Biosketch

Dr. Torabi-Parizi earned her undergraduate degree and degree in Medicine from Emory University. She completed her internship and residency training in Internal Medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Torabi-Parizi completed her fellowship training in Critical Care Medicine at the NIH and was subsequently appointed as Staff Clinician in the Critical Care Medicine Department at the NIH in 2011.

She is currently performing her research under the mentorship of Dr. Ronald Germain, Chief of Laboratory of Systems Biology, NIAID. Dr. Torabi-Parizi is interested in the mechanisms by which microorganisms cause pulmonary inflammation and damage. Her training with one of the campus's most renowned basic science laboratories positions her well to contribute to understanding basic mechanisms related to critical lung injuries.

Dr. Torabi-Parizi is studying effector T lymphocyte function as it relates to dynamic cellular behavior in vivo in different murine models of pneumonia. In addition to her interest in adaptive immunity, she has also developed an interest in innate immune responses to bacterial infections, specifically, Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) and is contrasting that to the effects of influenza and atypical mycobacteria.

Honors and Awards

NIH Director's Award, 2012; NIAID Merit Award, 2011; Loan Repayment Program award through the National Institutes of Health, 2008; Merk Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research in Organic Chemistry, 2000; Georgia HOPE scholar, 1998-2000; Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society, 1999.

Selected Publications

Journal Articles

Ombrello MJ, Remmers EF, Sun G, Freeman AF, Datta S, Torabi-Parizi P, et al. Cold urticaria, immunodeficiency, and autoimmunity related to PLCG2 deletions. N Engl J Med. 2012 Jan 26;366(4):330-8.

Moriyama B, Torabi-Parizi P, Pratt AK, Henning SA, Pennick G, Shea YR, Roy Chowdhuri S, Rinaldi MG, Barrett AJ, Walsh TJ. Pharmacokinetics of liposomal amphotericin B in pleural fluid. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2010 Apr;54(4):1633-5. Epub 2010 Jan 19.