After years of research experience in infectious diseases at NMIMR-University of Ghana, Dr. Aziati obtained a PhD in Medical Science from Tokyo, Japan. Dr Aziati specializes in the use of integrated approaches to control and prevent emerging vector-borne and zoonotic viral diseases, with a special focus on pathogen surveillance and developing therapeutic interventions.
- BSc. (Hons) Biochemistry, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana (2010)
- PhD Medical Science, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Tokyo, Japan (2019)
- Certificate in Public health, Disease Prevention Global Leader Program (TMDU) (2019)
- Postdoctoral Research Associate with Dr. Jacco Boon at Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA (2024)
- 2022 Travel award to the “41st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Virology”, WI, USA
- 2023 Outstanding Postdoctoral Peer mentor award
- Aziati I.D, McFarland D, Antia A, Joshi A, Aviles-Gamboa A, Lee P, Harastani H, Wang D, Adalsteinsson S.A, Boon A. Prevalence of Bourbon and Heartland viruses in field collected ticks at an environmental field station in St. Louis County, Missouri, USA, Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2023 14(1):102080
- Chen R.E, Winkler E.S, Case J.B, Aziati I.D, Bricker T.L, Joshi A, Darling T.L, Ying B, Errico J.M, Shrihari S, VanBlargan L, Xie X, Gilchuk P, Zost P, Droit L, Liu Z, Stumpf S, Wang D, Handley S.A, W. Stine Jr B, Shi P-Y, Davis-Gardner M.E, Suthar M.S, Knight M.G, Andino R, Chiu C, Ellebedy A, Fremont D.H, Whelan S.P, Crowe Jnr J.E, Purcell L, Corti D, Boon A. and Diamond M.S. In vivo monoclonal antibody efficacy against SARS-CoV-2 variant strains. Nature 2021 596, 103–108
- Aziati I.D, Yoshida T, Hamano A, Maeda K, Takeuchi H, and Yamaoka S. PATZ1 is Required for Efficient HIV-1 Infection Biophysical and Biochemical Research Communication (BBRC), 2019; 514:538-544