Harvard Catalyst Profiles

Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands	Visiting Scholar	2017	Medical Statistics
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran	PhD	2012	Epidemiology
Erasmus MC University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands		2011	Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran	MPH	2008	Public Health
Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran	MD	1998	Medicine

Davood Khalili is an accomplished physician and epidemiologist with expertise in cardiometabolic disorders. He holds an MD, MPH, and PhD, and is a faculty member at the Prevention of Metabolic Disorders Research Center at the Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences in Tehran. Key highlights of Davood Khalili's professional work:

Cardiometabolic Research and Consulting
- Conducts research on cardiometabolic disorders within large population-based cohort studies and clinical/community/field trials.
- Specializes in developing and validating clinical prediction models for cardiovascular diseases and diabetes.
- In 2020, was recognized as being among the top 1% of scientists with the highest citations in Endocrinology and Metabolism.
- Serves as a consultant for the Ministry of Health and the WHO country office in Iran, applying his expertise in practice.
- In 2023, received the Kuwait Prize for the Control of Cardiovascular Diseases in the Eastern Mediterranean Region from the World Health Organization.

Leadership and Collaboration
- Directs the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at the Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, providing data management and methodological/statistical support.
- Founded and serves as the Secretary-General of the Iran Cohort Consortium and collaborated with related international consortiums in the world.
- Joined the Department of Global Health and Population as a Lown Scholar in cardiovascular health in 2017.

Education and Training
- Teaches research methodology for endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism fellowships.
- Developed and teaches an advanced course on "Clinical Prediction Models" for PhD students of epidemiology, the first of its kind in Iran.

• Epedemiology and Clinical Biostatistics
• Cardiovascular Diseases and Diabetes
• Clinical Prediction Models and Medical Decision Making