Human Fertility, family planning, reproductive health, family transformation and childbearing, health inequality over the life course, integration of immigrants in Canada, measuring social values and attitudes<\/p>\n
2019-2023. Principal Investigator <\/em>in project entitled \u201cTransformed intimate relationships and low fertility: Examining the fertility influence of spousal intimate relationships\u201d SSHRC Insight Grant (IG), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.<\/p>\n 2019-2020. Principal Investigator <\/em>in project entitled \u201cWhy is the male traditional contraception method so prevalent in the Central and Western Asia? The case of Iran\u201d SSHRC Institutional Grant (SIG), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.<\/p>\n 2018-2020. Principal Investigator<\/em> (co-investigator: Hatam Hosseini) in project entitled \u201cDoes the intimate ‘pure relationship’ influence fertility levels, intentions and preferences?\u201d Funded jointly by Nipissing University (Canada) and Bu-Ali Sina University (Iran).<\/p>\n 2017-2019. Co-Principal Investigator<\/em> (with Kambiz Abachizadeh) in project entitled \u201cStudy of the status of breast cancer and related factors in Iran\u201d. Funded by \u200bSocial Determinants of Health Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran.<\/p>\n 2014-2016. Co-Principal Investigator<\/em> in project entitled \u201cThe study of determinant factors of unwanted pregnancy, induced abortion, and inequality in birth intervals among married women in the city of Hamedan, Iran.\u201d Funded by Iran University of Medical Sciences.<\/p>\n 2014-2015. Principal Investigator<\/em> in project entitled \u201cThe 2014 Tehran Survey of Fertility: Investigating changes in fertility rates and childbearing behaviors,\u201d Funded by National Population Studies and Comprehensive Management Institute, Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology, Tehran, Iran.<\/p>\n 2012-2014. Principal Investigator<\/em> in project entitled \u201cThe 2012 Tehran Survey of Fertility Intentions: an investigation on low fertility in Iran.\u201d Funded by Population Studies and Research Center\u00a0for Asia and Pacific, Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology, Tehran, Iran.<\/p>\n 2011-2012. Principal Investigator<\/em> in project entitled \u201cThe impact of family planning and the delayed transition to motherhood on women\u2019s empowerment.\u201d Funded by International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), USA.<\/p>\n 2011-2013. Principal Investigator<\/em> in project entitled \u201cThe continuing use of withdrawal (coitus interruptus) as the primary method of contraception in Tehran, Iran: The Determinants, rationales, and failure rates.\u201d Funded by Insight Development Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.<\/p>\n 2011-2013. Principal Investigator<\/em> in project entitled \u201cThe continuing use of withdrawal in Tehran, Iran: The Determinants, rationales, and failure rates.\u201d Funded by Internal Research Grant (IRG), Nipissing University, Canada.<\/p>\n 2009-2011. Principal Investigator<\/em> in project entitled \u201cThe 2009 Tehran Survey of Fertility: levels, trends, determinants, and policy challenges of fertility, family planning, and abortion behaviors of married women in Tehran, Iran.\u201d Funded by Population Studies and Research Center for Asia and Pacific, Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology, Tehran, Iran.<\/p>\n 2009. Principal Investigator<\/em> in project entitled \u201cReproductive health status of Iranian married women.\u201d Funded by Start-Up Research Grant, Nipissing University<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Research Interests Human Fertility, family planning, reproductive health, family transformation and childbearing, health inequality over the life course, integration of immigrants in Canada, measuring social values and attitudes Research Projects 2019-2023. Principal Investigator in project entitled \u201cTransformed intimate relationships and … Continue reading