Grants & Awards :

Patents :

Presentations & Poster Sessions :

National Conferences Yadegarfar G, Fayaz M, Alinia T, Hassannezhad R, Hosseini R, Sanati J, Harandi J, Haj Nouruzali V, Baghi M. Shift work and job stress among employees of Polyacryl Iran Corporation Company.6th Iranian Congress of Epidemiology, Shahrood, Iran. July 13-15, 2010. (Poster presentation). Maracy M.R, Barkatain M, Hassannejad R, Hosseini Reihane. Factor Associated with readmission among psychiatric inpatients at Noor hospital in Esfahan, Iran from 2004-2009. The 1st student national congress on social determinants of health, Tehran, Iran, October 13-14, 2010. (I have presented delivered poster presentations and it was selected as a top poster) Maracy M.R, Barkatain M, Hosseini R, Hassannejad R. The Relationship between Psychiatric Disorders and Epidemiological Characteristics among psychiatric inpatients at Noor hospital in Esfahan, Iran from 2004-2009. The 1st student national congress on social determinants of health, Tehran, Iran, October 13-14, 2010. (Poster presentation) Yadegarfar G, Alinia T, Hosseini H, Hassannezhad R, Fayaz M, Sanati J, Haj Nouruzali V, Baghi M.R, Mirzavand E. Psychological stress at work and depression symptoms in employees of Polyacryl Iran Corporation Company. Tabriz, Iran. 16 -19 May 2011. (Oral presentation) International Conferences Yadegarfar G, Alinia T, Hosseini R, Hassannezhad R, Fayaz M, Sanati J. The Farsi version of effort - reward imbalance questionnaire: A study of Psychometric Properties in employees of Isfahan Polyacryle Corporation. The First International Congress of Evidence Base Medicine in Developing Countries, Tabriz, Iran. April 20 – 23, 2010. (Poster presentation) Yadegarfar G, Alinia T, Sanati J, Hosseini R, Hassannezhad R .Job stress and cardiovascular disease risk factors: a cross sectional study on employees of Polyacryl Iran Corporation Company. ICOH-WOPS Conference: The Changing World of Work, Amsterdam, NL. June 14-17, 2010. (Oral presentation) Maracy M.R, Barkatain M, Hassannejad R, Hosseini Reihane. Factor Associated with readmission among psychiatric inpatients at Noor hospital in Esfahan, Iran from 2004-2009. International conference on development and applications of statistics in emerging areas of science and technology, Jammu, India, December 8-10, 2010.(Oral presentation) Yadegarfar G, Hassannezhad R, Hosseini R, Alinia T, Fayaz M, Sanati J, Haandi J, Haj Nouruzali V, Baghi M, Mirzavand E, Harandi A. Shift work, Job stress and CVD risk factors. Stockholm, Sweden. June 28 to July 1, 2011. (Oral presentation) Yadegarfar G, Alinia T, Fayaz M, Hassannezhad R, Hosseini R, Ramazani Neda, Sanati J, Harandi J, Haj Nouruzali V, Baghi M.R, Mirzavand E. Work and individual factors of job stress: An investigation within an industrial company in Iran. Edinburgh International Conference Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland. 7-11th August 2011. (Poster presentation)

Research Experience :

Hassannejad R, Shafie D, Turk-Adawi KI, Hajaj AM, Mehrabani-Zeinabad K, Lui M, Kopec JA, Rahim HF, Safiri S, Fadhil I, Anwar WA, Mokdad AH, Shariful Islam SM, Sarrafzadegan N. Changes in the burden and underlying causes of heart failure in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 1990–2019: An analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. eClinicalMedicine. 2023 Feb 1;56:101788. Ordikhani M, Saniee Abadeh M, Prugger C, Hassannejad R, Mohammadifard N, Sarrafzadegan N. An evolutionary machine learning algorithm for cardiovascular disease risk prediction. Plos one. 2022 Jul 28;17(7): e0271723. Sarrafzadegan N, Bagherikholenjani F, Noohi F, Alikhasi H, Mohammadifard N, Ghaffari S, Adel SMH, Assareh AR, ZibaeeNezhad MJ, Tabandeh M, Farshidi H, Khosravi A, Nematipour E, Kermani-Alghoraishi M, Hassannejad R, Sadeghi M, Najafian J, Shafie D, Mohammadzadeh Shabestari M, Mansouri A, Roohafza HR, Shahidi S, Yarmohammadian MH, Moeeni M. Priority setting in cardiovascular research in Iran using standard indigenous methods. Journal of Research in Medical Sciences. 2022 Jan 1;27(1):91. Grau N, Mohammadifard N, Hassannejhad R, Haghighatdoost F, Sadeghi M, Talaei M, Sajjadi F, Mavrommatis Y, Sarrafzadegan N. Red and processed meat consumption and risk of incident cardiovascular disease and mortality: Isfahan cohort study. International journal of food sciences and nutrition. 2022 May 19;73(4):503-12. Mahmoudi Kohi S, Mohammadifard N, Hassannejad R, Nouri F, Mansourian M, Sarrafzadegan N. Explaining the decline in coronary heart disease mortality rate using IMPACT model: Estimation of the changes in risk factors and treatment uptake in Iran between 2007 and 2016. ARYA Atherosclerosis Journal. 2022 May 25. Saberi N, Hayrabedian A, Mazdak H, Hassannejad R, Zargham M, Mohammadi Sichani M, Mirzaei M. Effect of Rectal Midazolam on Pain, Stress, and Cooperation of Patient during Urodynamic Test in Women: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Urol J. 2022 Nov14;19:7261. Edalatkhah A, Samadi Khorshidi F, Mohammadi H, Hassannejad R, Jafari F, Lame M. Risk factors, clinical, and laboratory characteristics of patients with a diagnosis of COVID-19. Journal of Emergency Practice and Trauma. 2022;8(2):115-21. Mohseni M, Mohammadifard N, Hassannejad R, et al. Longitudinal association of dietary habits and the risk of cardiovascular disease among Iranian population between 2001 and 2013: The Isfahan Cohort Study. Research Square; 2022. DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1587450/v1. Hassannejad R, Sharrouf H, Haghighatdoost F, Kirk B, Amirabdollahian F. Diagnostic Power of Circulatory Metabolic Biomarkers as Metabolic Syndrome Risk Predictors in Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Northwest of England (A Feasibility Study). Nutrients. 2021 Jul;13(7):2275. Hassannejad R, Mansourian M, Marateb H, Mohebian MR, Gaziano TA, Jackson RT, Di Angelantonio E, Sarrafzadegan N. Developing Non-Laboratory Cardiovascular Risk Assessment Charts and Validating Laboratory and Non-Laboratory-Based Models. Global heart. 2021;16(1). Hassannejad R, Moosavian SP, Mohammadifard N, Mansourian M, Roohafza H, Sadeghi M, Sarrafzadegan N. Long-term association of red meat consumption and lipid profile: A 13-year prospective population-based cohort study. Nutrition. 2021 Jun 1;86:111144. Hajihashemi P, Hassannejad R, Haghighatdoost F, Mohammadifard N, Sadeghi M, Roohafza H, Sajjadi F, Sarrafzadegan N. The long-term association of different dietary protein sources with metabolic syndrome. Scientific Reports. 2021 Sep 29;11(1):1-8. Mohammadifard N, Ghaderian N, Hassannejad R, Sajjadi F, Sadeghi M, Roohafza H, Salas-Salvadó J, Sarrafzadegan N. Longitudinal Association of Nut Consumption and the Risk of Cardiovascular Events: A Prospective Cohort Study in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. Frontiers in Nutrition. 2021:315. Marateb HR, von Cube M, Sami R, Haghjooy Javanmard S, Mansourian M, Amra B, Soltaninejad F, Mortazavi M, Adibi P, Khademi N, Sadat Hosseini N, Toghyani A, Hassannejad R, Mañanas MA, Binder H and Wolkewitz M. Absolute mortality risk assessment of COVID-19 patients: the Khorshid COVID Cohort (KCC) study. BMC medical research methodology. 2021 Dec;21(1):1-9. Sadeghi M, Simani M, Mohammadifard N, Talaei M, Roohafza H, Hassannejad R, Sarrafzadegan N. Longitudinal association of dietary fat intake with cardiovascular events in a prospective cohort study in Eastern Mediterranean region. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition. 2021 Nov 17;72(8):1095-104. Sadeghi M, Soleimani A, Sarrafzadegan N, Askari M, Nouri F, Masoumi G, Hassannejad R, Roohafza H. Background and design of a 5-year ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction Cohort in Isfahan, Iran: SEMI-CI study. ARYA Atherosclerosis. 2021 Jul 28;17:2375-15. Shakibaei N, Hassannejad R, Mohammadifard N, Marateb HR, Mansourian M, Mañanas MA, Sarrafzadegan N. Pathways leading to prevention of fatal and non-fatal cardiovascular disease: An interaction model on 15 years population-based cohort study. Lipids in health and disease. 2020 Dec;19(1):1-2. Hassannejad R, Mohammadifard N, Kazemi I, Mansourian M, Sadeghi M, Roohafza H, Sarrafzadegan N. Long-term nuts intake and metabolic syndrome: a 13-year longitudinal population-based study. Clinical Nutrition. 2019 Jun 1;38(3):1246-52. Sarrafzadegan N, Hassannejad R, Roohafza H, Sadeghi M, Talaei M, Oveisgharan S, Mansourian M. A 10-year Isfahan cohort on cardiovascular disease as a master plan for a multi-generation non-communicable disease longitudinal study: methodology and challenges. Journal of human hypertension. 2019 Nov;33(11):807-16. Mohammadifard N, Haghighatdoost F, Mansourian M, Hassannejhad R, Sadeghi M, Roohafza H, Sajjadi F, Maghroun M, Alikhasi H, Sarrafzadegan N. Long-term association of nut consumption and cardiometabolic risk factors. Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases. 2019 Sep 1;29(9):972-82. Hassannejad R, Kazemi I, Sadeghi M, Mohammadifard N, Roohafza H, Sarrafzadegan N, et al. Longitudinal association of metabolic syndrome and dietary patterns: A 13-year prospective population-based cohort study. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc 2018;28(4):352-360. Sarrafzadegan N, Hassannejad R, Marateb HR, Talaei M, Sadeghi M, Roohafza HR, et al. PARS risk charts: A 10-year study of risk assessment for cardiovascular diseases in Eastern Mediterranean Region. PLoS One 2017;12:e0189389. Barekatain M, Maracy MR, Hassannejad R and Hosseini R.Factors Associated with Readmission of Patients at a University Hospital Psychiatric Ward in Iran. Psychiatry Journal 2013, 5 pages. doi:10.1155/2013/685625. Yadegarfar G, Alinia T, Hosseini R, Hassannejad R, Fayaz M, Sanati J, et al.. Psychometric properties of the Farsi version of effort-reward imbalance questionnaire: a longitudinal study in employees of a synthetic fibre factory in Iran. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 2013;86:147–55. Ataie M, Nokhodian Z, Ataei B, Kassaian N, Yaran M, Hassannejad R. Seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus and human immunodeficiency virus among young prisoners. J Res Med Sci Off J Isfahan Univ Med Sci 2013;18:70. Kassaian N, Adibi P, Kafashaian A, Yaran M, Nokhodian Z, Shoaei P, Hassannejad R, et al. Hepatitis C virus and associated risk factors among prison inmates with history of drug injection in Isfahan, Iran. Int J Prev Med 2012;3:S156. Hassannejad R, Kassaian N, Ataei B, Adibi P. High risky behaviors among intravenous drug users in Isfahan, Iran: A study for hepatitis C harm reduction programs. Int J Prev Med 2012;3:S73. Shoaei P, Lotfi N, Hassannejad R, Yaran M, Ataei B, Kassaian N, et al. Seroprevalence of hepatitis C infection among laboratory health care workers in Isfahan, Iran. Int J Prev Med 2012;3:S146. Nokhodian Z, Ataei B, Kassaian N, Yaran M, Hassannejad R, Adibi P. Seroprevalence and risk factors of hepatitis C virus among juveniles in correctional center in Isfahan, Iran. Int J Prev Med 2012;3:S113. Nokhodian Z, Meshkati M, Adibi P, Ataei B, Kassaian N, Yaran M, Shoaei P, Hassannejad R*. Hepatitis C among intravenous drug users in Isfahan, Iran: a study of seroprevalence and risk factors. Int J Prev Med 2012;3:S131. Shoaei P, Zeidabadinejad L, Hassannejad R, Ataei B, Yaran M, Kassaian N, et al. Seroprevalence of hepatitis A in patients with chronic hepatitis C in Isfahan province. Int J Prev Med 2012;3:S102. Ataei B, Hashemipour M, Kassaian N, Hassannejad R, Nokhodian Z, Adibi P. Prevalence of anti HCV infection in patients with Beta-thalassemia in isfahan-iran. Int J Prev Med 2012;3:S118. Yadegarfar G, Alinia T, Hassannezhad R, Fayaz M, Hosseini R, Sanati J, et al.. Validation and localization of farsi version of effort-reward imbalance questionnaire to measure job stress among employees of Isfahan polyacryle corporation. Iranian Journal of Epidemiology 2012; 8(3). [In persian] Hosseini M, Hassannejad R, Khademolghorani SH, Tabatabaeian M, Mokarian F. Identification of patterns of breast cancer metastasis among women referred to Isfahan Seyedoshohada Center, Iran, between 1999 and 2009 by association rules and ordinal logistic regression. Health System Research 2011; 7(6). [In persian] Maracy MR, Barekatain M, Hosseini R and Hassannejad R. Relationship between Psychological Disorder and Epidemiological Characteristics Inpatients in Noor Hospital, Isfahan, Iran. Health System Research 2011; 7(2). [In persian]

Research Interests :

• Risk assessment models • Modelling Survival data • Modelling burden of disease • Flexible modelling of random-effects distributions in longitudinal data • Generalized linear mixed-effects models • Semi-parametric Bayesian models for correlated data

Teaching Experience :

10/2012-02/2013 Najafabad Unit, Azad University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran
10/2012-02/2013 Hashbehesht University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran
02/2013-ongoing Isfahan University of Medical sciences, Isfahan, Iran

Teaching Interests :

• Statistics and Probability
• Biostatistics
• Biostatistics and Methodology of Research
• Methodology of Research in Medical and Health
• Biostatistics and Health Indices
• Analysing Health Data using SPSS for Windows