Parya Valizadeh

• Personal information:

Name: Parya

Last Name: Valizadeh ilkhchi

D.O.B: 6/26/2000

Email address: [email protected]

• Education experience:

Farzanegan High school (NODET), Tabriz, Iran 2014-2018

Medical student at Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Tehran, Iran (2018-2025)

• Honors and Awards:

Member of National Foundation of Elites of Iran

Ranked 10th among almost a million applicants in the Iranian Nationwide University Entrance Exam, 2018

Among the top 2.5% in basic medical sciences Exam (March, 2021)

• Working Experiences:

University entrance exam Consultant, self-employed

"Kelk,e moallem" biology test book author and editor.

Research mentor at Neurotract practical research training course (a practical research training program which focuses on neuroscience research)

• Areas of interest

Radiology

Neuroscience

Neuroimaging

• Skills

Scientific writing

Systematic review and meta-analysis (familiar with RevMan, STATA meta-analysis packages, etc.)

SPSS

Endnote

Mendeley

Microsoft office 

Search in databases

STATA (basic)

DTI and fMRI data analysis (basic, currently learning more advanced steps)

• Workshops and certificates

Research methodology

Search in databases

Scientific Writing (USERN)

Paper submission (USERN)

SPSS (USERN) 

Systematic review & meta-analysis (USERN)

Basic statistics (Coursera)

Narrative review (nobel learn)

Practical research training (Neurotract)

ExploreDTI workshops (Neurotract, certificate available)

• Memberships

Executive member of SICoMS (Students' International Committee of Medical School‌), since 2019

Hosting online journal club sessions as a Member of the BioCan association

Member of the research team in USERN NRG interest group

Member of Neurotract PRT 2 mentorship team

• Publications:
  
  
  
  1. Seasonal and monthly variation in multiple sclerosis relapses: a systematic review and meta-analysis. (affiliation: USERN NRG interest group) accessible via
     https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13760-022-02103-y
  2. REM sleep behavior disorder and cerebrospinal fluid alpha-synuclein, amyloid beta, total tau and phosphorylated tau in Parkinson’s disease: a cross-sectional and longitudinal study (affiliation: USERN NRG interest group) accessible via
     https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00415-022-11120-z
  3. An investigation of insulin resistance and cachexia in patients with metastatic upper GI malignancies, accessible via
     https://jpc.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jpc/article/view/529
  4. Long and short-term metformin consumption as a potential therapy to prevent complications of COVID-19 in affiliation with Tabriz University of medical sciences
     https://doi.org/10.34172/apb.2023.066 (Accepted Manuscript, prepublished)
  
  

• Ongoing and submitted projects

1. Investigating the white matter tract pattern in ADHD compared to healthy controls in affiliation with the Neurotract team (submitted)
2. Does statin use affect amyloid βeta deposition and brain metabolism with USERN NRG interest group (submitted, under revision)
3. Stent-assistant versus non-stent-assistant coiling for ruptured and unruptured intracranial aneurysms: a meta-analysis and systematic review with USERN NRG interest group (submitted)
4. Research in the field of Cancer vaccines in association with the BioCan team (submitted)
5. Risk of myocardial infarction in Parkinson's disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis (submitted)
6. Role of abbreviated non-contrast-enhanced MR-enterography in the evaluation of Crohn's disease activity using T2 and DWI imaging compared to full protocol contrast-enhanced study: a systematic review and meta-analysis in correspondence with ADIR. (submitted)
7. Effects of medications on neuroimaging findings in early-onset Bipolar Disorder (in affiliation with Padova department of neuroscience, Padova, Italy) (ongoing, ready for submission)
8. A review on neuroinflammation, alterations in the levels of chemokines and cytokines or gut dysbiosis in narcolepsy with USERN NIIMA interest group (ongoing)
9. A comprehensive Investigation of the associations between rsfMRI findings of the default mode network with the CSF biomarkers of Alzheimer’s dementia spectrum (ongoing)

10.  A systematic review and meta-analysis regarding the efficacy of ultrasound-guided vacuum assisted biopsy of breast intraductal lesions with and without pathologic nipple discharge in correspondence with ADIR (ongoing)

11.  Non-invasive lobular neoplasia of breast, spectrum of imaging appearances; a systematic review in correspondence with ADIR (ongoing)

12.  A systematic review and meta-analysis study regarding the diagnostic ability of machine-learning based on breast imaging in predicting the prognosis and treatment response in breast neoplasms in correspondence with ADIR (ongoing)

• Languages

Azerbaijani(native)

Turkish(native)

Persian(native)

English(fluent)

German(basic)