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Fariba Ahmadizar

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Fariba Ahmadizar, PharmD, MSc and PhD in Epidemiology, is a senior Assistant Professor at the Data Science and Biostatistics Department, now visiting scholar at the Epidemiology Department, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA. 

Research and Academic Contributions: Fariba interest is in biomarker discovery in cardiometabolic disorders, focusing on the intersection of omics (e.g., genetics and metabolomics), risk factors, drug response, and public health. 
Fariba is a Principal Investigator leading various initiatives and consortia, demonstrating her commitment to advancing research and education. She is currently the Principal Investigator of the observational Post-Authorization Safety Study for the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine. Her significant contributions extend to numerous fellowships, grants, and supervision of postdocs, Ph.D., and MSc students.

Farib actively contributes to the scientific community by organizing and coordinating pre-conference courses, serving as an international scientific coordinator, and holding editorial roles in reputable journals. Her extensive reviewing activities for renowned journals reflect her dedication to maintaining high research standards.
Contact me via e-mail if you would like to reach out:
f.ahmadizar@umcutrecht.nl

Research groups

Real World Evidence group

Research aim

The Real-World Evidence group at the University Medical Center Utrecht has the vision that we should generate best evidence from real world data in a learning health care system.

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Recent publications

Machine learning-based models to predict the conversion of normal blood pressure to hypertension within 5-year follow-up Aref Andishgar, Sina Bazmi, Reza Tabrizi, Maziyar Rismani, Omid Keshavarzian, Babak Pezeshki, Fariba Ahmadizar
PLoS ONE, 2024, vol. 19
Metabolic syndrome, radiographic osteoarthritis progression and chronic pain of the knee among men and women from the general population I A Szilagyi, N L Nguyen, C G Boer, D Schiphof, F Ahmadizar, M Kavousi, S M A Bierma-Zeinstra, J B J van Meurs
Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, 2024, vol. 69, p.152544
Statin therapy and cardiovascular protection in type 2 diabetes Negin Soroush, Mitra Nekouei Shahraki, Soroush Mohammadi Jouabadi, Masoud Amiri, Elif Aribas, Bruno H Stricker, Fariba Ahmadizar
NMCD : Nutrition metabolism and cardiovascular diseases, 2024, vol. 34, p.2021-2033
A Federated Database for Obesity Research Carl Delfin, Iulian Dragan, Dmitry Kuznetsov, Juan Fernandez Tajes, Femke Smit, Daniel E Coral, Ali Farzaneh, André Haugg, Andreas Hungele, Anne Niknejad, Christopher Hall, Daan Jacobs, Diana Marek, Diane P Fraser, Dorothee Thuillier, Fariba Ahmadizar, Florence Mehl, Francois Pattou, Frederic Burdet, Gareth Hawkes, Ilja C W Arts, Jordi Blanch, Johan Van Soest, José-Manuel Fernández-Real, Juergen Boehl, Katharina Fink, Marleen M J van Greevenbroek, Maryam Kavousi, Michiel Minten, Nicole Prinz, Niels Ipsen, Paul W Franks, Rafael Ramos, Reinhard W Holl, Scott Horban, Talita Duarte-Salles, Van Du T Tran, Violeta Raverdy, Yenny Leal, Adam Lenart, Ewan Pearson, Thomas Sparsø, Giuseppe N Giordano, Vassilios Ioannidis, Keng Soh, Timothy M Frayling, Carel W Le Roux, Mark Ibberson
Life, 2024, vol. 14
Time-to-Event Genome-Wide Association Study for Incident Cardiovascular Disease in People With Type 2 Diabetes Soo Heon Kwak, Ryan B Hernandez-Cancela, Daniel A DiCorpo, David E Condon, Jordi Merino, Peitao Wu, Jennifer A Brody, Jie Yao, Xiuqing Guo, Fariba Ahmadizar, Mariah Meyer, Murat Sincan, Josep M Mercader, Sujin Lee, Jeffrey Haessler, Ha My T Vy, Zhaotong Lin, Nicole D Armstrong, Shaopeng Gu, Noah L Tsao, Leslie A Lange, Ningyuan Wang, Kerri L Wiggins, Stella Trompet, Simin Liu, Ruth J F Loos, Renae Judy, Philip H Schroeder, Natalie R Hasbani, Maxime M Bos, Alanna C Morrison, Rebecca D Jackson, Alexander P Reiner, JoAnn E Manson, Ninad S Chaudhary, Lynn K Carmichael, Yii-Der Ida Chen, Kent D Taylor, Mohsen Ghanbari, Joyce van Meurs, Achilleas N Pitsillides, Bruce M Psaty, Raymond Noordam, Ron Do, Kyong Soo Park, J Wouter Jukema, Maryam Kavousi, Adolfo Correa, Stephen S Rich, Scott M Damrauer,
Diabetes Care, 2024, vol. 47, p.1042-1047
Respiratory syncytial virus vaccination during pregnancy for improving infant outcomes Emily Phijffer, Odette de Bruin, Joanne G. Wildenbeest, Louis J. Bont, Miriam C.J.M. Sturkenboom, Nicoline A.T. Van der Maas, Fariba Ahmadizar, Kitty W.M. Bloemenkamp
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2024, vol. 2022