Prof. Saeid Ghavami

Prof. Dr. Saeid Ghavami is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Science at the University of Manitoba. He completed his undergraduate training in 1989 (Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran) and an MSc and PhD (1995, 2004, TMU University, Tehran, Iran) in clinical biochemistry. His postdoctoral training was focused on the application of apoptosis/autophagy/unfolded protein response (UPR) in the regulation of cell fate. His current research program is focused on the regulation of cellular phenotype via targeting autophagy and UPR at the Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Science, University of Manitoba. He has been the recipient of several prestigious awards including the CIHR/GSK/CLA postdoctoral award (No. 1 in Canada, 2007), the Parker B Francis Career Development Award (top 10 in North America, 2009), the ATS Science and Innovation Center Rising Star of Research Award (2017), and the CIHR/CCS/OICR Early Career Research Award (2017). Prof. Dr. Ghavami was an Honorary Professor and co-founder of the Autophagy Research Centre at Shiraz University of Medical Science and Tehran University of Medical Sciences. He is an Honorary Professor at Katowice School of Technology, Poland. Since 2019, he has been among the top 2% of scientists in the world. He is currently the Associate Editor of BBA-Mol Basis of Disease and Hepatitis Monthly as well as a scientific editor of PLOS ONE, Cells, and IJMS.