Area of research
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism · Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
Research interest
Research interests include Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins, Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology, Global Maternal and Child Health, and Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies.
National evidence on glucose-lowering medication use for diabetes from 62 low- and middle-income countries
Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults
Trigonelline is an NAD+ precursor that improves muscle function during ageing and is reduced in human sarcopenia
Nicotinamide and pyridoxine stimulate muscle stem cell expansion and enhance regenerative capacity during aging
Improving health outcomes of people with diabetes: target setting for the WHO Global Diabetes Compact
Global variation in diabetes diagnosis and prevalence based on fasting glucose and hemoglobin A1c
Diminishing benefits of urban living for children and adolescents’ growth and development
Diabetes risk and provision of diabetes prevention activities in 44 low-income and middle-income countries: a cross-sectional analysis of nationally representative, individual-level survey data
Global mortality of snakebite envenoming between 1990 and 2019
Mapping age- and sex-specific HIV prevalence in adults in sub-Saharan Africa, 2000–2018
Rural-Urban Differences in Diabetes Care and Control in 42 Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Cross-sectional Study of Nationally Representative Individual-Level Data
Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants
The state of diabetes treatment coverage in 55 low-income and middle-income countries: a cross-sectional study of nationally representative, individual-level data in 680 102 adults
Body-mass index and diabetes risk in 57 low-income and middle-income countries: a cross-sectional study of nationally representative, individual-level data in 685 616 adults
Causes of blindness and vision impairment in 2020 and trends over 30 years, and prevalence of avoidable blindness in relation to VISION 2020: the Right to Sight: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study
Prevalence and attributable health burden of chronic respiratory diseases, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
Global, Regional, and National Burden of Calcific Aortic Valve and Degenerative Mitral Valve Diseases, 1990–2017
Repositioning of the global epicentre of non-optimal cholesterol
Multidimensional characterization of global food supply from 1961 to 2013
Global, regional, and national burden of stroke, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
Short-term associations between daily mortality and ambient particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide, and the air quality index in a Middle Eastern megacity
Burden of neurodegenerative diseases in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 1990–2016: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
Plasma metabolomic profiling of amino acids and polar lipids in Iranian obese adults
Mechanistic Understanding of the Interactions between Nano-Objects with Different Surface Properties and α-Synuclein
Global, regional, and national burden of traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
Global Mortality From Firearms, 1990-2016
Smoking prevalence and attributable disease burden in 195 countries and territories, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
Child and Adolescent Health From 1990 to 2015
Laboratory-based and office-based risk scores and charts to predict 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease in 182 countries: a pooled analysis of prospective cohorts and health surveys
Burden of musculoskeletal disorders in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 1990–2013: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013