Biography

Dr. Nassiri is hematologist with a fellowship training in Clinical Pharmacology and expertise in Infectious Diseases/Tropical Medicine.  He is currently Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, and, Family and Community Medicine, lecturer in Global Health, Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, USA.  He has served as director of the MSU Institute of International Health and as a former Associate Dean of Global Health.  He currently works on global health issues, particularly, antibiotic resistance and viruses without borders.  He has made significant contributions in various fields of medical sciences including clinical investigation, health education, and academic medicine. Based on his extensive experience and expertise in chronic infectious diseases including HIV/AIDS and diseases of the tropics, he had previously developed clinical research programs in Brazil, South Africa, Haiti, Dominican Republic, and Mexico. He had served as editorial board member for the journal of HIV and AIDS Review.  He is currently on editorial board member for AIDS Patient Care and STDs.  Prof. Nassiri has delivered seminar presentations on Tropical Medicine, HIV/AIDS, Antibiotic Resistance, deadly viral epidemics and Global Health in numerous national and international conferences and workshops. He is internationally recognized for his work in the areas of building effective international partnerships particularly in global health, community health, clinical care capacity building, clinical workshops, and technical assistance mechanisms. He is the founder of Michigan State University Osteopathic and Primary Health Clinic in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico.  He has developed academic and research partnership programs with Federal University of Para Institute of Tropical Medicine in Belem, Brazil.  His research interests are clinical pharmacology of anti-infective agents, deadly viral epidemics including SARS-Cov-2 (COVID-19), antibiotic resistance, prevention and control of infectious diseases, tropical diseases, community health, global health, and community-based public health interventions.  In collaboration with his Brazilian colleagues, he conducts research in the eastern Brazilian Amazon population on incidence and prevalence of HIV, TB, Hepatitis C, HPV, and antimicrobial resistance.