Grants & Awards :

Patents :

Presentations & Poster Sessions :

****** Leader 1- Leader of research project entitled “The determination of Sodium benzoate, Potassium sorbate and Natamycin in pasteurized Yoghurt  drink produced in Dairy Company of Isfahan Province” with number 290127 approved and funded in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. 2- Leader of research project entitled “The determination of Sodium benzoate, Potassium sorbate and Natamycin in pasteurized Yoghurt  drink distributed in retail stage of Isfahan” with number 291069 approved and funded in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. 3- Leader of research project entitled “Examination of Clostridium difficile in red meat (goat, camel, cow and mutton) in Isfahan” with number 291241 approved and funded in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. 4- Leader of research project entitled “Determination of benzoic acid in yoghurt by HPLC” with number 292227 approved and funded in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. 5- Leader of research project entitled “Examination of epidemiology of infection by Clostridium difficile in Iran” with number 294158 approved and funded in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. 6- Leader of research project entitled “Examination of pros and cons of preservatives in foodstuff and their influence on public health” with number 294159 approved and funded in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. 7- Leader of research project entitled “Influence of Education on knowledge, attitude and performance of employees and students of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences on labeling of food and beverages” with number 295204 approved and funded in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. 8- Leader of research project entitled “Influence of education about traffic light and food labeling on knowledge, attitude and performance of food product consumers in Isfahan city” with number 295098 approved and funded in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. 9- Leader of research project entitled “Evaluation of acetaldehyde migration in polyethylene terephthalate packaging of drinking and mineral water” with number 292239 approved and funded in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. 10- Leader of research project entitled “Review Study on Controlling and prevention of novel coronavirus through health and safety protocols in food” with number 299198 approved and funded in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. 11- Leader of research project entitled “Evaluation of Iron in Flour and Bread (Barbari, Taftoon and Lavash) manufactured in Isfahan city” with number 199464 approved and funded in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. 12- Leader of research project entitled “Examination of Iron in Fortified Flour and manufactured bread by Inductive Couple Plasma-Optical Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-OES) in Isfahan” with number 299248 approved and funded in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. 13- Leader of research project entitled “Designing, Manufacturing and Validation of Detection Kit of Escherichia coli in Milk” with number 140019 approved and funded in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. Co-Researcher   1- Co-Researcher of research project entitled “Separation and measurement of melamin in dried milk with composite polymeric nano-filters and HPLC” with number 291197 approved and funded in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. 2- Co-Researcher of research project entitled “Examination of Clostridium difficile in ready to eat salat in Isfahan” with number 392234 approved and funded in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. 3- Co-Researcher of research project entitled “Evaluation of pesticides in cucumbers with QuEChERS and GC-MS” with number 292094 approved and funded in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. 4- Co-Researcher of research project entitled “Evaluation of phthalate in polyethylene terephthalate packaging of bottled water” with number 192094 approved and funded in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. 5- Co-Researcher of research project entitled “The effect of Portulaca oleracea hydroalcoholic extract on blood pressure in glucocorticoid-induced hypertension in rat” with number 295104 approved and funded in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. 6- Co-Researcher of research project entitled “Evaluation of resistome and genetypic profile of Clostridium difficile isolated from clinical, meat and sweage in Tehran” with number 20315 approved and funded in Tehran University of Medical Sciences. 7- Co-Researcher of research project entitled “Assesment of molecular epidemiology of Clostridium difficile isolates by application of multilocus sequence typing analysis on hands of healthcares and the environment of diarrhetic hospitalized patients in selected hospitals (Sayedalshohada, Ali-Asghar, Alzahra, and Imam Moosa Kazem) of Isfahan, Iran in 2015” with number 295020 approved and funded in Tehran University of Medical Sciences. 8- Co-Researcher of research project entitled “Evaluation of Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice of Workers in Catering of University of Medical Sciences Toward Safety and Health Indices” with number 197160 approved and funded in Tehran University of Medical Sciences.

Research Experience :

1- Mansouripour S, Esfandiari Z, Nateghi L. The effect of heat process on the survival and increased viability of probiotic by microencapsulation: A review. Annals of Biological Research. 2013; 4(4): 83-87 (Indexed in ISI). 2- Esfandiari Z, Badiey M, Mahmoudian P, Sarhangpour R, Yazdani E, Mirlohi M. Simultaneous Determination of sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate and natamycin content in Iranian yoghurt drink (Doogh) and the associated risk of their intake through Doogh consumption. Iranian Journal of Public Health. 2013; 8 (42) (Impact factor= 1.5). 3- Jahanmard E,  Azarani F, Sharifi M,  Esfandiari Z. Aflatoxin in pistachio nuts used as ingredients in Gaz sweets produced in Isfahan, Iran. Food Additives and Contaminants B. 2014; 7 (1) (Impact factor=0.9). 4- Esfandiari Z, Jalali M, Ezzatpanah H, Weese J.S, Chamani M. Prevalence and Characterization of Clostridium difficile in Beef and Mutton Meats of Isfahan Region, Iran. Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology. 2014 (Impact factor=0.78). 5- Esfandiari Z, Jalali M, Ezzatpanah H, Weese J.S, Chamani M. Occurrence of Clostridium difficile in seasoned hamburgers and seven processing plants in Iran. BMC Microbiology. 2014; 283 (Impact factor= 3.1). 6- Yamoudy M, Mirlohi M, Nasr Esfahani B, Jalali M , Esfandiari Z, Hosseini NS. Isolation of toxigenic Clostridium difficile from Ready- to- eat Salads by multiplex polymerase chain reaction in Isfahan, Iran. Advanced Biomedical Research. 2015; 4:87 (Indexed in Pubmed). 7- Esfandiari Z, Weese J, Ezzatpanah H, Chamani M, Shoaei Parisa, Yaran Majid, Ataei Behrooz, Maracy Mohammad Reza, Ansariyan Akbar, Ebrahimi Fatemeh, Jalali M. Isolation and Characterization of Clostridium difficile in Farm Animals from Slaughterhouse to Retail Stage in Isfahan, Iran. Foodborne Pathogen and Disease.  2015; 12 (10): 864-866 (Impact factor= 2.44). 8- Ebrahimi A, Moazeni M, Esfandiari Z, Estaki F, Samani Majd A.M, Mirlohi M, Abdi Moghadam Z, Falahati M, Pourzamani H.R. Qualitative Evaluation of bottled Water stored in Poly (ethylene terephtalate) based on organic chemical compounds. Anuario do Instituto de Geociencias. 2016; 39 (2): 29-35 (Indexed in Scopus). 9- Esfandiari Z, Saraji M, Madani R, Jahanmard E. Status of benzoic acid amount during processing from yoghurt to its by-product drink (DOOGH). Italian Journal of Food Science. 2016; 28: 536-541(Impact factor=0.28). 10. Jalali M, Warriner K, Esfandiari Z. Risk Assessment of the Growth of Clostridium botulinum and spores Germination Induce by High Hydrostatic Pressure in Seafood. International Journal of Environmental Health Engineering. 2016; 5:21(Indexed in Scopus). 11- Akbari-adergani B, Sadeghian GH, Alimohammadi A, Esfandiari Z. Integrated photo-grafted molecularly imprinted polymers with cellulose acetate membrane for the extraction of melamine from dry milk prior to high-performance liquid chromatography. Journal of Separation Science. 2017 (Impact factor=2.7). 12- Akbari-adergani B, Poorasad M, Esfandiari Z. Sunset yellow, tartrazine and sodium benzoate in orange juice distributed in Iranian market and subsequent exposure assessment. International Food Research Journal. 2018; 25 (3): 975-981 (Impact factor=0.6). 13- Safaeian L, Baniahmad B, Esfandiari Z, Alavi SA.  Portulaca oleracea seeds extract does not prevent dexamethasone-induced hypertension in rats. Journal of Herbmed Pharmacognosy. 2018; 7(1): 8-12 (Indexed in Scopus). 14- Ghazavi N, Rahimi E, Esfandiari Z, Shakerian A. Enterotoxigenicity, distribution of enterotoxigenic genes and antibiotic resistance pattern of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from traditional sweet. 2018. Tropical Biomedicine. 2018; 35 (4). 880-892 (Impact factor=0.5). 15- Shoaei P, Shojaei H, Jalali M, Khorvash F, Hosseini SM, Ataei B, Vakili B, Ebrahimi F, Tavakoli H, Esfandiari Z, Weese JS. Prevalence of Clostridium difficile infection in outpatients with ulcerative colitis in Isfahan, Iran. BMC Infectious Diseases. 2019; 19: 361 (Impact factor=2.9). 16- Shoaei P, Shojaei H, KHorvash F, Hosseini A, Ataei B, Esfandiari Z, Vakili B, Rozti M, Safavi AA. Clostridium difficile infection in cancer patients with hospital acquired diarrhea at the teaching hospital in Ira: Multilocus sequence typing analysis (MLAST) and antimicrobial resistance pattern. Annali di Igiene. 2019; 31 (4): 365-373 (Indexed in Pubmed and Scopus). 17- Moravejolahkami AR, Esfandiari Z, Ebdali H, Ganjali Dashti M, Hassanzadeh A, Ziaei H, Bahreini Esfahani N. Emplyees’ knowledge, attitude and practice of food additives; impact of an educational intervention. Nutrition and Food Science. 2020 (Indexed in ISI and Scopus). 18 – Ghazavi N, Rahimi E, Esfandiari Z, Shakerian S. Accuracy of trans fatty acids amount in Traffic Light food labelling of traditional sweets distributed in Isfahan, Iran. ARYA Arthrosclerosis. 2020 (Indexed in ISI, Pubmed and Scopus). 19- Esfandiari Z, Mirlohi M, Mosberian Tanha J, Hadian M, Mossavi SI, Ansariyan A, et al. Effect of Education on Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices toward Traffic Light Food Labelling in Isfahan Society, Iran. International Quarterly Journal of Community Health Education. 2021b. 41(3): 275–284. (Indexed in ISI, Pubmed and Scopus). 20- Ebdali H, Sami M, Bahreini N, Esfandiari Z. Knowledge, attitudes and self-reported practices of food technical assistants toward hazard analysis critical control point in Isfahan, Iran: A survey in dairy processing plants. Nutrition and Food Science. 2020 (Indexed in ISI and Scopus). 21- Madani RA, Kermani S, Sami M, Esfandiari Z, Karamian E. Risk assessment of heavy metals (chromium, nickel, lead, copper, and iron) in fast foods consumed in Isfahan, Iran. Journal of Bioenergy and food Science. 7(4) 2020 (Indexed in ISI). 22- Bahreini Esfahani, N, Ziaei H, Esfandiari Z. Status of Knowledge, attitudes and Practices toward food additives in personnel of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences in Iran. Journal of Nutrition and Food Security. 2020. (Indexed ISC).  

Research Interests :

Teaching Experience :

Teaching Interests :