Hassan Abolhassani
Assistant professor
About me
Academic Rank: MD, MPH, PhD
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Clinical Immunology
Division of Clinical Immunology at the Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet
Leadership member of KI Junior Faculty at Karolinska Institutet
Steering Committee of Junior Faculty at Karolinska Institutet, leader of Communication Focus Group
Address: Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, NEO at Campus Flemingsberg, Karolinska Institutet, SE-14157 Stockholm, Sweden
Research description
The goal of our clinical research is to investigate the pathogenesis of primary antibody deficiency and the immune pathways involved that may help physicians and immunologist to understand genes with currently unknown functions aiding in deciding the therapeutic approach for the patients. Molecular diagnosis will also help all family members of patient by using carrier detection, and pre-implantation testing in conjunction with in vitro fertilization. Moreover, genetic analysis is required for confirmation of diagnosis and establishment of the inheritance pattern. This information is not only a guide for a decision on abortion, but it could be used for long term planning, such as bone marrow transplantation of the infant at birth. The result of this genetic testing could include screening for newborns in selected families or ethnic groups.
Teaching portfolio
SUBJECT AREA COMPETENCE AND CURRENT TEACHING ACTIVITY
Basic immunology and clinical immunology
Philosophy of sciences
Management of disease and health care organizations
Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Methods of research, epidemiology, advanced statistic
National registry handling
TEACHING IN NURSING AND MEDICINE AND FOR HEALTHCARE PRACTITIONERS
Approach to recurrent infections
Pediatric and adult primary immunodeficiency disorders
Intravenous and subcutaneous immunoglobulin replacement therapy
Family communication and genetic counseling
ALUMNI
Main-supervisor (Fatemeh Akbari, MD, TUMS) (Saleh Ghyasi, MD, TUMS) (Ghazal Sadri, MD, TUMS) (Bamdad Sadeqi, MD, TUMS) (Daan van Beek, MSc, KI) (Jelena Tolic, BSc, KI) (Agnes Vyöni, BSc, KI) (Sude Tınaz, Erasmus BSc, KI) (Mohammad Biglari, PhD, TUMS) (Na Lu, PhD internship, KI) (Henrik Lindström, BSc, KI) (Shifan Ding, MSc, Wageningen University).
Co-supervisor (Babak Mirminachi, MD, TUMS) (Bobak Moazzemi, MD, TUMS) (Mohammadreza Shaghaghi, MD, TUMS) (Mohsen Afarideh, MD, TUMS) (Alireza Ghajar, MD, TUMS) (Shervin Shahinpour, MD, TUMS) (Parisa Amirifar, PhD, TUMS) (Zahra Hamidi, MSc, TUMS) (Fathemeh Babaha, MSc, TUMS) (Tannaz Moeinishad, MSc, TUMS) (Fereshteh Salami, MSc, TUMS) (Samaneh Delavari, MSc, TUMS) (Gholamreza Azizi, PhD, TUMS) (Yaser Bagheri, PhD, TUMS) (Farzaneh Tofighi, PhD, TUMS) (Davud Amirkasahani, Paediatric specialists, TUMS) (Alireza Allahverdi, Paediatric specialists, TUMS) (Mahmoud Tavassoli, Paediatric specialists, TUMS) (Behzad Gharib, Paediatric specialists, TUMS) (Habib Soheili, Clinical Immunologist subspecialists, TUMS) (Mahmoud Tavassoli, Clinical Immunologist subspecialists, TUMS) (Saeed Bazregari, Clinical Immunologist subspecialists, TUMS).
Education
2000-2003: Mathematic Diploma, Mofid High School, Tehran, Iran
2003-2004: Biology &Experimental Science Diploma, Sama High School, Tehran, Iran
2004-2012: Doctor of Medicine (MD), School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2008-2012: Master of Public Health (MPH), School of Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2012-2013: Master of Philosophy (MPhil), Research accessory of Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2014-2018: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) of Clinical Immunology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
2018-2020: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Clinical Immunology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Academic honours, awards and prizes
2009: Distinctive Young Researcher, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2012: Distinctive Research for MD-MPH thesis in the 13th Avicenna Festivals, Tehran, Iran
2012: The 3rd Rank of the Best Article in Basic Sciences in the Festival of National Academy of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2013: Distinctive Elite Medical Doctoral Student (MD) of Iran, Tehran, Iran
2013: Paramount Young Scientists of the country in Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2014: The 1st Rank of the Best Researcher and Best comprehensive student in the first student Avicenna festival, Tehran, Iran
2014: The 1st Rank of the National Best Young Researcher in the Razi Research Festival, Tehran, Iran
2015: Distinctive Elite PhD doctoral student of Iran, Tehran, Iran
2018: Top 10 PhD thesis in the history of Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
2019: Designation as a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Tehran University of Medical Sciences in the field of Primary Immunodeficiency
2020: Team leader of immunogenetics and immunotherapy, Division of Clinical Immunology at the Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet
2021: Anna-Greta Crafoords prize for reumatologisk forskning, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
2021: USERN LAUREATES 2021 in Medical Sciences selected by Nobel laureates and 1% top scientists.
2022: Designation as a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in the field of Clinical Immunology
2022: Prof. Isil Berat Barlan Award in Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases, Turkish Society of Immunology
2019-now: Top three clinical immunologists of Sweden, Essential Science Indicators (ESI, https://clarivate.com)
2015-now: First decentile of both Karolinska Institutet (KI) and Stockholms läns landsting (SLL) regarding “number of citations”, based on bibliometrics.ki.se analysis
2015-now: First decentile of both Karolinska Institutet (KI) and Stockholms läns landsting (SLL) regarding “aggregated journal impact factors” based on bibliometrics.ki.se analysis
2015-now: First decentile of both Karolinska Institutet (KI) and Stockholms läns landsting (SLL) regarding “number of publications” based on bibliometrics.ki.se analysis
2016-now: First decentile of both Karolinska Institutet (KI) and Stockholms läns landsting (SLL) regarding “world’s most highly cited publications (count top 5%)” based on bibliometrics.ki.se analysis
2020-now: First decentile of both Karolinska Institutet (KI) and Stockholms läns landsting (SLL) regarding “average journal impact for top publications” based on bibliometrics.ki.se analysis
2020-now: First decentile of both Karolinska Institutet (KI) and Stockholms läns landsting (SLL) regarding “citation average for top publications” based on bibliometrics.ki.se analysis
2020-now: Ranked among the top World Experts in the following medical topics based on Expertscape: Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases, Common Variable Immunodeficiency, Dysgammaglobulinemia, Agammaglobulinemia, Hyper-IgM Immunodeficiency, IgA Deficiency, Severe Combined Immunodeficiency, DNA Repair-Deficiency, Immunologic Syndromes, Lymphoproliferative Disorders, Intravenous Immunoglobulins, Inborn Genetic Diseases, Ataxia Telangiectasia, Hyper IgE syndrome, Immune System Diseases, Genetic diseases, COVID-19.
2018-now: Honored as 1% highly cited scientific researchers in the field of Immunology, Essential Science Indicators (ESI, https://clarivate.com)
GRANTS
International Congress of Immunology (2010), European Society for Immunodeficiencies (2012), Primär immunbrist organisationen (PIO, 2014), Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge (2017), European Society of Human Genetics Conference (ESHG, 2017), Alex and Eva Wallström Foundation (2017), Ruth and Richard Julin Foundation (2017), ìShizu Matsumuraîs Donation (2017), Marcus Borgströms Foundation (2018), Jonas Söderquist scholarship (2018), Åke Wibergs stiftelse (2019) KI Research Foundation Grants 2020-2021 (2020) Jeffrey Modell Diagnostic and Research Center (2020) Crafoord foundation (2021) Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN,2021)Jeffrey Modell Diagnostic and Research Center (2021)