Ardabil University of Medical Sciences
Address: Ardabil, Daneshghah st, Ardabil Complex University
Address: Sarcheshmeh Sq., Masoumin Alley, Dr Maleki Dep, 1th floor
EDUCATION Start/End Date
M.D. Tabriz University of Medical Sciences (TUOMS) Tabriz Start: 23/09/1988 End: 22/10/1995
PhD of Medical Genetics, Genetic Research Center (GRC), University of Social Welfare and
Rehabilitation Sciences Start: 9/02/2010 End: 15/01/2015
POST GRADUATE TRAINING Start/End
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS Start/End
Assistant Professor in Ardabil University of Medical Sciences
PRIVATE PRACTICE Start Date – End Date
My Gene Lab, Medical Genetics Diagnostic Laboratory in Ardabil Start: 9/02/2017
MEDICAL AND SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES Start Date – End Date
Iranian Neurogenetics Society Start: 1/07/2017 End: 30/12/2021
APPOINTMENTS Start/End Date
Ardabil University of Medical Sciences (ARUMS), Ardabil Deputy Minister in the medical disciplinary
committee
POST DOCTORIAL CONFERENCES:
Date NAME OF CONFERENCE, City, Province or Stat
PUBLICATIONS:
Genetics of intellectual disability in consanguineous families
H Hu, K Kahrizi, L Musante, Z Fattahi, R Herwig, M Hosseini, C Oppitz, …
Molecular psychiatry 24 (7), 1027-1039
120 2019
Iranome: a catalog of genomic variations in the Iranian population
Z Fattahi, M Beheshtian, M Mohseni, H Poustchi, E Sellars, SH Nezhadi, …
Human mutation 40 (11), 1968-1984
59 2019
Spectrum of GJB2 (Cx26) gene mutations in Iranian Azeri patients with nonsyndromic
autosomal recessive hearing loss
B Davarnia, M Babanejad, Z Fattahi, N Nikzat, N Bazazzadegan, …
International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology 76 (2), 268-271
26 2012
Iranome: A human genome variation database of eight major ethnic groups that live in Iran
and neighboring countries in the Middle East
MR Akbari, Z Fattahi, M Beheshtian, M Mohseni, H Poustchi, E Sellars, …
ASHG Annual Meeting
9 2017
Identification of a founder mutation for Pendred syndrome in families from northwest Iran
M Mohseni, A Honarpour, R Mozafari, B Davarnia, H Najmabadi, …
International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology 78 (11), 1828-1832
5 2014
The Association between BRCA1 Expression and Breast Cancer Tumorogenesis
B Davarnia, P Mehdipour, M Arei, ASLSS HOSSEINI
JOURNAL OF ARDABIL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES (JAUMS) 12 (244), 132-139
5 2012
GJB2 mutations in Iranian Azeri population with autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing
loss (ARNSHL): First report of c. 238 C> A mutation in Iran
E Abbaspour Rodbaneh, M Panahi, B Rahimi, H Mokabber, R Farajollahi, …
Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis, e24024
2021
Exome sequencing utility in defining the genetic landscape of hearing loss and novel‐gene
discovery in Iran
M Mohseni, M Babanejad, KT Booth, P Jamali, K Jalalvand, B Davarnia, …
Clinical Genetics 100 (1), 59-78
2021
The role of a novel TRMT1 gene mutation and rare GRM1 gene defect in intellectual disability
in two azeri families
H Davarniya, B.a, Hu, H.b, Kahrizi, K.a, Musante, L.b, Fattahi, Z.a …
PLoS ONE 10 (8), Article number e0129631
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RESEARCH PROJECTS:
1. Identification of the genetic defects gland in situ congenital hypothyroidism
(GIS-CH) in Ardabil
2. Genetic mutation effects on Ochronosis Alkaptonuria families
PERSONAL DATA:
Behzad Davarnia, Head of the Medical Genetics and Pathology Department, Ardabil University of Medical
Sciences, Ardabil, Iran,
Mail: bdavarnia@gmail.com Phone: Tel.:+98(45)33272959 ‘Fax: +98(45)33236277
DATE OF BIRTH: 25/02/1970
PLACE OF BIRTH: Ardabil, Iran
LANGUAGES: Azeri, Persian, English