Staff Profile

Education & Academic Positions

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Policy)

Newcastle University Policy Academy, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

PhD in Health Policy

Dissertation: A study of the socio-technical system of polypharmacy management among elderly patients with comorbidities, with policy recommendations.

MSc in Healthcare Services Management (Hospital Management)

Thesis: An evaluation of physicians’ awareness and attitudes towards reducing prescription drug costs in hospitals affiliated with Iran University of Medical Sciences.

BSc in Healthcare Services Management

Thesis: Investigating the relationship between leadership style and spiritual intelligence among managers of teaching hospitals at Tehran University of Medical Sciences.

Work Experience

Newcastle University School of Dental Sciences

Newcastle University School of Dental Sciences is a leading and internationally recognised centre for excellence in dental education, research, and clinical practice, with a strong reputation for high-impact, policy-relevant research and close engagement with the UK health system.

I am currently working on research focused on transitions in UK dental service delivery, and on identifying the facilitators and barriers to implementing a skill-mix approach within dental teams, using realist-informed approaches and qualitative research methods.

NIHR Innovation Observatory

The NIHR Innovation Observatory is a world-leading health and care innovation scanning centre, providing advanced intelligence to support innovation and equitable access to high-quality care. The Observatory develops and applies cutting-edge methods in horizon scanning, identifying, capturing, and synthesising intelligence on emerging medicines and medical technologies.

Our work delivers essential insights to NICE, NHS England, MHRA, NIHR, UKHSA, the Department of Health and Social Care, and industry partners, enabling preparedness for policy development, regulation, and frontline implementation of new and disruptive health technologies.

Publications:

You can explore my academic publications and citation metrics on my Google Scholar profile.

- Negar Yousefzadeh, Oshin Sharma, Aoife Oliver, Hannah O’Keefe, Emily Robertson, Bethan Harris, Gemma Frances Spiers, Dawn Craig.Diagnostic blood-based biomarkers of Amyloid-β and Tau pathologies prior to Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis: A rapid umbrella review. SN Comprehensive Clinical Medicine | Springer Nature, 2026. Available from: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42399-026-02319-6

- Tayebeh Moradi, Negar Yousefzadeh, Efat Mohamadi, Mohammad Mehdi Kiani, Aidin Aryankhesal, Alireza Olyaee Manesh, Amirhossein Takian. How primary health care policies influenced equity: a historical critical analysis from policymakers’ perspectives. BMC Health Services Research, 2025; 25(1). Available from: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41291733/

- Negar Yousefzadeh, Hasan Abolghasem Gorji, Hadi Hamidi, Aidin Aryankhesal. Technical Factors Associated with Polypharmacy Management through Leavitt’s Sociotechnical Model. Jundishapur Journal of Natural Pharmaceutical Products, 2023; 18(3). Available from: https://brieflands.com/journals/jjnpp/articles/136748

- Mohadeseh Motamed-Jahromi, Mohammad Hossein Kaveh, Sedigheh Khodabandeh Shahraki, Negar Yousefzadeh, Mohammad Hossein Dabbaghmanesh, Mehdi Mohammadi, Gul Muhammad Baloch. The Development and Validation of Elder Self-Neglect Scale (ESNS) in Community-dwelling Older Population. Social Work in Public Health. 2023;38(4):311-22. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/19371918.2022.2135664.

- Aziz Rezapour, Mahsa Tashakori-Miyanroudi, Majid Haghjoo, Mohammad Barzegar, Parvin Tatarpour, Aghdas Souresrafil, Hassan Abolghasem Gorji, Negar Yousefzadeh, Mohammadreza Sheikhy-Chaman. Cost Effectiveness of Adding Dapagliflozin to Standard Care in Heart Failure Patients with Reduced Ejection Fraction: A Systematic Review. American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs. 2023;23(2):127-44. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40256-022-00564-3

- Negar Yousefzadeh, Ali Akbari Sari. Attitudes of physicians and specialists towards the best approach of government in reducing the cost of prescription drugs in Tehran in 2015-2016. Journal of Shahrekord Uuniversity of Medical Sciences. 2018;20(2):78-86. http://78.39.35.44/article-1-3209-en.html.

- Aziz Rezapour, Soraya Norayi Motlagh, Banafsheh Darvishi Teli, Negar Yousefzadeh. Understanding Household Catastrophic Health Expenditures and Fairness of Financing for Cancer Treatment. Health Scope. 2022;11(2):e119827. Available from: https://doi.org/10.5812/jhealthscope-119827.

- Zahra Meshkani, Mohannad Reza Alebouyeh, Aziz Rezapour, Vahid Alipour, Alireza Mazdaki, Nader Markazi Moghaddam, Negar Yousefzadeh, Narges Hakimi. Actual Costs of Residency Training in Teaching Hospitals. Strides in Development of Medical Education. 2021;18(1):1-8. Available from: https://doi.org/10.22062/sdme.2021.195297.1034.

- Maryam Headayati, Saber Azami-Aghdash, Jalal Arabloo, Aziz Rezapour, Vahid Alipour, Najmeh Moradi, Negar Yousefzadeh, Leila Zarei, Marzieh Zanganeh. Analysis of the Coronary Care Unit Bed Allocation policy and selecting the most suitable model for optimal allocation in a low and middle-income country: a multiphase study, November 2022. Available from: https://assets-eu.researchsquare.com/files/rs-2272699/v1/09d989c0-8857-4eca-b811-506c3f472949.pdf?c=1691373140

- Seyed Kazem Malakouti, Javad Javan-Noughabi, Negar Yousefzadeh, Aziz Rezapour, Seyede Salehe Mortazavi, Reza Jahangiri, Javad Moghri. A Systematic Review of Potentially Inappropriate Medications Use and Related Costs Among the Elderly. Value in Health Regional Issues. 2021;25:172-9. Available from: https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vhri.2021.05.003.

- Omid Khosravizadeh, Soudabeh Vatankhah, Mina Jahanpour, Negar Yousefzadeh, Saeed Shahsavari. Predicting Inpatient Length of Stay in Iranian Hospital: Conceptualisation and Validation. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2020 Aug 1;21(8):2439-2446. doi: 10.31557/APJCP.2020.21.8.2439. PMID: 32856876; PMCID: PMC7771917.

Available from: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7771917/

- Masoud Behzadifar, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi, Morteza Arab-Zozani, Ahad Bakhtiari, Meysam Behzadifar, Negar Yousefzadeh, Tina Beyranvand, Samad Azari, Haniye Sadat Sajadi. The challenges of implementation of clinical governance in Iran: a meta-synthesis of qualitative studies. Health Res Policy Syst. 2019;17(1):3. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-018-0399-5.

- Farbod Ebadifard Azar, Saber Azami-Aghdash, Fatemeh Pournaghi-Azar, Alireza Mazdaki, Aziz Rezapour, Parvin Ebrahimi, Negar Yousefzadeh. Cost-effectiveness of lung cancer screening and treatment methods: a systematic review of systematic reviews. BMC Health Serv Res. 2017;17(1):413. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-017-2374-1.

- Aziz Rezapour, Ali Sarabi Asiabar, Amir Ali Ebadi Fardazar, Saeid Bagheri, Negar Yousefzadeh, Alireza Mazdaki, Mohammad Hossein Ghafoori. The Survey Rate of Income Impact of Health Care Expenditures in Tehran Households. Journal of Payavard Salamat, 2017. Available from: Magiran | The Survey Rate of Income Impact of Health Care Expenditures in Tehran Households

- Hossein Dargahi, Hojjat Rahmani, Zeinab Bigdeli, Esmaeil Javadi Ghaleh, Negar Yousefzadeh. Managerial quotient: a systematic review among managers of Tehran University of Medical Sciences. American Journal of Industrial and Business Management, 6, 467-479. doi: 10.4236/ajibm.2016.64043.

- Satar Rezaei, Behzad Karami Matin, Yousef Chavehpour, Negar Yousefzadeh, Sajad Delavari, Ali Kazemi Karyani. Assessing the accessibility and degree of development in health care resources. Journal of Health Management & Information Science, 2016;3:39-45. Available from: https://jhmi.sums.ac.ir/article_42664.html

- Aziz Rezapour, Farbod Ebadifard Azar, Negar Yousef Zadeh, Fatemeh Hasanpour, Hossein Bagheri Faradonbeh, Saeideh Ansari Nosrati, Zahra Asemaneh, Mohammad Hossein Ghafoori. The socio-economic determinants of health care utilisation: A cross-sectional survey in Tehran metropolis. Payavard Salamat, 2015 Jul;9(2):180–91. Available from: https://doaj.org/article/0edb163a6d8e450c8467acc6617763ea

- Hossein Dargahi, Hojat Rahmani, Zahra Bigdeli, Esmaeel Javadi Ghale, Negar Yousefzadeh. Managerial Quotient: A systematic review of Emam medical laboratory managers. Laboratory & Diagnosis, 2015/6.

Available from: https://file.scirp.org/Html/8-2120669_65776.htm

- Aziz Rezapour, Farbod Ebadifard Azar, Negar Yousef Zadeh, YarAllah Roumiani, Saeed Bagheri. Technical efficiency and resources allocation in university hospitals. 2015. Available from: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4715383/

- Aziz Rezapour, Farbod Ebadifard Azar, Saber Azami Aghdash, Asghar Tanoomand, Seyed Morteza Hosseini Shokouh, Negar Yousefzadeh, Pezhman Atefi Manesh, Ali Sarabi Asiabar. Measuring equity in households' health care payments: technical points for health policy decision makers. Medical journal of the Republic of Iran, 2015. Available from: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4715384/

- Aziz Rezapoor, Negar Yousefzadeh, Morteza Hosseini Shokuh, Saeed Bagheri Faradonbeh. Studying effects of production factors in hospitals affiliated with Tehran University of Medical Sciences (2008-2011). Journal of Health Policy and Sustainable Health, 2014/6

- A Rezapour, M Mahmoudi, HA Gorji, SB Faradonbeh, S Asadi, N Yousefzadeh, SM Sadeghi, MA Aghajari, MH Ghafoori. A survey of unmet health needs and the related barriers to accessing them. Journal of Health Administration (JHA), 2014/4

- Mohammad Hossein Ghafoori, AZAR FARBOD EBADIFARD, Mohammad Arab, Mahmood Mahmoodi, Negar Yousefzadeh, Aziz Rezapour. The distribution of health expenditures in Tehran’s districts. Journal of Community Health Research, 2014/1. Available from: https://applications.emro.who.int/imemrf/689/J-Community-Health-Res-2014-3-2-132-144-eng.pdf

- Ali Aboutorabi, Maryam Ghiasipour, Aziz Rezapour, F Ebadifard Azar, Negar Yousefzadeh, M Hosseini Shokuh, Hassan Haghparast-Bidgoli. A Cost-Minimization Analysis of Day-Care versus In-Patient Surgery for Five Most Common General Surgical Procedures. Journal of Health Policy and Sustainable Health, 2014/1.

Available from: https://www.academia.edu/51793329/

Research projects (as Investigator/ Consultant):

1. Identifying the challenges of coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic management in the medical universities (2020 May-2021 June)

2. Identifying the challenges and political solutions for overcoming inequities and inequalities in the health care system in terms of the six building blocks framework (Content, Context, Stakeholder, and Process Analysis) (2020-2022)

3. Systematic review of the economic aspects of the family medicine referral system and electronic referral system in different countries (2020May-2021)

4. Developing a model of the health system readiness to cope with the phenomenon of population ageing (2021 July-2022)

5. Developing a policy framework for health system preparedness to manage the epidemics of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases (2021-2022)

6. Cost-effectiveness of acute appendicitis treatments: A systematic review (2022-present)

7. The Medical Costs of Fatal and Nonfatal Falls in Older Adults: A Systematic Review (2019 Feb.- 2021July)

8. A study of the socio-technical system of polypharmacy management among elderly patients with comorbidities and presenting policy solutions (2020 Aug.-present)

9. Health Technology Assessment Multi-detector CT Angiography for Assessment of Coronary Artery Disease: Systematic Review (2017 April, 2017 Oct.)

10. Investigating the Economic, Cultural and Political Requirements for the Development of Medical Tourism across the Nation by Attracting Domestic and Foreign Investments (2017 June, 2018 Aug.)

11. Investigating Health Catastrophic Expenditure and its Affecting Factors in the Elderly in Tehran (2017 May, 2018 May)

12. Assessing the Catastrophic Health Expenditures and Coping Strategies in Households with patients with inflammatory bowel diseases: A survey from Rasoul-e- Akram Hospital (2019-2021)

13. Systematic review of Economic Evaluation analysis of antiplatelet drugs in patients with acute coronary syndrome (2020 Jan-2021 March)

14. Analysis of the costs of therapeutic strategies in revascularisation and drug therapy in patients with coronary artery disease (2019 July-2020 Sep.)

15. The Opportunities and Challenges in Commercialising the Results of Scientific Research (2018 Aug.-2020)

16. Systematic review of the economic impact of outsourcing in governmental hospitals

17. Cost- Effectiveness of Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement (SAVR) vs Trans-catheter (TAVI) in Patients with Severe Aortic Stenosis (2019 Feb.-2021July)

18. Policy analysis of foreign exchange allocation in the pharmaceutical sector and proposing policy options (2019 Sep.-Present)

19. A Systematic Review of drug use evaluation and its costs in elderly patients (2019 Jan.-2021)

20. A study to evaluate the awareness and attitudes of physicians towards reducing the cost of prescription drugs in hospitals (2018 Nov.-2019 July)

21. Cost-effectiveness of Warfarin versus Dabigatran drug for the treatment of patients with Atrial Fibrillation: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2019-2021)

22. Cost-effectiveness of proton pump inhibitors in gastroesophageal reflux disease and gastrointestinal bleeding a systematic review(2022)

23. Analysis of the process of Coronary Care Unit Bed Allocation and selecting the suitable model for their optimal allocation (2022)

24. Somapacitan for treating growth hormone deficiency (2023)

25. Rapid scoping review of the visualisation tools in the rapid scoping reviews (2024)

26. Diagnostic digital biomarkers of Amyloid-β and Tau pathologies prior to Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis: A Horizon scanning (2023- 2024)

27. Horizon scanning of the blood-based biomarkers of Amyloid-β and Tau pathologies (2024)

28. Diagnostic blood-based biomarkers of Amyloid-β and Tau pathologies before Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis: A rapid umbrella review (2023- 2024)

29. Spinal muscular atrophy – Nusinersen and Risdiplam: Multiple Technology Appraisal (2025)

30- SPIRAL Team– Social, Participation and community Integration when Recovering from Acute neck of femur (Hip) fracture surgery: taking a closer Look at integration and health

31- Study of the utilisation of Clinical skills of dental nurses/hygienists/therapists working in Primary dental care: a realist synthesis and Evaluation (NIHR- SCOPE project).

Recent Conference Presentations and Posters:

• 5th FMS Postdoc Symposium, Newcastle University, UK (Nov 2024)

• "Technical Factors Associated with Polypharmacy Management Through Leavitt’s Sociotechnical Model"

• 3rd Annual NIHR Newcastle PSRC, Early Career Researcher Conference, Newcastle University, UK (June 2026)

• "Diagnostic Blood-Based Biomarkers of Amyloid-β and Tau Pathologies prior to Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis: a Rapid Umbrella Review"

Editorial and Peer Review Activities:

• Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing: 

• Intimate Partner Violence in Women with Cancer: An Integrative Review - April 2024

• Cochrane Engage: 

• Breast surgery for metastatic breast cancer - April 2024

• Cochrane Engage: 

• Digital tracking, provider decision support systems, and targeted client communication via mobile devices to improve primary health care - April 2024

• Cochrane Engage: 

• Melatonin in cancer treatment - April 2024

• Cochrane Engage: 

• Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 2 to 4 years old - April 2024

• BMC Psychiatry: 

• Screening indicators to evaluate the clinical significance of polypharmacy in older adults with psychiatric disorders: a Delphi study - March 2024

• BMC Psychiatry: 

• Screening indicators to evaluate the clinical significance of drug-drug interactions in polypharmacy among older adults with psychiatric disorders: a Delphi study - March 2024

• BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making: 

• A National Platform for Advancing Self-Care Processes for the Most Common Illnesses and Conditions: Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating - June 2024

• BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making: 

• New experience of Implementing Patient Electronic Referral System in the Iranian Health System: A Qualitative Study - July 2024

• BMC Geriatrics

• Factors Influencing frailty Among Colorectal Cancer Patients in Lifestyle     Medicine: A cross-sectional study - July 2024

• INQUIRY

• Innovative self-awareness biomarker index of ageing - August 2024

• BMC Health Services Research

• Patient satisfaction with pharmacy service and its associated factors in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis - September 2024

• BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making: 

• Association of Atrial Fibrillation with Rapid Ventricular Response and Hospital Mortality in Intensive Care Unit: A Retrospective Cohort Study - October 2024

• BMC Nursing: 

• Nurses' Viewpoints about Smartphone Use for Serving Cardiac Care Unit Patients in an Educational Hospital of Tehran University of Medical Sciences - November 2024

• BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making: 

• An Efficient Machine Learning Framework for Disease Gene Prediction in Parkinson’s Disease and Bladder Cancer - November 2024

• BMC Public Health

• Development and Validation of Medication Literacy Scale for Adults: MELSA version II - December 2024

• BMC Geriatrics

• The Farsi version of Medication Administration Hassles Scale in the elderly with chronic diseases: A psychometric study - January 2025

• INQUIRY

• FDA’s Regulation of Laboratory-Developed Tests: Legal, Political, and Policy Challenges for Clinical Laboratories - January 2025

• PLOS ONE

• Growth monitoring and promotion program services utilisation patterns between home-based and facility-based delivery methods: a comparative analysis - February 2025

• Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing

• Construction and validation of an early warning model for postoperative reflux risk in Esophageal cancer patients - March 2025

• BMC Health Services Research

• Patient satisfaction with pharmacy service and its associated factors in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis - April 2025

• BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

• Determinants of Antenatal Care Utilisation among Saudi Females: Application of Andersen’s Behavioural Model: A Cross-Sectional Study - July 2025

• BMC Public Health

• The Role of Mental Health and Health Behaviours in Shaping Fatigability Among Older Adults: Insights for Holistic Care - August 2025

• BMC Health Services Research

• Multiple chain-mediating effects of physical frailty and loneliness on family health and social frailty in hospitalised old patients with heart failure: a cross-sectional study - August 2025

• BMC Health Services Research

• The Iatrogenesis Perception Scale: A Methodological Study - September 2025

• BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

• Determinants of Antenatal Care Utilisation among Saudi Females: Application of Andersen’s Behavioural Model: A Cross-Sectional Study - September 2025

• BMC Health Services Research

• Self-Medication Among Operating Room Personnel During Healthcare Crises: A Mixed-Methods Study of Prevalence, Predictors, and Lived Experiences - September 2025

• BMC Health Services Research

• Allocation of Financial Resources to Primary Health Care: A Scoping Review - October 2025

• Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing

• Decision-Making Process of Patients with Lung Cancer Enrolled in Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy Clinical Trials: A Grounded Theory Study - October 2025

• BMC Nursing: 

• Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Scale for Non-Expert AI Literacy (SNAIL) in Nursing Students - October 2025

• Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing

• Risk factors and prediction model for early high-output stoma after colorectal cancer surgery: a retrospective study - November 2025

• Scientific Reports

• Study on the Types and Influencing Factors of Compassion Fatigue Among Psychiatric Nurses Based on Latent Profile Analysis - December 2025

• BMC Nursing

• Investigating the Relationship Between Patient Safety Culture and Cultural Competence in Iranian Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Study - January 2026

• BMC Nursing

• Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding narrative nursing and humanistic care morality of intern nursing students from the perspective of Chinese culture: A multi-centre cross-sectional study - January 2026

• BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

• A hybrid modelling approach to identify risk factors for fear of progression in hemodialysis patients: logistic regression and decision tree analysis - January 2026

• BMC Health Services Research

• Exploring Payers' Perspectives on Reimbursement Policies for Digital Health Services in Iran: A Qualitative Study - January 2026

• BMC Pediatrics

• Adherence to Medication Treatment in Polypharmacy Adolescents: a Directed Content Analysis - January 2026

• Scientific Reports

• Collaborative AI Use in Healthcare Professionals: Scale Development and Validation - January 2026

• BMC Psychology

• Mediating effect of hope and self-disclosure between family function and depression in patients with cataract - February 2026

• Ageing & Mental Health (Web of Science)

• Digital Skills as a Pathway to Successful Ageing: The Mediating Role of Loneliness in Turkish Context - February 2026

• BMC Geriatrics

• The Expectation-Perception Gap in Primary Healthcare Quality: A Study of Iranian Older Adults - February 2026

• BMC Psychology

• Experiences of Social Alienation in Chinese Women with Gynecologic Malignancies: A Qualitative Study -

March 2026

• BMC Nursing

• The Effect of a Self-management Program Based on the 5A Model on Self-care and Quality of Life in Caregivers of Cancer Patients: A Randomised Controlled Clinical Trial - March 2026

• Scientific Reports

        Perception of Ageing and Happiness among Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study in Qaemshahr - March 2026

• Scientific Reports

• Enhancing Geriatric Perioperative Care Competencies Through Structured, Geriatric-Focused Clinical Rounds for Operating Room Nursing Students: Quasi-experimental study - April 2026

• Scientific Reports

• Responsible AI Oversight in Healthcare Professionals: Scale Development and Validation - April 2026

• BMC Nursing

• The Dynamics of Perceived Stress and Coping Strategies among Nurses - April 2026

• Scientific Reports

• Occupational Fatigue in the Emergency Department: A Mixed- Methods Study of Work System Factors among Iranian Nurses - May 2026

• BMC Psychology

• Prevalence of Anxiety Across Treatment Stages in Women with Ovarian Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis - May 2026

• BMC Psychology

• Lived Experiences of Social Alienation Among Chinese Women with Gynecologic Malignancies: A Descriptive Phenomenological Study - June 2026

• BMC Health Services Research

• Conceptualising Self-Care in Nurses: A Hybrid Concept Analysis and Its Implications for Workforce Sustainability and Healthcare Quality - July 2026