Nafees Ahmad, PhD

Interim co-Chair, Immunobiology

Professor, Immunobiology

Professor, BIO5 Institute

Professor, Applied Biosciences, GDIP

(520) 626-7022

nafees@arizona.edu

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Dr. Nafees Ahmad received his BS (Hons) in Chemistry and MS in Biochemistry from one of the prestigious central universities in India, The Aligarh Muslim University. He then joined another renowned research institute, The Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India, from where he earned his Ph.D. in 1983. Dr. Ahmad did his Postdoctoral Fellowship at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, USA from 1985-1990 in the Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. His research primarily focused on the regulation of HIV-1 gene expression and replication, especially the role of HIV-1 regulatory and accessory proteins in HIV-1 replication and biology.

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Kummet, Nathan, Mishra, Neha, Diaz, Adela, Cusick, Nicholas, Klotz, Stephen, Ahmad, Nafees. Genetic Characterization of HIV-1 Gene from Virologically Controlled Aging Individuals with HIV on Long-Term Antiretroviral Therapy. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2025;41(3):143-154. doi:10.1089/aid.2024.0029

Love, Maria, Behrens-Bradley, Nicole, Ahmad, Aasim, Wertheimer, Anne, Klotz, Stephen, Ahmad, Nafees. Plasma Levels of Secreted Cytokines in Virologically Controlled HIV-Infected Aging Adult Individuals on Long-Term Antiretroviral Therapy. Viral Immunol. 2024;37(4):202-215. doi:10.1089/vim.2023.0123

Rahman, Simeen Ber, Mir, Asif, Ahmad, Nafees, Haider, Syed Husnain, Malik, Salman Akbar, Nasir, Muhammad. Identification and association of recurrent ALOXE3 mutation with non-bullous congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma in two ethnically distinct Pakistani families. Congenit Anom (Kyoto). 2019;59(3):93-98. doi:10.1111/cga.12303

Khan, Imran, Ahmad, Nafees, Khan, Shereen, et al. Evaluation of treatment outcomes and factors associated with unsuccessful outcomes in multidrug resistant tuberculosis patients in Baluchistan province of Pakistan. J Infect Public Health. Published online January 1, 2019. doi:10.1016/j.jiph.2019.04.009

Atif, Muhammad, Saleem, Quratulain, Asghar, Saima, Malik, Iram, Ahmad, Nafees. Extent and Predictors of Poor Glycaemic Control among Elderly Pakistani Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Multi-Centre Cross-Sectional Study. Medicina (Kaunas). 2019;55(1). doi:10.3390/medicina55010021

Klotz, Stephen A, Bradley, Nicole, Smith, Shannon, Ahmad, Nafees. HIV Infection-Associated Frailty: The Solution for Now Is Antiretroviral Drugs: A Perspective. J Int Assoc Provid AIDS Care. 2019;18:2325958219831045. doi:10.1177/2325958219831045

Khan, Amjad, Khan, Amer Hayat, Adnan, Azreen Syazril, et al. Hypertension control among euvolemic hypertensive hemodialysis patients in Malaysia: a prospective follow-up study. J Pharm Policy Pract. 2019;12:10. doi:10.1186/s40545-019-0169-y

Beatty, Norman L, Behrens-Bradley, Nicole, Love, Maria, et al. Rapid detection of human blood in triatomines (kissing bugs) utilizing a lateral flow immunochromatographic assay - A pilot study. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2019;114:e190047. doi:10.1590/0074-02760190047

Sun, Minxuan, Ahmad, Nafees, Zhang, Ruobing, Graw, Jochen. Crybb2 associates with Tmsb4X and is crucial for dendrite morphogenesis. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2018;503(1):123-130. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2018.05.195

Ahmad, Nafees, Khan, Amer Hayat, Khan, Irfanullah, Khan, Amjad, Atif, Muhammad. Doctors’ Knowledge of Hypertension Guidelines Recommendations Reflected in Their Practice. Int J Hypertens. 2018;2018:8524063. doi:10.1155/2018/8524063

Behrens, Nicole E, Wertheimer, Anne, Klotz, Stephen A, Ahmad, Nafees. Reduction in terminally differentiated T cells in virologically controlled HIV-infected aging patients on long-term antiretroviral therapy. PLoS One. 2018;13(6):e0199101. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0199101

Ahmad, Nafees, Ahuja, Shama D, Akkerman, Onno W, et al. Treatment correlates of successful outcomes in pulmonary multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: an individual patient data meta-analysis. Lancet. 2018;392(10150):821-834. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31644-1

Anwarullah, Anwarullah, Paramasivam, Nagarajan, Abbasi, Rashda, et al. A report of whole-genome sequencing in neurologic Wilson’s disease. Neurol India. 2017;65(3):629-631. doi:10.4103/neuroindia.NI_1274_16

Badowski, Michael, Shultz, Christopher L, Eason, Yvette, Ahmad, Nafees, Harris, David T. The influence of intrinsic and extrinsic factors on immune system aging. Immunobiology. 2014;219(6):482-5. doi:10.1016/j.imbio.2014.02.008

Ahmad, Nafees, Mehta, Roshni, Harris, David T. HIV-1 replication and gene expression occur at higher levels in neonatal blood naive and memory T-lymphocytes compared with adult blood cells. Virology. 2011;413(1):39-46. doi:10.1016/j.virol.2011.01.033

Sundaravaradan, Vasudha, Mehta, Roshni, Harris, David T, Zack, Jerome A, Ahmad, Nafees. Differential expression and interaction of host factors augment HIV-1 gene expression in neonatal mononuclear cells. Virology. 2010;400(1):32-43. doi:10.1016/j.virol.2010.01.018

Wellensiek, Brian P, Ramakrishnan, Rajesh, Sundaravaradan, Vasudha, Mehta, Roshni, Harris, David T, Ahmad, Nafees. Differential HIV-1 integration targets more actively transcribed host genes in neonatal than adult blood mononuclear cells. Virology. 2009;385(1):28-38. doi:10.1016/j.virol.2008.10.052

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