Shirin Moossavi

Shirin Moossavi, MD PhD

Department of Pediatrics & Physiology

Department of Mechanical Engineering

University of Calgary, Canada

Digestive Disease Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran

@ShirinMoossavi 

Academic Position

2020 - Present                       Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

2015 – 2020                          PhD Candidate,
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

2011 – Present                      Research Fellow, Digestive Disease Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Education and Training

2015 – 2020                        PhD in Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba,  Winnipeg, Canada

2008 – 2009                        MSc in Genetic Manipulation and  Molecular Cell Biology
(Distinction), University of Sussex, Brighton, UK 

1999 – 2008                        MD in Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

1995-1999                          High school, National Organization for Development, of Exceptional Talents, Tehran, Iran

                                          Rank 48 in the 2^nd Round
of the National Chemistry Olympiad

                                          Rank 12 in the National University Entrance exam (>1 million participants)

Professional Affiliation

Iranian Medical Council; Canadian Society of Ecology and Evolution; International Society of Microbial Ecology; Canadian Society of Microbiology; Canadian Obesity Network 

Awards and Achievements 

2020                University of Manitoba Emerging Leader Award

2020-2022        CIHR Postdoctoral Fellowship

2019                Faculty of Graduate Studies Research Completion Award                           

2019                Faculty of Graduate Studies Travel Award                                                  

2018                Developmental Origins of Chronic Diseases in Children Network  travel award                

2018                Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba Travel award                  

2018                Faculty of Graduate Studies Travel Award                                                  

2018                Canadian Respiratory Research Network travel award                                 

2018                International Society for Research in Human Milk
and Lactation Trainee Travel Award 

2017-2019       Research Manitoba PhD scholarship                                      

2017                CIHR Microbiome Summer School                                                             

2016                Allan Ronald studentship (competitive)                                                      

2016                International Graduate Student Scholarship                                               

2015                International Graduate Student Entrance Scholarship                                 

Continuing Education

Workshops

2020                Data Management Plans: A How-To, University of Manitoba

2020                Data Deposit, University of Manitoba

2020                Time management, Mitacs

2020                Unix for beginners, University of Manitoba

2019                Genetic Epidemiology and Personalized Medicine, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

2018                Teaching Improvement Programs, University of Manitoba

2018                Latent Class Analysis, University of Manitoba

2018                Preparing to Teach your First Day of Class, University of Manitoba

2017                Introduction to systematic review and meta-analysis, University of Manitoba 

2017                Microbiome Summer School - Big Data Analytics for Omics Science, University of Laval

2017                Handling Missing Data in R with MICE, University of Manitoba 

2017                Statistical Challenges and Opportunities for the Analysis of Microbiome Data, University of Manitoba           

2016                Introduction to R, University of Manitoba 

2016                Introduction to Data Management Planning, University of Manitoba 

2016                Applied Longitudinal Data Analysis, University of Manitoba

Virtual Conferences

18 April 2020    Harvard Microbial Science Initiative Symposium, Harvard University

16 April 2020    Communicating Science to Reduce Health Disparities in a World of Communication Inequalities Consortium on Law and Values in Health, Environment & the Life Sciences, University of Minnesota    

3 April 2020      How the Mass Media Cover Health, Science,
and the Environment. Consortium on Law and Values in Health, Environment & the Life Sciences, University of Minnesota

1 April 2020       COVID-19 and AI: A Virtual Conference, Stanford University    

Service and Leadership

Peer Review (Grants)

2019                National Institute for Medical Research Development, Iran

2018                Isfahan University of Medical Sciences

2017                Digestive Disease Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Peer Review (Manuscripts)

Cell, Microbiome, Nature Communications, FEMS Microbial Ecology, Frontiers in Microbiology, Medical Hypothesis,
American Journal of Primatology,                                                                  Journal of Clinical Medicine, Archives of Iranian Medicine

Seminar/Conference Organization

4 July 2019      Scientific Director - 1^st Iranian Microbiota symposium, Tehran University of Medical Science                                                         

24 June 2019   Special seminar for World Microbiome Day, University of Manitoba

2016 – 2018    Coordinator - Microbiome Lunch journal club Series, University of Manitoba

Elected Positions

2019 – Present Early-Mid Career Ambassadors of International Society of Microbial Ecology to Iran

2018 – Present Obesity Canada – Student & New Professional Manitoba Chapter (Co-chair)

2017 – 2018    Health Sciences Graduate Student Association Distinguished Lectureship Committee (Member)

2017 – 2018    Graduate Student Association Awards Committee (Member)

2017 – 2018    Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Students Association (Vice President)

2017 – 2018    Health Sciences Graduate Students’ Association (Councilor) 

Education Outreach

2019 – Present   Founding  Director                Microbiome and Microbial Ecology Interest Group, Universal Scientific Education and Research Network 

2020 – Present   Volunteer Contributor            Microbiome Digest 

COVID-19 Volunteering

April 2020 – Present   Volunteer Contributor                Cadham Provincial Laboratories weekly newsletter for healthcare professionals, Winnipeg, Canada

Publications

*Indicates corresponding/senior author, ~ indicates co-first author

Published or Accepted Peer-Reviewed Manuscripts

Bishehsari F, Moossavi S, Engen PA, Liu X, Zhang Y. Abnormal food timing promotes alcohol associated dysbiosis and colon carcinogenesis pathways. Front Oncol 2020 (Accepted)

Moossavi S, Fehr K, Derakhshani H, Sbihi H, Bode L, Becker AB, Mandhane PJ, Turvey SE, Subbarao P, Moraes TJ,Sears MR, Khafipour E, Azad MB. Human milk fungi: environmental determinants and inter-kingdom associations with milk bacteria. BMC Microbiol 2020 (Accepted)

Fehr K^~, Moossavi S^~, Sbihi H^~, Boutin RCT^~, Bode L, Robertson B, Yonemitsu C, Becker A, Mandhane PJ, Sears MR, Khafipour E, Moraes TJ, Subbarao P, Finlay B, Turvey SE, Azad MB. Breastmilk feeding practices and co-occurrence of bacteria in mothers’ milk and the infant gut: evidence from the CHILD Cohort Study. Cell Host Microbe 2020 (Accepted)

Moossavi S, Engen PA, Ghanbari R, Green SJ, Naqib A, Bishehsari F, Merat S, Poustchi H, Keshavarzian A, Malekzadeh R. Assessment of the impact of different fecal storage protocols on the microbiota diversity and composition: a pilot study. BMC Microbiol. 2019; 19(1): 145

Moossavi S*. Normal microbiota: Let us change our perspective. Arch Iran Med. 2019; 22(4):220.

Moossavi S*, Azad MB. Quantifying and interpreting the association between early life gut microbiota composition and childhood obesity. mBio. 2019; 10(1). pii: e02787-18.  

Moossavi S, Sepehri S, Robertson B, Bode L, Goruk S, Field CJ, Lix LM, de Souza RJ, Becker AB, Mandhane PJ, Turvey SE, Subbarao P, Moraes TJ, Lefebvre DL, Sears MR, Khafipour E, Azad MB. Composition and Variation of the Human Milk Microbiome is Influenced by Maternal and  Early Life Factors. Cell Host Microbe. 2019; 25(2):324-335.e4

Reported in: Nature News, Nature Medicine, CBC Radio Quirks and Quarks, National Post, New Scientist, CTV News

Moossavi S*, Bishehsari F. Microbes: Possible link between modern lifestyle transition and the rise of metabolic syndrome. Obesity Rev. 2019; 20(3): 407-419. 

Ebrahimi Daryani N, Sadr M, Soltani S, Saghazadeh A, Moossavi S, Shahkarami S, Farhadi E, Rezaei N. Association of T Helper 1 Cytokine Gene Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms with Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease. Dig Dis.2019; 37(1): 21-32.

Moossavi S, Mohamadnejad M, Pourshams A, Poustchi H, Islami F, Sharafkhah M, Mirminachi B, Nasseri-Moghaddam S, Semnani S, Shakeri R, Etemadi A, Merat S, Khoshnia M, Dawsey SM, Pharoah PD, Brennan P, Abnet CC, Boffetta P, Kamangar F, Malekzadeh R. Opium Use and Risk of Pancreatic Cancer: A Prospective Cohort Study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2018;27(3):268-273.

Ebrahimi Daryani N, Saghazadeh A, Moossavi S, Sadr M, Shahkarami S, Soltani S, Farhadi E, Rezaei N. Interleukin-4 and Interleukin-10 Gene Polymorphisms in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Immunol Invest. 2017;46(7):714-729.

Bashashati M, Moossavi S, Cremon C, Barbaro MR, Moraveji S, Talmon G, Rezaei N,  Hughes P, Zhao-xiang C, Chang HL, Oh Y, Coëffier M, Chang L,  Ohman L, McCallum R, Simrén M, Sharkey K, Barbara G. Colonic immune cells in irritable bowel syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Neurogastroenterol Motility 2018;30(1). doi: 10.1111/nmo.13192.

Moossavi S, Besharat S, Sharafkhah M, Ghanbari R, Sharifi A, Rezanejad P, Pourshams A, Poustchi H, Mohamadkhani A. Inverse Association of Plasma Level of Glutathione Peroxidase with Liver Fibrosis in Chronic Hepatitis B: Potential Role of Iron. Middle East J Dig Dis. 2016; 8(2): 122–130.

Al-Samadi A, Moossavi S*, Salem A, Sotoudeh M, Tuovinen SM, Konttinen YT, Salo T, Bishehsari F. Distinctive expression pattern of interleukin-17 cytokine family members in colorectal cancer Tumor Biol 2016; 37(2): 1609-1615.

Khafipour E, Li S, Tun HM, Derakhshani H, Moossavi S, and Plaizier JC. 2016. Effects of grain feeding on microbiota in the digestive tract of cattle. Animal Frontiers 2016; 6(2): 13-19.

Vosough M, Moossavi S, Mardpour S, Akhlaghpoor S, Azimian V, Jarughi N, Hosseini SE, Ashrafi M, Nikfam S, Aghdami N, Malekzadeh R, Mohamadnejad M, Nikfam S, Baharvand H. Repeated Intraportal Injection of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Combination with Pioglitazone in Patients with Compensated Cirrhosis: A clinical report of two cases. Arch Iran Med 2016; 19(2): 131 – 136.

Besharat S, Katoonizadeh A, Moossavi S, Darvishi Z, Roshandel G, Poustchi H, Mohamadkhani A. The possible impact of Sortilin in reducing HBsAg expression in Chronic Hepatitis B. J Med Virol 2016;88(4):647-52.

Mohamadnejad M, Vosough M, Moossavi S, Nikfam S, Mardpour S, Akhlaghpoor S, Ashrafi M, Azimian V, Jarughi N, Hosseini SE, Bagheri M, Aghdami N, Malekzadeh R, Baharvand H. Intraportal Infusion of Bone Marrow Mononuclear or CD133+ Cells in Patients with Decompensated Cirrhosis: A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial. Stem Cell Translational Med 2016; 5(1): 87-94.

Delavari A, Salimzadeh H, Sobh Rakhshankhah E, Bishehsari F, Delavari F, Moossavi S, Khosravi P, Nasseri-Moghaddam S, Merat S, Ansari R, Vahedi H, Shahbazkhani B, Saberifiroozi M, Sotoudeh M, Malekzadeh R. Mean polyp per patient is an accurate and readily obtainable surrogate for adenoma detection rate: results from an opportunistic screening colonoscopy program. Middle East J Dig Dis 2015, 7 (4): 214-219.

Moossavi S, Salimzadeh H, Katoonizadeh A, Mojarrad A, Merat D, Ansari R, Vahedi H, Merat S, Malekzadeh R. Physicians’ attitude towards fecal microbiota transplant in Iran. Middle East J Dig Dis 2015, 7(3): 155-160.

Moossavi S, Bishehsari F, Ansari R, Vahedi H, Nasseri-Moghaddam S, Merat S, Sobhani I, Keshavarzian A, Malekzadeh R. Minimum requirements for reporting fecal microbiota transplant trial. Middle East J Dig Dis 2015, 7(3): 177-180.

Ebrahimi Daryani N, Sadr M, Moossavi S, Shahkarami S, Soltani S, Farhadi E, Rezaei N. Significance of IL-1RApolymorphism in Iranian patients with inflammatory bowel disease.  Dig Dis Sci 2015; 60(5): 1389-95. 

Moossavi S*. Heterogeneity of the level of activity of Lgr5+ intestinal stem cells. Int J Mol Cell Med 2014;3(4): 216-224.

Poustchi H, Katoonizadeh A, Ostovaneh MR, Moossavi S, Sharafkhah M, Esmaili S, Pourshams A, Mohamadkhani A, Besharat S, Merat S, Mohamadnejad M, George J, Malekzadeh R. Cohort Profile: Golestan Hepatitis B Cohort Study- A Prospective Long Term Study in Northern Iran. Middle East J Dig Dis 2014;6:177-85.

Moossavi S*. The Necessity for an Iranian Gut Microbiome Initiative. Middle East J Dig Dis 2014; 6(2):109-110.

Brown M, Hughes KR, Moossavi S, Robins A, Mahida YR. Toll-like receptor expression in crypt epithelial cells, putative stem cells and intestinal myofibroblasts isolated from controls and patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Clin Exp Immunol 2014; 178(1):28-39. 

Moossavi S*. Location-Specific Effect of Microbiota and MyD88-Dependent Signalling on Wnt/β-catenin Pathway and Intestinal Stem Cells. Gut Microbes 2014; 5: 11-14.

Moossavi S*. Gliadin is an uncatalogued TLR ligand. J Med Hypotheses Ideas 2014; 8: 44-47.

Moossavi S*, Ansari R. Intestinal stem cells imaging in colorectal cancer screening.  J Stem Cells Reg Med 2013; 9(2): 37-39.

Moossavi S, Rezaei N. Toll-Like Receptors Signalling and Their Therapeutic Targeting in Colorectal Cancer. Int Immunopharmacol 2013; 16: 199-209 .

Moossavi S, Zhang H, Sun J, Rezaei N. Host-microbiota interaction and intestinal stem cells in chronic inflammation and colorectal cancer. Expert Rev Clin Immunol. 2013; 9: 409-22. 

Moossavi S, Rezaei N. Host-Microbiota Interaction is MyD88-Independent in the Intestinal Tract under Physiologic Condition. Avicenna J Med Biotechnol 2012; 4: 210-211.

Moossavi S, Rezaei N. Toll-Like Receptor Expression Pattern: Clinical Application. J Clin Immunol 2012; 32: 1421- 1422.

Rafati M, Seyyedaboutorabi E, Brujerdi R, Moossavi S, Dastan J, Ghaffari SR. Familial Williams-Beuren Syndrome Ascertained by Screening rather than Targeted Diagnosis. Clin Dysmorphol. 2012; 21: 118-123.

Moossavi S, Bishehsari F. Inflammation in Sporadic Colorectal Cancer. Arch Iran Med. 2012; 15: 166-170.

Ghaffari SR, Tahmasebpour AR, Jamal A, Hantoushzadeh S, Eslamian L, Marsoosi V, Fattahi F, Rajaei M, Niroomanesh S, Borna S, Beigi A, Khazardoost S, Gargari SS, Sharbaf FR, Farrokhi B, Bayani N, Tehrani SE, Shahsavan K, Farzan S, Moossavi S, Ramezanzadeh F, Dastan J, Rafati M. First Trimester Screening for Chromosomal Abnormalities by Integrated Application of Nuchal Translucency, Nasal Bone, Tricuspid Regurgitation, Ductus Venosus Flow Combined with Maternal Serum Free β-HCG and PAPP-A: A 5-Year Prospective Study.Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2012; 39: 528-34.

Ghaffari SR, Sabokbar T, Dastan J, Rafati M, Moossavi S. Her2 Amplification Status in Iranian Breast Cancer Patients: Comparison of Immunohistochemistry (IHC) and Fluorescence in situ Hybridisation (FISH). Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2011;12:1031-4.  

Invited Manuscripts

Moossavi S, Azad MB. Origins of human milk microbiota: new evidence and arising questions. Gut Microbes. 2019; doi: 10.1080/19490976.2019.1667722

Moossavi S, Atakora F, Miliku K, Sepehri S, Robertson B, Duan Q, Becker AB, Mandhane PJ, Turvey SE, Subbarao P, Moraes TJ, Lefebvre DL, Sears MR, Field CJ, Bode L, Khafipour E, Azad MB. Integrated Analysis of Human Milk Microbiota with Oligosaccharides and Fatty Acids in the CHILD Cohort. Front Nutr. 2019; 6: 58

Moossavi S, Miliku K, Sepehri S, Khafipour E, Azad MB. The prebiotic and probiotic properties of human milk: implications for infant immune development and pediatric asthma. Front Pediatr. 2018 6, 197. 

Azad MB, Moossavi S, Owora A, Sepehri S. Early-life antibiotic exposure, gut microbiota development, and predisposition to obesity. Nestle Nutr Inst Workshop Ser. 2017; 88:67-79. 

Submitted Manuscripts 

Moossavi S*, Atakora F, Fehr K, Khafipour E, Azad MB. Biological observations in microbiota analysis are robust to the choice of 16S rRNA gene sequencing processing algorithm: case study on human milk microbiota. BMC Microbiol (under revision)

Moossavi S~*, Fehr K~, Moraes TJ, Khafipour E, Azad MB*. Repeatability and reproducibility assessment in a large-scale population-based microbiota study: case study on human milk microbiota. Microbiome 

Manuscripts in Preparation

Moossavi S, Bishehsari F, Sharafkhah M, Pourshams A, Poustchi H, Nasseri-Moghaddam S, Roshandel G, Etemadi A, Merat S, Khoshnia M, Dawsey SM, Pharoah PD, Brennan P, Abnet CC, Keshavarzian A, Malekzadeh R. Systematic proof-of-concept approach to pre-screen potential fecal microbiota transplant donor candidates from a large population-based cohort. 

Moossavi S, Fehr K, Choi J, Sbihi H, Boutin RCT, Ambalavanan A, Sepehri S, Robertson B, Bode L, Duan QL, Becker AB, Mandhane PJ, Moraes TJ, Sears MR, Khafipour E, Finley BB, Turvey SE, Subbarao P, Azad MB. Breastmilk bacteria and fungi and the risk of childhood atopy and asthma: a prospective birth cohort study.

Moossavi S, Shah M, Rossi L, Fusch G, Surette M, Azad MB. Capturing the diversity of the human milk microbiota through culture-enriched molecular profiling reveals the impact of storage on milk microbiota composition.

Invited Conference Presentations

Moossavi S. Composition and variation of the human milk microbiota are influenced by Maternal and early life factors. 3rd International Congress on Human Microbiota and Health Effects, 7-9 November 2019 Istanbul, Turkey.

Moossavi S. Experimental approach, study design, and statistical challenges in microbiome research. 1^st Iranian Microbiome Symposium, 4 July 2019 Tehran, Iran.

Moossavi S. Fecal microbiota transplant: mechanism of action, indications, methods, and limitations. Iranian Congress of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, November 2017, Tehran, Iran. 

Moossavi S, Azad MB, Khafipour E. Host and environmental factors associated with human milk microbiota. geXc Symposium. July 2017, Winnipeg, Canada. 

Conference Abstracts (National & International)

Moossavi S, Fehr K, Derakhshani H, Sbihi H, Brook J, Turvey SE, Moraes T, Becker AB, Mandhane P, Lefebvre D, Sears MR, Khafipour E, Subbarao P, Azad MB. Fungi prevalence in human milk is influenced by the outdoor environment and associated with bacterial composition. 2^nd International Conference on Holobionts, 8-10 May 2019, Montreal, Canada.  

Moossavi S, Sepehri S, Robertson B, Bode L, Goruk S, Field CJ, Becker AB, Mandhane P, Turvey SE, Moraes T, Subbarao P, Lefebvre D, Sears MR, Khafipour E, Azad MB. Integrated analysis of human milk microbiota, oligosaccharides and fatty acids in the CHILD Cohort. ISRHML Conference, 6-11 October 2018, Japan

Moossavi S, Khafipour E, Sepehri S, Becker AB, Mandhane PJ, Subbarao P, Turvey SE, Moraes T, Lefebvre DL, Sears MR, Azad MB. 2018. Breastmilk Microbiota and the Risk of Childhood Asthma: A Prospective Birth Cohort Study. International Human Microbiome Consortium, 26-28 June 2018, Killarney, Ireland.

Zhang Z, Kwawukume A, Moossavi S, Sepehri S, Nyachoti CM, and Khafipour E. 2018. Time series and correlation network analyses to identify the role of maternal microbiomes on development of piglet gut microbiome and susceptibility to neonatal porcine diarrhea. American Dairy Science Association Midwest Branch and American Society of Animal Science Midwest Section Joint Annual Meeting, 12-14 March 2018, Omaha, Nebraska.

Moossavi S, Khafipour E, Sepehri S, Goruk S, Field CJ, Becker AB, Mandhane PJ, Subbarao P, Turvey SE, Lefebvre DL, Sears MR, the CHILD Study Investigators, and Azad MB. Sex-specific association of breastmilk microbiota with infant weight gain and obesity in the first 5 years in the CHILD Cohort. Keystone Symposium in Manipulation of the Gut Microbiota for Metabolic Health, 4-8 March 2018, Banff, AB, Canada. 

Zhang Z, Kwawukume A, Moossavi S, Sepehri S, Nyachoti CM, and Khafipour E.  Maternal microbiome influences neonatal piglet gut microbiome development and diarrhea. Keystone Symposia on Microbiome, Host Resistance and Disease, 4-8 March 2018, Banff, AB, Canada.  

Moossavi S, Khafipour E, Azad MB. Association of breastmilk microbiota with pediatric asthma in the Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Cohort. Canadian Respiratory Research Network Annual General Meeting, 18-19 January 2018, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

Moossavi S, Eghtesad S, Mohammadi Z, Shayanrad A, Roozafzai F, Somi MH, Mansour-Ghanaei F, Najafi F, Bahramali E, Mehrparvar A, Ansari-Moghaddam A, Enayati AA, Esmaeili Nadimi A, Rezaianzadeh A, Saki N, Ahmadi A, Nejatizadeh A, Mohebbi I, Pourfarzi F, Sadjadi A, Poustchi H, Malekzadeh R. Big Data Challenges in a Large-scale, Population-Based Cohort of 200,000 Participants: Prospective Epidemiological Research Studies in IRAN (PERSIAN) Cohort. Western Canadian Universities Big Data Health Conference (WCUC). 28-29 September 2017, Banff, AB, Canada. 

Moossavi S, Khafipour E, Sepehri S, Robertson B, Bode L, Field CJ, Becker AB, Mandhane PJ, Subbarao P, Turvey SE, Lefebvre DL, Sears MR, the CHILD Study Investigators, and Azad MB. Structural Equation Modelling of Determinants of Human Milk Microbiota in the Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Cohort. Canadian Society of Statistics Annual Conference. June 2017, Winnipeg, Canada

Moossavi S, Khafipour E, Sepehri S, Becker AB, Mandhane PJ, Subbarao P, Turvey SE, Lefebvre DL, Sears MR, the CHILD Study Investigators, Azad MB. Human Milk Microbiota in the Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Cohort. Canadian Society of Microbiology. June 2017, Waterloo, Canada

Moossavi S, Khafipour E, Sepehri S, Robertson B, Bode L, Becker AB, Mandhane PJ, Subbarao P, Turvey SE, Lefebvre DL, Sears MR, the CHILD Study Investigators, Azad MB. Maternal and Early Life Factors influencing the Human Milk Microbiota in the CHILD Cohort. Canadian Society of Microbiology. June 2017, Waterloo, Canada

Azad MB, Moossavi S, Owora A, Sepehri S. Early-life antibiotic exposure, gut microbiota development, and predisposition to obesity. Nestlé Nutrition Institute Workshop: Intestinal Microbiome, Functional Aspects in Health & Disease, September 2016, Cancun, Mexico

Li S, Moossavi S, Azevedo P, Schurmann BL, Górka P, Penner GB, Khafipour E, Plaizier JC. Effects of Duration of Moderate Increases in Grain on Bacterial Diversity in the Digestive Tract of Holstein Calves. JAM, July 2016. Salt Lake City

Bashashati M, Moossavi S, Rezaei N, Moraveji S, Cremon C, Hughes P, Bian Z, Hwan Choi C, Sohn W, Coëffier M, Chang L, Ohman L, Schmulson M, Simren M, Barbara G, Sharkey KA. Colonic immune cells in irritable bowel syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Digestive Disease Week, May 2016, San Diego, USA

Moossavi S, Ansari R, Vahedi H, Merat S, Poustchi H, Bishehsari F, Keshavarzian A, Malekzadeh R. Fecal Microbiota Transplant Donor Selection Based On Fecal Microbiota Composition: Study Protocol. Targeting Microbiota, October 2015, Paris, France. 

Khafipour E, Moossavi S, Tun HM, Li S, Derakhshani H, Sepehri S, Munyaka P, Azad E, Kiarie E, Nyachoti M, Ghia JE, Plaizier JC. Gut Microbiota Ecosystem Engineering: Toward Synthesized Microbial Communities to Enhance Human and Animal Health and Digestion. Western Nutrition Conference, September 2015, Winnipeg, Canada.  

Poustchi H, Katoonizadeh A, Ostovaneh MR, Moossavi S, Esmaili S, Pourshams A, Mohamadkhani A, Mohamadnejad M, George J, Malekzadeh R. Seroclearance of Surface Ag in Genotype D Chronic Hepatitis B Infection: Results of a Large Population-Based Cohort Study. Digestive Disease Week, May 2015, Washington DC, USA. 

Mohamadnejad M, Pourshams A, Poustchi H, Islami F, Moossavi S, Nasseri-Moghaddam S, Semnani S, Shakeri R, Etemadi A, Merat S, Khoshnia M, Dawsey SM, Pharoah PD, Brennan P, Abnet CC, Boffetta P, Kamangar F, Malekzadeh R. Opium Use and Risk of Pancreatic Cancer: A Prospective Cohort Study. Digestive Disease Week, May 2015, Washington DC, USA.

Poustchi H, Moossavi S, Abaei B, Khademi H, Bagheri M, Malekzadeh R. Hepatocellular Carcinoma Among the Golestan Cohort Study Participants Infected With Hepatitis B Virus: A Population-Based Study. Digestive Disease Week, May 2012, San Diego, USA. 

Conference Infographic

Chan D, Moossavi S, Miliku K. Decoding human milk. Canadian Nutrition Society. May 3-5, 2018, Nova Scotia, Canada. Infographic finalist.

Knowledge Translation

Amini F, Azimaee P, Moossavi S. Careers in analytics: Panel discussion. Visual and Automated Disease Analytics (VADA) Summer School 9 – 13 July 2018. Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Moossavi S. An introduction to gastrointestinal tract microbiota. Senior Centre Without Walls. 20 September 2019. Winnipeg, MB, Canada