Dr Ali Davod Parsa

Dr Parsa has over 20 years’ experience in research and teaching, as well as senior leadership roles in public health, health management, health economics and health policy with a strong emphasis on the Health Economic Evaluations and Analysis.

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Background

Dr Parsa graduated as a qualified GP from the University of Zanjan, Medical Sciences and Health services, Iran in 1994. As a result of working for a decade both as clinician and senior management appointments, Ali developed an interest in research within Healthcare Policy and Healthcare Management. He was awarded a Training Fellowship in Health Economics by the WHO in 2000 which triggered his interest in HSR, Health Economics and Health Policy. He then completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Health Services Research (HSR) from the School of Community Health Sciences and his PhD in Health Economics at School of Clinical Sciences at the University of Nottingham (UK).

Dr Parsa is an experienced national level health manager who has exercised health policy making at national strategic level. He is also a clinician with vast experiences in Public Health and, Health Policy and Health Economics. Advisor of former Deputies for Cabinet Minister of Health & Medical Education (MOHME) in Iran (2002 - 2003), Dr Parsa was an active advisor both in “Resources Management & Development” and “Medical Education”.

In 1991 Ali started working as a Research Fellow in Iranian Academic Centre for Education, Culture & Research (ACECR) -Zanjan University branch, Iran. As a qualified GP, he has worked for several years in both an A&E department and General Practice centre in Iran.

His success in the field of Health Management skills was recognised by a series of rapid promotions between 1994 and 2003. His achievements in health management skills and teaching via academic attachment at Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences benefited from his former roles of Deputy Director of Primary Healthcare Authority (1995-1995); Chief Executive Director of Taleghani hospital (1995-1997); Deputy Director of District Health Authority (1997-1999) in Abadan; and advisor for vice-chancellor of the Ahvaz Jundishapur University in pharmaceutical & food safety and health Management (1998-9).

In October 1999 Dr Parsa commenced working as Deputy of Director General of Planning, programming, Budgeting &Health Economics Department at the Iranian Ministry of Health& Medical Education and with a personal interest in the Education and R&D unit. It resulted in the appointment by former Deputy Minister of Health in 2000 at a high profile role as Director General of Planning, programming, Budgeting& Health Economics Department. He has completed two years senior appointment as advisor of former deputies of Cabinet Minister of Health and Medical Education in Iran.

In 2012, Ali joined Anglia Ruskin University as a Senior Lecturer in Allied Health and Medicine for the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Social Care.

Spoken Languages

• Persian (Farsi)
• English
• Arabic

Research interests

• Clinical trial research; investigations of clinical and economic effectiveness of clinical trials
• Public health and epidemiology; with more focus on NCD in developed and CCD /NCD management in developing countries
• Health economics; different types of economics evaluations at all three levels of healthcare delivery
• Ethical aspects of clinical practice and medical research
• Health care management
• Health and social policy
• Priority setting in health and social care
• International health (eg endemic and emerging)
• Effectiveness of e-health care practice in developing countries at primary, secondary care and tertiary level

Areas of research supervision

Ali has supervised a number doctoral candidates to completion. This has included candidates for PhD and MDRes and MD in the UK and also in Iran. Ali’s supervision areas include: Medical, Clinical Trials, Public Health, Health Economics, Health Management and Health & Social Policy.

Current PhD supervision:

• MDRes study on; Blood and Blood Component Transfusion On 30-Day Mortality and Morbidity of Infra-Renal Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm”
• PhD study titled “A study of stakeholders’ perception of clinical research value to acute NHS Trusts.”
• PhD study titled “Does stigmatisation exist and affect GP consultations with Dementia patients”
• PhD study titled “The effects of socio-cultural factors on utilization of health care facilities”
• PhD study titled “Examine health policies and policy tools needed for inclusion and health equity”
• PhD study titled “Determining the awareness level of cervical cancer, uptake and barrier to cervical screening among women aged 18 to 64 in Imo state, South Eastern Nigeria"

Teaching

Ali's teaching areas include Public Health, Health Economics and Management, Health Promotion, Medical Ethics and Anatomy & Physiology and Pathophysiology. He also contributes to the delivery of the relevant subjects to the postgraduate research students training.

Qualifications

• Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching (Higher Education), Anglia Ruskin University, UK
• PhD in Health Economics of Cardiovascular Disease, Queens Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, UK
• PG Diploma in Health Service Research , Queens Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, UK
• Training in General Practice (Qualified GP), University of Zanjan Medical Sciences and Health services, Iran
• Doctorate in Medicine, University of Zanjan Medical Sciences and Health services, Iran

Memberships, editorial boards

• Faculty Board- Faculty of Medical Sciences - ARU
• Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
• Fellow of Royal Society of Public Health (FRSPH)
• Member of European Public Health Association (EUPHA)
• Member of Society for Social Medicine (SSM)
• Member of International Health Economics Association (iHEA)
• Fellow of British Medical Association (FBMA)
• Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine(FRSM)
• Member of Health Economics Association (Iran)
• Registered with GMC (Iran, Since 1994)
• Licensed to practice as a GP (Iran, Permanent)
• Member of the Board of Governors of the 42 Medical & Health Sciences Universities- Iran (Ministry of Health and Medical Education-Iran from 2000- 2002)
• Member of board of Budget& Health Economic Committee (Ministry of Health and Medical Education in Iran, 2000-02)
• Member of National Committee in Continuous Education for Medical Practitioners(Iran, 2000-02)
• Member of National Committee for National Health Accounts (Iran Planning and Management Organisation –National Statistical Centre of Iran, 2000-02)
• Editorial Board journal of Salamat (Iranian journal in Health policy-2000-02)
• Editor of International Journal of Social Science and Technology(2016)
• Book Reviewer/Editor: Boore, Shepard and Cooke, 2014. Anatomy and Physiology, SAGE, London (2014)

Research grants, consultancy, knowledge exchange

Consultancy

• Reviewer, National Institute for Health (NIHR) Research and the Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) Programme
• Reviewer, Medical Research Councils (MRC), Grant Application Reviewer
• Reviewer, Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Grant Application Reviewer
• Reviewer, Journal of Perspectives in Public Health
• Reviewer, International Journal of Health Policy and Management (IJHPM)
• External panel member for validation of BSc (Hons) Public Health, Teesside University(2015)
• External examiner for the BSc (Hons) Clinical Nursing Practice, University of Bradford(since 2014)
• External examiner for the MSc Advanced Practice and Specialist Pathways, University of Bradford(since 2014)
• External examiner for the Planning and Managing Clinical Trials, University of Bradford (since 2014)
• External examiner for the FD Hospital and Healthcare, University of Hull(since 2014)

Selected recent publications

Kordzadeh, A., Parsa, A.D., A. Askari, Maddison, B., Panayiotopoulos, Y.P. 2016. Presenting Baseline Coagulation of Infra Renal Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: A Systematic Review and Pooled Analysis. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. -Vol. 51(Issue 3), pp 1-8

Kordzadeh, A., Askari, A., Parsa, AD., Browne, T., Panayiotopoulos, Y.P., 2015.The Clinical Implication of Blood Product Transfusion on Morbidity and Mortality of Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm. Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Haemostasis (CATH). P.p.1-6

Parsa, A.D., 2014. Ageing population; an ever increasing burden to the NHS and other Healthcare systems worldwide; Demands for Changing the Approach& Perspectives. Oral presentation in “Everybody’s Business- Our Ageing population”. PMI- ARU, July 9th 2014

Parsa, AD, Gray, D., 2011. “Willingness –to- Pay to Receive the Best Available Treatment of Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) in the UK”- Oral presentation in NHESG meeting, Odense, Denmark, August 2011

Parsa, AD, Gray, D., 2011. “Willingness –to- Pay to Receive the Best Available Treatment of Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) in Iran”-Oral presentation in 10th Annual International Conference on Health Economics, Management & Policy 27-30 June 2011, Athens, Greece

Parsa, A.D., 2011. Health Economics in Cardiovascular Medicine; Studies comparing healthcare practice in the United Kingdom and Iran

Parsa, AD, D. Gray, 2007. Non-Governmental organisations and community health in Iran: opportunities and threats, First international Conference on the outlook of Charity organisations in Iran's health Services, Shiraz Medical Sciences university, Iran, 24-25th Jan, 2007

Parsa, A.D., Gray, D., 2006. Economic Evaluation of coronary heart disease (CHD): expectations and challenges in UK and Iran, European Journal of Health Economics, p.p. 128 (S)

Parsa, A.D., Gray, D., 2006. Health Economics from the consumers' perspective: a study of consumer preferences for coronary heart disease (CHD), European Journal of Health Economics., p.p. 76(S)

Parsa, AD, Javadi, H.R., Gray, D., 2006. Health Economics from the consumers’ perspective; who can judge the benefit of health services? 27th Nordic Health Economists Study Group (NHESG) Meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark August 17-18, 2006

Parsa, AD, David Gray, 2006. Economic evaluation of coronary heart disease (CHD): expectations and challenges in UK and Iran, BAI 2006 International Conference on Business and Information, Singapore, 12-14 July. 2006

Parsa, AD, Javadi, H.R., Abed, F., Kahalian, A., Gray, D., 2006. How Health Services Users Contribute to Policy Making Within The Healthcare System; A Study of Willingness to Pay for Treatment And Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease, BAI 2006 International Conference on Business and Information, Singapore, 12-14 July, 2006

Parsa, AD, Gray, D., 2006. How finite health resources can be sustainable: A study of willingness to pay for cardiac care in Iranian population, Italian Health Economics Association (AIES),11th Annual Conference, Department of Economics, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy, November 16th-17th- 2006

Parsa, AD, Javadi, H.R., Gray, D., 2006. Who can judge the benefit &fairness of health services? ISEqH Fourth International Conference, 11th -13th September, 2006, Adelaide, Australia

Parsa, A.D., Gray, D., 2005.Economic evaluation of coronary heart disease, Iranian Journal of Public Health-, Vol 34, pp S24-5