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Qualifications & Memberships

• PhD in Health Economics of Cardiovascular Disease (2008, Queens Medical Centre, University of Nottingham)
• PG diploma in Health Service Research (2007, Trent institute of RSDU, University of Nottingham)
• Doctorate degree in Medicine, qualified GP (1994, University of Zanjan Medical Sciences and Health services-Iran)

• Fellow of the Royal Society of Public Health (FRSPH)
• Associate of HEA
• Registered with GMC (Iran, Since 1994)
• Licensed to practice as a GP (Iran, Permanent)
• Association of Health Economics (Iran)
• 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 Organization - National Statistical Centre of Iran, 2000-02)

Courses

• Law and Ethics in Health and Social Care
• Anatomy and Physiology
• Anatomy and Physiology for Healthcare Science
• Applied Anatomy and Physiology
• Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology for Practice
• Maintaining Professional Healthcare Standards
• Promoting Health and Wellbeing
• Major Project
• Research Studies
• Masters Dissertation

Outline of career

Dr Ali Davod Parsa joined Anglia Ruskin University as Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Health, Social care & Education in 2012. He qualified as a GP from the University of Zajan Medical sciences in 1994, and he was awarded a PG Diploma in Health Services Research (HSR) from the school of Community Health Sciences in 2010, and a PhD from the School of Clinical Sciences in 2011 from the University of Nottingham.

From 1991 to 1994, Ali worked as Research Fellow in the Iranian Academic Centre for Education, Culture & Research (ACECR) (Zanjan University branch) in Iran. As a qualified GP, he worked for several years in both an A&E department and a practice centre in the province of Abadan 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); 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 he commenced working as Deputy of Director General of the Planning, Programming, Budgeting & Health Economics Department at the Iranian Ministry of Health & Medical Education, with a personal interest in Education and R&D. It resulted in an appointment by the former Deputy Minister of Health in 2000 as the Director General of Planning, Programming, Budgeting & Health Economics Department.

Advisor of former Deputies for Minister of Health & Medical Education (MOHME) in Iran (2002- 2003), Dr Parsa was an active advisor in Management Development & Resources and Medical Education. Dr Parsa is an experienced national level health manager who has exercised health policy making at national strategic level.

His doctoral thesis was titled: 'Health Economics in Cardiovascular Medicine; Studies comparing healthcare practice in the United Kingdom and Iran (2011)' and 'Prospective study in aetiology of neonatal jaundice in the Paediatrics Department, Beheshti teaching hospital, Zanjan medical university, Iran (1994)'.

In 2010 Ali worked as Lecturer in Health Management and taught postgraduate level modules - 'Health and Social Care' and 'Law and Ethics in Health and Social Care' - in Birmingham.

Dr Parsa is a clinician with vast experience in Public Health, Health Policy and Health Economics.

Research Interest

• Clinical Trial Research
• Public Health and Epidemiology
• Health Economics
• Ethical aspects of clinical practice and Medical Research
• Health Care Management
• Health & social policy
• Priority setting in Health and Social Care
• International Health

Selected Publications

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

Parsa, AD, Gray, D., Economic Evaluation of coronary heart disease (CHD): expectations and challenges in UK and Iran, European Journal of Health Economics. 2006, pp S128

Parsa, AD, Gray, D., Health Economics from the consumers' perspective: a study of consumer preferences for coronary heart disease (CHD), European Journal of Health Economics. 2006, pp S76

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

International and National Conferences Presentations

Parsa, AD, Gray, D., "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., Lessons for Developing Countries on Coronary Heart Disease (CHD), 7th International Conference on Health Economics, Management and Policy, 10-13 July 2008, Athens, Greece (Oral)

Parsa, AD, D. Gray, 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 (Oral)

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

Parsa, AD, Javadi, H.R., Gray, D., 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(oral)

Parsa, AD, Javadi, H.R., Abed, F., Kahalian, A., Gray, D., 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 (oral).