Curriculum Vitae

 

Name:

Hamid Mahmoudzadeh-Niknam  Ph. D

Address:

Immunology Dept., Pasteur Institute of Iran (IPI), No. 69, Pasteur Ave., Tehran 1316943551, Iran

Tel:

(+98-21) 6695 3311-20   ext. 2113 & 2116

Fax:

(+98-21) 6696 8857

E- mail:

mahmoudh@pasteur.ac.ir   

Nationality:

Iranian

Date of Birth:

1959

Marital Status:

Married

Position:

Assistant Professor

 

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EDUCATION:

1. Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Tehran University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, 1984

2. Ph.D (Immunology), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, 1992

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Member of Scientific Board (1992-present): Pasteur Institute of Iran, Dept. of Immunology

Ph.D. thesis: Study of effect of Donor Specific Blood Transfusion on the outcome of kidney transplantation.

DVM thesis: Study of effect of different route of Newcastle disease vaccine on immunogenicity of broiler chickens

 

Teaching:

·         Immunology for BA students (Tehran University, Faculty of Science, 1997-present)

·         Advanced Immunology for MS students (Tehran University, Faculty of Science, 1997-present)

·         Advanced Immunology for Ph.D. students (Pasteur Institute of Iran, 1992-present)

 

Societies:

·         Member of “Iranian Society for Immunology & Allergy”

·         Member of “Medical Council of Islamic Republic of Iran

·         Member of “Veterinary Medical Council of Islamic Republic of Iran

·         Member of “IranianVeterinary Association”

 

FOREIGN LANGUAGES: English and French

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

·         Immunogenetics of infectious diseases

·         Vaccine against infectious diseases.

 

PUBLICATIONS:

1.      Kiaei, M.M., Kargar, R., Mahmoudzadeh-Niknam, H. (1991) The influence of the route of administration of Newcastle disease vaccine on immunity of cage reared broiler chickens. The Scientific Journal of Agriculture (Shahid Chamran University) 14(1&2): 4-5.

2.      Mahmoudzadeh-Niknam, H., Mansoori, P., Nikbin, B., Daneshpajouh. M., Amirkhani, A., Alimohammadian, M.H., (1996) HLA class I in Iranian psoriatic patients. Medical Journal of Islamic Republic of Iran 10(1):34-41.

3.      Mahmoudzadeh-Niknam, H., Alimohammadian, M.H., Nasaft, S., Amirkhani, A. (1996) Effect of mammalian ambient temperature on Leishmania major promastigote: viability, morphology, and immunogenicity in BALB/c mice. Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences 21(3&4): 125-129.

4.      Mahmoudzadeh-Niknam, H., Khalili, Gh., Nikbakht-Dehkordi, A., Alimohammadian, M.H., Nikbin-Moghadam, B. (2001) Advantages of placenta as a source for mass production of HLA-antisera. Iranian Biomedical Journal 5(1): 53.

5.      Shokrgozar, M.A., Mahmoudzadeh-Niknam, H., Shokri, F. (2002) Distribution of circulating immune cells in responder and non-responder individuals to Hepatitis B vaccine. Iranian Biomedical Journal 6(1): 1-5.

6.      Mahmoudzadeh-Niknam, H., Khalili, G., Fadavi, P. (2003) Allelic distribution of human leukocyte antigen in Iranian patients with pulmonary tuberculosis. Human Immunology 64(1): 124-9.

7.      Mahmoudzadeh-Niknam H, McKerrow JH. Leishmania tropica: cysteine proteases are essential for growth and pathogenicity. Exp Parasitol. 2004 Mar-Apr;106(3-4):158-63.

8.      Mahmoudzadeh-Niknam, H. (2004) Induction of partial protection against Leishmania major in BALB/c mice by Leishmania tropica.  Scandinavian Journal of Laboratory Animal Science, 31(4): 201-207.

9.       Partovi F.,Khalili G., Kariminia A., Mahmoudzadeh-Niknam H. (2007) Effect of Giradia lamblia infection on the cognitive function of school children. Iranian Journal of Public Health 36(1):73-78.

10.  Mahmoudzadeh-Niknam H, Kiaei SS, Iravani D. (2007) Leishmania tropica infection, in comparison to Leishmania major, induces lower delayed type hypersensitivity in BALB/c mice. Korean J Parasitol. 45(2):103-109.

11.  Mahmoudzadeh-Niknam H, Kiaei SS, Iravani D. (2007) Viscerotropic growth pattern of Leishmania tropica in BALB/c mice is suggestive of a murine model for human viscerotropic leishmaniasis. Korean J Parasitol. 45(4):247-53.

12.  Alimohammadian MH, Darabi H, Malekzadeh S, Mahmoodzadeh-Niknam H, Ajdary S, Khamesipour A, Bahonar A, Mofarrah A. (2007) Exposure to Leishmania major modulates the proportion of CD4+ T cells without affecting cellular immune responses. Microbiol Immunol. 51(10):1003-11.

 

 

 

BOOKS TRANSLATED INTO FARSI:

·         Medical Laboratory Immunology, 2nd Edition, 1991. Authors: Linda O Miller, Harry R. Ludke, Julia E Peacock, Russell, H Tomar

·         Introducing Immunology, 2nd Edition 1993. Authors: Norman Staines, Jonathan Brostoff, Keith James

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