Nida Ozarslan, MD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Ob/Gyn, Reproductive Sciences
School of Medicine

Education & Training

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• Scientific Leadership and Management Skills Course University of California, San Francisco 2023
• M.D. School Of Medicine Marmara University 2021

Websites

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• The Gaw Laboratory (gawlab.ucsf.edu)

Publications (18)

Top publication keywords:
Malaria, FalciparumPregnancySulfadoxineTissue Culture TechniquesPlacentaNeovascularization, PathologicMalariaMacrophagesFetal Growth RetardationDNA MethylationPregnancy Complications, InfectiousPremature BirthPregnancy Complications, ParasiticSepsisTranscriptome

• Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine plus sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine versus either drug alone for intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy: A double-blind, randomized, controlled phase 3 trial from Uganda.
  PLoS medicine 2025 Kakuru A, Kizza J, Aguti M, Adrama H, Ategeka J, Olwoch P, Nakalembe M, Nankabirwa JI, Opira B, Ozarslan N, Ranjit A, Dela Cruz E, Clark TD, Roh ME, Gaw SL, Jagannathan P, Rosenthal PJ, Kamya MR, …
• An ex vivo human placental explant model for controlled exposure studies.
  STAR protocols 2025 Ozarslan N, Li L, Buarpung S, Robinson JF, Gaw SL
• Pregnancy and lactation induce distinct immune responses to COVID-19 booster vaccination and SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infection.
  JCI insight 2025 Yin K, Li L, Luo X, Neidleman J, Cassidy AG, Golan Y, Ozarslan N, Lin CY, Jigmeddagva U, Ilala M, Chidboy MA, Prahl M, Gaw SL, Roan NR
• Impact of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine on sexually transmitted and reproductive tract infections: results from a randomised trial in Uganda.
  medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences 2025 Adrama H, Dela Cruz EJ, Ozarslan N, Kakuru A, Odongo B, Gaw SL, Benjamin-Chung J, Kizza J, Aguti M, Ategeka J, Olwoch P, Nakalembe M, Opira B, Clark TD, Kamya MR, Rosenthal PJ, Dorsey G, Roh ME
• Placental malaria induces a unique methylation profile associated with fetal growth restriction.
  Epigenetics 2025 Ozarslan N, Mong C, Ategeka J, Li L, Buarpung S, Robinson JF, Kizza J, Kakuru A, Kamya MR, Dorsey G, Rosenthal PJ, Gaw SL

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• Placental Malaria Induces a Unique Methylation Profile Associated with Fetal Growth Restriction.
  bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology 2024 Ozarslan N, Mong C, Ategeka J, Li L, Buarpung S, Robinson JF, Kizza J, Kakuru A, Kamya MR, Dorsey G, Rosenthal PJ, Gaw SL
• Neutralizing and binding antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 with hybrid immunity in pregnancy.
  NPJ vaccines 2024 Li L, Matsui Y, Prahl MK, Cassidy AG, Golan Y, Jigmeddagva U, Ozarslan N, Lin CY, Buarpung S, Gonzalez VJ, Chidboy MA, Basilio E, Lynch KL, Song D, Jegatheesan P, Rai DS, Govindaswami B, Needens J, …
• Gravidity influences distinct transcriptional profiles of maternal and fetal placental macrophages at term.
  Frontiers in immunology 2024 Ozarslan N, Robinson JF, Buarpung S, Kim MY, Ansbro MR, Akram J, Montoya DJ, Kamya MR, Kakuru A, Dorsey G, Rosenthal PJ, Cheng G, Feeney ME, Fisher SJ, Gaw SL
• Distinct transcriptional profiles of maternal and fetal placental macrophages at term are associated with gravidity.
  bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology 2023 Ozarslan N, Robinson JF, Buarpung S, Kim MY, Ansbro MR, Akram J, Montoya DJ, Kamya MR, Kakuru A, Dorsey G, Rosenthal PJ, Cheng G, Feeney ME, Fisher SJ, Gaw SL
• Milk antibody response after 3rd COVID-19 vaccine and SARS-CoV-2 infection and implications for infant protection.
  iScience 2023 Golan Y, Ilala M, Li L, Gay C, Hunagund S, Lin CY, Cassidy AG, Jigmeddagva U, Matsui Y, Ozarslan N, Asiodu IV, Ahituv N, Flaherman VJ, Gaw SL, Prahl M
• Predictors of antepartum maternal sepsis and effects on neonatal outcomes: a population-based cohort study.
  Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association 2023 Ozarslan N, Gaw SL, Cassidy AG, Caughey AB
• Gestational age-dependent decrease in fetal Hofbauer cells in placentas from pregnancies exposed to wildfire smoke in California.
  medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences 2023 Basilio E, Ozarslan N, Buarpung S, Benmarhnia T, Padula AM, Robinson JF, Gaw SL
• Milk antibody response after 3rd dose of COVID-19 mRNA vaccine and SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infection and implications for infant protection.
  medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences 2022 Golan Y, Ilala M, Gay C, Hunagund S, Lin CY, Cassidy AG, Jigmeddagva U, Li L, Ozarslan N, Asiodu IV, Ahituv N, Flaherman VJ, Gaw SL, Prahl M
• Neutralizing antibody activity against SARS-CoV-2 variants in gestational age-matched mother-infant dyads after infection or vaccination.
  JCI insight 2022 Matsui Y, Li L, Prahl M, Cassidy AG, Ozarslan N, Golan Y, Gonzalez VJ, Lin CY, Jigmeddagva U, Chidboy MA, Montano M, Taha TY, Khalid MM, Sreekumar B, Hayashi JM, Chen PY, Kumar GR, Warrier L, Wu AH, …
• Dysregulation of placental vascular development- a mechanism for adverse pregnancy outcomes in placental malaria.
  EBioMedicine 2021 Ozarslan N, Gaw SL
• Placental Malaria.
  Current tropical medicine reports 2020 Zakama AK, Ozarslan N, Gaw SL
• Circulating Monocytes, Tissue Macrophages, and Malaria.
  Journal of tropical medicine 2019 Ozarslan N, Robinson JF, Gaw SL
• Differential Activation of Fetal Hofbauer Cells in Primigravidas Is Associated with Decreased Birth Weight in Symptomatic Placental Malaria.
  Malaria research and treatment 2019 Gaw SL, Hromatka BS, Ngeleza S, Buarpung S, Ozarslan N, Tshefu A, Fisher SJ