Mehdi Najafzadeh, MSc, MA, PhD Candidate

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617-643-9268
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Davis JC, Marra CA, Beattie BL, Robertson MC, Najafzadeh M, Graf P, Nagamatsu LS, Liu-Ambrose T. Sustained cognitive and economic benefits of resistance training among community-dwelling senior women: a 1-year follow-up study of the Brain Power study. Arch Intern Med. 2010 Dec 13;170(22):2036-8.

Lester RT, Ritvo P, Mills EJ, Kariri A, Karanja S, Chung MH, Jack W, Habyarimana J, Sadatsafavi M, Najafzadeh M, Marra CA, Estambale B, Ngugi E, Ball TB, Thabane L, Gelmon LJ, Kimani J, Ackers M, Plummer FA. Effects of a mobile phone short message service on antiretroviral treatment adherence in Kenya (WelTel Kenya1): a randomised trial. Lancet. 2010 Nov 27;376(9755):1838-45. Epub 2010 Nov 9.

Davis JC, Marra CA, Robertson MC, Khan KM, Najafzadeh M, Ashe MC, Liu-Ambrose T. Economic evaluation of dose-response resistance training in older women: a cost-effectiveness and cost-utility analysis. Osteoporos Int. 2010 Aug 4. [Epub ahead of print]

Lynd LD, Marra CA, Najafzadeh M, Sadatsafavi M. A quantitative evaluation of the regulatory assessment of the benefits and risks of rofecoxib relative to naproxen: an application of the incremental net-benefit framework. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2010 Nov;19(11):1172-80.

Najafzadeh M, Marra CA, Galanis E, Patrick D. Cost effectiveness of herpes zoster vaccine in Canada. Pharmacoeconomics. 2009;27(12):991-1004.

Najafzadeh M, Marra CA, Sadatsafavi M, Aaron SD, Vandemheem KL, Sullivan S, Jones PW, Fitzgerald MJ. Cost effectiveness of therapy with combinations of long acting bronchodilators and inhaled steroids for treatment of COPD. Thorax. 2008 Nov;63(11):962-7.

C.A. Marra, S.A. Marion, D.P. Guh, M. Najafzadeh, F. Wolfe, J.M. Esdaile, A.E. Clarke, M.A. Gignac, A.H. Anis. Not all "quality-adjusted life years" are equal. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2007; 60: 616-624.

 

 

Mehdi Najafzadeh, MSc, MA, PhD Candidate

Mr. Najafzadeh, Research Fellow at the Harvard/MGH Center on Genomics, Vulnerable Populations, and Health Disparities, is a PhD candidate in Health Economics from The University of British Columbia, Vancouver. He has an MA in Economics from The University of British Columbia and an MSc in Socio-Economic Systems Engineering and BSc in Electrical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology, Tehran. His research focuses on applying methods of mathematical modeling, statistical analysis and theory, and health economics to research in the area of personalized medicine.