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Erfan Naghavi



Biography



  • Name:   Erfan Naghavi  

    • Nationality: Iranian
    • Email: [email protected]
    • Date and place of birth: September 19th, 2000 - Tehran, Iran.


ACADEMIC PROFILE



  • Academic Position: M.D., Medicine.
  • University: School of medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS).

EDUCATIONS



  1. High school diploma, National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents (NODET),
    [2014-2018]: Experimental Science, Iran.
  2. M.D., Medical Doctor, School of medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Since September 2018.
  3. MPH, Master of Public Health, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Since October 2022.

SKILLS



  • Computer Sciences: Microsoft office package - EndNote X9 reference manager - Mendeley reference manager - IBM SPSS Statistics - R - MATLAB.
  • Languages: English (Upper intermediate) - German (Elementary proficiency) - Spanish (Elementary proficiency)- Persian (Native).
  • Research Knowledge: Research methodology - Proposal writing - Scientific writing - Reference management - Statistical data analysis - Neuroimaging data analysis.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS



  1. 2019-2020: Member of Scientific Union of Community Health (SUCH),
    Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN).
  2. 2019-2020: Member of Iranian Student Society for Immunodeficiencies (ISSID), Student's Scientific Research Center (SSRC), TUMS.
  3. 2018-Present: Member of Iran's National Elites Foundation.
  4. 2019-2021: Organizing committee member at Students' International Committee of Medical school (SICoMS), TUMS.
  5. 2020-2021: Member of NeuroTRACT international research schools executive team, SSRC, TUMS.
  6. 2021-2022: Author & translator at www.Norology.com.

  7. 2021-2022: Content developer at Empirical Sciences and Humanities Interdisciplinary Association (EHIA), SSRC, TUMS.
  8. 2022-2022: Content developer at Neurology and Neuropsychiatry committee, National Brain Mapping Laboratory (NBML).

PRESENTATIONS 



  1. Oral presentation in English entitled: "Quantum mechanics and consciousness: Have we found the final solution for the Hard Problem?", The 2nd MEDTALK conference, Student's research committee of Birjand university of medical sciences (SRCBUMS), Birjand university of medical sciences (BUMS), March 2021.
  2. Oral presentation in Persian entitled: "Do we have free will?", The COGTALK2 presentation challenge, Brain and Cognition Clinic (BCC), April 2021.
  3. Oral presentation in Persian entitled: "Can physical laws dictate human behavior?", The CognoTalk challenge, Brain and cognition association, University of Tabriz (Tabrizu) and Sharif cognitive sciences community (Shenasa), Sharif university of technology (SUT), August 2021.

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCES


  1. Content developer & speech session facilitator in "Frontiers in Neural Sciences", NeuroTRACT international research schools, SSRC, TUMS, December 2020-February 2021.
  2. Executive committee member in "TUMS-KhNMU International USERN Spring e-Course", SICoMS, TUMS, April-May 2021.
  3. Executive committee member in "the Cased-Based Learning (CBL) session for international medical students", SICoMS, TUMS, January 2022.

WORKSHOPS AND TRAINING COURSES



  1. "Research methodology" at SSRC, TUMS.
  2. "Research methodology" at USERN.
  3. "Scientific writing" at SSRC, TUMS.
  4. "Scientific writing" at USERN.
  5. "Submission and journal selection" at USERN.
  6. "Endnote X9" at SSRC, TUMS.
  7. "Proposal writing" at SSRC, TUMS.
  8. "Cognitive neuroscience" at Sadra association of neuroscience, Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS).

  9. "Neurohumanities" at Sadra association of neuroscience, IUMS.
  10. "Understanding Multiple Sclerosis (MS)" at Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania.
  11. "Learn R course", at Codecademy.
  12. "MATLAB course", at Faradars.

HONORS AND AWARDS



  1. Rank 90 out of 570,000 in the National University Entrance Exam, 2018, Iran.
  2. Certificate of appreciation - Students' International Committee of Medical School (SICoMS), TUMS, January 2021, Tehran, Iran.
  3. Certificate of appreciation - The 2nd MEDTALK conference, Student's research committee of Birjand university of medical sciences (SRCBUMS), Birjand university of medical sciences (BUMS), March 2021, Birjand, Iran.
  4. Certificate of achievement - The COGTALK2 presentation challenge: Scientific presentation in cognitive sciences, Brain and Cognition Clinic (BCC), April 2021, Tehran, Iran.
  5. Certificate of appreciation - SICoMS, TUMS, March 2022, Tehran, Iran.

PUBLICATIONS

Books:



  1. Kolahchi Z. Saien S. Khaboushan A. S. Naghavi E. Perry G. & Rezaei N. (2023). Translational neuroimmunology vol. 8. In Chapter 12 - immune-mediated cognition impairment in multiple sclerosis (pp. 209–232). essay Elsevier Inc. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-18578-6.00012-X

Papers:



  1. Aliasin M. M. & Naghavi E. (2023). Letter to the editor: “The integration of behavioral health and primary care for Hispanic/Latino patients with depression and comorbid PTSD.” The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research: Official Publication of the National Council for Mental Wellbeing (20230502): 1-3 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11414-023-09840-9
  2. Naghavi E. & Aliasin M. M. (2023). Epworth sleepiness scale is associated with increased striatal dopamine uptake in Parkinson's disease: a cross-sectional study. Neurological Sciences: Official Journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (20230728). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-023-06974-8

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