Heliya Ziaei, DDS

Research Assistant
Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology
Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC

2250 Alcazar St.
CSA 117 – HSC 9062
Los Angeles, CA 90033-9062
Phone: (323)442-3170
Fax: (323) 442-2981
hziaei@usc.edu

Education
Experience
Publications

Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
D.D.S., 2020

  • 2022 – present – Research Assistant – Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

  • 2020-2022 – Research Assistant – Network Of Immunity in Infection, Malignancy, and Autoimmunity (NIIMA), USERN, Tehran, Iran

  • 2021-2022 – Executive Director and Deputy in Charge of External Affairs – Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Tehran, Iran

  • 2019-2022 – Research Assistant – Maxillofacial Surgery and Implantology Research Foundation, Tehran, Iran

  • 2019-2020 – Director, International Students’ Committee – Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, Tehran, Iran

  1. Janečková E, Feng J, Guo T, Han X, Ghobadi A, Araujo-Villalba A, Rahman MS, Ziaei H, Ho TV, Pareek S, Alvarez J, Chai Y. (2023) Canonical Wnt signaling regulates soft palate development by mediating ciliary homeostasis. Development. 2023 Mar 1;150(5):dev201189. doi: 10.1242/dev.201189. Epub 2023 Mar 9. PMID: 36825984; PMCID: PMC10108707.

  2. Ziaei H, Tonkaboni A, Shamshiri A, Rezaei N. (2021) “Oral Manifestations of Patients with Inherited Defect in Phagocyte Number or Function” a systematic review. Clin Immunol. 2021 Aug;229:108796. doi: 10.1016/j.clim.2021.108796. Epub 2021 Jul 14. PMID: 34271191.

  3. Adham G, Keyhan SO, Fallahi HR, Ziaei H, Thomas M. (2021) Nasal sill augmentation: an overlooked concept in rhinoplasty-a technical note and review of the literatures. Maxillofac Plast Reconstr Surg. 2021 May 18;43(1):14. doi: 10.1186/s40902-021-00298-3. PMID: 34003392; PMCID: PMC8131461.

  4. Mohammadi F, Azari A, Nikparto N, Ziaei H. (2021) Reconstruction of the Occipital and Parietal Congenital Defect with 3D Custom-Made Titanium Prosthesis: A Case Report with Four and a Half Years of Follow-Up and a Brief Review of Literature. Case Rep Dent. 2021 Oct 20;2021:7027701. doi: 10.1155/2021/7027701. PMID: 34721909; PMCID: PMC8550828.

  5. Tonkaboni A, Lotfibakhshaiesh N, Danesh P, Tajerian R, Ziaei H. (2020) Evaluation of Inhibitory Effects of Caffeine on Human Carcinoma Cells. Nutr Cancer. 2021;73(10):1998-2002. doi: 10.1080/01635581.2020.1819344. Epub 2020 Sep 30. PMID: 32996789.

  6. Salehi M, Shahporzadeh K, Ehterami A, Yeganehfard H, Ziaei H, Azizi MM, Farzamfar S, Tahersoltani A, Goodarzi A, Ai J, Ahmadi A. (2020) Electrospun Poly(ε-caprolactone)/Gelatin Nanofibrous Mat Containing Selenium as a Potential Wound Dressing Material: In Vitro and In Vivo Study. Fibers Polym 21, 1713–1721 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12221-020-9825-8.

  7. Hanaei S, Sarzaeim M, Yazdanpanah N, Rahimi Pirkoohi Z, Ziaei H, Mohamed K, Samieefar N, Keshavarz-Fathi M, Kolahchi Z, Moradian N, Momtazmanesh S, Seyedpour S, Jaberipour A, Ashkevarian S, Rezaei N. (2020) The Hybrid USERN 2020 Congress: New Standards for Events in Practice. Acta Med Iran. 2021;59(1):1-3.