Ghader Dargahi Abbasabad

Research Interests: 

Health communication and Social Media, Substance use, Cancer, Mental health.

Bio: Growing up in a developing country facing numerous health behavioral issues motivated Ghader to make changes in his community. So, he started to learn public health and nursing and worked as a mental health nurse and epidemiologist at a psychiatric hospital in Iran. After that, Ghader came to the US to start his PhD program in social and behavioral science at VCU, where he is currently a PhD student. His research interests include substance use and Cancer, especially cannabis use among young adults and cancer survivors.In addition, Ghader's other research interests include the use of new technology and social media in the context of substance use and cancer. 

Education: 

Undergraduate Education:

Bsc of Nursing, Tabriz University of Medicine Science, 2008.

Graduate Education:

Msc of Epidemiology, Tehran University of Medical Science, 2013.

Msc of Applied Health Service Research, University of New Brunswick, 2023.

Phd student of Social and Behavioral Science, Virginia commonwealth University, 2023-present

Selected Publications: 

1. Rastegar-Kashkouli, A., Jafari, M., Karami, S., Yousefi, P., Taravati, A. M., Khavaran, A., Rastegar, D., Jafari, M. R., Alemohammad, S. Y., Abbasabad, G. D., Shahbaz, M., & Kalan, M. E. (2023). Association between type 2 diabetes mellitus and multiple myeloma: Fact or fiction. Journal of Nephropharmacology, 12(2), Article 2. https://doi.org/10.34172/npj.2023.10604

2. Ebrahimi Kalan, M., Jebai, R., Li, W., Gautam, P., Alemohammad, S. Y., Mortazavizadeh, Z., Kenneth, D. W., Chakraborty, A., Dargahi Abbasabad, G., Behaleh, R., Bursac, Z., & Ben Taleb, Z. (2023). COVID-19 and tobacco products use among US adults, 2021 National Health Interview Survey. Health science reports, 6(9), e1542. https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.1542

3. Hanieh Beyrampour-Basmenj; Morteza Milani; abbas ebrahimi kalan; Ziyad Ben Taleb; Kenneth D Ward;Ghader Dargahi Abbasabad; Zeynab Aliyari-Serej; Mohammad Ebrahimi Kalan Corresponding author: Dr Abbas ebrahimi kalan. An overview of the Epidemiologic, Diagnostic and Treatment approaches of COVID-19: What do we know? Public Health Reviews. Public health rev, 17 June 2021. https://doi.org/10.3389/phrs.2021.1604061

4. Ehsan Sarbazi 1 Mohamadreza Sarbazi Saber Ghaffari-fam Towhid Babazadeh Sohrab Heidari KhadijehAghakarimi Ismail Jamal Ali Sherini 5 Javad Babaie Ghader Darghahi . Factors Related to Delay In Initiating Post-Exposure Prophylaxis For Rabies Prevention Among Animal Bite Victims: A CrossSectional Study in Northwest of Iran. Bull Emerg Trauma 2020;8(4):236-242

5. Saber Gaffari-fam; Yosef Lotfi; Amin Daemi; Towhid Babazadeh; Ehsan Sarbazi; Ghader DargahiAbbasabad, Hamed Abri. Impact of health literacy and self-carebehaviors on health-related quality of life in Iranians with type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study" (HQLO-D-20-00230R2).Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

6. S. Ghaffari-fam, E. Sarbazi, F. Ardabili, T. Babazadeh, G. Darghahi, H. Jafaralilou; (2020, May-June), The role of Health Literacy in Hypertension Control: a cross-sectional study in Iran, Annali di Igiene, (ISSN 1120-9135) 2020, Vol. 32, issue 3

7. Saber Ghaffari-fam; Kamiar Kouzekanani; Towhid Babazadeh; Hossein Ali Nikbakht; Ghader Darghahi;Khalil Maleki “Assessing the Link between Head Lice Infestation and Selected Cognitive-Behavioral Factors in Sample of Iranian Female Adolescents . Journal of Heliyon. doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03959.

8. Ranjbar, Fatemeh , Moazeni, Farzad , Abdi, mohammad , khoshnou, Hasan , khademi, elmira , DargahiAbbasabad, Ghader⃰,. Spatial Memory and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. Iranian Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Infertility. IJOGI, Vol. 23, No. 5, pp. 1-9,July2020

9. Dargahi Abbasabad, G.; Banan Khojasteh, S.M.; Eskandari Naji, H.; Zamani, M.; Hajipour H.; Serati Nouri, H.; (2018). Interleukin-6 Single Nucleotide Polymorphism and Susceptibility to the Prostate Adenocarcinoma and its Bone Metastasis in an Iranian Population. Asia Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention. 19 (6), 1717-1720

10. Javan, M.; Zamani, M.; Aslani, S.; Dargahi Abbasabad, G.; Beirami Khalaj, M.; Serati Nouri, H.; (2017). Cytokine Modulatory Effects Of Sesamum Indicium Seeds Oil Ameliorate Mice with Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis. Archives of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology 2017; 1: 086-093

11. Somi, M.; Hajipour, B.; Dargahi Abbasabad, G.; Hemmati, M.; Ghabili, K.; Khodadadi, A.; Vatankhah, A.; (2011, Jan-Feb). The Protective Role of Lipoic Acid on Methotrexate Induced Intestinal Damage. Indian Journal of Gastroenterology 2010, 30(1):38–40