Simin Nikbin Meydani

Biography

Dr. Simin Meydani is Senior Scientist and Team Leader of the Nutritional Immunology Team at the HNRCA. She also served as Director of the HNRCA from 2009 until she was appointed Vice Provost for Research at Tufts University from 2016-2019. Dr. Meydani’s scientific interests include the basic mechanisms of aging, impact of nutrition on the aging process and age associated diseases, role of nutrition on immune and inflammatory responses, and predisposition to infectious diseases in developed and less developed countries.

Education

• Hedwig van Amerigen Executive Leadership Certificate, 2006, Academic Medicine Program, Drexel University
• Molecular Immunology Certificate, 1985, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole
• Ph.D., 1981, Nutrition, Iowa State University
• M.S., 1977, Nutrition, Colorado State University
• D.V.M., 1975, Veterinary School, University of Tehran, Iran