Dr. Nassiri is a former Associate Dean of Global Health at the Michigan State University
(MSU). He also served as the MSU director of Institute of International Health. He is currently
Professor of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Professor of Family and Community
Medicine, and, lecturer in Global Health, Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine. He
currently works on international public health issues relating to chronic diseases and has
expertise in global health. He has made contributions in various fields of medical sciences
including clinical investigation and health education. Based on his extensive experience and
expertise in chronic infectious diseases including HIV/AIDS, as well as antimicrobial resistance
and human gut microbiome, he had developed clinical research programs in Brazil, South Africa,
Haiti, Dominican Republic and Mexico. He had served as editorial board member for the journal
of HIV and AIDS Review. He is currently on editorial board member for AIDS Patient Care and
STDs, J of AIDS Clin Res., and Int. J. of Global Health. Prof. Nassiri has delivered seminar
presentations on Infectious Diseases, Tropical Medicine, HIV/AIDS, Global Health, antibiotic
resistance, and public health interventions in numerous national and international conferences
and conducted workshops on these topics. He is internationally recognized for his work in the
areas of building effective international partnerships particularly in global health, community
health, clinical care capacity building, and technical assistance mechanism. He is the founder of
Michigan State University Osteopathic and Primary Health Clinic in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico.
He has developed academic and research partnership programs with Federal University of Para
Institute of Tropical Medicine in Belem, Brazil. In addition, he has served as scientific and
organizing committee member for numerous international meetings and symposia. As for his
current academic activities in medicine, he currently directs three online courses; Tropical
Medicine, Pharmacotherapy of Infectious Diseases, and Management of Human Viral Infections.