Maryam Farvid, PhD

Dr. Maryam Farvid is an associate professor in the Department of Nutrition and Food Studies, at the College of Public Health. As an international scholar, she has extensive experience engaging in academia cross-nationally. This experience has empowered her to cultivate a vast network of diverse collaborations across the globe and to conduct chronic disease research across different social and cultural landscapes. Farvid’s primary research focus centers on conducting cutting-edge studies to examine the role of diet and lifestyle factors in both preventing and healing of non-communicable diseases in the developed and developing countries. She dedicated years to the study of diabetes, investigating the role of dietary intake, lifestyle factors, and antioxidant supplements in diabetes complications. In addition, she has been actively engaged in projects that aimed to investigate whether dietary choices individuals made during their adolescence, early adulthood, and adulthood years can have an impact on the risk of developing breast cancer later in life. Given growing the population of cancer survivors, her ongoing research journey is committed to further substantiating evidence that can offer valuable insights for individuals diagnosed with cancer.

Research

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• Fortner RT, Brantley KD, Tworoger SS, Tamimi RM, Rosner R, Farvid MS, Holmes MD, Willett WC, Eliassen AH. Physical activity and breast cancer survival: Results from the Nurses’ Health Studies. JNCI Cancer Spectrum. 2023 Jan 3;7(1):pkac085. doi: 10.1093/jncics/pkac085.

• Spence ND, Warner E, Farvid MS, VanderWeele T, Zhang Y, Hu FB, Shields AE. Associations of religion and spirituality with obesity and weight change in the United States: a large-scale cohort study of women. J Relig Health. 2022;61(5):4062-4080. doi: 10.1007/s10943-021-01368-6.

• Farvid MS, Sidahmed E, Spence ND, Mante Angua K*,Rosner B, BarnettJB. Consumption of red meat and processed meat and cancer incidence: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies. Eur J Epidemiol. 2021;36(9):937-951. doi: 10.1007/s10654-021-00741-9

• Wang T, Farvid MS, Kang JH, HolmesMD, RosnerBA, TamimiRM, WillettWC, Eliassen AH. Diabetes Risk Reduction Diet and Survival Following Breast Cancer. Cancer Res.  2021;81(15):4155-4162. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-21-0256

• Farvid MS, Barnett BB, Spence ND, Rosner B, Holmes MD. Types of carbohydrate intake and breast cancer survival. Eur J Nutr. 2021;60(8):4565-4577. doi: 10.1007/s00394-021-02517-z

• Farvid MS, Spence ND, Chen WY, Rosner B, Eliassen AH, Willett WC, Holmes MD. Consumption of sugar-sweetened and artificially sweetened beverages and breast cancer survival. Cancer. 2021;127(15):2762-2773. doi: 10.1002/cncr.33461.

• Farvid MS, Barnett JB, Spence ND. Fruit and vegetable consumption and breast cancer incidence: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies. Br J Cancer. 2021;125(2):284-298. doi: 10.1038/s41416-021-01373-2

• Farvid MS, Spence ND, Rosner B, Willett WC, Eliassen AH, Holmes MD. Post-diagnostic coffee consumption and breast cancer survival. Br J Cancer. 2021 May;124(11):1873-1881. doi: 10.1038/s41416-021-01277-1

Degrees

• Doctor of Philosophy, Nutrition Sciences (minor Epidemiology), Tehran University of Medical Sciences

• Master of Sciences, Nutrition Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

• Bachelor of Sciences, Nutrition Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences