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Alireza Khajavi


Alireza Khajavi

CONTACT

INFORMATION

Prevention of Metabolic Disorders Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences,         Shahid Beheshti university of Medical Sciences

 

Cell: +98 913 5959118

Tell: +98 21 22439982

a-khajavi@alumnus.tums.ac.ir

 

24, Yemen Ave, Velenjak St., Shahid Chamran Highway, Tehran, Iran

alireza.khajavi.student@gmail.com

 

 

 

RESEARCH

 

 

INTERESTS

  • Longitudinal Analysis
  • Multivariate Statistics
  • Public Health
  • Inequity Studies

 

 

 

 

EDUCATION

 

 

 

  • Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.  Sep 2011-Dec 2014.

M.Sc. in Biostatistics, GPA: 18.6 / 20 (4 / 4)

Thesis: Generalized Estimating Equations and Pseudo Likelihood: Tools to Solve Missing Data Problem in Categorical Longitudinal Data. Supervisor: Dr. Kamal Azam.

 

  • University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.  Sep 2001- Aug 2005.

B.Sc. in Statistics, GPA: 13.8 / 20 (2.7 / 4), Last Year: 16.5 / 20 (3.5 / 4).

Thesis: Information Theory. Supervisor: Dr. Majid Asadi.

 

 

RESEARCH

 

EXPERIENCE

  • Research Assistant and Data Analyst, 2019-present, Prevention of Metabolic Disorders Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

 

  • Research Assistant and Data Analyst, 2012-2017, Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

 

 

COMPUTER

 

SKILLS

  • R: advanced experiences in programming, fitting models, and drawing graphs.
  • Stata: advanced experiences in programming, fitting models, and drawing graphs.
  • Python: intermediate proficiency
  • Excel: advanced experiences in data managing and drawing graphs

 

 

HONORS

Ranked 1st in the Iranian nationwide university entrance exam for the MSc program of Biostatistics, 2011

 

 

ENGLISH

 

LANGUAGE

TOEFL score: 100 (Writing 25, Reading 27, Listening 25, Speaking 23)

 

 

TEACHING

 

EXPERIENCE

  • Stata: Introductory training course, 2015-present

 

  • Stata: Advanced training course, 2015-present

 

  • Excel: Advanced training course, 2013-present

 

 

PEER

 

REVIEWER

  • International Journal for Equity in health
  • Journal of Diabetes & Metabolic Disorders
  • Journal of Research in Medical Sciences

GRANTS and

 

 

FUNDS

Principal Investigator

 

 

Seasonality of deaths in Tehran municipality and the factors associated with it. Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Approved in Dec 2017, in progress.

 

 

 

Assessing horizontal inequity in health care utilization in Iran, using the information of 3 rounds of healthcare utilization surveys. Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Approved in Feb 2018, in progress.

 

 

 

Co-Investigator

 

 

How air pollution and climatic factors affect death seasonality: Evidence from Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study. Elite Researcher Grant Committee award, National Institutes for Medical Research Development (NIMAD), Tehran, Iran. Approved in Nov 2017, finished.

 

Impact of air pollution and temperature on blood pressure: Evidence from Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study. Elite Researcher Grant Committee award, National Institutes for Medical Research Development (NIMAD), Tehran, Iran. Approved in Oct 2018, in progress.

 

 

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

 

           

 

  1. Khajavi A, Khalili D, Azizi F, Hadaegh F. Impact of temperature and air pollution on cardiovascular disease and death in Iran: A 15-year follow-up of Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study. Science of the Total Environment. 2019. 661. 243-50.

 

  1. Najafi L, Abedini A, Kadivar M, Khajavi A, Bordbar A, Noohi AH, Mashak A, Hashemnejad A, Khamseh ME, Malek M. Gestational diabetes mellitus: the correlation between umbilical coiling index, and intrapartum as well as neonatal outcomes. Journal of Diabetes & Metabolic Disorders. 2019. 1-7.

 

  1. Najmaldin A, Malek M, Hashemi N, Ghorbani M, Akbari H, Khajavi A,  Asadi O, Khamseh ME. Non-functioning pituitary macroadenoma: surgical outcomes, tumor regrowth, and alterations in pituitary function—3-year experience from the Iranian Pituitary Tumor Registry. Hormones. 2019. in press.

 

  1. NiakanKalhori SR, Behzadi A, Maharlou H, Rahimzadeh S, Khajavi A, Pouryaghoub G, Mehrdad R, Aminian O, Jeddian A, Naderimagham S. A burden assessment of occupational exposures in Iran, 1990–2010: Findings from the global burden of disease study 2010. International journal of preventive medicine. 2018. 9:56.

 

  1. Khajavi A, Pishgar F, Dehghani M, Naderimagham S. Socioeconomic inequalities in neonatal and postneonatal mortality: Evidence from rural Iran, 1998-2013. International Journal for Equity in health. 2017. 16(1), 83.

 

  1. Naderimagham S, Jamshidi HR, Khajavi A, Pishgar F, Ardam A, Mahmoudi Z, Jeddian A, Bahrami-Taghanaki HR, Farzadfar F. Impact of rural family physician program on children mortality rates in Iran – a time-series study. Population Health Metrics. 2017. 15:21.

 

 

  1. Mansouri M, Sharifi F, Varmaghani M, Yaghubi H, Tabrizi YM, Raznahan M, Khajavi A, Ghodsi M, Roshanfekr P, Shafiee G, Keshtkar A. Iranian university students lifestyle and health status survey: study profile. Journal of Diabetes & Metabolic Disorders. 2017. 16:48.

 

  1. Nasli-Esfahani E, Farzadfar F, Kouhnavard M, Ghodsi R, Khajavi A, Peimani M, Razmandeh R, Vala M, Shafiee G, Rambod C, Sanjari M, Aalaa M, Ghodsi M, Razi F, Bandarian F, Larijani B. Iran diabetes research roadmap (IDRR) study: a preliminary study on diabetes research in the world and Iran. Journal of Diabetes & Metabolic Disorders. 2017. 16:9.

 

  1. Bahreynian M, Qorbani M, Naderimagham S, Nejatiamini S, Ataie-Jafari A, Sharifi F, Saqib F, Khajavi A, Mansourian M, Ahmadishokouh A, Asayesh H, Safari O, Kelishadi R. Burden of disease attributable to vitamin A deficiency in Iranian population aged less than five years: findings from the global burden of disease study 2010. Journal of Diabetes & Metabolic Disorders. 2017. 16:32.

 

  1. Khajavi A, Pishgar F, Parsaeian M, Saeedi Moghaddam S, Jeddian A, Bahrami-Taghanaki HR, Jamshidi HR, Naderimagham S. Birth seasonality in rural areas of Iran, analysis of 5,536,262 births from 1992 to 2007. Annals of Epidemiology. 2016. 26(12), 846-852.e3.

 

  1. Nejatinamini S, Ataie-Jafari A, Ghasemian A, Kelishadi R, Khajavi A, Kasaeian A, Djalalinia S, Saqib F, Majidi S, Abdolmaleki R, Hosseini M, Asayesh H, Qorbani M. Burden of ischemic heart disease attributable to low omega-3 fatty acids intake in Iran: Findings from the global burden of disease study 2010. The Journal of Tehran University Heart Center. 2016. 11(1). 21-29.

                                          

  1. Mohaghegh SH, Noori A, Shokoohi M, Khajavi A, Darvishi M, Delavari A, Jamshidi HR, Naderimagham S. Burden of Hepatitis C in Iran between 1990 and 2010: Findings from the global burden of disease study 2010. Archives of Iranian Medicine. 2015. 18(8). 508-514.

 

  1. Poursafa P, Kelishadi R, Ghasemian A, Sharifi F, Djalalinia S, Khajavi A, Nejatifar M, Asayesh H, Mansourian M, Qorbani M, Ansari H. Trends in health burden of ambient particulate matter pollution in Iran, 1990-2010: Findings from the global burden of disease study 2010. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 2015. 22(23). 18645-53.

 

  1. Hajizadeh S, Vahid Dastjerdi M, Moradi-Lakeh M, Khajavi A, Farzadfar F, Zandian E, Raza O, Tehrani FR, Farzadfar F. The trend of national and subnational burden of maternal conditions in Iran from 1990 to 2013: The study protocol. Archives of Iranian Medicine. 2014. 17(3). 198-203.