Arash Rashidian

Arash Rashidian, MD, PhD, is an Affiliate Professor in the Department of Health Metrics Sciences at the University of Washington. He is currently the Director of Science, Information and Dissemination at the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, where he has been a director since 2015. His career in health policy research and health system development spans 25 years and several countries. He has extensively published in areas of evidence-informed policymaking, health financing, health services delivery and organization, pharmaceutical policies, quality of care, and health workforce. 

Previous positions include: Professor of Health Policy and Deputy Chancellor, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Iran; founding Director, National Institute of Health Research, Iran; Honorary Visiting Professor, Imperial College, London, UK; Honorary Professor, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran; Visiting Professor, School of Pharmacy, TUMS; methodological advisor, National Collaborating Centre for Acute Care (affiliated to the NICE), UK; Assistant Professor, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK; Visiting Associate Professor, Aga Khan University, Pakistan, and Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Bangor University, UK. 

He has led the development of several health policies and strategies, advised national health policy committees and health insurance organizations, supervised over 30 PhD students, and co-authored over 200 academic papers.