Mahsa Naghizadeh


 


Education



























































Dates 2014 – 2017
Institution Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
Field of study Nutrition Science
Title of qualification awarded Master’s Degree
Title of thesis Association of dietary fat intake with TLR4 and TRIF gene expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and serum level of β interferon in patients with metabolic syndrome
Supervisor Dr. Maryam Saghafi-Asl
   
Dates 2009 – 2012
Institution Urmia University
Field of study Biology
Title of qualification awarded Bachelor’s Degree
     
   

Research Interests










 

  • Nutrigenomics
  • Relationship between Nutrition and Function of the Immune System
  • Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome
  • Clinical Nutrition
  • Gut Microbiom


Honors & Awards


















2009 - 2013

  • Full tuition-waiving award for BSc program, Urmia University, Iran

2013

  • Ranked in the top 10 among all the undergraduate students in zoology in 2013

2017

  • Ranked second  among all the graduate students in nutrition in 2017


 


Publications






























Published Amiri P, Baradaran B, Saghafi-Asl M, Naghizadeh M, et al., Association of proinflammatory genes expression with serum interleukin 1β and free fatty acids in metabolically healthy and unhealthy abdominally obese individuals: a case-control study, BMC Immunology 20.1 (2019): 23
Published Naghizadeh M, Saghafi-Asl M, Amiri P, Karamzad N, Lipid profile in relation to inflammatory and insulin resistance markers and anthropometric indices in the apparently healthy abdominally obese,
PROGRESS IN NUTRITION 21 (2019): 370-377.
Published Karamzad N, Saghafi-Asl M, Asghari-Jafarabadi M, Naghizadeh M, et al., Abdominal obesity is a modifier of the association between physical activity and metabolic syndrome: a case-control study,
PROGRESS IN NUTRITION 21 (2019): 65-72.
Published Amiri P, Naghizadeh M, et al., Insulin resistance in relation to inflammatory gene expression and metabolic features in apparently healthy obese individuals,
International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries 39.1 (2019): 66-73.
Published Naghizadeh, Mahsa, et al., Toll-like receptor signaling and serum levels of interferon β and lipopolysaccharide binding protein are related to abdominal obesity: a case-control study between metabolically healthy and metabolically unhealthy obese individuals, Nutrition Research
55 (2018): 11-20.
Published Saghafi-Asl M, Amiri P, Naghizadeh M, et al., Association of endotoxaemia with serum free fatty acids in metabolically healthy and unhealthy abdominally obese individuals: a case–control study in northwest of Iran,
BMJ Open 7.5 (2017): e015910.

Journal Reviews










2020

  • Reviewing paper for the BMC Endocrine Disorders journal

 

 


Academic Projectsand Seminars & Presentations






















2017

  • Role of dietary fat and Inflammation in Metabolically Healthy Obesity (MHO)

2015

  • Functional food

2014

  • Nutrition in ketogenic diet 

2014

  • Nutrition in fertility


 


Employment History


























































Dates 2020-2023
Name of Employer Diabetes Clinic
Position held Dietitian
Main duties

  • Counseling patients with diabetes, ESRD, HTN, CHD, and etc on nutrition issues and healthy eating habits

    • Designing educational pamphlets on diabetes, Blood pressure, and
      etc
    • Developing meal and Nutrition plans for patients
    •  Conducting classes and teaching diabetes diet and meal planning to patients.


 
Dates 2018 - 2020
Name of Employer Taleqani Hospital, Urmia, Iran
Position held Dietitian
Main duties

  • Counseling patients with diabetes, ESRD, HTN, CHD, and GDM on nutrition issues and healthy eating habits

    • Designing educational pamphlets on diabetes, Blood pressure, and
      Gout
    • Providing counseling services for the patients in ICU
    • Developing meal and Nutrition plans for patients


 
   
Dates 2015 - 2016
Name of Employer Nutrition Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
Position held Graduate Student
Main duty

  • familiar with PBMC isolation & cDNA Synthesis, Quantitative real-time PCR


 


Workshops,
courses


















































Jul 2022

  • Participation in comprehensive and practical workshop on weight loss and weight management devices by INS

Nov 2021-Mar 2022

  • Participation in mentoring course conducted by research school of Iranian Nutrition Science Association (INSA)

Jun 2021- Oct 2022

  • Participation in Principle of Nutrition in Traditional Medicine course by school of Traditional Medicine, shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

Oct 2020

  • Participation in comprehensive and practical workshop on weight loss and weight management devices

Jul 2020

  • Participation in comprehensive and practical workshop on 
    diet therapy and supplementation in pregnancy and lactation

Jul 2020

  • Participation in comprehensive and practical workshop  on diet therapy and supplementation in weight loss of children, adolescents and adults

Jul 2020

  • Participation in comprehensive and practical workshop  on diet therapy and supplementation in weight gain of children, adolescents and adults

Jul 2020

  • Participation in comprehensive workshop on prescribing and supplementation

Jul 2020

  • Participation in comprehensive and practical workshop on diet therapy and supplementation in type 1&2 diabetes

Nov 2019

  • Participation in the 9th Annual Diabetes in Practice scientific workshop

Aug 2015

  • Participation in comprehensive and practical workshop on Bioinformatics


Skills










Computer Skills

  • Professional Software: N4, SPSS, ICDL, Endnote
  • General Software: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)


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