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Homira Behbahani Ph.D, Associates Professor
Curriculum vitae
Homira Behbahani
1963-03-21
Swedish
Dep. of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society (NVS), Center for
Alzheimer Research, Div of Neurogeriatrics, Novum 5th floor, 141 86,
Stockholm
+46 8 58583624
+46 70 4332091
+46 8 58583610
[email protected]
1.Higher education degree
1984-1987: Graphic Design, Tehran University Tehran/Iran.
1994-1997: Biomedicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm.
2. Doctoral degree
Year: 2002-05-17
Discipline: Experimental Medicine at Inst. of Medicine, Div. of Centre for infectious Medicine (CIM),
Karolinska Institutet
Thesis title: Immune Dysregulation in HIV-1 Infected Lymphoid Tissue
Supervisors: Professor, PhD, MD, Anna-Lena Spetz and Professor Jan Andersson (MD, PhD)
3. Postdoctoral positions
2002Maj- 2003Sep: Dep. of Medicine, Center for infectious Medicine (CIM), Karolinska Institutet
2003Sep- 2006: Dep. of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society (NVS), Alzheimer Disease
Research Center (KI-ADRC), Karolinska Institutet Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Alzheimer Center
(KASPAC), Karolinska Institutet
4. Docent competence
2011-04-26, Neurobiology
5. Special examination
None
6. Present Position
Senior Researcher, Permanent position, Group leader at Dep. of NVS, Center for Alzheimer Research, Div of
Neurogeriatrics, Karolinska Institutet. Working 50% at Dep. of NVS, Center for Alzheimer Research, Div of
Neurogeriatrics and 50% at Div. of Clinical Geriatrics.
7. Previous positions and periods of appointments
2006-2010: Senior researcher, NVS, (KASPAC), Karolinska Institutet
1998-2002: PhD student at Karolinska Institutet, Dep. of Medicine, CIM.
1997- Scholarship from Institution for Immunology, Microbiology, Pathology and Infections Disease
(IMPI), Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge University Hospital
1996 – Graduation examination, supervised by Professor Ralf Morgenstern (IMM, KI)
1996- Scholarship from NVV, Committee board from Vårdvetenskap, “Microsomal glutathione
transferase polymorphism and gene expression” supervised by Professor. Ralf Morgenstern, Institute
for Environmental Medicine (IMM), Karolinska Institutet
8. Supervision
Main supervisor: PhD student: Mahmod Panahi, 2014-2018.
Co-supervisor: Louise Hedskog at Dep. of NVS, KI-ADRC, dissertation September/2012.
PostDoc: Nodi Dehvari (defended: 2009-01-30), Time: 2009-02-15 - 2009-08-01.
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Homira Behbahani Ph.D, Associates Professor
Curriculum vitae
Supervision of candidate PhD student: Johanna Persson: Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH), 26
weeks, Time: 2008-06-10 - 2009-02-30.
Supervision of master students from: Bergen University, Stockholm University and Lund University.
Mentorship: Mentor for Katharina Klöditz, IMM, 2013-present.
Academic distinctions
Virology price 2002: Chosen by Sven Gard Stiftelse for the best thesis in virology area.
Scholarships 2001 and 2006: Keystone Symposia as invited speaker.
KID-founding 2008-2012: for one PhD student from KI. Total: 1432 000 kr.
KID-founding 2013-2017: for one PhD student from KI. Total: 1 300 000 kr.
Other Merits
2007: Pedagogy for Teachers at Universities part I, KI
2009: Supervisor Course 1, KI
2010: Pedagogy for Teachers at Universities, Assessment course, KI
2013-2014: Project Leadership for Research Group Leader (PFL), invited by NVS institution
2014-present: Leadership, higher Education for supervisor course at LIME, KI
Course for postgraduate education
• Responsible for post graduate course at KI under title: Mitochondria in Health and Disease, course
no: 2185, 2008.
Teaching experience
• More than 240 teaching hours for undergraduate and postgraduate students
• Supervised students from high school, graduate and postgraduate since 1998, supervision for at least
10 master students, national and international
• Course organizer at NVS “Äldre & Demens”, 2012
Scientific production
• More than 26 scientific papers published in highly sophisticated journals within HIV-1,
Alzheimer and Parkinson Disease field.
• Involved in several international Congress as invited speaker.
• Main responsible for Internal and External research grants 1999-2014.
 2007-present: Abstract reviewer for IAS Conference for HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and
prevention and AIDS conference”.
• 2009- present: Responsible for PhD seminars and Center for Alzheimer Research, at NVS.
• 2006-present: Reviewer for scientific articles since.
Others
2001-2003: Representative safety officer in Div. of Infections’ disease laboratory, Huddinge
University Hospital F-82.
2007-2008: Involved in issues regarding discrimination and equality at NVS.
2010- Nominated and involved as suppleant from NVS for selection of rektor at Karolinska Institute.
2011-present: “Ombud for lika villkor” at NVS.
2011-present: member of department council and work environment council at NVS.
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