Farinaz Safavi, MD, PhD
National Institutes of Health
Dr. Farinaz Safavi is a physician-scientist specializing in neuroimmunology and neuroinflammatory disorders. She currently serves as an assistant clinical investigator and chief of the Neuroimmunopathogenesis Unit (NIU) at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and is an adjunct investigator at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) at the NIH. Dr. Safavi's research focuses on understanding the neurological manifestations of Inborn Errors of Immunity (IEI) and the underlying mechanisms of immune-related gene defects in neurons and glia. Her work involves developing a platform to detect and characterize IEI in patients with atypical and rare neuroinflammatory and neuroinfectious diseases.