معرفی
Dr. Sara Ahmadi Abhari is a Lecturer in the Epidemiology of Ageing at the School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London. She holds an MD from Tehran University (2008) and a PhD in Epidemiology from the University of Cambridge (2014), supported by the Gates Cambridge Scholarship and Krishnan-Ang Scholarship. Her research focuses on dementia biomarkers, public health modeling for disability/dementia burden forecasting, and evaluating interventions' impacts on aging populations. She has prior experience in the Iranian National Malaria Control Program (UNDP) and UCL epidemiology research (2014–2018).
Key research areas include Alzheimer’s biomarkers, cardiovascular-dementia linkages, and pandemic effects on older adults. She has published extensively on epidemiological modeling, including studies on hypertension trends, diabetes-dementia comorbidities, and social restrictions' impact on physical activity. Her work integrates clinical, demographic, and AI-driven methods to address public health challenges.
- Awards: Gates Cambridge Scholarship, Trinity College Krishnan-Ang Scholarship
- Education: PhD Epidemiology (Cambridge), MD (Tehran University)
Her grants and collaborations involve forecasting dementia/disability burdens, analyzing large cohort data (e.g., Whitehall II Study), and evaluating health policy implications. She contributes to global initiatives like the May Measurement Month blood pressure screening campaigns.
