Davood Khalili

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.