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Samira Kiani, MD Associate Professor



Dr. Samira Kiani

Contact

412-383-9594
A809A Scaife Hall
3550 Terrace Street

Education

MD, Tehran University School of Medicine, 2007


Academic Affiliation(s)

Associate Professor, Department of Pathology

Member, Division of Experimental Pathology

Member, Pittsburgh Liver Research Center

Member, McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine

Affiliate Faculty, Department of BioEngineering, Swanson School of Engineering

Keywords

CRISPR-based gene editing, toxicity and immunogenecity of the CRISPR technology, human microphysiological systems including Liver Chip, Safety Switches for CRISPR, Epigenetic reprogramming, Regulating Immune homeostasis, Synthetic Gene Circuits using the custom DNA binding proteins, in vivo CRISPR-based gene and epigenetic therapies