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Mohsen Akhavan

Mohsen Akhavan

Thornhill,Ontario

Summary

Highly qualified clinical research professional skilled in all aspects of clinical trial coordination, protocols, and participant relationships. Experienced in both medical practice and clinical research environments. Demonstrate strong working knowledge of company standard operation procedures, regulatory guidelines, protocols, and monitoring guidelines. Communicate effectively with medical personnel, colleagues, and study participants. Consistently perform at peak professionalism, adhering to code of ethics and business standards. Experienced in multiple study areas, including diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular, renal, and psychiatry. Recognized for initiative, organization, Time, and task management, sound problem solving skills and flexibility.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant

Dalhousie University
Halifax, NS
01.2020 - 05.2022
  • Designed and conducted experiments, collected data and maintained results databases.
  • Teaching assistant in human nutrition course helped more than 200 students.
  • Wrote grant proposals to obtain funding for projects from government, corporate, or private sources
  • Recruited, trained, and evaluated undergraduate research assistants on lab protocols.
  • Prepared summaries of research data for use in high-level meetings and presentations

Clinical Project Coordinator

Health Network
08.2017 - 11.2019
  • Worked with principal investigator and sponsors to facilitate daily trial activities and comply with research protocols
  • Set up educational programs for clinical staff to enhance skills and knowledge
  • Monitored unit budget to meet financial objectives for spending rate and funding
  • Collected data and followed research protocols, operations manuals, and case report form requirements
  • Updated case reports and source documents for clinical trials, arranged study interviews, and recruitment
  • Presented feedback on current and new procedures at weekly clinical meetings

Clinical Dietitian

Ministry of Health
11.2015 - 08.2018
  • Completed detailed nutritional assessments of each patient
  • Developed nutrition plans and diets addressing individualized dietary requirements
  • Offered educational presentations to educate patients, families, and nutrition practitioners
  • Provided monthly progress reports to health network
  • Worked well in a team setting, providing support and guidance
  • Participated in team projects, demonstrating an ability to work collaboratively and effectively

Clinical Project Assistant

Isfahan Endocrine and Metabolism Research Centre
09.2011 - 08.2015
  • Participated in 12 Clinical trials
  • Assisted with recruitment, interviewing, and research protocol development
  • Collected and documented patient medical information such as blood pressure and weight
  • Collected data on research progress, adverse reactions, deviations and results

Education

Master of Science - Kinesiology

Dalhousie University
Halifax, NS
12.2022

Bachelor of Science - Nutrition

Isfahan University of Medical Science
Isfahan, Iran
05.2014

Skills

    MS Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

    Fast learner

    Adaptable

    Flexible

    Extreme attention to details

    Ability to travel without limitations

    Documentation and reporting

    Time management

    Strong work ethics

Certification

Applied and Inferential Statistics SPSS


Standard First Aid (SFA)/CPR-HCP

Affiliations

Member of Isfahan Nutrition's Research Committee Sep 2011 – Sep 2014

Member of Executive Committee in 12,13,14, and 15s Iranian Nutrition Congress

Member of Executive Committee in 5's Iranian Stroke Congress Nov 2012

President of Nutrition society in Isfahan University of Medical Science 2011 –2014

Member - Iran Dietetic Association 2011 – present date

Member - Iranian Sports Medicine Association 2016 – present date

Member – Canadian Nutrition Society 2020 – present date

Member – American Society for Nutrition 2020 – present date

President of Graduate Student Society of in Dalhousie University 2020 – 2022

Publiations

  

Akhavan Zanjani, M (2022) Bone status in young women living in Nova Scotia: secondary analysis using quantitative ultrasoud data, Thesis.


Akhavan Zanjani, M., Rahmani, S., Mehranfar, S., Zarrin, M., Bazyar, H., Moradi Poodeh, B., Zare Javid, A., Hosseini, S. A., & Sadeghian, M. (2022). Soy Foods and the Risk of Fracture: A Systematic Review of Prospective Cohort Studies.  Complementary medicine research, 29(2), 172–181. https://doi.org/10.1159/000519036
 

Sadeghian, M., Asadi, M., Rahmani, S., Akhavan Zanjani, & Zare Javid, A. (2020). Circulating vitamin D and the risk of gestational diabetes: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis. Endocrine, 70(1), 36–47. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12020-020-02360-y 


Azadbakht, L., Mohammadifard, N., Akhavanzanjani, M., Taheri, M., Golshahi, J., & Haghighatdoost, F. (2016). The association between dietary glycemic index, glycemic load and diet quality indices in Iranian adults: results from Isfahan Healthy Heart Program. International 

journal of food sciences and nutrition, 67(2), 161–169. https://doi.org/10.3109/09637486.2015.1134443 


Foroughi, M., Akhavanzanjani, M., Maghsoudi, Z., Ghiasvand, R., Khorvash, F., & Askari, G. (2013). Stroke and nutrition: a review of studies. International journal of preventive medicine, 4(Suppl 2), S165–S179.

Timeline

Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant

Dalhousie University
01.2020 - 05.2022

Clinical Project Coordinator

Health Network
08.2017 - 11.2019

Clinical Dietitian

Ministry of Health
11.2015 - 08.2018

Clinical Project Assistant

Isfahan Endocrine and Metabolism Research Centre
09.2011 - 08.2015

Master of Science - Kinesiology

Dalhousie University

Bachelor of Science - Nutrition

Isfahan University of Medical Science
Mohsen Akhavan