Narges Neyazi, PhD

Postdoctoral Scholar
Cardiovascular Research Inst
[email protected]

Narges Neyazi, MSc, PhD, is a postdoctoral scholar at the UCSF Center for Tobacco Research and Education. She has worked for the WHO Afghanistan country office for three years as a national technical officer in Health System Development. In 2022, she completed her Doctor of Health Service Management. During her tenure as Advisor to the General Directorate of Policy and Planning at the Afghanistan Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), she made direct contributions to national policy and strategy development. Narges provided valuable inputs for numerous designated and implemented health programs within MoPH. Additionally, she served as the principal investigator and co-investigator for four national research projects in Afghanistan from 2021 to 2023. She holds the distinction of being a Fellow of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for her BSc studies and a Scholar of Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) for her MSc and PhD. In 2016, she received the Top International Prize from the International Campus of TUMS, and in 2017, the Open Society Foundation (USA) awarded her $10,000 for her PhD work.

Publications: 

Governance of noncommunicable diseases in Afghanistan.

Chronic diseases and translational medicine

Neyazi N, Mosadeghrad AM, Tajvar M, Safi N

Non-communicable diseases in Afghanistan: a silent tsunami.

Lancet (London, England)

Neyazi N, Mosadeghrad AM, AbouZeid A

Trend analysis of noncommunicable diseases and their risk factors in Afghanistan.

Chronic diseases and translational medicine

Neyazi N, Mosadeghrad AM, Tajvar M, Safi N

Strategies to tackle non-communicable diseases in Afghanistan: A scoping review.

Frontiers in public health

Neyazi N, Mosadeghrad AM, Afshari M, Isfahani P, Safi N

The provision and utilization of essential health services in Afghanistan during COVID-19 pandemic.

Frontiers in public health

Neyazi N, Lindan C, Perdes S, Ibrahimi AG, Horemans D, Al Afsoor D

Gender barriers are worsening women's access to health care in Afghanistan.

Lancet (London, England)

Neyazi N, Safi N, Afzali A, Kabir M

Policy options for strengthening evidence-informed health policy-making in Iran: overall SASHA project findings.

Health research policy and systems

Majdzadeh R, Sajadi HS, Yazdizadeh B, Doshmangir L, Ehsani-Chimeh E, Mahdavi M, Mehrdad N, Lavis J, Nikooee S, Mohtasham F, Mohseni M, Akbari P, Asgardoon MH, Rezaei N, Neyazi N, Ghaffarifar S, Haghdoost AA, Khodayari-Zarnaq R, Mosadeghrad AM, Pourabbasi A, Rafinejad J, Toyserkanamanesh R

Evaluation of selected faculties at Tehran University of Medical Sciences using CIPP model in students and graduates point of view.

Evaluation and program planning

Neyazi N, Arab PM, Farzianpour F, Mahmoudi Majdabadi M