Vita
Education
2016 Ph.D. Economics
Wayne State University, Department of Economics
Concentration: Health Economics
2009 M.S. Economics
Yazd University, Department of Economics
Concentration: Industrial Organizations
2006 B.S. Mathematics
Iran University of Science & Technology, School of Mathematics
Concentration: Theoretical Mathematics
Academic Positions
Current Academic Position
2022 - Northeastern University, Assitant Professor of health sciences and public policy
Joint Appointment: Department of Health Sciences & School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs
Affiliated faculty: Center for Health Policy and Healthcare Research
Faculty Scholar: Institute for Health Equity and Social Justice Research
Previous Positions
2020 – 2022 University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Assistant Professor, Department of Health Administration and Policy, Hudson College of Public Health
HPRC Faculty Affiliate, Health Promotion Research Center
2019 – 2020 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Postdoctoral Research Associate, USC Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging
RCMAR Scientist, Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics
Research Fellow, Center for Hispanic Health, Adventist Health White Memorial Hospital
2016 – 2018 Brown University, Providence, RI
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Center for Gerontology and Healthcare Research
Awards and Honors
2022 First place abstract competition, Innovations in Aging Research Day, OUHSC
2020 RAND Summer Institute Fellowship
2019 RCMAR Preconference at GSA Travel Award
2019 Provost’s Postdoctoral Scholar Travel and Training Awards, USC
2016 Best Paper in Gerontology, Olson Memorial Award, Institute of Gerontology, WSU
2016 Second place poster award, Graduate and Postdoc Research Symposium, WSU
Fellowships
T32 Post-doctoral Training Fellowship
Funder: Department of Health and Human Services, National Research Service Award (NRSA)
Period: FY 2016, FY 2017
Role: Fellow
Pre-Doctoral Training Fellowship
Funder: Institute of Gerontology, WSU
Period: FY 2014, FY 2015
Role: Fellow