Hassan Abolhassani, MD, PhD

Biography

Dr. Abolhassani obtained his MD and Masters of Public Health at the Tehran University of Medical Sciences in Iran and his PhD in Immunogenetics at the Karolinska Institutet (KI) in Sweden. There, he spent his postdoctoral fellowship evaluating single-cell multi-omics of novel Inborn Errors of Immunity (IEI) before becoming an Assistant Professor.

Currently, Dr. Abolhassani serves as President of the Middle East and North Africa Registry on IEI (MENA-IEI), one of the largest cohorts worldwide (>17,000 patients) performing translational research on IEI with B-cell defects. Through a long-term collaboration with the Center for Vaccine Equity, and Task Force for Global Health, Dr. Abolhassani coordinates the guidelines for diagnosis, treatment, transplantation, and vaccinations in IEI patients. He is a steering member of the J Project experts (professional network on IEI and related diseases in East-European countries) and a distinguished clinical immunologist collaborator with the Global Burden of Disease (GBD).