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1 Shahla Z. Abghari, Ph. D. Updated March 4, 2014 PAGE 1 CURRICULUM VITAE Shahla Z. Abghari U. S. CITIZENSHIP: April 1992 EDUCATION: B.S., Biology, Teachers University, Tehran, Iran B.A., Financial and Administrative Affair, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran M.S., Natural Science, Memphis State University, Memphis, Tennessee Ph.D., Microbiology, Mississippi State University Starksville Mississippi Postdoctoral training, Virology, and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine Post Graduate Studies-Immunology, Molecular Genetics, Recombinant DNA and DNA Sequence Analysis, Emory University School of Medicine QUESTION WRITING FOR CHIROPRACTIC NATIONAL BOARD EXAMS: 1. April 2006 National Board s Spring test Committee meeting 2. April 2008 National Board s Spring test Committee meeting 3. April 2010 National Board s Spring test Committee meeting 4. April 2011 National Board s Spring test Committee meeting 5. April 2012 National Board s Spring test Committee meeting 6. April 2013 National Board s Spring test Committee meeting PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: 2005 to date Professor of Microbiology, Life University, Marietta, Georgia Associate Professor of Microbiology, Life University, Marietta, Georgia Associate Professor of Microbiology, Chair of Department of Microbiology and Pathology, Life University, Marietta, Georgia Associate Professor of Microbiology, Department of Microbiology and pathology, Life University, Marietta, Georgia Visiting Senior Research Scientist, CytRx Co., Atlanta, Georgia Adjunct Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia Research Trainee, Division of Infectious Disease, Immunology and Allergy Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia Laboratory and Teaching Assistant, (Microbiology and Virology), Mississippi State University, Starksville, Mississippi Financial Expert, Ministry of Land Reforms, Tehran, Iran

2 Shahla Z. Abghari, Ph. D. PAGE Research and Teaching Assistant, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran FELLOWSHIP AND AWARD: (Post Doctoral) National Research Service Award, National Institutes of Health, Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine Summer Research Award, Faculty Development Committee, Life University, HONORS AND MEMBERSHIPS: Member of the American Association for Advancement of Science Member of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 1985-date Member of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi 1983-date Member of American Society of Microbiology PROPOZAL IN PROGRESS The effect of chiropractic adjustments on the frequency and severity of recurrence of herpes simplex type 1(HSV-1), Department of Microbiology, Division of Basic Sciences, School of Chiropractic, life University, 2014 GRANT and CONTRACT SUPPORT: Principal Investigator "Effect of Host Cell on Efficacy of Antiviral Drugs in Herpes Simplex Virus Infection" University Research Committee, Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine, September September Effect of Genetically Determined Host Factors on the Severity and Frequency of Recrudescent Herpes Keratitis, University Research Fund Allocation, Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine, September September "In Vitro and In Vivo Evaluation of Copolymers as Antiviral Agents", Cytrx Corporation, Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine, December 1, June 1, The Effect of Chiropractic Adjustment on Reactivation of Herpes Simplex Type 1,University Research Fund Allocation, Department of Basic Sciences, Life University, Oct.1, 2005-Oct.1, Co-investigator "Pathologic Mechanisms of Herpes Simplex Keratitis", National Institutes of Health, Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine, July December 1991.

3 Shahla Z. Abghari, Ph.D. PAGE 3 "Viral Contribution of the Severity of Herpetic Keratitis", National Institute of Health, Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine, December November PUBLICATIONS: 1. Abghari, S.Z., Stulting, R.D., Nigida, S.M., Downer, D.N. and Nahmias, A.J.: Spread of HSV and establishment of latency after corneal infection in inbred mice. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci., 27:77, Abghari, S.Z., Stulting, R.D., Nigida, S.M., Downer, D.N. and Nahmias, A.J.:Comparative replication of HSV-1 in BALB/c and C57BL/6 mouse embryo fibroblasts in vitro. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci., 27:909, Abghari, S.Z. and Stulting, R.D.: Recovery of herpes simplex virus from ocular tissues of latently infected inbred mice. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci., 29:239, Stulting, R.D., Abghari, S.Z., Epstein, R.J. and Nahmias, A.J.: Host control of herpes simplex virus type I (HSV) ocular disease in a genetically defined animal model. IN: Cavanagh, H.D. (ed.), Proceedings of the World Congress on the Cornea III, 403, Abghari, S.Z. and Stulting, R.D.: Variation in the number of sites of latency of herpes simplex virus in trigeminal ganglia of inbred mice. Curr. Eye Res., 7:1155, Rinne, J.R., Abghari, S.Z., Stulting, R.D.: The severity of herpes simplex viral keratitis in mice does not reflect the severity of disease in humans. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci., 33:268, Abghari, S.Z., Stulting, R.D., Petrash, J.M.: Detection of herpes simplex virus type 1 latency associated transcripts in corneal cells of inbred mice by in situ hybridization. Cornea, 11:433, Abghari, S.Z., Stulting, R.D., Zhu, Z.Z., Schinazi, R.R., Kaufman, H.E.: Effect of genetically determined host factors on the efficacy of vidarabine, acyclovir, and 5- trifluorothymidine in herpes simplex type 1 (HSV) infection. Ophthalmic Res., 26:95, Stulting, R.D., Abghari, S.Z. and Petrash, J.M.: Estimation of the number of sites of HSV-1 latency in trigeminal ganglia by in situ hybridization. Submitted J. Medical Virol., 2001.

4 Shahla Z. Abghari, Ph.D. PAGE Abghari, S.Z., Zhu, Z.A., Whitsett, C.F., Stulting, R.D.: Immunohistochemical study of herpes simplex type 1 (HSV) keratitis in inbred mice. Submitted, Ophthalmic Res., Abghari, S.Z., Stulting, R.D., Nigida, S.M. and Nahmias, A.J.: Polypeptide synthesis in herpes simplex virus (HSV) infected fibroblasts from inbred mice. Manuscript in preparation, PUBLICATIONS: (continued) 12. Abghari, S.Z., and Stulting, R.D.: In vitro establishment of herpes simplex (HSV-1) latency in ocular tissues of inbred mice. Manuscript in preparation, 2004 ABSTRACTS: 1. Abghari, S.Z., Black, N.E., Phillips, W.E., McCamish, J. and Downer, D.N.: The growth of pseudorabies virus in PK-15 cells. Am. Soc. Microbiol., South Central Branch, p. 17, Stulting, R.D., Abghari, S.Z., Nigida, S.M., Downer, D.N., Kindle, J.C. and Nahmias, A.J.: Spread of herpes simplex virus (HSV) and the establishment of latency following topical ocular inoculation in inbred mice. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci., (Suppl):26:71, Stulting, R.D., Abghari, S.Z., Nigida, S.M. and Nahmias, A.J.: Restriction of HSV replication by mouse embryo fibroblasts (MEF) in vitro. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci., 27(Suppl):123, Abghari, S.Z., Stulting, R.D., Nigida, S.M. and Nahmias, A.J.: Polypeptide synthesis in herpes simplex virus (HSV) infected fibroblasts from inbred mice. Am. Soc. Microbiol., 86th Annual Meeting, p. 313, Abghari, S.Z. and Stulting, R.D.: Activation of latent herpes simplex virus (HSV-1) in ocular tissues of inbred mice. Am. Soc. Microbiol., 87th Annual Meeting, p. 312, Stulting, R.D. and Abghari, S.Z.: Recovery of herpes simplex virus type 1 from latently infected ocular tissues of inbred mice. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci., 28(Suppl.):177, Abghari, S.Z., Kindle, J.C. and Stulting, R.D.: Variation in the number of sites of latency of herpes simplex virus in trigeminal ganglia of inbred mice. VII International Congress of Virology, p. 126, 1987.

5 Shahla Z. Abghari, Ph.D. PAGE 5 8. Stulting, R.D. and Abghari, S.Z.: Factors controlling the number of sites of latent herpes simplex (HSV-1) infection in the trigeminal ganglia of inbred mice. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci., 29(Suppl.):155, Abghari, S.Z., Yuan, R. and Stulting, R.D.: In vitro establishment of herpes simplex virus (HSV-1) latency in ocular tissues of inbred mice. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 29(Suppl.):154, Stulting, R.D., Abghari, S.Z. and Petrash, J.M.: Estimation of the number of sites of herpes simplex virus Type 1 (HSV) latency in trigeminal ganglia of inbred mice by detection of immediate early gene antisense transcript. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci., 30(Suppl.):492, ABSTRACTS: (continued) 11. Abghari, S.Z., Stulting, R.D., and Petrash, J.M.: Detection of herpes simplex virus type 1 ICP-0 antisense transcript in latently infected corneal cells of inbred mice. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 30(Suppl.):214, Rinne, J.R., Stulting, R.D. and Abghari, S.Z.: The severity of ocular herpes simplex viral disease in human correlates poorly with the disease severity in inbred mice caused by the same virus isolates. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci., 30(Suppl.):359, Abghari, S.Z., Stulting, R.D., Zhu, Z.Z., Schinazi, R.F. and Kaufman, H.E.: Antiviral activity of vidarabine (Ara-A) and acyclovir (ACV) against herpes simplex virus type infection in embryo fibroblast cells from C57BL/6 (resistant) and BALB/c (susceptible) mice. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci., 31(Suppl.):221, Rinne, J.R., Stulting, R.D. and Abghari, S.Z.: Multiple episodes of recrudescent herpes simplex ocular disease results from infection by more than one strain in some patients. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci., 31(Suppl.):221, Stulting, R.D., Sotores, G.J. and Abghari, S.Z.: Replication of herpes simplex virus type one (HSV-1) in embryo fibroblasts from BALB/c (susceptible), C57BL/6 (resistant) and their F hybrid mice. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 31(Suppl.):222, Abghari, S.Z., Zhu, Z.Z., Whitsett, C.F., Stulting, R.D.: Immunohistochemical study of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV) keratitis in inbred mice. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 32(Suppl.):803, Stulting, R.D., Abghari, S.Z., Attia, S.A., Soteres, B.J.: Spread of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV) to the eye following topical lip inoculation in inbred mice. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 32(Suppl.):852, 1991.

6 Shahla Z. Abghari, Ph.D. PAGE Abghari, S.Z., Zhu, Z.Z., Stulting, R.D.: Initial infection with HSV mutant In 1814, protects BALB/c mice from developing stromal keratitis after super-infection by wild stain. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci., 33(Suppl.):1134, Abghari, S.Z., Zhu, Z.Z., Zisman, M., Stulting, R.D.: Initial infection with the nonpathogenic HSV mutant in 1814 blocks replication of superinfecting wild type virus in cornea and trigeminal ganglia of inbred mice. Invest Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci., 34(Suppl.):1348, Abghari, S.Z., Sears, A.E., and Stulting, R.D.: Marker transfer of stromal keratitis phenotype from a stromal disease producing HSV isolate to a non-stromal disease producing HSV isolate. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci., 35(Suppl.): 1332, ABSTRACTS: (continued) 21. Abghari, S.Z., Stulting, R.D., Zisman, M. and Zhu, Z.: Genetically determined host factors influence the likelihood of HSV ocular recrudescent disease in inbred mice. Am. Soc. Microbiol., 93rd Annual Meeting p. 478, Abghari, S.Z., Sears, A.E., and Stulting R.D.: Identification of the control region within the HSV genome responsible for induction of stromal disease. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci., 36(Suppl.), 1233, Allaudeen, H.S., Abghari, S.Z., and Emanuele R.M. : Theraputic potential of a novel class of compound against herpes simplex type 1 and type 2., International Antiviral Res. Annual Meeting p. 234, Abghari, S.Z., Allaudeen, H.S., and Emanuele R.M. : Antiviral activity of novel poloxamers against herpes simplex virus type 1 ocular infection. 35 th ICAAC, San Francisco, California, September, Abghari, S.Z., Allaudeen H.S., and Emanuele R.M., : Evaluation of CRL-1072 against Herpes Simplex Virus ocular infection. 35 th ICAAC, San Francisco, California, September, 1995.

7 Shahla Z. Abghari, Ph.D. PAGE 7 ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS: 1. Abghari, S.Z., Stulting, R.D., Nigida, S.M., Nahmias, A.J.: Polypeptide synthesis in herpes simplex virus (HSV) infected fibroblasts from inbred mice. 86th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology. Washington, D.C., March 2-3, Stulting, R.D., Abghari, S.Z., Epstein, R.J., Nahmias, A.J.: Host control of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV) ocular disease in a genetically defined animal model. World Congress of the Cornea III, Washington, D.C., April 30, Stulting, R.D., Abghari, S.Z.: Recovery of herpes simplex virus type 1 from latently infected ocular tissues of inbred mice. 12th International Herpesvirus Workshop, August 3, Abghari, S.Z. and Stulting, R.D.: Factors controlling the number of sites of latent herpes simplex (HSV-1) infection in the trigeminal ganglia of inbred mice. 88th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, Miami Beach, Florida, May 9, Abghari, S.Z., Stulting, R.D., Petrash, J.M.: Detection of herpes simplex virus (HSV-1) latency associated transcripts in corneal cells of inbred mice by in situ hybridization. 13th international herpes workshop, Irvine, California, August, Abghari, S.A., Stulting, R.D., Zhu, Z.Z., Schinazi, R.F., Kaufman, H.E.: Effect of genetically determined host factors on the efficacy of vidarabine acyclovir and 5- trifluorothymidine in herpes simplex type 1 (HSV) infection. International Conference on Herpetic Eye Disease, Oxford, England, July Abghari, S.Z., Zhu, Z.Z., Whitsett, C.F., Stulting, R.D.: Immunohistochemical study of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV) keratitis) in inbred mice. International Herpes Workshop, Pacific Grove, California, Coleman, A. and Abghari, S.Z.: Utilizing learner response to enhance student learning and retention in the basic sciences class room. ACC RAC Conference Washington, DC 2013

8 Shahla Z. Abghari, Ph.D. PAGE 8 VISITING PROFESSORSHIPS: University of Shaheed, Bahesty, Tehran, Iran, December 8-13, 1991 Lectures presented: A. Ocular Pathogenicity of herpes simplex infection; B. Genetically determined host and virus factors in the severity of herpetic ocular disease and potency of antiviral drugs. TEACHING EXPERIENCE (COURSES TAUGHT): 1. Biology (high school), Asadi High School, Tehran, Iran, Biology (undergraduate), Teachers College, Tehran, Iran, General Microbiology (undergraduate), Mississippi State University, Starksville, Mississippi, Microbiology (undergraduate), Mississippi State University, Starksville, Mississippi, Virology (graduate), Mississippi State University, Starksville, Mississippi, Bacteriology & Virology(DC Program), Life university, Marietta, Georgia date 7. Parasitology & Mycology( DC Program), Life university, Marietta, Georgia date 8. Immunology and Disease Patterns( DC Program), Life university, Marietta, Georgia 2004-date SEMINARS: 1. Nature of differences in the susceptibility of resistance (C57BL/6) and susceptible mice (BALB/c) to herpes simplex (type 1) ocular disease. Department of Pediatric Infectious Disease, Emory University, August, Variation in susceptibility of inbred mice to herpes simplex virus (type 1) ocular infection. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Morehouse College, September, Genetics of natural resistance to herpes simplex virus type 1 acute and latent infection in inbred mice. Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University, August, 1987.

9 Shahla Z. Abghari, Ph.D. PAGE 9 SEMINARS: (continued) 4. Ocular pathogenicity of herpes simplex infection. Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University, March New insight into herpes keratitis. Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University, April Preceptor of medical students doing research elective in eye research. W.Z. Bridges 1988 V.A. Ward B.J. Shimkus A. Carroll 1992 Preceptor for corneal fellow during their research years. R. Yuan J.R. Rinni Z. Zhu S. Attia M. Zisman

10 Shahla Z. Abghari, Ph.D. PAGE 10 REFERENCES: Dr. Samuel Demons Chair Department of Basic Sciences Life University 1269 Barclay Circle Marietta GA (770) Dr. Florence Rigby Department of Basic Sciences Life University 1269 Barclay Circle Marietta GA (770) Dr. Doyle Stulting Department of Ophthalmology Emory University School of Medicine 1327 Clifton Rd., NE Atlanta, Ga (404)