About Dr. Assem Ziady

Assem Ziady, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Pediatric Pulmonology at Case Western Reserve University. He received his undergrad degree in Biochemistry at Boston College, where he was presented Scholar of the College in 1993. In 1998 he received his Ph.D. in Cell Physiology from the Department of Biophysics at Case Western Reserve. As a Post-doctoral fellow Dr. Ziady studied gene delivery and lung gene therapy until 2003. While working he was presented the American Society of Gene Therapy, Excellence In Research award and the Research Merit award. During his fellowship, Assem was awarded the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation fellowship grant in 1999. He has also worked on protein mass spectrometry as a visiting fellow at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Dr. Ziady joined the Department of Pediatrics in December 2003.

The ultimate goal of the Clinical & Translational Science Collaborative (CSTC) in Cleveland, directed by Pamela B. Davis, M.D., PhD and Richard A. Rudick, M.D., is to provide complete service and integrated clinical translational research capability within the Cleveland community that will improve the health of patients in Northeast Ohio through patient-based research. The CTSC is a collaborative between Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Clinic, MetroHealth Medical Center, and University Hospitals at Case Medical Center. Learn more about CSTC.