Biography:
Dr. Ariza received her Bachelor degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain. She then joined Prof. Williams’ research group at Ohio State University (USA) where she obtained her PhD degree in Medical Microbiology and Immunology. After a year postdoctoral fellowship with Prof. John Reed at The Burnham Institute she took a position as Team Leader of the anti-infective’s group at Biota, Inc, California (USA). Dr. Ariza is currently an Assistant Professor at OSU working on the Immunology/immunopathology of viral dUTPases as it relates to Alzheimer and ME/CFS. She has over 50 peer-reviewed publications and patents.
Title : The Herpesviruses’ protein dUTPase induces neuroinflammatory mediators: Implications for Neurological Diseases associated with infections by these viruses