Shahin Shooshtari, BSc, MPH, PhD

  • Portrait of Shahin Shooshtari

  • Professor

    Max Rady College of Medicine
    Community Health Sciences
    Room 219 Human Ecology Building
    35 Chancellor Circle
    University of Manitoba
    Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2

    Phone: 204-474-8052
    shahin.shooshtari@umanitoba.ca

Research summary

Dr. Shooshtari’s interdisciplinary program of research is focused on Health and Well-being of Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD). Epidemiology of IDD, health trajectories, utilization of health and social services, aging-related health issues, patterns and causes of mortality have been some areas of research with focus on Manitoba using population-level administrative data. Evidence-informed planning and evaluation of community transitions for persons with IDD is a recent research in progress. Dr. Shooshtari's program of research is applied, using integrated knowledge translation model to inform policy and practice in IDD.

Research interests

aging

community health assessment

epidemiology

health and disability measurement

health services research

intellectual and developmental disabilities

population health

Research affiliations

St. Amant Research Centre (SARC)
  • Researcher
University of Manitoba
  • Adjunct Scientist, Manitoba Centre for Health Policy (MCHP)
  • Research Affiliate, Centre on Aging (COA)
  • Research Affiliate, Manitoba Centre for Nursing and Health Research (MCNHR)

Research groups

Member of Aging and Health Research Interest Groups, International Association for Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IASSIDD)

Biography

Dr. Shahin Shooshtari is a professor in Community Health Sciences at the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba. She is also a dedicated researcher with a program of interdisciplinary research that focuses on the health and well-being of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).

Dr. Shooshtari is a respected mentor and teacher, and she is dedicated to training the next generation of researchers in her field. She teaches a range of courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels, including Introduction to Social Epidemiology and Fundamentals of Health Promotion, and the RDC Research Methods course. Dr. Shooshtari is actively involved in supervising and mentoring graduate and undergraduate students in her interdisciplinary program of research.

Education

  • PhD in Community Health Sciences from the University of Manitoba, Canada (2003)
  • Master of Public Health from Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran (1994)
  • Bachelor of Public Health from Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Iran (1990)

Awards

2017

  • Highly commended award from Emerald Publishing for her paper entitled “Aging with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and Dementia in Manitoba” in Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities

2013

  • The Iranian Community of Manitoba Award for Community Service

2012

  • The Manitoba Association of Home Economists Award for Excellence in Teaching
  • The University of Manitoba Merit Award in the Combined Category of Research/Teaching/Service

2008

  • The Emerging Scholar Award for Research on Aging with Intellectual Disability, International Association for Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Contact us

Community Health Sciences
Max Rady College of Medicine
Room S113 - 750 Bannatyne Avenue
University of Manitoba (Bannatyne campus)
Winnipeg, MB R3E 0W3 Canada

shannon.turczak@umanitoba.ca
204-789-3473