Iman Mirza is a physician and public health professional from Makkah, Saudi Arabia. She received her Medical Degree (M.B.B.S.) from the College of Medicine at Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah – Saudi Arabia, in 2011, and a Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in 2015. She was awarded an outstanding student award from the Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission to the United States (SACM), in 2015. She joined the Dr.P.H. program in Health Policy and Management at New York Medical College School of Health Sciences and Practice in Fall, 2016. She is working as a Dr.P.H. Graduate Assistant at the same department. She is also a member of the School’s Curriculum Committee. In 2011, she joined the Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Tabuk, Saudi Arabia as a Teaching Assistant and junior faculty. She trained as a Pre-scholar trainee in Infection Control and Prevention Unit, King Abdul-Aziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. In 2012, she was awarded a grant of a full scholarship from University of Tabuk, Saudi Arabia to pursue higher education. In 2015, she was appointed as a Research Scientist in Center for Cognitive Neurology, Division of Neurodegenerative and Drug Discovery Program, Neurology Department, School of Medicine, New York University (NYU) Langone Medical Center, New York. Her current research interests include aging, aging related disease, long-term care, and how to improve older adults’ quality of life. Iman is interested in policy implementation and multi-stakeholder decision making.

Hometown

Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Graduate School(s)

Umm Al-Qura University, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Medical School

College of Medicine at Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah – Saudi Arabia

Focus Area/Interests

• Aging
• Neurodegenerative Diseases
• Long-term Care
• Quality of Life for Older Adults
• Health Policy
• Multi-stakeholder Decision Making

Career Experience

• Teaching Assistant and junior faculty at the University of Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
• Research Scientist at NYU Langone Medical Center's Division of Neurodegenerative and Drug Discovery Program
• Recipient of a full scholarship for higher education from the University of Tabuk, Saudi Arabia