Biography:

Dr. Jahanfar has been teaching for more than 25 years. She has taught a broad range of courses including epidemiology, biostatistics, maternal-child health, systematic reviews, research methodology, Doctor-Patient and Society Module at the graduate and undergraduate level. She has also delivered a series of workshops/webinars to support faculty development teaching software (SPSS, R, SAS, CMA), regression modeling, and survival analysis. Dr. Jahanfar is an international Cochrane trainer and has conducted over 25 Cochrane workshops/webinar series in the USA, Canada, Malaysia, Middle East on standard author training and trained over 400 clinicians and scientists.

Dr. Jahanfar is a reproductive epidemiologist with a grounding in public health and biostatistics. Her research focuses on reproductive health, maternal-child health, and genetic versus environment studies. She has worked with several twin studies in Australia, Malaysia, Canada, and the USA. Her research interests are reproductive health, maternal-child health, global health, HIV/AIDS, opioid use, and twin studies. She is working on WHO-funded projects related to reasons for Cesarean sections. As a Cochrane trainer, reviewer, author, and former Director of the US- Cochrane Network, she is keen to connect Tufts with the Cochrane Collaboration. She actively seeks interested students and researchers to collaborate on Cochrane work, twin studies, and reproductive health research projects.