Assist. Prof. Dr. Hamideh Najafi, University of Tehran, Iran
Assist. Prof. Dr. Hamideh Najafi is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Iran. Her research focuses on viral epidemiology in poultry and fish populations, metagenomics of newly detected viruses, and in-silico studies for effective antiviral compounds. She has also worked on molecular characterization of Newcastle disease virus and foot-and-mouth disease virus. Dr. Najafi holds a PhD in Virology from the University of Tehran, where she studied avian coronaviruses. Her academic background includes a Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine and experience at the University Autonoma of Barcelona. 🦠🐔📚
Publication Profile
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Professional Experience 🦠👩🔬
Assist. Prof. Dr. Hamideh Najafi is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, where her research focuses on viral epidemiology in poultry and fish populations, metagenomics, and in-silico studies for antiviral compounds, especially against coronaviruses. Previously, at Shiraz University, she conducted molecular characterization of viruses such as Newcastle disease and foot-and-mouth disease viruses. She also worked on detecting bovine viruses in water buffaloes. During her sabbatical at the University Autonoma of Barcelona, she developed a real-time PCR method to detect avian infectious bronchitis virus. 🐔💉🌍
Education 🎓📚
Dr. Hamideh Najafi earned her PhD in Virology from the University of Tehran (2012-2016), where her thesis focused on the isolation and pathogenicity study of Iranian avian coronaviruses under the supervision of Dr. Arash Ghalyanchilangeroudi. Prior to this, she completed her Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine at the same university (2006-2012), researching the molecular prevalence of feline herpesvirus-1 and feline calicivirus in Iran, supervised by Dr. Omid Madadgar. Her academic journey has equipped her with a deep understanding of viral diseases affecting both animals and poultry. 🦠🐱📖
Research Focus
Assist. Prof. Dr. Hamideh Najafi’s research is centered on veterinary virology with a particular focus on avian and animal viruses. Her work includes the molecular characterization and genotyping of viruses such as Infectious Bronchitis Virus (IBV), Newcastle Disease Virus (NDV), and Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus (FMDV) in Iran. She investigates viral epidemiology, pathogenicity, and genetic diversity to understand disease transmission in poultry and livestock. Dr. Najafi also conducts metagenomics studies on newly emerging viruses and works on in-silico approaches for antiviral compound discovery. 🐔🐄🦠
Publication Top Notes
- Molecular characterization of infectious bronchitis viruses isolated from broiler chicken farms in Iran, 2014-2015 🦠 – Cited by: 67, Year: 2016
- Emergence of a virulent genotype VIIi of Newcastle disease virus in Iran 🐔 – Cited by: 55, Year: 2018
- Genotyping of Avian infectious bronchitis viruses in Iran (2015–2017) reveals domination of IS-1494 like virus 🦠 – Cited by: 39, Year: 2017
- Molecular and clinical study on prevalence of feline herpesvirus type 1 and calicivirus in correlation with feline leukemia and immunodeficiency viruses 🐱 – Cited by: 36, Year: 2014
- Seroprevalence and genotyping of avian infectious bronchitis virus detected from Iranian unvaccinated backyard chickens 🐓 – Cited by: 16, Year: 2018
- Pathogenicity characteristics of an Iranian variant-2 (IS-1494) like infectious bronchitis virus in experimentally infected SPF chickens 🦠 – Cited by: 15, Year: 2016
- The first full genome characterization of an Iranian foot and mouth disease virus 🐄 – Cited by: 11, Year: 2020
- The emergence of Q1 genotype of avian infectious bronchitis virus in Iran, 2019: the first report 🦠 – Cited by: 8, Year: 2020
- Molecular and Serological Evaluation of Bovine Leukemia Virus in Water Buffaloes of Southern Iran 🐄 – Cited by: 8, Year: 2020
- Molecular detection of gamma coronaviruses in bird parks of Iran 🦠 – Cited by: 8, Year: 2019