Research Associate
Canadian VIGOUR Centre and Department of Medicine, University of Alberta
Canadian VIGOUR Centre, University of Alberta, Canada
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Nariman Sepehrvand is a medical doctor, graduated from Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Iran, and a graduate of the PhD program in Medicine (Cardiology) at the University of Alberta. He is currently a cardiovascular researcher (Research associate) at the Canadian VIGOUR Centre, and Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, and practices medicine at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta.
He has been highly engaged in clinical research with over 100 papers in peer-reviewed journals and numerous presentations at local, national and international conferences. His research interest has been primarily in the fields of cardiology and heart failure, encompassing a wide variety of methodologies including RCT design and implementation, epidemiological studies and big administrative data analyses, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, as well as artificial intelligence and machine learning.
In addition to participating in clinical studies that have led to changes in guideline recommendations in the acute care of patients with cardiovascular diseases, he has studied topics related to health services and policy including the burden of diseases, patterns of care, risk stratification and risk-guided management, and feasibility and clinical/cost impact of health system interventions, such as screening programs.