Shahin Soltani, Ph.D.
ORCID: 0000-0001-8365-7363
Professional Experience
2020-present
Head of Students Research Committee, Health Institute, KUMS
2019-present
Assistant Professor of Health Policy, KUMS
2018 Graduate Research
Assistant, KUMS
Biography
Shahin Soltani was born
in Kermanshah, Iran. He began his academic journey in 2006 when he was admitted
to the field of Speech Therapy at Tehran University of Medical Sciences. In
2010, he ranked second in the national entrance exam for a master's degree in
Rehabilitation Management at the same university. In 2012, he pursued a Ph.D.
in Health Policy, also at Tehran University of Medical Sciences.
For his master's
thesis, he explored the psychometric properties of the Supports Intensity
Scale. His doctoral dissertation focused on developing an evidence-based
framework to enhance access to healthcare services for people with disabilities
in Iran.
Dr. Soltani's research
interests include health equity for individuals with disabilities, improving
the delivery of rehabilitation services, health financing in Iran, and
evaluating health system performance.
Currently, he serves as
an Assistant Professor of Health Policy in the Department of Public Health and
is the Research Vice-Chancellor at the Environmental Determinants of Health
Research Center, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences.
Education
Ph.D. in Health
Policy, 2017, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
MSc in
Rehabilitation Management, 2012, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran,
Iran.
BSc in Speech
and Language Pathology, 2010, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran,
Iran
Teaching Background
2020-present Health
Systems in Iran and the World
2020-present Principles
of Rehabilitation and Social Welfare
2024-present Management
and Supervision of Healthcare Centers
Management of
Health Services
Research
Interests:
Equity in Access
to Healthcare Services
Improvement of
Rehabilitation Service Delivery
Health of
Individuals with Disabilities
Utilization of
Healthcare Services
Performance of
Health Systems
Healthcare
Financing
Selected Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
Karami
Matin B, Soltani S, Byford S, Soofi M, Rezaei S, Kazemi-Karyani A, Hosseini E,
Tolouei Rakhshan S. The impacts of economic sanctions on the performance of
hospitals in Iran: implications for human rights. International Journal of
Human Rights in Healthcare. 2024 May 16;17(2):117-26.
Karami,
B., Rezaei, S., Gillan, H.D. et al. Inpatient healthcare utilization among
people with disabilities in Iran: determinants and inequality patterns. BMC
Health Serv Res 24, 62 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-10383-0
Soltani
S, Arvan K, Karami Matin B, Ghoddoosinejad J, Moradi F, Salehiniya H. People
with Disabilities and Financial Challenges in Access to Rehabilitation
Services: Evidence of Socioeconomic Inequality in Iran. Med J Islam Repub Iran.
2024 Mar 20;38:31. doi: 10.47176/mjiri.38.31. PMID: 38978791; PMCID:
PMC11230597.
Soofi
M, Karami-Matin B, Najafi F, Naghshbandi P, Soltani S. Decomposing
socioeconomic disparity in the utilization of screening mammography: A
cross-sectional analysis from the RaNCD cohort study. Health Care Women Int.
2023 Sep;44(9):1092-1105. doi: 10.1080/07399332.2021.2009833. Epub 2022 Jan 4.
PMID: 34982660.
Soltani,
S., Moghadam, M.M., Amani, S. et al. Socioeconomic disparities in using
rehabilitation services among Iranian adults with disabilities: a decomposition
analysis. BMC Health Serv Res 22, 1449 (2022).
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-08811-8
School of Phublic Health, Kermanshah, Iran
Isar Sq., across from Farabi Hospital
Postal code:
6719851351
Tel: +98 (83)
38262052
Email: ssoltani.rmslp@gmail.com
Email: shahin.soltani@kums.ac.ir
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