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Summary
- Highly self-motivated researcher with 5 years of background as a research assistant in 4 different labs and universities resulting in 3 published and 2 in-process articles.
- Having efficient teamwork and project management skills with hands-on leadership experience in research as well as establishing the Student Committee of Education Development of Office (EDO) of the Medical Faculty and Education Development Center (EDC) of my university.
- Possessing a fast learning and critical thinking mind honed through real clinical experiences during medical internship, which have empowered me in interdisciplinary fields ranging from humanities to computer science.
Education
Medical Docterate (M.D.)* 2016-24
At Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University (IAUTMU)
Graduation Date: 2024/01/17
*M.D. degree is offered as a joint graduate-undergraduate 7-year program in Iran including a 1.5-year internship.
Title: Evaluating the role of nitric oxide neurotransmitter on the reactivation of fear memory extinction in rat models of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Primary Advisor: Prof. Mohammad Nasehi 
Secondary Advisor: Prof. Mohammad-Reza Zarrindast
17 months of internship at IAUTMU‘s teaching hospitals of Farhikhtegan, BooAli, Amir-al Momenin, Lavasani, and Ghods Clinic
See “Professional activities” for more details about rotations.
Original (out of 20.00): 16.27
Converted (out of 4.00): 3.37
Publications
Articles
Exposure to different PM2.5 extracts induces gliosis and changes behavior in male rats similar to autism spectrum disorders features.
Type: Experimental
My role: Co-author
Journal: Environmental Pollution
Published on: 30 October, 2023
Safety and Efficacy of Imatinib, Nilotinib, and Artesunate in COVID-19 Patients: A Systematic Review of Current Evidence.
Type: Systematic review
My role: First author
Journal: Anti-Infective Agents journal
Published on: 01 September, 2023
Genomic medicine on the frontier of precision medicine.
Type: review article
My role: Co-author
Journal: Journal of Diabetes & Metabolic Disorders
Published on: 24 August 2021
[In The Revision Process] Influence of gestational and early-life exposure to fine particulate matter PM2.5 on ASD-like behaviors in male rats.
Type: Experimental
My role: Co-author
Journal: [TBD]
Published on: [TBD]
[In The Writing Process] Evaluating the role of nitric oxide neurotransmitter on the reactivation of fear memory extinction in rat models of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Type: Experimental
My role: Principal investigator, First-author
Journal: [TBD]
Published on: [TBD]
Work Experience
- DAY Addiction Center
- Rahnama Nursing House
- Tele-medicine
DAY Psychiatric and Addiction Treatment Center
Since Jan. 2024
Position: Part-time working as a General Practitioner (GP) and overnight on-call for in-patients.
Responsibilities: I hold the responsibility to monitor the admitted patients’ recovery of the substance, enhance safe tapering-off of the medication, and manage emergent medical situations during my shifts.
Supervisors: My practice is supervised by Dr. Shahram Bakhtiari M.D., Psychiatrist, Dr. Shahrzad Nazeri M.D., and Dr. Faezeh Shahidi M.D.
Rahnama Nursing House for Psychiatric Patients
Since Mar. 2024
Position: General Practitioner (GP)
Responsibilities: Visiting patients once a week and managing their medical conditions.
I also hold an online office where I manage my patients.
(No medical service can be offered outside of Iran.)
Certificates & Licensees
- Iranian Medical License & membership of the Iranian Medical Council (IMC)
- REG NO. 217104
- Since: 1/20/2024
- Iranian National Clinical Skills Certification
- Issued after the successful passing 44th Iranian National Clinical Skills Exam.
- Since: 10/1/2022
Honors
Top Student (dean’s list) in Four Semesters
Spring 2016, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2018
Chosen as a top student for four continuous semesters out of all five semesters of basic science period during my study in medical school.
Letter of Appreciation from Dean and Manager of Education Development Office
Aug. 2020
Acknowledging my role in the establishment of the Student Committee of Education Development.
Letter of Appreciation from the Students’ Affairs Deputy of the Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University
Dec. 2021
For volunteering in the “National Vaccination Plan” during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Professional Activities
- University Committees
- Research Assistant
- Internship
University Committees
1- Chair of Student Committee
At the Education Development Office (EDO) of IAUTMU Medical School †
Feb 2019 – Aug 2020
2- Chair of Student Committee
At the Education Development Center (EDC) of IAUTMU †
Aug 2019 – Aug 2020
3- Board Member of Student Committee
at the Education Development Center (EDC) of IAU †
Aug 2019 – Aug 2020
† Description and Responsibilities Student Committees of EDO and EDC are official organizations at my university which is responsible for representing students, consulting deans and the university president, mentoring students, enhancing learning, etc. Student Committees in IAU have a bottom-to-top hierarchical structure in which chairs of the below committees construct the above committee. I served as the founder of these committees.
Research Assistant
Neuroscience Research Center (NRC)
At Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SBMU)
Role: Part-time Research Assistant (RA) supervised by Prof. Fariba Khodagholi Ph.D.
2022 – now
Animal Lab, Institute for Cognitive Science Studies (ICSS)
Role: Part-time RA as a part of my M.D. thesis supervised by Prof. Mohammad Nasehi Ph.D. and Prof. Mohammad-Reza Zarrindast Pharm.D. Ph.D. The experimental part has been completed and the publication is currently in progress.
2020 – now
Iranian Research Center for HIV/AIDS (IRCHA)
At Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS)
Role: I proposed and directed a systematic review article about the safety and efficacy of three drugs for COVID-19 patients.
2022 – 2023
Medical Genomics Research Center
At Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University (IAUTMU)
Role: Part-time RA supervised by Prof. Mandana Hasanzad Ph.D. resulting in one published article.
2018 – 2022
Internship
Wards and duration: 17 mounth in total, including Psychiatric, Neurology, Emergency department, Internal medicine (3 months), Pediatrics (3 months), Surgery (2 months), Obstetrics and gynecology (2 months), Infectious medicine, Orthopedics, Cardiology, Public health.
Centers: Hospital System of IAUTMU, including Farhikhtegan Hospital, BooAli Hospital,
Amir-al Momenin, Lavasani (Sorkhe Hesar) Hospitals, and Ghods Clinic.
Description: I held the responsibility of admitting patients and overseeing their progress through diagnostic and therapeutic procedures during this internship. The program involved full-time day work, clinical classes with a concluding exam, outpatient settings, and seven 24-hour shifts. In constant communication with on-call attending physicians, my duties encompassed providing medical care to admitted patients and offering emergent consultations to other medical services during overnight shifts. Additionally, I ensured the presentation of overnight-admitted patients in the Morning report.
*In Iran, medical internship is only offered as a part of the M.D. program designated for training General Practitioners (G.P.).
Community Service
- RCS
- During COVID-19
- RedXir NGO
Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS)
Since 2019
2019 – 2024: Serving voluntarily in the Youth Department of IRCS (in IAUTMU Branch)
After 2024: Serving voluntarily in the Rescue and Relief Organization of IRCS (in Shemiranat Branch)
Volunteering during COVID-19 Pandemic
2021
Responsibilities: Part-time volunteering as a vaccinator agent of IRCS
RedXir HIV/AIDS advocacy NGO
2019 – 2020
RedXir is an HIV/AIDS advocacy non-governmental organization (NGO) focused on reducing discrimination against people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWH) among healthcare professional students. Supervised by the Iranian Research Center for HIV/AIDS (IRCHA) at Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), and UNAIDS.
Teaching Experiences
A theoretical and hands-on course for Stereotaxic Surgery of Rat Brain
Jan. 2021
A 20-hour workshop in three days, at Herbal Pharmacology Research Center at IAUTMU
Skills
Softwares
LaTeX: A software system for typesetting documents (including Beamer class for creating presentations).
Especially, I use LaTeX on Kile and TeXstudio compilers.
WordPress: Website builder
Used by me for building this website as well as my Online Persian Office.
Zotero: Reference managers
EndNote: Reference managers
Obsidian: Personal Knowledge Management (PKM) software.
I use obsidian every day for my notetakings, diary, networking, etc.
Microsoft Office Word & PowerPoint
SPSS: a statistical software
Linux: especially Ubuntu and a little bit of Arch
I use Kubuntu (Ubuntu with KDE-Plasma flavor) as my primary OS.
GROMACS: a molecular dynamics simulation package
I use Kubuntu (Ubuntu with KDE-Plasma flavor) as my primary OS.
Google Colab: a cloud service that lets us run Python code in an environment like Jupyter Notebook.
I run DeepLabCut on Google Colab to analyze video records of one of my projects.
Medical decision-making as a general practitioner (G.P.)
Since Jan. 2024
A licensed medical practitioner in Iran. (IMC REG. NO 217105)
Animal neuroscience studies
- Rat Stereotaxic Brain Surgery
The stereotaxic brain surgery is a versatile method for drug delivery, generating lesions,
English Proficiency
TOEFL iBT:
Reading:23
Listening:29
Speaking:23
Writing:21
10-28-2023
Extra-curricular Courses
In Philosophy
| Year | Course | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Physicalism and its Critics Online attendance in the Physicalism and its Critics course held by the Iranian Research Institute of Philosophy (IRIP). | 18 hours |
| 2021 | Summer School of Topics in Normativity Online attendance Topics in Normativity course taught by Prof. Hamid Vahid at the Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM) | |
| 2019 | Summer School of Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, and Philosophy at Sharif University of Technology (SUT), Tehran, Iran | 2 days |
In Leadership
| Year | Course | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Physicalism and its Critics Online attendance in the Physicalism and its Critics course held by the Iranian Research Institute of Philosophy (IRIP). | 18 hours |
| 2021 | Summer School of Topics in Normativity Online attendance Topics in Normativity course taught by Prof. Hamid Vahid at the Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM) | |
| 2019 | Summer School of Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, and Philosophy at Sharif University of Technology (SUT), Tehran, Iran | 2 days |
Since Jan. 2024
A licensed medical practitioner in Iran. (IMC REG. NO 217105)
Animal neuroscience studies
- Rat Stereotaxic Brain Surgery
The stereotaxic brain surgery is a versatile method for drug delivery, generating lesions,
English Proficiency
TOEFL iBT:
Reading:23
Listening:29
Speaking:23
Writing:21
10-28-2023
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