Maryam Tajvar PhD

Research Degree Student of Epidemiology and Population Studies

I am from Iran. My Background is Public Health. I am graduated from Tehran University of Medical Sciences in (MS.c) Health Services Management with the first rank in 2004. Then I was awarded a 4-year scholarship to study abroad. I got another Masters from York university in Population Health and then I started my PhD in LSHTM from November 2007.

I have worked in a couple of positions in Health organizations in Iran. I also administered several research projects and workshops when I was in Iran.

Affiliation

Teaching

I was the Tutor of Primary Health Workers in Marand city of Iran for about 2 years. I also was a primary school's teacher for 3 semesters in Qom province of Iran.

Research

Book

- Tajvar M., Farziyanpour F (2004), Elderly Health and a Review on Different Aspects of Their Life, Nasle Farda and Arjmand Press, Tehran.

Papers and Presentations (ordered chronologically)

  1.  Tajvar M., Arab M., Khodabakhsh nejad V., (May 2009) Job satisfaction among the personnel of Children hospital (Markaze Tebbi Kodakan), Journal of Health Management (Modiriyyate Salamat), 9:23 (in Persian), available at : http://www.iums.ac.ir/ijs/hm/browse.php?mag_id=28&slc_lang=fa&sid=
  2. Tajvar M., Arab M., Montazeri A. (Sep. 2008) Determinants of Health-Related Quality of Life in Elderly in Tehran, Iran, ISI Journal of BMC Public Health, 8: 323 (in English), Available at http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2458-8-323.pdf
  3. Arab M., Askari Baghbani R., Tajvar M., Mahmoudi M., Omrani Q., Pourreza A. (April 2008) The Assessment of Hospital Waste Management: A Case Study in Tehran, ISI Journal of Waste Management & Research, 26 (3): 304-308 (in English), Available at: http://wmr.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/26/3/304Also Accepted to Presentation in The Twenty-Third International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management in Chester, PA, U.S.A.

  4. Tajvar M., Arab M., (2008) The Problem of Healthcare Waste in Iran, Accepted to Presentation in The Twenty-Third International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management in Chester, PA, U.S.A. (in English)

  5. Tajvar M., Arab M., (2008) Gender Inequalities in Physical Activity in Iran, Accepted to Presentation in 10thInternational Congress of Women’s World in Spain-Madrid, 3-9 July

  6. Tajvar M., Arab M., Rasouli M., Khabiri R., (2008) Gender Inequalities in Health-Related Quality of Life of The Iranian Elderly, Accepted to Poster Presentation in 15thAnnual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL) in Montevideo-Uruguay, 22-25 October

  7. Salimpour H., Tajvar M., Arab M (2007), An Investigation on the Status of Medical Tourism in Iran, Journal of Homaye Salamat , 3 (16): 41-44 (in Persian)

  8. Arab M., Tajvar M., Akbari F., (2007), Relationship Between Leadership Styles and Hospital Performance Indicators, Journal of Gazvin University of Medical Sciences, 10, 4 (41), 70-75, (in Persian)

  9. Arab M., Tajvar M., Akbari F., (2006), Hospital Leadership Styles and Socio-demographical Characteristics of Managers and Staffs , Journal of Public Health School ( SPHTUMS ) , 4 (3), 43-52 (in Persian)

  10. Arab M. , Tajvar M., Akbari F., ( 2006 ), Selecting the Appropriate Leadership Styles for Hospital managers Through Tannenbaum and Schmidt Leadership Styles Continuum Model , Journal of Homaye Salamat , 3 (14), 11-14 (in Persian) ,AlsoPresented in 3rd Health Services Management Students Seminar , May 14-15, Tehran (in Persian)

  11. Arab M.,Tajvar M., Akbari F. (2006), Selection An Appropriate Leadership Style to Direct Hospital Manpower, Iranian ISI Journal of Public Health, 35 (3), 64-69 (in English)

  12. Tajvar M., Fayazbakhsh A., Ghanbarzadeh S., (2005), How to Write A Good and Impressive Curriculum Vitae? , Journal of Neda, 7 (76),37-39 ( in Persian )

  13. Arab M., Tajvar M.,(2004), The Role of e-Health in Efficiency and Effectiveness of Human Resources of Health Organizations, Journal of Takfab (in Persian), Tehran, 1 (2), 63-66, AlsoPresented in 4th Regional E-Health Conference (WHO-EMRO), 2004 Sep.7-9, Ministry of Health and Medical Education (in English)

  14. Tajvar M., Salimpour H., Khabiri R., (2004), Evaluation of Current Status of Electronic Recording of Patient documents in Iran, Journal of Takfab, Tehran (in Persian), 1 (2), 59-62, Also Presented in 4th Regional E-Health Conference (WHO-EMRO), 2004 Sep.7-9, Ministry of Health and Medical Education (in English)

  15. Tajvar M., Arab M., (2004), Health Services Status for Elderly People in Iran, Journal of Hospital (in Persian), 6 (18), 6-7, AlsoPresented in 1st Health Science Student Seminar, 2004 May 19-20 in Tehran (in Persian)

  16. Tajvar M., A Review on Reforming Managerial Structure of National Hospitals, Presented in 3rd Seminar of Association of Hospital Administration, 2003, Dec 27 in Tehran, Also Poster presentation in Second Health Services Management Student Annual Seminar in Qazvin, 2004, May 24-25, (in Persian)

  17. Tajvar M., (2003), Health Services Statistics and Hospitals Performance Indicators of Esfahan University of Medical Sciences, Journal of Padideh, Esfahan, 1 (8), 22-23 (in Persian)

    Research Projects:

1. Tajvar M., Grundy E., Fletcher A., Arab M., (2009-2010), Family, Social Suport and Health In Ageing Population of Iran-Tehan, Financially Supported By Tehran University of Medical Sciences

2. Arab M., Tajvar M., Mohammad K. , Asgari R. (2005-2006) , Seeking Effective Factors on Quality of Life of the Elderly in Tehran City , Financially Supported By Tehran University of Medical Sciences

3. Salimpour H., Tajvar M., (2004-2005), An Investigation on the Statues of Medical Tourism in Iran.Financially Supported by National Planning And Management Organization.

4. Arab M, Tajvar M., Akbari F., (2003-2004), Hospital Managers Leadership Styles and Leadership Styles Effect on Hospital Operational Indicators. Financially Supported by Iran's Health Ministry

5. Arab M.,Tajvar M., Akbari F., (2003-2004), Determining Qom Province Hospital Manager's Leadership Styles and Seeking An Appropriate Managerial Approach for Hospitals through Tannenboume and Schmidt Leadership Styles Continuum Model, Financially Supported by Tehran University of Medical Sciences.

Research areas

  • Ageing
  • Health inequalities
  • Health services research
  • Social and structural determinants of health

Disciplines

  • Epidemiology

Disease and Health Conditions

  • Mental health
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