Zahra Aryan

Zahra Aryan, MD/MPH

Past Managing Director of Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases Network (PIDNet) and Network of Immunity In Infection, Malignancy And Autoimmunity (NIIMA)

Education:

• Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, USA                                                                      2021-2024

- Internal Medicine Resident, Track: Clinical Educator

• Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA                                                                                                      2018-2021

- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Field: Cardiovascular Genetics

• Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran                                                                                                     2008-2016

- School of Medicine, Doctor of Medicine (MD) (GPA 18.09/20.00)

- School of Public Health, Master of Public Health (MPH) (GPA 18.62/20.00)

Graduated with the highest distinction among top 95th percentile of the class

• National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents, Tehran, Iran                                                   2005-2008

- Farzanegan, Biology Major, Summa Cum Laude (GPA 19.97/20.00)

Selected Publications:

•  Aryan Z, Gordon E, Waller A. Team-based digital gamification to improve cardiovascular

health in women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy; the road calls us. JAMA Cardiology.

2022 Dec 1;7(12):1264

• Sattler ELP, Ogungbe O, Wallace AS, Aryan Z, Castilla-Ojo N, Dai J, De Anda-Duran I,

Foti K, German CA, Hyde ET, Jafarian-Kerman SR, Kendrick KN, King B, Lang AE, Tang O,

Turkson-Ocran RA, Rodriguez LA, Wang FM, Zhang M PhD, Hivert MF, Lutsey PL. American

Heart Association EPI—Lifestyle Scientific Sessions: 2022 Meeting Highlights. J Am Heart Assoc.

2023 Apr 12;e028695

• GBD 2020 Alcohol Collaborators. Population-level health risks of alcohol consumption by

amount, geography, age, sex, and year: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease

Study 2020. The Lancet. 2022; 400: 185–235

• [J23] GBD 2019 Iran Collaborators. Health system performance in Iran: a systematic analysis for

the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet. 2022 Apr 23;399(10335):1625-1645

• [J22] GBD 2019 Diabetes Mortality Collaborators. Diabetes mortality and trends before 25 years

of age: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2022

Mar;10(3):177-192

• Tajdini M, Tavolinejad H , Aminorroaya A, Aryan Z, Jalali A, Aleddini A, Sadeghian S,

Yadangi S, Vasheghani-Farahani A, Bozorgi A. Clinical associations of traumatic injuries caused

by vasovagal syncope: a cohort study at a tertiary syncope unit. J Am Heart Assoc. 2023 Jan

3;12(1):e027272.

• Aryan Z, Nascimben J, MacRae CA. Genetic Testing in Sudden Cardiac Arrest: the History

and Physical Exam Remain Central in the Genomics Era. Circ Genom Precis Med. 2022

Feb;15(1):e003520

• Aryan Z, Szanto A, Pantazi A, Reddi T, Rheinstein C, Powers W, Wilson E, Deo RC,

Chowdhury S, Salz L, Dimmock D, Nahas S, Benson W, Kingsmore SF, MacRae CA, Vuzman D.

Circ Genom Precis Med. 2020 Oct;13(5):406-416.

• Aryan Z, Nabavi M, Shabani M, Keles S,et al. Hypomorphic DOCK8 Deletion Causes Hypereosinophilic

Syndrome. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2020 Feb;67(2):e28084

• Aminorroaya A, Rayzan E, Shahkarami S, Seyedpour S, Zoghi S, Aryan Z, Somekh I, Rohlfs

M, Klein C, et al. Novel DNMT3B mutation in a patient with immunodeficiency, centromeric instability,

and facial anomalies syndrome (ICF) and a bronchopulmonary collateral artery. Endocr

Metab Immune Disord Drug Targets. 2023;23(3):410-415

• Shafeghat M, Kazemian S, Aminorroaya A, Aryan Z, Rezaei N. Toll-like receptor 7 regulates

cardiovascular diseases. Int Immunopharmacol. 2022 Dec;113(Pt A):109390.

• Ghajar A, Essa M, DeLago A, Parvez A, Aryan Z, Shalhoub J, Hammond-Haley M, Hartley

A, Nawaz S, Sargsyan V, Salciccioli J, Faridi K, Nazarian S. Atrial fibrillation/atrial flutter related

mortality trends in the US population 2010-2020: regional, racial, sex variations. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol.

2022 Dec 16. doi: 10.1111/pace.14643

• GBD 2019 HAQ Collaborators. Assessing performance on the Healthcare Access and Quality

Index by age group for 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis from the

Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet Global Health. 2022 Dec;10(12):e1715-e1743

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• GBD 2019 Stroke Collaborators. Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk

factors, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet

Neurol. 2021 Oct;20(10):795-820

• Aryan Z, Mahmoudi N, Sheidaei A, et al. The prevalence, awareness, and treatment of lipid

abnormalities in Iranian adults: Surveillance of risk factors of noncommunicable diseases in Iran

2016. J Clin Lipidol. 2018 Nov - Dec;12(6):1471-1481.e4

• Rezaei S, Mahmoudi Z, Sheidaei A, Aryan Z, et al. Salt intake among Iranian population:

the first national report on salt intake in Iran. J Hypertens. 2018 Dec;36(12):2380-2389

• Aryan Z, Ghajar A, Faghihi-Kashani S, Afarideh M, Nakhjavani M, Esteghamati A. Baseline

High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein Predicts Macrovascular and Microvascular Complications

of Type 2 Diabetes: A Population-Based Study. Ann Nutr Metab. 2018;72(4):287-295

• Aryan Z, Afarideh M, Ghajar A, Esteghamati S, Esteghamati A, Nakhjavani M. Conflicting

interactions of apolipoprotein A and high density lipoprotein cholesterol with microvascular complications

of type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2017 Nov;133:131-141

• Afarideh M, Noshad S, Ghajar A, Aryan Z, Khajeh E, Hosseini Shirvani S, Bonnet F, Esteghamati

A. Family history of diabetes and the risk of coronary heart disease in people with or

without type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Metab. 2017 Apr;43(2):180-183

• Afarideh M, Aryan Z, Ghajar A, Noshad S, et al. Complex association of serum alanine

aminotransferase with the risk of future cardiovascular disease in type 2 diabetes. Atherosclerosis.

2016 Nov;254:42-51

• Aryan Z, Noshad S, Afarideh M, Esteghamati A. HDL Cholesterol as a Residual Risk Factor

for Vascular Events and All-Cause Mortality in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes. Diabetes Care

2016;39:1424-1430. Diabetes Care. 2016 Oct;39(10):e189

• Aryan Z, GBD 2019 Respiratory Tract Cancers Collaborators. Global, regional, and national

burden of respiratory tract cancers and associated risk factors from 1990 to 2019: a systematic

analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet Respir Med. 2021 Sep;9(9):1030-1049

• Aryan Z, Rezaei N. Toll-like receptors as targets for allergen immunotherapy. Curr Opin Allergy

Clin Immunol. 2015 Dec;15(6):568-74

• Aryan Z, Modaresi M. Paediatric orphan lung diseases in Asia. Lancet Respir Med. 2016

Mar;4(3):174-5



Peer Reviewed Grants:

• Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2016-2018

A population-based study on Metabolic Syndrome Complications and Mortality (MetsCom), Registration

ID: NCT02958579, Grant Number: 95-03-191-33053

Role: Co-investigator PI: Prof. Esteghamati, MD

Status: Granted



• National Elites Foundation, Iran 2016-2018

Early Career Grant for Development of Physician-Scientist for 2 years

Status: Granted

Awards and

Honors

Selected Awards:

• Council on Genomic and Precision Medicine ”Travel Grant”, American Heart Association

2022



• ”Early Career Investigator Award Semi-Finalist”, American Heart Association 2021

• ”ESC 2021 Congress Committee e-Posters Choice in Hypertension”, European Society of

Cardiology 2021

• ”Distinguished Graduate Researcher Award”, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran 2017

• "Early Career Grant for Physician Scientist Development”, National Elites Foundation, Iran 2016-2018

• ”The Medical Student of Year Award” A nationwide annual recognition issued by Ministry of Health and Medical Education 2016

• Second Avicenna Student Festival, a university wide festival: 2015

ˆ Research award; in recognition of scientific activities

ˆ Education award; in recognition of outstanding education performance and teaching activities

ˆ Exemplary and comprehensive student award; in recognition of outstanding educational

performance, leadership, and charity activities

• Awarded National Elites Foundation full scholarship and stipend to study combined MD/MPH

program at the first ranked medical school in Iran; Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2008-2016

• Silver medal in Biology Olympiad, Iran 2007