Negar Moradian

Education

Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) | Sep 2014 –Sep 2021

(Thesis based), Tehran University of Medical Science
(TUMS), Iran, GPA: 17.25/20

Thesis title: Evaluation of primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PPCI) of Ostial Versus Non-Ostial ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) of the Left Anterior Descending (LAD) coronary artery in patients attended Sina Hospital from 2013 until 2019.

Master of Public Health (MPH) | Jan 2017 –August 2021

(Thesis based), Tehran University of Medical Science (TUMS), Iran

National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents (NODET) | Sep 2007- Jun 2014

 Kerman, Iran. Diploma in Natural Sciences

Publications

   https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=GphfxLcAAAAJ&hl=en

Journal Papers

1. Negar Moradian, et al.“The urgent need for integrated science to fight COVID-19 pandemic and beyond”. May.2020, Journal of Translational Medicine,Volume18,page1-7,Publisher:Biomed Central.

2.  Negar Moradian,
et al. “Cytokine release syndrome: IL-1 and IL-6 inhibition, a probable solution for mortality reduction”. Jan.2021,European Cytokine Network, Volume31.

3.  Sajjad Ahmadi-Renani, Abbas Soleimani,
Negar Moradian Shahrbabaky and Haleh Ashraf.“Spot Stenting of Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection in a Patient Presenting with Anterior Wall ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction”.July. 2020,International Journal of Cardio-Vascular Research, Volume 9, Issue4.

4.  Abdolreza Mohammadi Kooshki, Elahe Norouzi, Ashkan Mohammadi Kooshki, Negar Moradian, Fateme Alipour. “The crisis of congenital cataract diagnosis: Assessment of unilateral congenital cataract diagnosis age in children treated in Tehran Farabi Eye Hospital from 2010 to
 2017”.Feb. 2020,Razi Journal of Medical Sciences,Volume26, Issue12.

5. Sara Hanaei, Mojdeh Sarzaeim, Niloufar Yazdanpanah, Zahra Rahimi Pirkoohi, Heliya Ziaei, Kawthar Mohamed, Noosha Samieefar, Mahsa Keshavarz-Fathi, Zahra Kolahchi,
Negar Moradian, Sara Momtazmanesh, Simin Seyedpour, Ali Jaberipour, Saboura Ashkevarian, Nima Rezaei “The Hybrid USERN 2020 Congress: New Standards for Events in Practice”. Feb 2021. Acta Medica Iranica

6. Universal Accreditation System (UAS): An Innovative Education and Research Credit Appraisal by USERN

7. Negar Moradian, Samaneh Zoghi,Elham Rayzan, Raul JimenezHeredia, Kaan Boztug, Nima Rezaei.“Severe congenital neutropenia due to G6PC3 deficiency: early and delayed phenotype of a patient”. Journal of Allergologiaet Immunopathologia, 2020.
(Under review)

8.  Negar Moradian, Javad Farahmand, Sakineh Ranji
 Borachalou.“A case report of bilateral MCP infarction due to ipsilateral vertebral artery occlusion”.Case report in Clinical Practice Journal, 2020.(Under
review)

Book Chapters

1.Negar Moradian et al.“Interdisciplinary approaches to COVID-19”,COVID-19 Book series, Springer, 2020.

2. Negar Moradian et al.“The possible transmission routes of COVID-19”,COVID-19 Book series, Springer, 2020.

3. Negar Moradian, Nima Rezaei.“The Impact of COVID-19 on medical higher education policies and the appropriate approach toward it in Iran”.Mar.2020.A protocol for Iran Universities.

4. Negar Moradian et al.“The Role of Autophagy Regulation as a Novel Approach for Cancer Immunotherapy”, Handbook of Cancer and Immunology, Interdisciplinary Cancer Research, Springer, 2022.

Conference Papers and Presentations

*Oral presentation at 5th USERN congress, Tehran, Iran – Nov. 2020.

Negar Moradian. “Digital Health and challenges of health system transformation”.

*Oral presentation at 4th USERN Congress, Budapest, Hungary – Nov. 2019.

Negar Moradian, Nima Rezaei. “Post-MI role of TGF/ SMADs 2, 3 in myofibroblast differentiation distinctly”.

Ongoing Projects

1.An Immersive Dynamic Virtual Ambulation Platform to Reduce Risk of Injury Following Sport-Related Concussion

2.Estimating Highest Capacity Performance During Evaluation of Walking for Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury

3.The “Splicer”: An Add-On Feature to Enable Split-Belt Functionality for Single-belt Treadmills

4.Strength Training to Reduce Compensatory Walking Patterns in Post-Stroke Hemiparesis

5.Evaluation of Ritoximab
therapy on cognitive function
of Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
patients.

6.Evaluation of primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PPCI) of Ostial Versus Non-ostial ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) of the Left Anterior Descending (LAD) coronary artery in patients.

7.A review on the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Rehabilitation science.

Grants

Co-PI to be granted approx. 30,000 US dollars from TUMS for directing “Medicine in the Extremes

* (MIE)” summer schools (2016-2018), which trained more than 60 Medical students from different countries, mainly from Germany, Iran, Iraq, USA, Nigeria and Belgium.

Research Experience

 March 2022- Present    Postdoc research at Health, Nutrition, and Rehabilitation department, UTMB

 2019- Sep
2022           Research
assistantat Neurology Research
Institute, Tehran University of
Medical

                                      Sciences.

 2016- Sep 2022           Research assistant at Cardiology Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences.

2018- Sep 2022          Member of Primary PCI database management team, Sina hospital, Cardiology research   center, under the supervision of Dr. Haleh Ashraf.

Awards and Honors

* Ranked 34 among 522,833 applicants in national universities entrance exam, June. 2014.

* Awarded full scholarship support for the entire seven years Medical degree studies, June. 2014.

* Awarded full scholarship support for the Master of Public Health (MPH) degree studies, Jan. 2017.

* Member of Exceptional talent student organization in Iran. Sep. 2014 – Present.

 *Member of Primary PCI database management team, Sina hospital, Cardiology research center, under the supervision of Dr. Haleh Ashraf.

Professional Activities

2022                      Research Associate at University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston

2021                      Deputy in charge of Research and Development at the
USERN network

2019-2020             Deputy in charge of the
Universal Scientific Education and Research Network
(USERN)advisory board                                                                                                                                                    

                                          UN-Habitat, Red Cresent Organization, MSF, Heroic Imagination Project (under the

supervisionof Prof. Philip
Zimbardo),Imam
KhomeiniHospital,and
medicineand public health
facultiesof the Tehran University of Medical
Sciences.Medical students from different countries participated in these summer schools and learned about the role of medical doctors in managing different
disasters(planning, treatment, triage,
ACLS,and even how to deal with
post-disastermental disorders).