Narsis Afghari

B.Sc. in Nutrition, M.Sc. in Nutrition, M.Sc. in Population and Public Health

Main objective

To obtain a position as an Epidemiologist or Health Data Analyst to utilize my communication and outreach skills.

Work Experience

Project manager and Health Data Analyst at Robust Choice Cloud Solutions Inc., 2016-2018, Vancouver, Canada

• held daily stand up meetings, scheduling, communication between product manager and developers, and converting each product to epics and user stories

• Participated in designing health-related products

• Conducted market research

• Launched multiple Facebook/Instagram campaigns to increase public awareness and online marketing

Research assistant at Center of Excellence in Cancer Prevention, 2015-2018, Vancouver, Canada

• Implemented a cross-sectional study on 205 Iranian immigrants in the Greater Vancouver area

• Developed the survey and consent form

• Applied for ethics

• Created a database for quantitative and qualitative analysis via R software and MS Excel, Analyzed data, and created written reports

• Presented findings in written reports as well as oral presentations

• Recommended possible solutions for stakeholders to improve the healthcare system for Iranian immigrants

Diet therapist at Danesh Pajoohan University, 2014-2015, Isfahan. Iran

• Provided diet therapy service specialized for Health for students and staffs

• Organized and conducted "Healthy Dietary pattern" workshop for students and staffs

• Modified the school meal menu for self-service

Research coordinator at Ala Cancer Prevention and Control Center, 2012-2015, Isfahan. Iran

• Coordinated and implemented clinical and observational studies

• Recruited participants

• Entered and analyzed data

• Prepared manuscripts, presentations, and posters Diet therapist at Ala Cancer Prevention and Control Center, 2012-2015, Isfahan. Iran

• Provided diet therapy services for patients suffering from cancer and their family members

• Organized and conducted "Nutrition in Cancer Treatment" weekly workshop for new patients and their caregivers and "Nutrition in Cancer Prevention" monthly workshop for cancer patients’ family members

Skills

• Create, develop, and navigate research studies

• Analyse quantitative and qualitative data

• Prepare literature reviews and manuscript writing

• Utilize analytical (R, Power BI, Excel), reference management (Mendeley, EndNote), project management (JIRA, Microsoft Visual Studio), and Microsoft Office software Education

M.Sc. in Population and Public Health, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (2015-2018)

Thesis title: The association between acculturation and awareness of cancer risk factors among Iranian immigrants in greater Vancouver

Thesis Supervisory committee: Dr. Carolyn Gotay, Dr. Rachel Murphy, Dr. Arminee Kazanjian M.Sc. in Nutrition Science, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran

(2009-2012)

Thesis title: Effect of Sahari on anthropometrics, food pattern, glycemic, some metabolic and sex hormones and physical activity in fasting females

Supervisor: Dr.Reza Rastmanesh

B.Sc. in Nutrition Science, Isfahan University of Medical Science, Isfahan, Iran (2004-2008) Supervisor: Dr.Ahmad Esmaillzadeh and Dr.Leila Azadbakht Honours and distinctions

• Ranked 4th, among Top 0.3% of more than 1200 participants in Iranian Nutrition Science and Diet Therapy Graduate Entrance Exam, 2009.

• Ranked 1126th, among Top 0.2% of more than 500,000 participants in Iranian National Undergrad Entrance Exam, 2004.

Volunteer Work

Corridor, 2018

Corridor is a podcast that I started after graduation from UBC to talk about Cancer basics

(including primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention), cancer treatments and its side-effects, and issues that caregivers face during the treatment. The findings of my thesis research showed the level of awareness of cancer risk factor among Iranians in the Greater Vancouver area is low, so I decided to start this podcast and aimed to educate the Iranian audience around the word about cancer.

Onlinediet.ir, 2013-2016

In 2013, I started a website (http://onlinediet.ir/) and created a Facebook page

(www.facebook.com/ondiet.ir) with regular posts on a healthy diet with scientific references. My goal was to educate my Iranian audience about adapting a healthy lifestyle and also how to benefit from Scientific results in their daily lives. I also created a Viber group with around 200 Isfahan citizens, which has facilitated exciting dialogue among people around healthy lifestyle. Members shared their thoughts on a healthy diet while they usually get feedback from others.

Voluntary intern, Motahari Hospital, 2012-2013, Isfahan, Iran

(No insurance and salary-) a voluntary internship with experienced people to learn Diet therapy, as well as the nutritionist role and duties in Hospitals. Contact information

• Cell phone: +1-778-***-****

• Email: ac8g4x@r.postjobfree.com

• LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/narsis-afghari-4b9083b2/

• Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada

• Citizenship Status: Open work permit

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