Amir Ardeshir, DVM, MPVM, PhD, is an Associate Professor at Tulane University, based at the Tulane National Biomedical Research Center. His research on early-life microbiota and immune development in nonhuman primates has appeared in Nature, Science Translational Medicine, PLOS Pathogens, and Microbiome, and his lab now extends this work to brain aging and healthspan using single-cell spatial transcriptomics. He leads the Durable Medicine Model Unit, supported by an investment from the Gates Foundation, which conducts nonhuman primate studies for academic and industry partners. Ardeshir trained as a veterinarian at the University of Tehran, earned an MPVM and a PhD in comparative pathology from the University of California, Davis, and was based at the California National Primate Research Center before joining Tulane in 2023.