MEHRDAD ETEMAD
PhD in Immunology | Senior Researcher & International Scientist
Work Experience
Jan 2019 – Apr 2019
Researcher, Ankara Faculty of Medicine
Ankara, Türkiye · Immune system studies
Apr 2019 – Jul 2019
Researcher, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine
Ankara, Türkiye · Advanced immunology
Sep 2019 – Sep 2021
Research & Teaching Assistant
Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun · COVID-19, immunology, food analysis
Sep 2012 – Oct 2018
Vaccine Director
Pasteur Institute of Iran · Vaccine formulation, raw materials, analyses
Mar 2008 – Oct 2011
Researcher, Urmia University
Faculty of Medicine · Artificial kidney R&D
Feb 2009 – Feb 2011
Researcher-Manufacturer
Tehran Faculty of Medicine · Grafts, chips, heart valves (orthopedics, neurosurgery, cardiac surgery etc.)
Publications & Reviews
Neuroimmunology and Endocrinology (Book)
Mehrdad Etemad (2011). Royan Research Publications. 1000 copies. Book agreement
Peer Review: OVJ-2025-10-886
Open Veterinary Journal · Effects of dietary herbal mixture on broilers (Iraq) · Major revision
Peer Review: OVJ-2025-06-557
In-house indirect ELISA for anti-dengue IgG · Vaccine candidate evaluation
Peer Review: Newcastle Disease yeast-based vaccine
Open Veterinary Journal (Jan-Feb 2026) · Multi-epitope construct, immunogenicity
Conferences & Keynote
May 2025
Keynote Speaker · 4th CME Cardiologists Conference
Istanbul (Hybrid): “Genetic polymorphisms in immunogenetic responses to stress and sexual activity: Cardiovascular implications”
May 2025
Joint Meeting on Cardio-ANES-PedNeo 2025
Istanbul (Hybrid) · Certificate / Spanish Society of Cardiology, 7.73 ECTS
Nov 2009
Peritoneal Dialysis & Infectious Complications
Shahid Beheshti Univ. · Pediatric Infectious Diseases Research Center
Key Research Projects
- Breast, Prostate & Glandular Cancer Gene Therapy Preclinical studies (HIFU, electromagnetic fields) · 2013–2015
- Visiting Researcher – National Nuclear Research Institute (NSRTI) Radiation-induced immune responses, cytokine profiling, Tehran 2016–2018
- Vaccine R&D (Pasteur Institute) Formulation, manufacturing, analyses 2012–2018