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Magali Noval Rivas

Associate Professor

Pediatrics

Orcid identifier0000-0001-5570-8928
  • Associate Professor
    Pediatrics
  • Associate Professor
    Biomedical Sciences
  • Associate Director, Infectious and Immunological Diseases Research Center
    Biomedical Sciences
  • Research Scientist
    Guerin Children's
  • (310) 423-7970 (Work)
  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, 8700 Beverly Blvd, Davis Bldg. room 4019, Los Angeles, California, 90048, United States

BIO

The research of Magali Noval Rivas, PhD, focuses on the study of the molecular and cellular mechanisms involved in imbalanced immune responses such as autoimmune disorders, allergies and vascular biology. Her ongoing research interest is to understand the physiological relevance of the microbiome on the host immune response and its contribution to vascular diseases.

CURRENT CEDARS-SINAI APPOINTMENTS

  • Associate Professor
    Cedars-Sinai, Pediatrics1 Jul 2025 - present
  • Associate Professor
    Cedars-Sinai, Biomedical Sciences1 Jul 2025 - present
  • Associate Director, Infectious and Immunological Diseases Research Center
    Cedars-Sinai, Biomedical Sciences12 Feb 2023 - present
  • Research Scientist
    Cedars-Sinai, Guerin Children's1 Apr 2022 - present

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Associate Professor-In-Residence
    University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Pediatrics, Los Angeles, United States1 Jul 2022 - present
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor
    University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Pediatrics, Los Angeles, United States1 Jul 2018 - 30 Jun 2022

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Research Scientist I
    Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Los Angeles, United States2017 - 2021

DEGREES

  • Doctorate
    Université Libre de Bruxelles, Institute for Medical Immunology (IMI), Brussels, Belgium14 Dec 2009
  • M.Sc.
    Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium1 Sep 2005
  • B. Sc.
    Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium30 Jun 2003

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Postdoctoral Researcher
    University of California, Los Angeles, Division of Pediatrics, Immunology, Allergy and Rheumatology, Los Angeles, United States1 Jan 2010 - 16 Dec 2011
    Immunology, Allergy and RheumatologyPostdoctoral ResearchSupervised by Chatila, Talal TAC
  • Postdoctoral Researcher
    Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Division of Immunology, Boston, United States2 Jan 2012 - 19 Dec 2014
    Immunology and AllergyPostdoctoral ResearchSupervised by Chatila, Talal TAC
  • Postdoctoral Researcher
    Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Los Angeles, United States14 Sep 2015 - 30 Jun 2017
    Immunology, Inflammation and Vascular BiologyPostdoctoral ResearchSupervised by Arditi, Moshe M

LANGUAGES

  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • French
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • Spanish; Castilian
    Can read, speak and understand

TAGS

  • Immunology
  • Pediatrics
  • Allergy
  • Guerin Children's - Infection and Inflammation Center
  • Infectious and Immunologic Diseases Research Center (IIDRC)
  • Digestive Diseases Research Center