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Mahboobeh Mahdavinia, MD, PhD

Chief, Division of Allergy and Immunology
Associate Professor of Medicine and Graduate College, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Allergy & Immunology, RUSH Medical College
Education
  • MD, Tehran University School of Medicine Sciences, Iran
  • PhD, G. D’Annunzio University Chieti, Italy
  • Internal Medicine Residency, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Allergy and Immunology Fellowship, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
  • Allergy and Immunology Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Areas of Expertise
  • Studying nasal and Gut microbiome in allergic diseases
  • Health disparity in allergic disease
  • Chronic rhinosinusitis
Contact Info:

1725 W. Harrison St.
Suite 117
Chicago, IL 60612
Phone: (312) 942-6296
Fax: (312) 563-2201
mahboobeh_mahdavinia@rush.edu
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Biography

Mahboobeh (Maha) Mahdavinia, MD., PhD., FAAAAI, is a physician-scientist with a background in immunology of allergic diseases and a PhD in molecular epidemiology. Mahdavinia runs several national and international research collaborations including a large study in South Africa and birth cohorts to understand the pathogenesis of allergic development in early childhood.  Her research is focused on the interplay of microbiome and disparity in allergic diseases which have resulted in key publications related to microbiome and health disparity in allergic diseases. She is the recipient of several awards and research grants and has mentored multiple successful trainees during her career. She has served on the editorial board of three Immunology journals and as reviewer for numerous journals and grant study sections / committees. She was elected a Fellow of the AAAAI in 2018. She is also an active writer and have published several OpEds in periodicals such as the Chicago Tribune and Sun Times. Dr Mahdavinia has been appointed as the chief of allergy and Immunology division at Rush University in 2020.

Publications

Dr. Maha Mahdavinia’s publications

Grants

Research Grants:

  • NIH, 1R03TR004005 - 01A1. Role PI 2022-2025, Title: Cognitive Impairment in Chronic Rhinosinusitis.
  • NIH, R01 AI130348 . Food Allergy Outcomes Related to White and African American Racial Differences (FORWARD). Role: site-PI  2022-2027
  • Food allergy research and education (FARE), SEED (start early eating diet)/CAN DO.  Role: site PI and co-I  2022-2027
  • NIH, R01AA029859-01. Title: Microbiota-Mediated Bidirectional Interactions between Alcohol Misuse and Post-COVID-19 Syndrome. Role: Co-I   2022-2025
  • Optinose PI initiated research award: sleep and cognitive function in rhinosisnutis. Role: PI. 2022-2025
  • NIMAD, Role of environmental factors and diet in early life gut microbiome and atopic diseases. Role: co-PI. 2018-2024
  • Medtronic Research grant. Longitudinal changes in the nasal microbiome in chronic rhinosinusitis. Role: co-PI  2018-2025
Invited Presentations

Invited national talks and seminars:

  • Grand Rounds: Department of Pediatrics, Joint conferences of Cook county hospital and Rush University Medical center, 2020
  • Invited symposium talk. Rhinoworld; annual meeting of American Rhinology Society . Chicago,IL.  June 2019
  • Invited plenary seminar talk. InViVO, Gut microbiome and development of allergic diseases, Detroit, MI, May 2019
  • Grand Rounds: Internal Medicine Department, University of Illinois at Chicago. June 2019
  • Invited seminar talk. American Academy of Allergy, asthma and Immunology annual meeting(AAAAI) , Chronic rhinosinusitis without nasal polyps, San Francisco , CA, Feb 2019
  • Invited symposium talk. American Academy of Allergy, asthma and Immunology(AAAAI)  annual meeting, Chronic rhinosinusitis management, San Francisco , CA, Feb 2019
  • Session Moderator. Oral presentations on Chronic Rhinosinusitis. American Academy of Allergy, asthma and Immunology(AAAAI)  annual meeting, San Francisco , CA, Feb 2019
  • Invited seminar talk. American Academy of Allergy, asthma and Immunology(AAAAI)  annual meeting, Nasal Microbiome, Orlando, FL, Feb 2018
  • Grand rounds: Otolaryngology department, Rush University Medical center June 2018
  • Grand Rounds: Internal Medicine Department, Rush University Medical center June 2018
  • Invited symposium talk. American Otolaryngology Society annual meeting, Endotypes of Chronic rhinosinusitis. September 2017, Chicago, IL
  • Invited seminar talk. American Academy of Allergy, asthma and Immunology annual meeting, Disparity in Food allergy; Orlando, FL, Feb 2018
  • Chronic rhinosinusitis; Session Moderator. Session Moderator. AAAAI annual meeting. March 2017. Atlanta, Georgia 
  • Grand Rounds: Internal Medicine Department, Rush University Medical center May 2016
  • Grand Rounds: Division of Immunology and Allergy, Northwestern University. May 2016
  • Grand Rounds: Department of Pediatrics, Joint conferences of Cook county hospital and Rush University Medical center June 2015
  • Invited symposium talk. Trends in Diagnosis and Treatment of Food Allergies, 68TH Annual 2015 Midwest Clinical Conference (MCC). March 2015
  • Session Moderator. Molecular Mechanisms at Respiratory epithelial Level; AAAAI annual meeting Feb 2015. Houston, TX