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Masoud Vaezghasemi

MSc Public Health, MSc Food & Nutrition

PhD in Epidemiology and Public Health

Research fellow in Social Epidemiology 

Docent in Global Health 

Research qualifications: Docent

Works at

Affiliation
Research fellow at Department of Epidemiology and Global Health
Location
5B, Målpunkt P, Försörjningsvägen 7 B, Norrlands universitetssjukhus Epidemiologi och global hälsa, Umeå Universitet, 90185 Umeå

I am currently a tenured Associate Professor (Docent) in Global Health at the Department of Epidemiology and Global Health. My research focuses on investigating social and contextual inequalities, with a particular emphasis on children's health. I take a holistic and relational approach, emphasizing that every child should not only survive and have a good start but also thrive, considering physical, social, and geographical determinants.

This includes comprehensive epidemiological assessment of under-five children mental health in Sweden as well as developing, implementing, and evaluating an innovative integrated community-based Stepped Care Model for delivering child mental health services using digital technologies in Low- to Middle-Income Countries (LIMCs), specifically in Cambodia, India, and Indonesia. Another aspect of my research investigates the evolution of body mass index (BMI) in Sweden from a precision public health perspective. By addressing the limitations of traditional mean-centric risk factor epidemiology, my research incorporates variance and individual heterogeneity into average assessments to provide a deeper insight into the varying social and contextual patterning of BMI.

Links:
1.    Exploring the evolution of obesity in Sweden from the Precision Public Health perspective.
2.    Strengthening mental health services for children in Cambodia.


Additionally, I am actively involved in several collaborative global health research projects.  These projects primarily address emerging global health challenges such as malnutrition, food insecurity, mental health, well-being, climate change, and social network interventions in LMICs. The countries involved include Cambodia, India, Indonesia, and Nepal in Asia, as well as Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia,  Somalia, and South Africa in Africa.

In 2025, I am privileged to serve as a Scientific Review Panel Member for FORTE (the Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare). In this capacity, I will participate in evaluating FORTE’s Annual Call for Project Grants, a critical role where the panel will evaluate and influence the trajectory of cutting-edge public health research proposals in Sweden.

I’m facilitating the research profile seminars on ‘Emerging Global Health Challenges’ at the Department of Epidemiology and Global Health.

Environmental Research, Elsevier 2024, Vol. 258
Kc, Ashish; Aleš, Urban; Basnet, Omkar; et al.
International journal of biometeorology, Springer Nature 2024, Vol. 68, (11) : 2205-2214
KC, Ashish; Maharjan, Sujeena; Basnet, Omkar; et al.
European Journal of Public Health, Oxford University Press 2024, Vol. 34, (Suppl 3)
Rosenberg, A.; Ivarsson, A.; Pulkki-Brännström, Anni-Maria; et al.
European Journal of Public Health, Oxford University Press 2024, Vol. 34, (5) : 943-948
Vogt, Thomas; Lindkvist, Marie; Ivarsson, Anneli; et al.
BMC Public Health, BioMed Central (BMC) 2023, Vol. 23, (1)
Lwin, Min Wai; Timby, Erika; Ivarsson, Anneli; et al.
Global Health Action, Taylor & Francis 2023, Vol. 16, (1)
Vaezghasemi, Masoud; Pulkki-Brännström, Anni-Maria; Lindkvist, Marie; et al.
SSM - Population Health, Elsevier 2023, Vol. 21
Vaezghasemi, Masoud; Vogt, Thomas; Lindkvist, Marie; et al.
International Journal for Equity in Health, BioMed Central (BMC) 2023, Vol. 22, (1)
Yusuf, Fethi Mohammed; San Sebastián, Miguel; Vaezghasemi, Masoud
Frontiers in Pediatrics , Frontiers Media S.A. 2022, Vol. 10
Vaezghasemi, Masoud; Eurenius, Eva; Ivarsson, Anneli; et al.
Frontiers in Public Health, Frontiers Media S.A. 2021, Vol. 9
Eurenius, Eva; Mohamed, Amal Farah; Lindkvist, Marie; et al.
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, BioMed Central 2021, Vol. 19, (1)
Lindvall, Kristina; Vaezghasemi, Masoud; Feldman, Inna; et al.
Nature, Nature Publishing Group 2020, Vol. 577, (7789) : 231-234
Kinyoki, Damaris K.; Osgood-Zimmerman, Aaron E.; Pickering, Brandon V.; et al.
Nature Medicine, Nature Publishing Group 2020, Vol. 26, (5) : 750-759
LBD Double Burden of Malnutrition Collaborators,
BMC Pediatrics, Springer Nature 2020, Vol. 20, (1)
Vaezghasemi, Masoud; Eurenius, Eva; Ivarsson, Anneli; et al.
SSM - Population Health, Vol. 11
Vaezghasemi, Masoud; Mosquera, Paola; Gustafsson, Per E.; et al.
Global Health Action, Taylor & Francis 2020, Vol. 13, (1)
Vaezghasemi, Masoud; Öhman, Ann; Ng, Nawi; et al.
The Lancet, Elsevier 2019, Vol. 393, (10184) : 1958-1972
Afshin, Ashkan; Sur, Patrick John; Fay, Kairsten A.; et al.
Acta Paediatrica, John Wiley & Sons 2019, Vol. 108, (6) : 1087-1095
Eurenius, Eva; Richter Sundberg, Linda; Vaezghasemi, Masoud; et al.
European Journal of Public Health, Oxford University Press 2019, Vol. 29, (Suppl 4) : 367-368
Vaezghasemi, Masoud; Eurenius, Eva; Richter Sundberg, Linda; et al.
BMC Women's Health, BioMed Central 2018, Vol. 18
Benebo, Faith Owunari; Schumann, Barbara; Vaezghasemi, Masoud
New England Journal of Medicine, MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOC 2017, Vol. 377, (1) : 13-27
Afshin, Ashkan; Forouzanfar, Mohammad H.; Reitsma, Marissa B.; et al.
European Journal of Public Health, OXFORD UNIV PRESS 2017, Vol. 27, (Suppl_3) : 173-174
Vaezghasemi, Masoud; Sundberg, Linda; Ivarsson, Anneli; et al.
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, Vol. 70, (9) : 855-861
Santosa, Ailiana; Schröders, Julia; Vaezghasemi, Masoud; et al.
SSM - Population Health, Elsevier 2016, Vol. 2 : 876-888
Vaezghasemi, Masoud; Razak, Fahad; Ng, Nawi; et al.
PLOS ONE, Vol. 9, (8) : e103849-
Vaezghasemi, Masoud; Öhman, Ann; Eriksson, Malin; et al.
Evidence for Policy and Implementation, EPI-4
Ng, Nawi; Kusnato, Hari; Wall, Stig; et al.
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, London: Sage Publications 2012, Vol. 40, (3) : 221-228
Vaezghasemi, Masoud; Lindkvist, Marie; Ivarsson, Anneli; et al.

Research projects

1 January 2024 until 31 December 2027
1 January 2023 until 1 January 2025
1 October 2022 until 30 September 2025
1 January 2022 until 1 January 2024

At the heart of my teaching efforts lies an important objective in every course. This objective or purpose is based on the informed choices that is actively communicated with students (Glassick 1997; Trigwell 2001). It is to create and promote an environment wherein students can enthusiastically interact and critically examine the complex global health challenges of our time. Central to this educational approach is a strong emphasis on collaborative group work, cultural competence, and global perspectives – as will be exemplified below – which encourages individual students to actively participate in different group works and in the co-creation of assignments and the generation of knowledge (Brodin E 2020; Henriksson AS 2016).

This is also in line with our institutional pedagogical vision which guides planning and implementation of our teaching activates that are based on: (i) active learning through a student perspective; (ii) collaborative learning; and (iii) reflective approach to learning.

 

I am course coordinator for:

1.   The Epidemiology course (10 ECTS), given to Master students in Umeå International School of Public Health. 

2.   An introduction to multilevel analysis: An epidemiological approach (online), 3 ECTS, given to doctoral students.

3.    I’m also involved in a “Training-of-Trainers (ToT) Course in Health Research Methodology” for young academics in Somalia as part of the Somali-Swedish Research Collaboration for Health with support from the Public Health Agency of Sweden (FHM) and the Swedish Research Council (VR).

Published: 14 Jun, 2021
Umeå researcher become SIGHT Fellow

Masoud Vaezghasemi is one of eleven researchers in the country in career development programs in global health