Dorsa Moezzi

Biography

I moved to Calgary when I was in grade 9, and since then, I have been obsessed with the Rocky Mountains. I completed my BSc in Cellular, Molecular, and Microbial Biology at the University of Calgary. I joined the Yong lab because I have always had a passion for learning more about MS and working in this field. When I am not at school or in the lab, I love shopping, boxing, and skiing. 

Publications

(2024) Samira Ghorbani, Cenxiao Li, Brian M Lozinski, Dorsa Moezzi, Charlotte D’Mello, Yifei Dong, Frank

Visser, Hongmin Li, Claudia Silva, Mohammadparsa Khakpour, Colin J Murray, Marie-Ève Tremblay,

Mengzhou Xue, V Wee Yong. Fibulin-2 is an extracellular matrix inhibitor of oligodendrocytes relevant to

multiple sclerosis. Journal Clinical Investigation. 134: e176910.

(2023) Ruiyi Zhang, Yifei Dong, Yang Liu, Dorsa Moezzi, Samira Ghorbani, Reza Mirzaei, Brian M Lozinski,

Jeff F Dunn, V Wee Yong, and Mengzhou Xue. Enhanced liver X receptor signalling reduces brain injury

and promotes tissue regeneration following experimental intracerebral haemorrhage: roles of microglia/

macrophages. Stroke and vascular neurology. 8:486-502.

(2023) Bettina Zierfuss, Zitong Wang, Alexandra N Jackson, Dorsa Moezzi, and V Wee Yong. Iron in

multiple sclerosis - Neuropathology, immunology, and real-world considerations. Multiple sclerosis

related disorders. 78:104934.

(2022) Dorsa Moezzi, Yifei Dong, Rajiv W. Jain, Brian M. Lozinski, Samira Ghorbani, Charlotte D’Mello, and

V. Wee Yong. Expression of antioxidant enzymes in lesions of multiple sclerosis and its models. Scientific

Reports. 12: 12761.

(2021) Dennis Brown, Dorsa Moezzi, Yifei Dong, Marcus Koch, and V. Wee Yong. Combination of

hydroxychloroquine and indapamide attenuates neurodegeneration in models relevant to multiple

sclerosis. Neurotherapeutics. 18: 387-400.

(2021) Yifei Dong, Charlotte D’Mello, William Pinsky, Brian Lozinski, Deepak Kaushik, Samira

Ghorbanigazar, Dorsa Moezzi, Dennis Brown, Francisca C. Melo, Tina Vo, Stephanie Zandee, Alexandre

Prat, Shawn Whitehead, and V. Wee Yong. Oxidized phosphatidylcholines promote neurodegeneration

and are neutralized by microglia. Nature Neuroscience. 24: 489-503

Awards

Alberta MS Network Summer Studentship

Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship

ACTRIMS Educational Grant

University of Calgary Graduate Studies Scholarship

Alberta MS Network Trainee Education Award

Harley N. Hotchkiss Doctoral Scholarship in Neuroscience

Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada Research Studentship