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Reza Yousefi Nooraie, M.Sc., Ph.D.

Reza Yousefi Nooraie, M.Sc., Ph.D.

About Me

Faculty Appointments

Associate Professor - Department of Public Health Sciences (SMD)

Associate Professor - Center for Community Health and Prevention - Joint

Credentials

Post-doctoral Training & Residency

Post-doctoral fellow at the Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Canada 2015 - 2018

Education

PhD | Canada-McMaster Univ, Hamilton. Health Research Methodology. 2015

MSc | Canada-McMaster Univ, Hamilton. Health Research Methodology. 2010

Doctor of Medicine | Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran. 2003

Awards

KT Canada Conference travel funding ($1000). 2014

Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship. 2012 - 2015

International Excellence Award. 2011 - 2012

International Excellence Award. 2010 - 2011

Travel and Accommodation Grant for participation in Cochrane colloquium, Melbourne, Australia. 2005

Honored Researcher Students' Award. 2002

Eighth Rank in Iran in General basic sciences examinations of medical students. 1998

15th State Rank in the Nationwide University Entrance Examination (the Konkoor) in the Field of Natural Sciences. 1996

Research

Reza is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Rochester (since Oct 2018), with a dual (Status) appointment at the Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto.
He investigates the social complexities of dissemination and...
Reza is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Rochester (since Oct 2018), with a dual (Status) appointment at the Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto.
He investigates the social complexities of dissemination and implementation of innovations in health care settings and communities, and tries to push the conceptual and methodological boundaries of implementation science forward. He is interested in the processes and outcomes of engaging stakeholders in planning and developing implementation strategies. He is the co-Director of Equity-focused Dissemination & Implementation (EQ-DI) Function at University of Rochester Clinical and Translational Science Institute (UR CTSI), in which he leads capacity-building and training activities to facilitate the bridge between research and practice at University.
He is an expert in studying social networks and relations among individuals and organizations in healthcare settings and communities. He studies the structures and dynamics of patients' support and advice social networks and their impact on health outcomes and communication with healthcare providers.
He is an expert in mixing qualitative and quantitative approaches. He has developed frameworks and published methodological guidelines on mixed methods approaches to network analysis. He is also the Associate Director of the Qualitative and Mixed-methods Research Center (QMMRC) at Â鶹ÊÓƵ .

Publications

Journal Articles

Akbari-Kamrani M, Mortaz Hejri S, Ivan R, Yousefi-Nooraie R

Teaching and learning in medicine.. 2024 36 (1):23-32. Epub 01/23/2023.

Mortaz Hejri S, Yousefi-Nooraie R, Young M, Nimmon L

Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges.. 2023 December 198 (12):1454. Epub 03/22/2023.

Bunger AC, Yousefi-Nooraie R, Warren K, Cao Q, Dadgostar P, Bustos TE

Implementation science : IS.. 2023 April 618 (1):10. Epub 04/06/2023.

Tabatabaee M, Yousefi Nooraie R, Mohammad Aghaei A, Rostam-Abadi Y, Ansari M, Sharifi S, Sharifi V

The International journal of social psychiatry.. 2023 February 69 (1):190-199. Epub 02/11/2022.

Yu V, Yilmaz S, Freitag J, Loh KP, Kehoe L, Digiovanni G, Bauer J, Sanapala C, Epstein RM, Yousefi-Nooraie R, Mohile S

Patient education and counseling.. 2023 January 106 :135-141. Epub 10/15/2022.

Utilizing the Un-Meeting Model to Advance Innovative Translational and Team Science

Augustine EF, Steele SJ, McIntosh S, Sugarwala L, White RJ, Yousefi-Nooraie R, Zand MS, Ossip DJ.

Journal of Clinical Translational Science. 2023; .

Reichelt M, Cullen JP, Mayer-Fried S, Russell HA, Bennett NM, Yousefi-Nooraie R

Frontiers in public health.. 2023 11 :1059067. Epub 02/09/2023.

Roman G, Samar V, Ossip D, McKee M, Barnett S, Yousefi-Nooraie R

Public health reports.. 2023 138 (4):691-704. Epub 05/27/2023.

Mehta TG, Mahoney J, Leppin AL, Stevens KR, Yousefi-Nooraie R, Pollock BH, Shelton RC, Dolor R, Pincus H, Patel S, Moore JB

Journal of clinical and translational science.. 2023 7 (1):e97. Epub 04/26/2023.

Yousefi Nooraie R, Dadgostar P, Roman G, Cullen JP, Bennett NM

Journal of clinical and translational science.. 2023 7 (1):e142. Epub 05/22/2023.

Fiscella K, Yousefi Nooraie R

Journal of clinical and translational science.. 2023 7 (1):e186. Epub 08/18/2023.

Augustine EF, Steele SJ, McIntosh S, Sugarwala L, White RJ, Yousefi-Nooraie R, Zand MS, Ossip DJ

Journal of clinical and translational science.. 2023 7 (1):e176. Epub 07/10/2023.

Kehoe L, Sanapala C, DiGiovanni G, Yousefi-Nooraie R, Yilmaz S, Bauer J, Loh KP, Norton S, Duberstein P, Kamen C, Gilmore N, Gudina A, Kleckner A, Mohile S, Epstein RM

Patient education and counseling.. 2022 October 105 (10):3116-3122. Epub 06/09/2022.

Katragadda C, Fung C, Yousefi-Nooraie R, Cupertino P, Joseph J, Kim Y, Li Y

Urology.. 2022 September 167 :102-108. Epub 06/28/2022.

Sullivan JL, Yousefi-Nooraie R, D'Arcy D, Levine A, Zimmerman L, Shin MH, Franzosa E, Hung W, Intrator O

Implementation science communications.. 2022 August 293 (1):93. Epub 08/29/2022.

Mayo NL, Cullen JP, Dozier AM, Yousefi-Nooraie R, Russell HA

The Journal of family practice.. 2022 July 71 (6):239-244. Epub 1900 01 01.

Roman G, Samar V, Ossip D, McKee M, Barnett S, Yousefi-Nooraie R

Preventing chronic disease.. 2022 June 919 :E30. Epub 06/09/2022.

Ramchandran RS, Yousefi-Nooraie R, Dadgostar P, Yilmaz S, Basant J, Dozier AM

JMIR diabetes.. 2022 March 307 (1):e32162. Epub 03/30/2022.

Loh KP, Seplaki CL, Sanapala C, Yousefi-Nooraie R, Lund JL, Epstein RM, Duberstein PR, Flannery M, Culakova E, Xu H, McHugh C, Klepin HD, Lin PJ, Watson E, Grossman VA, Liu JJ, Geer J, O'Rourke MA, Mustian K, Mohile SG

JAMA network open.. 2022 February 15 (2):e220018. Epub 02/01/2022.

Li SA, Yousefi-Nooraie R, Guyatt G, Talwar G, Wang Q, Zhu Y, Hozo I, Djulbegovic B

Journal of clinical epidemiology.. 2022 January 141 :1-10. Epub 09/20/2021.

Yousefi Nooraie R, Roman G, Fiscella K, McMahon JM, Orlando E, Bennett NM

Journal of clinical and translational science.. 2022 6 (1):e23. Epub 03/07/2022.

Yousefi Nooraie R, White RJ, Steele S, Augustine EF, Ossip DJ, Zand MS

Journal of clinical and translational science.. 2022 6 (1):e124. Epub 11/09/2022.

Roman G, Samar V, Ossip D, McKee M, Barnett S, Yousefi-Nooraie R

Frontiers in health services.. 2022 2 Epub 06/17/2022.

Yousefi Nooraie R, Noyes K

Frontiers in health services.. 2022 2 :1113916. Epub 01/10/2023.

Kamen CS, Reichelt M, Dadgostar P, Alpert AB, Doucette C, Vaughan P, Keuroghlian AS, Yousefi-Nooraie R

Frontiers in health services.. 2022 2 :958274. Epub 11/10/2022.

Tuch G, Sanapala C, Mohile SG, Duberstein PR, Soto-Perez-de-Celis E, Xu H, Culakova E, Flannery M, Yousefi-Nooraie R, Epstein RM, McHugh C, Aarne V, Kim H, Geer J, O'Rourke MA, Vogelzang NJ, Loh KP

The oncologist.. 2021 November 26 (11):e1992-e2001. Epub 08/11/2021.

Yousefi Nooraie R, Lyons PG, Baumann AA, Saboury B

PET clinics.. 2021 October 16 (4):643-653. Epub 1900 01 01.

Yousefi Nooraie R, Shelton RC, Fiscella K, Kwan BM, McMahon JM

Health research policy and systems. 2021 August 1919 (1):120. Epub 08/19/2021.

Yousefi Nooraie R, Shelton RC, Fiscella K, Kwan BM, McMahon JM

Health research policy and systems. 2021 August 419 (1):110. Epub 08/04/2021.

D'Silva C, Thompson B, Fierheller D, Martel S, Yousefi Nooraie R, Zenlea I

Clinical obesity.. 2021 August 11 (4):e12456. Epub 04/17/2021.

Yousefi Nooraie R, Mohile SG, Yilmaz S, Bauer J, Epstein RM

Journal of geriatric oncology.. 2021 June 12 (5):855-859. Epub 12/17/2020.

Loh KP, Soto-Perez-de-Celis E, Duberstein PR, Culakova E, Epstein RM, Xu H, Kadambi S, Flannery M, Magnuson A, McHugh C, Trevino KM, Tuch G, Ramsdale E, Yousefi-Nooraie R, Sedenquist M, Liu JJ, Melnyk N, Geer J, Mohile SG

Cancer.. 2021 January 1127 (1):149-159. Epub 10/09/2020.

Journal of geriatric oncology. 2021; : DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jgo.2020.12.005.

A fused mixed-methods approach to thematic analysis of personal networks: Two case studies of caregiver support networks

Network Science. 2021; 9(2): 236-253.

Yousefi Nooraie R, Warren K, Juckett LA, Cao QA, Bunger AC, Patak-Pietrafesa MA

PloS one.. 2021 16 (6):e0253734. Epub 06/25/2021.

Mehta TG, Mahoney J, Leppin AL, Stevens KR, Yousefi-Nooraie R, Pollock BH, Shelton RC, Dolor R, Pincus H, Patel S, Moore JB

Journal of clinical and translational science.. 2021 5 (1):e151. Epub 07/12/2021.

Mehta TG, Mahoney J, Leppin AL, Stevens KR, Yousefi-Nooraie R, Pollock BH, Shelton RC, Dolor R, Pincus H, Patel S, Moore JB

Journal of clinical and translational science.. 2021 5 (1):e204. Epub 12/20/2021.

Loh KP, Kaushik R, Mohile SG, Ogie S, Kadambi S, Zittel J, Yousefi-Nooraie R, Moorthi K, Patil A, Sanapala C, Yang S, Ramsdale E

Journal of geriatric oncology.. 2020 September 11 (7):1170-1174. Epub 03/24/2020.

Yousefi Nooraie R, Kwan BM, Cohn E, AuYoung M, Clarke Roberts M, Adsul P, Shelton RC

Journal of clinical and translational science.. 2020 January 284 (3):168-175. Epub 01/28/2020.

Yousefi Nooraie R, Khan S, Gutberg J, Baker GR

Evaluation & the health professions.. 2019 December 42 (4):395-421. Epub 05/02/2018.

Dobbins M, Greco L, Yost J, Traynor R, Decorby-Watson K, Yousefi-Nooraie R

Health research policy and systems. 2019 June 2017 (1):63. Epub 06/20/2019.

Jamshidi E, Eftekhar Ardebili, Yousefi-Nooraie R, Raeisi A, Malekafzali Ardakani, Sadeghi R, Hanafi-Bojd AA, Majdzadeh R

Malaria journal.. 2019 January 318 (1):1. Epub 01/03/2019.

Dobbins M, Traynor RL, Workentine S, Yousefi-Nooraie R, Yost J

BMC public health.. 2018 December 2918 (1):1412. Epub 12/29/2018.

Rahimi-Movaghar A, Gholami J, Amato L, Hoseinie L, Yousefi-Nooraie R, Amin-Esmaeili M

The Cochrane database of systematic reviews.. 2018 June 216 (6):CD007522. Epub 06/21/2018.

Dobbins M, Watson S, Read K, Graham K, Yousefi Nooraie R, Levinson AJ

JMIR aging.. 2018 May 71 (1):e3. Epub 05/07/2018.

A Tool That Assesses the Evidence, Transparency, and Usability of Online Health Information: Development and Reliability Assessment

Dobbins, M; Watson, S; Read, K; Graham, K., Yousefi Nooraie, R; Levinson, A.

JMIR Aging, 1(1), e3. 2018; 1(1): e3.

Social Network Analysis: An Example of Fusion Between Quantitative and Qualitative Methods

Yousefi Nooraie, R.; EM Sale, J.; Marin, A.; Ross, L.

Journal of Mixed Methods Research. 2018; : DOI: 10.1177/1558689818804060.

Impact of an organization-wide knowledge translation strategy to support evidence-informed public health decision making

Dobbins, M.; Traynor, R.; Workentine, S.; Yousefi-Nooraie, R.; Yost, J.

BMC public health, 18(1), 1412. 2018; 18: 1412.

Yousefi Nooraie R, Marin A, Hanneman R, Lohfeld L, Dobbins M

BMC health services research.. 2017 March 1517 (1):208. Epub 03/15/2017.

Yousefi Nooraie R, Lohfeld L, Marin A, Hanneman R, Dobbins M

BMC health services research.. 2017 February 817 (1):122. Epub 02/08/2017.

The Relationship Between the Position of Name Generator Questions and Responsiveness in Multiple Name Generator Surveys.

Yousefi Nooraie R., Marin A., Pullenayegum E., Hanneman R., Lohfeld L., Dobbins M.

Sociological Methods and Research. 2017; 48(2).

Patelarou AE, Kyriakoulis KG, Stamou AA, Laliotis A, Sifaki-Pistolla D, Matalliotakis M, Prokopakis E, Patelarou E

Advances in medical education and practice.. 2017 8 :455-464. Epub 07/07/2017.

de Silva AM, Hegde S, Akudo Nwagbara B, Calache H, Gussy MG, Nasser M, Morrice HR, Riggs E, Leong PM, Meyenn LK, Yousefi-Nooraie R

The Cochrane database of systematic reviews.. 2016 December 2212 (12):CD009837. Epub 12/22/2016.

de Silva AM, Hegde S, Akudo Nwagbara B, Calache H, Gussy MG, Nasser M, Morrice HR, Riggs E, Leong PM, Meyenn LK, Yousefi-Nooraie R

The Cochrane database of systematic reviews.. 2016 September 159 (9):CD009837. Epub 09/15/2016.

Yousefi-Nooraie R, Dobbins M, Marin A, Hanneman R, Lohfeld L

Implementation science : IS.. 2015 December 310 :166. Epub 12/03/2015.

Rashidian A, Omidvari AH, Vali Y, Mortaz S, Yousefi-Nooraie R, Jafari M, Bhutta ZA

Public health.. 2014 October 128 (10):872-85. Epub 1900 01 01.

Yousefi-Nooraie R, Dobbins M, Marin A

Implementation science : IS.. 2014 February 249 :29. Epub 02/24/2014.

DeMatteo CA, Hanna SE, Yousefi-Nooraie R, Lin CY, Mahoney WJ, Law MC, McCauley D

Brain injury. 2014 28 (1):114-21. Epub 1900 01 01.

Yousefi-Nooraie R, Irani S, Mortaz-Hedjri S, Shakiba B

Journal of evaluation in clinical practice.. 2013 October 19 (5):723-6. Epub 09/16/2010.

Sword W, Niccols A, Yousefi-Nooraie R, Dobbins M, Lipman E, Smith P

International journal of mental health and addiction.. 2013 June 11 (3):344-357. Epub 1900 01 01.

Rahimi-Movaghar A, Amin-Esmaeili M, Hefazi M, Yousefi-Nooraie R

The Cochrane database of systematic reviews.. 2013 January 31 (1):CD007775. Epub 01/31/2013.

Yousefi-Nooraie R, Mortaz-Hejri S, Mehrani M, Sadeghipour P

The Cochrane database of systematic reviews.. 2012 October 1710 (10):CD007179. Epub 10/17/2012.

Rashidian A, Yousefi-Nooraie R

Journal of evaluation in clinical practice.. 2012 June 18 (3):676-81. Epub 03/16/2011.

Yousefi-Nooraie R, Dobbins M, Brouwers M, Wakefield P

BMC health services research.. 2012 May 1612 :118. Epub 05/16/2012.

Harvey A, Rosenbaum P, Hanna S, Yousefi-Nooraie R, Graham KH

Journal of rehabilitation medicine.. 2012 February 44 (2):137-43. Epub 1900 01 01.

Sharifi V., Mesgarpour B., Basirnia A., Amin-Esmaeeli M., Farhoudian A., Amini H., & Yousefi-Nooraie R.

Iranian journal of psychiatry and clinical psychology. 2012; 18(2): 138-149.

Irani S, Rashidian A, Yousefi-Nooraie R, Soltani A

Journal of evaluation in clinical practice.. 2011 August 17 (4):729-36. Epub 01/11/2011.

Yousefi-Nooraie R, Rashidian A, Nedjat S, Majdzadeh R, Mortaz-Hedjri S, Etemadi A, Salmasian H

Journal of evaluation in clinical practice.. 2009 December 15 (6):1029-34. Epub 1900 01 01.

Mansouri N, Gharaee B, Shariat SV, Bolhari J, Yousefi Nooraie R, Rahimi-Movaghar A, Alirezaie N

International journal of mental health systems.. 2009 June 253 (1):15. Epub 06/25/2009.

Prevalence of Mental Disorders among High-School Students in Iran: A Systematic Review.

Basirnia A, Sharifi V, Mansouri N, Mesgarpour B, Mohammadi MR, Amini H, Farhoudian A, Yousefi-Nooraie R, Rahimi Movaghar A.

Iranian Journal of Psychiatry. 2009; 4(1).

Yousefi-Nooraie R, Akbari-Kamrani M, Hanneman RA, Etemadi A

Health research policy and systems. 2008 September 166 :9. Epub 09/16/2008.

Yousefi-Nooraie R, Yazdani K, Etemadi A

Archives of Iranian medicine.. 2008 July 11 (4):361-3. Epub 1900 01 01.

Shakiba B, Salmasian H, Yousefi-Nooraie R, Rohanizadegan M

Archives of Iranian medicine.. 2008 May 11 (3):257-62. Epub 1900 01 01.

Yousefi-Nooraie R, Schonstein E, Heidari K, Rashidian A, Pennick V, Akbari-Kamrani M, Irani S, Shakiba B, Mortaz Hejri SA, Mortaz Hejri SO, Jonaidi A

The Cochrane database of systematic reviews.. 2008 April 162008 (2):CD005107. Epub 04/16/2008.

Shirazian N, Mahboubi M, Emdadi R, Yousefi-Nooraie R, Fazel-Sarjuei Z, Sedighpour N, Fadaki SF, Emami P, Hematyar M, Rahimi N, Mozaffari-Kermani R

Endocrine practice : official journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists.. 2008 April 14 (3):312-7. Epub 1900 01 01.

Yousefi-Nooraie R, Mortaz-Hedjri S

Psychiatry research.. 2008 January 15157 (1-3):247-50. Epub 10/10/2007.

Yousefi-Nooraie R, Schonstein E, Heidari K, Rashidian A, Akbari-Kamrani M, Irani S, Shakiba B, Mortaz Hejri SA, Mortaz Hejri SO, Jonaidi A

The Cochrane database of systematic reviews.. 2007 October 17 (4):CD005107. Epub 10/17/2007.

Yousefi-Nooraie R, Shakiba B, Mortaz-Hedjri S, Soroush AR

Journal of evaluation in clinical practice.. 2007 August 13 (4):564-8. Epub 1900 01 01.

Yousefi-Nooraie R, Rashidian A, Keating JL, Schonstein E

Journal of evaluation in clinical practice.. 2007 August 13 (4):569-75. Epub 1900 01 01.

Yousefi-Nooraie R, Schonstein E, Heidari K, Rashidian A, Akbari-Kamrani M, Irani S, Shakiba B, Mortaz Hejri SA, Mortaz Hejri SO, Jonaidi A

The Cochrane database of systematic reviews.. 2007 April 18 (2):CD005107. Epub 04/18/2007.

Perinatal care regionalization and geographical distribution model in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Rashidian A, Yousefi-Nooraie R, Azemikhah A, Heidarzadeh M, Changizi N, Mahta-Basir F, Motlagh ME.

Hakim Research Journal. 2007; 11(2): 1-11.

Prevalence of psychiatric disorders in Iran: A systematic review.

Farhoudian A? Sharifi V? Amini H? Basirnia A? Mesgarpour B? Mansouri N? Amin-Esmaeeli M? Salesian N? Mohammadi MR? Yousefi-Nooraie R? Rahimi Movaghar A.

Iranian Journal of Psychiatry. 2007; 2: 1637-150.

Case finding in integration of Mental Health Services into Primary Health Care System: systematic review of the studies conducted in Iran in recent two decades.

Gharraee B? Shariat SV? Mansouri N? Bolhari SJ? Yousefi-Nooraie R ? Rahimi Movaghar A.

Iranian Journal of Psychiatry. 2007; 2: 165-173.

The prevalence of smoking among Iranian middle school students, a systematic review.

Amin-Esmaeili M? Rahimi-Movaghar A? Sahimi-Izadian E? Hefazi M? Razaghi EM? Yousefi-Nooraie R.

Iranian Journal of Psychiatry. 2007; 2(4): 157-164.

Systematic Review of Prevalence of Sexual Disorders in Iran.

Basirnia A? Sahimi-Izadian E? Arbabi M? Bayay Z? Vahid-Vahdat S? Noorbala AA? Yousefi-Nooraie R? Rahimi-Movaghar A? Raisi F.

Iranian Journal of Psychiatry. 2007; 2(4): 151-156.

Yousefi-Nooraie R, Shakiba B, Mortaz-Hejri S

BMC medical research methodology.. 2006 August 16 :37. Epub 08/01/2006.

Kaviani A, Fateh M, Yousefi Nooraie R, Alinagi-zadeh MR, Ataie-Fashtami L

Lasers in medical science.. 2006 July 21 (2):90-4. Epub 05/04/2006.

Books

Practical Cardiology (2022)

Chapter: Evidence-Based Cardiology Practice

Authors: Yousefi Nooraie R, Sadegipour P.

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences 2022

Handbook on Implementation Science. (2020)

Chapter: Social network analysis.

Authors: Bunger, A, Yousefi Nooraie, R.

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing, UK 2020

Evidence Based Medicine. A Reference Book for Iranian Physicians. (2005)

Authors: Soltani A, Ahmadi-Abhari S, Ashtarnakhaei P, Imami S, Enzevaei A, Khorrami A, Sadatsafavi M, Farshi S, Mortaz-Hedjri S, Moayyeri A, Yousefi-Nooraie R (for the Evidence Based Medicine Working Team).

Publisher: Tehran University Press, Tehran, Iran 2005

Diagnostic algorithms in digestive diseases (2001)

Authors: Ebrahimi Daryani N, Mirmomen S, Ghasemi-Pajand A, Moradmand S, Yousefi-Nooraie R.

Publisher: Bahar Novin Publications, Tehran, Iran 2001