Fariba Ahmadizar, PharmD, MSc, PhD Senior Assistant Professor | Epidemiologist Nationality: Dutch ORCID: 0000-0002-6261-9445 LinkedIn: Fariba Ahmadizar ResearchGate: Fariba Ahmadizar Google Scholar: Fariba Ahmadizar Education 2016 — Ph.D. in Epidemiology • Faculty of Science, Clinical Pharmacology Department, Utrecht University, The Netherlands 2017 — MSc in Epidemiology • Julius Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands Current Positions 2021–Present Senior Assistant Professor • Department of Data Science and Biostatistics, University Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU), The Netherlands 2024–Present Visiting Scientist • Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, USA Fellowships & Awards • 2012: Scholarship from the Iranian Ministry of Health for exceptional talents • 2023: Fellow of the Talent Program, UMC Utrecht Supervision PhD Supervision: • Past: 4 students (2019–2024) • Current: 6 students (2019–Present) MSc Supervision: • 15 students 1 Intern Supervision: • 4 interns Teaching Activities • Courses in Genetic Epidemiology, Molecular Pharmacoepidemiology, Causal Research, and CVD Epidemiology at UMC Utrecht, UMC Groningen, NIHES. • Instructor for virtual and international courses for the EU2P program since 2019. Professional Initiatives • 2019: Developed LMiC-P4 Training Program in Pharmacoepidemiology • 2020: Established PARKER Consortium for Type 2 Diabetes Biomarkers • 2022: Launched FLinDeR Consortium for Fatty Liver Biomarker Discovery Advisory Boards & Committees • WHO Global Diabetes Compact Forum (2024–Present) • Global Evidence Summit Abstract Review Committee (2024–Present) • External Expert Advisory Board, BETTER4U Project (2024–Present) Memberships • ISPE (2015–Present) • EASD and NAFLD Study Group (2017–Present) • Global NASH Council (2024–Present) Editorial & Reviewing Activities • Associate Editor: European Journal of Preventive Cardiology (EJPC) • Ad hoc reviewer for JAMA, Lancet, and other leading journals Key Publications (Recent) 1. Coral DE, Smit F, Farzaneh A, Ahmadizar F. Subclassification of obesity for precision prediction of cardiometabolic diseases. Nature Medicine. 2024;30(10):1047-1057. 2. Ji X, Gao H, Ahmadizar F. Cognition Trajectories and Diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2023. Complete List: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=aLoHL9AAAAAJ