Dharam Ablashi, Date of Birth

    

Dharam Ablashi

Indian-American biomedical researcher

Date of Birth: 08-Oct-1931

Profession: virologist

Nationality: United States, India

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Dharam Ablashi

  • Dharam V.
  • Ablashi (born October 8, 1931) is an American biomedical researcher born in India.
  • He is best known for his co-discovery of Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6), an immunosuppressive and neurotropic virus that can cause encephalitis and seizures during a primary infection or when reactivated from latency in immunosuppressed patients.
  • He has contributed more than 95 papers on HHV-6; most of which appeared in top medical journals and has authored or co-authored over 300 journal articles on herpes viruses.
  • He is internationally known for his research on Human and Simian herpesviruses and has also been a major contributor to research in HIV, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and the field of immunovirology. Ablashi co-founded the International House of Rhode Island in 1961 while he was a graduate student at the University of Rhode Island.
  • The house has provided and still providing a home to foreign students where they meet American families.
  • Ablashi co-founded the American Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or AACFS (which is now called IACFS/ME) and recently finished a term as President.
  • He also co-founded the International Association for Research on Epstein-Barr Virus and Associated Diseases and served for many years as Secretary, Treasurer and on the Board of Directors.
  • Ablashi is the current Scientific Director of the HHV-6 Foundation and a reviewer for professional journals in microbiology and virology. Ablashi was born in Lahore, India (now in Pakistan) and earned his Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine at Panjab University Veterinary College.
  • He then received his Diploma in Bacteriology from the Indian Veterinary Research Institute/affiliated with University in the UK before moving to the United States, where he earned his Master of Science degree in Pathology and Virology at the University of Rhode Island.
  • After completing his post-doctorate fellowship in the Department of Animal Pathology at the University of Rhode Island, Ablashi continued as a Research Associate at URI for one more year before working at Cobb Breeding Corporation as a microbiologist studying Marek's disease of chickens, caused by a herpes virus, and later at Flow Laboratories in Rockville, Maryland to study human cytomegalovirus infections.

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