Sadeeka Al-Majid

Education

Memberships in Professional Organizations

Chair of the VCU Libraries Advisory Committee. (January 2005 - present)

Massey Cancer Center (MCC) (2002 - present)

Sigma Theta Tau International (1997 - present)

Oncology Nursing Society (1997 - present)

Midwest Nursing Research Society (1995 - present)

Research Funding/External Funding

2000, Oncology Nursing Society. "Effects of the Colon-26 Adenocarcinoma and Resistance Exercise Training on Muscle Mass and Muscle Protein Content in Mice." Sadeeka Al-Majid, Principle Investigator ($8,500)

1999, School of Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Madison. "Effect of Indomethacin on the Production of Prostaglandins and Cytokines in Tumor Bearing Rats." Donna McCarthy, Principle Investigator. Sadeeka Al-Majid, Co-investigator. ($14,940)

1998, Sigma Theta Tau, International Beta Eta Chapter. "Effects of Resistance Exercise Training on Muscle Mass and Muscle Protein Content in Rats." Sadeeka Al-Majid, Principle Investigator. ($500)

1997, Sigma Theta Tau, International Small Research Grant. "Effects of Moderate Intensity Exercise on Muscle Protein Metabolism in Tumor Bearing Rats." Sadeeka Al-Majid, Principle Investigator. ($2000)

Intramural Funding

2001, Effect of Heavy Resistance Exercise Training on Cancer-Induced Muscle Wasting in Rats. $15,000 Award from Virginia Commonwealth University. PI: Sadeeka Al-Majid.

Awards, Fellowships & Honors

1998 Helen Denne Schulte Nursing Research Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison ($4000)

1997 Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing

1990 Ministry of Health, Bahrain Outstanding Student Scholarship Recipient

1988 His Excellency the Amir of Bahrain Outstanding Student Scholarship Recipient

1988 Honor Graduate/(BSN) College of Health Sciences, Bahrain

1986 Ministry of Health, Bahrain Outstanding Student Scholarship Recipient

1981 Honor Graduate/(Teacher Education) College of Health Sciences, Bahrain

1979 Ministry of Health, Bahrain Outstanding Student Scholarship Recipient

1979 Honor Graduate/(ADN) College of Health Sciences, Bahrain

Selected Publications

McCarthy, DO., Whitney, P., & Hitt, & Al-Majid, S., (2004). Indomethacin and ibuprofen preserve gastrocnemius muscle mass in mice bearing the colon-26 adenocarcinoma, Research in Research in Nursing and Health, 27(3):174-84.

Al-Majid, S. & McCarthy DO. (2001). Cancer-induced fatigue and skeletal muscle wasting: The role of exercise. Biological Research for Nursing, 2 (3), 186-197.

Al-Majid, S. & McCarthy DO. (2001). Resistance exercise training attenuates wasting of the extensor digitorum longus muscle in mice bearing the colon-26 adenocarcinoma. Biological Research for Nursing, 2 (3), 155-166.

Diffee GM, Kalfas K, Al-Majid S, McCarthy DO. (2002). Altered expression of skeletal muscle myosin isoforms in cancer cachexia. Am J Physiol: Cell Physiol 283(5):C1376-82.

Representative Presentations

McCarthy, DO, Brown, J, & Al-Majid, S. Nutritional Aspects of Cancer Cachexia. A symposium presented at the National Oncology Nursing Society Conference, San Diego, 2003.

Al-Majid, S. Effect of Cyclooxygenase Inhibition on Body Weight and Muscle Mass in Mice Bearing the Colon-26 Adenocarcinoma. A paper presented at MNRS meeting in Chicago, IL. March 2002.

Al-Majid, S. Effect of resistance exercise training on muscle mass and muscle protein content in tumor bearing mice. A paper presented at MNRS meeting in Cleveland, OH, March 2001.

Al-Majid, S. Nursing Students' Perceptions of the Characteristics of Best Clinical Teachers. MS Thesis International Conference. Bahrain, 1993.