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Curriculum Vitae

Personal Data

Ahmad Poormohammad

E-mail: adtyro@r.postjobfree.com

Cell Phone: 0098-915-***-****

Google scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=qjlgMygAAAAJ&hl=en Education

PhD of Neuroscience (September, 2017- October, 2022), Kerman university of medical science. Neuroscience research center

Thesis: response inhibition in adults who stutter, an ERP and behavioral study. Final mark: 18.25 / 20

MSc in speech-language pathology (September, 2009 – September 2012), Isfahan university of medical sciences. school of rehabilitation science Thesis: devising a protocol for diagnosis of malingered stuttering Final mark:17.6 / 20

Bachelor of science in speech-language pathology (September, 1996 – November, 2000), Iran university of medical sciences. School of rehabilitation sciences Final mark: 15.45 / 20

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Career, Teaching and Mentoring Experience

Current: speech therapist and researcher

I have been working as a speech therapist in Mashhad University of medical sciences, Ibn Sina Psychiatric Hospital from 2007 to 2022. My main responsibilities are screening, evaluating and treating speech and language deficits in both adolescent and children. Besides that, I

Established group therapy with the help of my colleagues, for adults who stutter (AWS) in the hospital for the first time

Performed neurotherapy (neurofeedback) for developmentally-impaired clients (like Asperger and ADHD syndromes) for two years.

Have interpreted QEEG of referred patients for a recent year in the cognitive rehabilitation ward of the hospital.

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Previous job: speech therapist

I worked as a speech therapist in exceptional primary schools from 2001 to 2007 which was a great experience working with children as a member of a team. My main responsibilities were evaluating and treating speech and language problems in hearing impaired, attention defected and mentally retarded clients. Teaching experience

I used to work as a part –time lecturer and supervisor in Mashhad University of medical sciences, school of rehabilitation science from 2011 to 2016

I taught "speech dysfluency" course for graduate students for 6 semesters in Mashhad university of medical science (theoretically and practically)

I taught "speech dysfluency" course for post-graduate students for 1 semester Varastegan institute for medical science in Mashhad

I taught "phonetic and phonological disorder" course for graduate students for 3 semesters in Mashhad university of medical science

I taught "professional terminology in speech therapy" course for graduate students for 2 semesters in Mashhad university of medical science

I supervised the work of graduate students in the hospital in their internship period for

"dyslexia" course

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I supervised the work of graduate students in the hospital in their internship period for

"aphasia" course

I supervised the work of graduate students in the hospital in their internship period for

"voice therapy" course

I supervised the work of graduate students in the hospital in their internship period for

"language disorders" course

I supervised the work of graduate students in the hospital in their internship period for

"cleft palate" course

Publications

Davood Sobhani-rad, Ahmad Poormohammad, Elham Hakimi, Ensieh Akbarpour, Shayesteh Jannat Babaei, Reihane Saber-Moghadam. Adults who stutter and executive functions: a physiological and behavioral study (submitted)

Gh.Reza Chalabianloo, zahra keshtgar, Gh.Reza Noorazar, Ahmad Poormohammad. Comparison of electrophysiological indices of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) comorbid with and without Reading disorder. Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (submitted)

Zahra Keshtgara, Gh.Reza Chalabianloob, Reza Abdic, Ahmad Poormohammad. Cortical Arousal Correlates During Emotionally Working Memory Function in Children with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology (submitted)

A Pourrahimi, A Poormohammad, S Mazhari, M Fathi, S Sardari. Response inhibition in adults who stutter: a behavioral and event-related potential study during a visual stop signal task. Journal of fundamentals of mental health,2022 (waiting for publishing).

S Mazhari, A Poormohammad, A Pourrahimi, M Fathi, S Sardari, M Karimi Bahrasemani, M Sarrafe Razavi, A Mosanen Mozaffary. EEG-biomarker theta/beta ratio and attentional quotients in adults who stutter; an electrophysiological and behavioral study. Brain Behav. 2022 (waiting for publishing).

M Fathi, S Mazhari, AM Pourrahimi, A Poormohammad, S Sardari. Proactive and reactive inhibitory control are differently affected by video game addiction: An event related potential study. Brain Behav. 2022 Jun; 12(6): e2584. doi: 10.1002/brb3.2584 (published)

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Thaghva A, Saleh M, Donyavi V, Shafei B, Shafei M, Pourmohamad A. Evaluating Psychometric Characteristics of Detection Protocol of Malingering Stuttering. Archives of Rehabilitation. 2017;18(2):154-63.

Khodadoust M, Pourmohammad A, Fadaei-Kenarsary M, Taheri F, Soti M. linguistic predictors of alzheimer in mild cognitive impairment. Basic and clinical neuroscience congress, Tehran; 2017(poster).

Abdi S, Jalaei S, Teimouri sangani M, Pourmohammad A. Development and Evaluation of Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version of “Public Opinion Survey of Human Attributes -Stuttering”. mrj. 2016; 9 (S3) :86-92

zahra ghayumi anaraki,Davood sobhani rad, Ahmad poormohammad, study of social anxiety components in people who stutter.2016 .article code: JPSR-1508-1227 (R6) represented in : adtyro@r.postjobfree.com

Ahmad poormohammad, Devising of introductory malingered stuttering-evaluation questionnaire, Journal of Fundamental of mental Health Summer2014,vol.16.no,2(62)p.162-71

Louis KOS, LeMasters SN, Poormohammad A, editors. Public attitudes toward males versus females who stutter: USA and Iran. Poster and paper presented at the stuttering attitudes research symposium; 2013

Kenneth,O,ST,Louis,mary weidner,ahmad poormohammad, A Preliminary Investigation of Malingered Stuttering among Iranian Military Recruits, presented as a poster in ASHA convention 2013 ( Proposal Number: 10570)

Contribute in projects in the university/ Grant Support

I was colleague in a project from Jun 2017 until Jun 2018, at Ibn Sina Psychiatric Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences titled " Evaluation of the effect of adding neurofeedback to Ritalin in the treatment of adolescents with ADHD Workshops as a lecturer

One day workshop titles " QEEG and its application in psychiatric disorders" in Ebnesina psychiatry hospital, Mashhad, 2022

One day workshop titled " Event-related potentials and its applications in Kerman Neuroscience Research Center (2020)

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One day workshop titled "diagnosis of malingered stuttering" in Iranian speech therapy congress, 2014

One day workshop titled "Prognosis of developmental stuttering and its challenges" in Varastegan institute for medical science in Mashhad (2013). Workshops and courses as participants

One week participation in the course titled "Hypnotisms and its techniques" in 2013

Certified elementary and advanced neurofeedback course in 2015

Certificate of participation in "anxiety and art therapy" workshop in 2016

Two days brain mapping skills course in 2017

Certified QEEG course in 2018

Certified ERP course in 2018

Certificate of participation in "cell culture" workshop in 2018

Certificate of participation in "transmission electron microscope" workshop in 2018 Collaborations as a Scientific Reviewer

Collaboration with the journal Applied Neuropsychology: Adult, for reviewing manuscript titled: "Typographic Legibility, Phonological Involvement and Abnormal EEG Activity in Juvenil Myoclonic Epilepsy and Absences Epilepsy during Texts Reading" (Jun 2022).

Collaboration with the journal of paramedical sciences and rehabilitation, for reviewing manuscript titled: "Effects of cognitive rehabilitation on executive functions and severity of stuttering in children who stutter" (Aug 2020).

Collaboration with the journal of paramedical sciences and rehabilitation, for reviewing manuscript titled: "Effects of appropriate communication between the teacher and children who stutter, a case study" (Jun 2020).

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Collaboration with the journal of paramedical sciences and rehabilitation, for reviewing manuscript titled: " A review of tests to assess the attitude towards stuttering in non- stuttering people" (Jun 2020).

Skills

QEEG/EEGlab, ERP/ERPlab, Psytask software (task design)

Brain stimulation techniques (tDCS and Neurofeedback)

Behavioral therapy (CBT and group therapy in stuttering)

English language (IELTS 7, expired)

Research Interests

Investigating about anxiety and attention

Effects of brain stimulation on developmental stuttering

Effects of virtual reality techniques on social phobia in adults who stutter

The role of EEG and ERP in assessment and therapy of neuro-developmental disorders Extracurricular Activities

Going to nature and mountain, Joining the karate club, bird watching

studying about history, reading poem and singing Book

I have contributed in research which was presented at the Stuttering Attitudes Research Symposium in september5, 2013 by Dr Kenneth St. Louis, named Public Attitudes Toward Males versus Females Who Stutter: USA and Iran. My responsibility was translating the questionnaires and handing them out. it has been published as a book named; stuttering meets stereotype, stigma and discrimination, Kenneth, O, ST, Louis. wvu press,2015(my name is in chapter 9).

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References (recommendations are available)

Dr. Shahrzad Mazhari, MD, PhD of neuropsychiatry. Professor of Kerman University of Medical Sciences

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Dr Yaruss, J. Scott, Professor and Director of MA/MS Programs in Speech-Language Pathology Communication Science and Disorders University of Pittsburgh Email: adtyro@r.postjobfree.com

Dr. Hamide Ghaemi, Ph.D. in Speech & Language Pathology. Assistant Professor of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences. Department of Speech-Language Pathology, Mashhad, IRAN

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