Dr. Fereydoun Siassi
Associate Professor
B.S. in Medical Sciences (Indiana Uni., U.S.A.)
M.S.P.H. & Ph.D. in Nutrition (U.C.L.A., U.S.A.)
Years of experience: 25
Interests :
  • Nutritional Epidemiology
  • Community Nutrition Assessment
  • Nutrition and Brain
  • Nutrition ; Growth & Development
  • Nutrition and Chronic Diseases

Current Research Project titles
  • Effects of simultaneous vitamin E and C supplement on biochemical parameters and blood pressure in hyperandrogenic women

Number of graduate theses supervised and supervising
Status
MSPH
MPH
Ph.D
Dr.
Others
Supervised
46
2
-
-
M.D. 1
Supervising
3
1
2
-
-

Courses taught
  • Growth & Development
  • Basic and Advanced Nutrition
  • Epidemiology of Malnutrition
  • Assessment of Nutritional Status
  • Research Methodology

Recent publications (only articles and books)
  • Nutrient intake and esophageal cancer in the Caspian Littoral of Iran: A case - control study, 2000 (Article)
  • Unhealthy Behavior of food intake, 1997 (Book, translated into Persian)
  • Malnutrition: a barrier in front of national development process, 1994 (article in Persian)

Membership in scientific associations :
Iranian Nutrition Society (ATA)
The Nutrition Society (U.K.)
Sigma Xi (U.S.A.)
Iranian Education Research Society (APA)


Tel: +98 21 8954924
E-mail: siassif@hotmail.com; siassi@sina.tums.ac.ir; siassif@sphtums.com