Shahabeddin Abhari

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Shahabeddin Abhari

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Email: sabhari@uwaterloo.ca
Website: www.drshahababhari.com
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Link to CV: Dr Shahabeddin Abhari - Feb 2024
 

Dr. Shahabeddin Abhari is a researcher, lecturer, and consultant in the digital health domain. Now, he is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at UbiLab at the University of Waterloo since Jan 2023.

He had been an Assistant Professor of Health Information Technology (HIT) at one of the top medical universities in Iran from 2020 until 2023. He completed a Ph.D. in Health Information Management with a GPA of 18.73/20 at Tehran University of Medical Sciences, as the best medical university in Iran in 2020. He obtained an MSc in Health Information Technology in Iran in 2016. He also successfully completed MPH in Health Policy and MBA in Healthcare due to his interest in interdisciplinary approaches. He has published more than 25 articles in specialized journals indexed in ISI, Scopus, PubMed, and other indexes during his academic activities. Also, he has attended and presented at many international and national scientific congresses. In addition, he has contributed to several research projects in some Iranian universities of medical sciences. Also, he has good teaching experience. He had been teaching intermittently since 2015 at Iranian universities. During these years, he has taught undergraduate student’s various courses for over 1000 hours in the fields of health informatics, health information management, and health information technology.

Shahabeddin would like to help and collaborate with students, researchers, startup teams, companies, and managers that are active in digital health.

Research Interests

  • Digital Health
  • Health Informatics
  • Telehealth
  • mHealth
  • Innovations in Digital Health
  • Health Information Systems Management
  • Aging
  • AI in Medical Sciences
  • Electronic Health Record(EHR)                                                                                                       
  • Health Policy, Health Equity and Health Care Management
  • Health Economics

Education

  • PhD in Health Information Management from Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Iran(2020)
  • MBA in Healthcare from Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SBMU), Iran (2020)
  • MPH in Health Policy from Shiraz University of Medical Sciences  (SUMS), Iran (2016)
  • MSc in Health Information Technology from Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (SUMS), Iran (2016)
  • BSc in Health Information Technology from Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (SUMS), Iran (2013)

Projects

  • Scoping the landscape towards standards for the design and evaluation of AgeTech for aging in place
  • Exploring the applications of generative AI in healthcare
  • Applications of Active Assisted Living (AAL) technologies in care
  • Exploring the applications of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) in healthcare
  • Exploring the challenges regarding ethics, security, and privacy in the use of AAL technologies
  • Support healthy aging with smart home technology: A data ecosystem for elderly healthcare monitoring
  • Enhancing public health through dynamic consent and private ledger integration

Selected Publications

  1. Abhari S, McMurray J, Randhawa T, Bin Noon G, Hanjahanja-Phiri T, McNeil H, Manning F, Debergue P, Teague J, Morita PP. (2024). Exploring the Landscape of Standards and Guidelines in AgeTech Design and Development: A Scoping Review and Thematic Analysis Study. JMIR Aging. [Forthcoming]
  1. Abhari S, Fatahi S, Morita P, Saragadam A, Chumachenko D.(2024). A Road Map of Prompt Engineering for ChatGPT in Healthcare: A Perspective Study. Journal of Healthcare Leadership. [Under review]
  1. Abhari S, Bin Noon G, Wang K, Morita PP.(2024). Overview of the potential applications of generative AI in AgeTech and independent living for older adults in the future: The opportunities and challenges. Frontiers in Public Health. [Under review].
  1. Abhari S, Lankarani KB, Azadbakht L, Niakan Kalhori SR, Safdari R, Emamgholipour Sefiddashti S, Garavand A, Barzegari S, Moradi S. Designing and Evaluating a Nutrition Recommender System for Improving Food Security in a Developing Country. Arch Iran Med. 2023 Nov 1;26(11):629-641.
  1. Abhari, S., Morita, P. P., Miranda, P., Garavand, A., Phiri, T., & Chumachenko, D. (2023). Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) in healthcare: A scoping review. Frontiers in Public Health, 11, 1266385.
  1. Morita, P., Abhari, S., & Kaur, J. (2023). Do ChatGPT and Other Artificial Intelligence Bots Have the Potential to Apply in Health Policy-Making? Opportunities and Threats. International Journal of Health Policy and Management.
  1. Miranda, P., Kaur, J., Abhari, S., & Morita, P. P. (2023). ChatGPT for Systematic and Scoping Reviews in Public Health Research: An Applicable Approach. European Journal of Public Health, 33(Supplement 2), ckad160-1237.
  1. Morita, P. P., Abhari, S., Kaur, J., Lotto, M., Miranda, P. A. D. S. E. S., & Oetomo, A. (2023). Applying ChatGPT in public health: a SWOT and PESTLE analysis. Frontiers in Public Health, 11, 1225861.
  1. Pormehdi Ganji, Z., Ahmadzadeh, A., Abhari, S., & Rezapour, M. (2023). The Associations Between Sources of Vaccine News and the Intention to Change Adherence to COVID-19 Preventive Health Measures. Journal of Research and Health, 13(5), 359-372.
  1. Ghazisaeedi, M., Shahmoradi, L., Garavand, A., Maleki, M., Abhari, S., Ladan, M., & Mehdizadeh, S. (2022). Developing a Clinical Decision Support System for Prediction Postoperative Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Infection in Diabetic Patients. Journal of Biomedical Physics and Engineering, 12(6), 583-590.
  1. Zakerabasali, S., Ayyoubzadeh, S. M., Baniasadi, T., Yazdani, A., & Abhari, S. (2021). Mobile Health Technology and Healthcare Providers: Systemic Barriers to Adoption. Healthcare Informatics Research, 27(4), 267-278.
  1. Garavand A, Aslani N, Ayyoubzadeh SM, Abhari S. E-booking Websites in Iranian Public Clinics: A Step Toward Health Equity. Shiraz E-Medical Journal. 2018 Dec 31.
  1. Mohammadi R, Tabanejad Z, Abhari S, Honarvar B, Lazem M, Maleki M, Garavand A. A Systematic Review of the Use of Telemedicine in the Military Forces Worldwide. Shiraz E-Medical Journal. 2020 Nov 30;21(11).
  1. Abhari, S., Niakan Kalhori, S. R., Ebrahimi, M., Hasannejadasl, H., & Garavand, A. (2019). Artificial intelligence applications in type 2 diabetes mellitus care: focus on machine learning methods. Healthcare informatics research, 25(4), 248-261.
  1. Karbasi, Z., Kadivar, M., Safdari, R., Shahmoradi, L., Zahmatkeshan, M., Zakerabasali, S., Abhari, S. (2019). Better monitoring of abused children by designing a child abuse surveillance system: Determining national child abuse minimum data set. The International Journal of Health Planning and Management.
  1. Abhari, S., Safdari, R., Azadbakht, L., Lankarani, K. B., Kalhori, S. R. N., Honarvar, B., ... & Jalilpiran, Y. (2019). A Systematic Review of Nutrition Recommendation Systems: With Focus on Technical Aspects. Journal of Biomedical Physics & Engineering, 9(6), 591.
  1. Abhari, SH; Monem, H; Garavand, A; Bastani, P; Rezaee, R. (2019). Designing a thesis tele-supervision system for postgraduate medical sciences students. Journal of Advances in Medical Education & Professionalism, 7(4), 191.
  1. Zakerabasali, S., Safdari, R., Kadivar, M., Rostam Niakan Kalhori, S., Mokhtaran, M., Karbasi, Z., ... & Abhari, S. (2019). Neonatal abstinence syndrome: a systematic review of current databases and registries. The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine, 1-14.
  1. Samadbeik, M; Yaaghobi, D; Bastani, P; Abhari, SH; Rezaee, Rita; Garavand, A. (2018). The applications of virtual reality technology in medical groups teaching. Journal of Advances in Medical Education & Professionalism. 6(3): 123-129.
  1. Garavand, A; Samadbeik, M; Kafashi, M; Abhari, SH. (2017). Acceptance of Health Information Technologies, Acceptance of Mobile Health: A Review Article. Journal of Biomedical Physics & Engineering 7(4): 403.
  1. Garavand, A; Asadi, H; Samadbeik, M; Hasumi, M; Mohammadi, R; Abhari, SH. (2017). An Assessment of Infrastructures of Telemedicine at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. Journal of Health Management and Informatics 4(2): 51-56.
  1. Garavand, A; Samadbeik, M; Kafashi, M; Abhari, SH. (2016). The Identification and Classification of Deployment Challenges Related to Electronic Health Records: A Review Article. Shiraz E-Medical Journal 17(2).
  1. Garavand, A; Samadbeik, M; Asadi, H; Abhari, SH. (2016). Readiness of Shiraz teaching hospitals to implement Electronic Medical Record (EMR). Journal of Health Management and Informatics 3(3): 82-88.
  1. Bastani, P; Garavand, A; Abhari, SH. (2016). Evaluation of Internet booking system in Websites of Health Centers Affiliated with Medical Universities in Iran. Journal of Health and Biomedical Informatics 2(4): 219-228.
  1. Keshavarz, M; Abhari, SH. (2015). An Overview on Infrastructure of Digital Prescription and a Proposed Strategic Plan. Journal of Health Management and Informatics 2(2): 28-33
  1. Nematollahi, M; Abhari, SH; Garavand, A. Attitudes and behaviors related to introduction of Electronic Health Record (EHR) among Shiraz University students in 2014. Journal of Health Management and Informatics 2(3): 97-100.
  1. Abhari, SH; Garavand, A; Kafashi, M. (2014). A Comprehensive Overview of Biomedical Informatics. Journal of Health and Biomedical Informatics 2(2): 129-131.