Mahdi Mahdavi

Mahdi Mahdavi is a Senior Lecturer at Roehampton Business School (University of Roehampton) and a Bernard Lown Scholar at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He holds a PhD in Health Services Management from Erasmus University Rotterdam (2015). His academic journey includes roles as Assistant Professor of Health Policy at Tehran University of Medical Sciences (2016-2022), Research Fellow at London South Bank University (2022-2024), and current affiliations at Roehampton and Harvard.

Education: PhD in Health Services Management (Erasmus University, 2015), MSc in Health Services Management. His research focuses on strengthening health systems through operations management, chronic disease policy (hypertension, diabetes), and evidence-informed health policymaking. He designs improvement plans for healthcare organizations and evaluates health services delivery models.

Research trends emphasize healthcare operations and outcomes linkages, AI in cardiac care, and cross-country health system comparisons. Notable projects include the EASE study on AI-driven echocardiography analysis and cost-effectiveness studies of hypertension control.

Awards: Bernard Lown Scholar (2020–present). Funders include European Commission, NHS, and Harvard’s Lown Programme. He has published 9 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, focusing on operational healthcare frameworks and policy analysis.

Advising and grants: PI/CoI on 5 research projects (2010–2024) covering diabetes care models, hypertension inequity analysis, and healthcare operations research. Collaborations span Europe, Iran, and the US. His work emphasizes public engagement and translating research into actionable policy.

Labs/Teams: Involved in the Cardiovascular Health Programme at Harvard, and quality improvement teams in European and Iranian healthcare systems.