Dr. Reza Rastmanesh

Brief Biography:

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Independent Researcher 

Education
1992-1997 B.Sc. Nutrition Science, Tabriz Medical Sciences University, Tabriz, Iran
1997-1999 M.Sc. Nutrition Science, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran Iran
1999-2004 Ph.D. Nutrition, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Academic positions:

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Summary of Positions Held 

Since Feb 2004 to 2004 to 2010 Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Assistant Professor (tenured): Duties Include: Research, conducting lectures for students of
Undergraduate and postgraduate students (2010 his membership was finished)

Visiting Medical Research Officer/ Ph.D. Candidate in Nutrition, Duties included: Conducting experiments, research and analysis of data for a specific research project examining the effects of omega-3 fatty acid and EPA/DHA on NO-induced and cytokine-induced beta cell apoptosis in NOD mice. Conducting other experiments, research and data analysis as required by supervisor (Professor Nikolai Petrovsky: Flinder's University, Australia).
2003 Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Lecturer (Ph.D. candidate) – Nutrition Sciences and Diet Therapy, Duties Include: Research, conducting lectures for students of undergraduate and postgraduate.
2002 Iranian Ministry of Information and Technology:

Translator
Duties include: Specific project – providing a proposal of “Health Information System” (HIS) in English
2000 Iranian National Committee for Disabled Sportsmen Sydney, Australia

Dietician
Duties include: Sports Dietician (Nutritional counseling, pre-exercise diets and post exercise recovery diets, etc). This collaboration has lead to a paper "Nutritional Knowledge and Attitudes in Athletes with Physical Disabilities. Journal of Athletic Training.2007; 42 (1):99–105. Reza Rastmanesh, et al. 2000
Channel 4 – Iranian National Television

Producer/Medical Researcher, Duties include: Providing an education documentary for medical practitioners. Documentary included research into nutrition and diet therapy in disease. I researched, completed and produced all 30 episodes of the documentary

1999-2000 Endocrine Research Centre- Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

Research Scientist (Ph.D. candidate), Duties included: Providing in-depth research and analysis of data on a variety of medical research specially endocrinology. Conducting experiments, analyzing medical data, and publishing medical articles. Assisting with administrative duties in the laboratory as required.

Research interests:

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Nutrition, microbiota, ophthalmology

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Awards

Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Award for Outstanding Student-Researcher (1998-1999).
Parliament's Best Award for the Islamic Republic of Iran Year book (1999),
President's Award for the Best Student of the Country (2004),
Micronutrient Initiative's Award for the Book Translation (2003), ESPEN 2008 Travel Award (2008).
Professional Memberships

Member of Persian Language Academy
Member of Young Iranian Writers
Member of National Ergonomics Committee
Member of Iranian Young Writers Association
Member of Iranian Outdoor Climbing Association
Member of Iranian Nutritional Association
Member of Education Development Office, Faculty of Nutrition.
Technical Editor/Peer Reviewer for:

American Journal of Applied Sciences,
Asian Journal of Scientific Research,
American Journal of Food,
Asian Journal of Clinical Nutrition,
The Journal of Pain
Publications

Books

1996-Micronutrient Fortification of Foods, 1996 (Translated by Reza Rastmanesh, published by a grant of Micronutrient Initiative (Canada, MI Award Agreement No.10-0220-1-1).
1998-Technology of Cake Making, Bamphord, 1997 (Translated by Reza Rastmanesh, 670 pages).
1999-A Pocket Guide to Clinical Nutrition and Diet Therapy, Compiled by Reza Rastmanesh, Winner of book of the year in Iran, , 600 pages).
1999-Clinical Nutrition, Case Studies, Wayne E.Billon, 1998 (Translated by Reza Rastmanesh, 1999, 300 pages).
2004-Exercise in Diabetes Mellitus, Dinesh Nagi and Bill Burr, 1998 (Translated bye Reza Rastmanesh, 1999, 290 pages).
2004-Weight Management (Translated by Reza Rastmanesh).
2004-Nutritional Epidemiology, second edition, Walter Willet, Translated by Reza Rastmanesh, in process.
2004-Statistical Methods in Health Care Research (Translated by Reza Rastmanesh, in publish).
2005-HACCP in food sciences (Translated by Rouhollah Ferdowsi, Reza Rastmanesh).
2005-Critical Appraisal of Medical Articles (Compiled by Reza Rastmanesh et al).
2008-Food Processing: Nutritional Implications: in press (Compiled by Reza Rastmanesh, Zhaleh Shadman).
2008-Translation of Krause's Food, Nutrition and Diet Therapy, L. Kathleteen Mahan, Sylvia Escott-Stump, editors. Krause's Food, Nutrition, and Diet Therapy. Philadelphia: 2008.

PAPERS in ENGLISH

2002-Azizi F, Mirmiran P, Sheikholeslam R, Hedayati M, Rastmanesh R. The relation between serum ferritin and goiter, urinary iodine and thyroid hormone concentration. Int J Vitamin Nutr Res, 2002 Oct; 72(5):296-9 2007.
2007-Rastmanesh R, Taleban FA, Kimiagar M, Mehrabi Y, Salehi M. Knowledge and Attitudes in Athletes with Physical Disabilities. Journal of Athletic Training. 2007; 42(1):99–105.
2008-Rastmanesh R, Abargouei S, Shadman Zh, Ebrahimi AA, Weber C, A pilot study of potassium supplementation in the treatment of hypokalaemic patients with rheumatoid arthritis: Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. The Journal of Pain (published ahead of print).
2008-Rastmanesh R, Marci EG, Shadman Zh, Comparison of Body Dissatisfaction and Cosmetic Rhinoplasty with Levels of Veil Practicing in Islamic Women. The International Journal of Eating Disorders (under publication).
2008-Rastmanesh R. Psoriasis and Vegetarian Diets: A Role for Cortisol and Potassium? Medical Hypotheses. 2009 Mar;72(3):368.
2009-Reza Rastmanesh. Hypothetical hormonal mechanism by which potassium-rich diets benefit patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Med Hypotheses. 2009 Oct;73(4):564-8. Epub 2009 Jun 27.
2010-Reza Rastmanesh. Drug policy and treatment bias due to the dopamine-deficit theory of child attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. ADHD Atten Def Hyp Disord. 2010.
2010-Reza Rastmanesh. High polyphenol, low probiotic diet for weight loss because of intestinal micribiota interaction. Chemico-biological Interactions. 2010 Oct 15. [Epub ahead of print]
2010-Reza Rastmanesh, Samira Rabiee, Youssef Shaabani, Hossein Mazinani, Ali Akbar Ebrahimi, Ahmad Reza Jamshidi. Validation of the Persian version of the Stanford Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Journal of Paramedical Sciences (JPS) Winter 2010 Vol.1, No.1 ISSN 2008-496X.
2010-Reza Rastmanesh. Potential of melatonin to treat or prevent age-related macular degeneration through stimulation of telomerase activity. Med Hypotheses. 2010 Sep 28.
2010-Reza Rastmanesh. An urgent need to include risk-benefit analysis in clinical trialinvestigating conjugated linoleic acid supplements in cancer patients. Contemp Clin Trials. 2010 Sep 21.
2010-Reza Rastmanesh. Alopecia and ocular alterations: a role for Minoxidil? J Recept Signal Transduct Res. 2010 Jun;30(3):189-92.
2010-Yousef Shaabani, Maryam Foroughi, Reza Rastmanesh, Ahmadreza Jamshidi, Narges Tajik, Omid Assadi. Assessment of antioxidant nutrient intake and malondiadehyde plasma level in rheumatoid arthritis ARYA Atherosclerosis Journal 2009; Volume 5, Issue1

PAPERS in PERSIAN

2001-Azizi F, Mirmiran P, Sheikholeslam R, Hedayati M, Rastmanesh R. Association of ferritin with goiter, urinary iodine and serum thyroid hormones in schoolchildren of Iran. Iranian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism (IJEM) summer 2001; 3(2 (SN 10)):89-94.
2002-Azizi, F. Mirmiran P, Sheikholeslam R, Hedayati M, Rastmanesh R. Goitre survey and urinary iodine concentration in schoolchildren aged 8 to 10 year of Sistan and Balouchestan province in 1996. Zahedan University of Medical Sciences. (http://www.zdmu.ac.ir/publication/books/tab809.htm)
2002-Hedayati M, Mirmiran P, Rastmanesh R, Sheikholeslam R, Azizi, F. Goitre survey and urinary iodine concentration in schoolchildren aged 8 to 10 year of Ardabil province in 1996, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences. Fall 2002.
2002-Delshad H, Sheikholeslam R, Rastmanesh R, Mirmiran P, Tulu F, Azizi, F. Goitre survey and urinary iodine concentration in schoolchildren aged 8 to 10 year of Ardabil province in 1996. Ardabil University of Medical Sciences. Fall 2002.
2004-Rastmanesh R, Talefan F, Kimiagar M, Mehrabi Y. Effect of fish oil supplementation on inflammatory mediators, blood pressure, lipids and insulin sensitivity in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, Pejouhande, Fall 2004.
2005-Kazemi M, Kimiagar M, Rastmanesh R, Sarreshteh M, Talefan F.A. Effects of L-carnitine acute supplementation on blood lactate levels and the distance run by athletes on treadmill by the time to reach anaerobic thresholds. Scientific Journal of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences. Fall 2005; 10, Serial number 37: 43-52.

ABSTRCTS

2000-17th International Congress of Nutrition. Modern Aspects of Nutrition-Present Knowledge of Future Perspectives, Vienna, Austria. Nutritional status of Iranian disabled sportsmen participated in Sydney Para-Olympics, 2000. Rastmanesh R.
2000-17th International Congress of Nutrition. Modern Aspects of Nutrition-Present Knowledge of Future Perspectives, Vienna, Austria; “Frequency of NIDDM in first degree relatives of patients with NIDDM, IGT, and controls, 1998". Rastmanesh R, Shaker-Hosseini R, Navai L, Mehrabi Y. 2000.
2001-17th International Congress of Nutrition. Modern Aspects of Nutrition-Present Knowledge of Future Perspectives, Vienna, Austria; Manipulation of health education models in community nutrition. Salehi M, D Shojaei Zadeh, Rastmanesh R.
2000-17th International Congress of Nutrition. Modern Aspects of Nutrition-Present Knowledge of Future Perspectives, Vienna, Austria; Nutrition survey in the biggest tribe of Qashgai confederacy, Iran. Shojaei Zadeh D, Rastmanesh R, Salehi M.
2002-28th Annual Meeting of the European Thyroid Association, Sep. 7-11, 2002, Sweden. Mirmiran P, Sheikoleslam R, Hedayati M, Rastmanesh R. The relation between serum ferritin and goiter, urinary iodine and thyroid hormone concentration.
2002-5th International Congress of Nutrition, Tehran. Abstract: Frequency of NIDDM in first degree relatives of patients with NIDDM, IGT, and Controls, 1998. Rastmanesh R, Shaker-Hosseini R, Navai L, Mehrabi Y.
2003-6th International Congress of Nutrition, Ahwaz Medical University, Iran. Abstract: Comparison of different methods for evaluating vitamin A status, 1999. Estakian, T, Kimiagar M, Rastmanesh R.
2003-6th International Congress of Sports and Exercise, Rasht Medical University, Iran. Abstract: Nutritional status of Iranian disabled sportsmen who participated in the Sydney Para-Olympics, 2000. Rastmanesh R.
2004-4th International Nutrition and Dietetics Congress, Using wrist circumference overestimate energy requirements in wheel chair-dependent athletes. Rastmanesh R.
2004-8th International Congress of Nutrition, Tehran, Iran, Effect of DHA on NO-induced apoptosis in NOD mice. Rastmanesh R, Petrovsky N, Socha L, Correcha M, Silva D.
2004-8th International Congress of Nutrition, Tehran, Iran, Effect of EPA on cytokines-induced apoptosis in NOD mice. Rastmanesh R, Petrovsky N, Socha L, Correcha M, Silva D.
2004-8th International Congress of Nutrition, Tehran, Iran, Effect of EPA on NO-induced apoptosis in NOD mice. Rastmanesh R, Petrovsky N, Socha L, Correcha M, Silva D.
2004-8th International Congress of Nutrition, Tehran, Iran, Effect of fish oil supplementation on inflammatory mediators, blood pressure, lipids and insulin sensitivity in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Rastmanesh R, Talefan F, Kimiagar M, Mehrabi Y.
2004-8th International Congress of Nutrition, Tehran, Iran, Serum IL-6 predicts insulin sensitivity in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Rastmanesh R, Talefan F, Kimiagar M, Mehrabi Y.
2004-8th International Congress of Nutrition, Tehran, Iran, Effect of DHA on cytokine-induced apoptosis in NOD mice. Rastmanesh R, Petrovsky N, Socha L, Correcha M, Silva D.
2004-8th International Congress of Nutrition, Tehran, Iran, Effect of fish oil supplementation on inflammatory mediators, blood pressure, lipids and insulin sensitivity in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, Rastmanesh R, Talefan F, Kimiagar M, Mehrabi Y.
2006-7th International Conferences on Dietary Assessment Methods, Copenhagen, Denmark. Armspan and wrist circumference measurements in Iranian physically disabled people: Implications on energy needs. Rastmanesh R.
2006-7th International Conferences on Dietary Assessment Methods, Copenhagen, Denmark, The use of armspan measurement to assess the nutritional status of adults in six Iranian ethnic groups. Rastmanesh R.
2008-6th International Nutrition and Dietetics Congress, 2-6 April 2008, Antalya, Turkey. Comparison of Dysmenorrhea and Strict Nutritional and Sport Practices in Islamic Women. Rastmanesh R, Shadman Zh.
2008-6th International Nutrition and Dietetics Congress, 2-6 April 2008, Antalya, Turkey. Relation of Situational Inventory of Body-Image Dysphoria-Short form (SIBID-S) and Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26) in Tehranian Athlete Women. Ratmanesh R, Shadman Zh, Darbandi-Azar S.
2008-30th ESPEN Congress. 13-16 September, Florence, Italy. Comparison of visual analogue-based self-reported mood ratings between tea-drinkers and coffee-drinkers. Rastmanesh R, Shadman Zh.
Research Grants (2006/07) and Study Chair (registered in www.clinicaltrials.gov):
Omega-3 and Vitamin E Supplementation in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct/show/NCT00399282?order=1
A Pilot Study of Potassium Supplementation for Adult Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct/show/NCT00461448?order=4
Effect of Urtica Dioica on Glycemic Control in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct/show/NCT00422357?order=3
Comparison of Body Dissatisfaction Among Islamic Veil Practicing (IVP), Non-Complete IVP, and Inconsiderate to IVP Women: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct/show/NCT00417547?order=2
Iranian Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Glutamine Study http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01219608

Completed Postgraduate Supervision

2007: Omega-3 and Vitamin E Supplementation in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (MSc).
2007: Effect of Urtica Dioica on Glycemic Control in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (MSc).

ACHIEVEMENTS

1992-Outstanding student in Bachelor of Nutrition Sciences entrance examination at Tabriz Medical University.
1996-Outstanding student in Master of Nutrition Sciences entrance examination at Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences.
1998-Outstanding student in PhD of Nutrition Sciences entrance examination at Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences resulting in full scholarship.

Teaching Courses:

Undergraduate: Diet Therapy I and II, Basics of Nutrition, Food Processing and Nutrition. Graduate: Introduction to Modern Diet Therapy, Modern Knowledge of Nutrition. Relevant topics: how to write a proposal etc.

Languages

English (fluent), Persian (native), Turkish (native), Azeri (native)

Personal History

Citizenship: Iranian, Born in 1975, in Tehran, Iran.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. with 5 years experience.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access (queries building, forms creation and reports)
• Excellent knowledge of the SPSS software
• Excellent statistical knowledge

Proficient window based computer skills

• Proven ability to work independently
• Proven ability to prioritize multiple competing assignments/tasks Strong organizational skills
• Numerous grant writing/manuscript editing experience Proven ability to work with a team and independently
Exceptional critical thinking.

What I think of the idea behind WebmedCentral:

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I am prepared to serve as a reviewer of books and manuscripts, to critically apprsie manuscripts and proposals.