Vaso Nataly Rahimzadeh, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Positions
- Assistant Professor
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Center for Medical Ethics & Health Policy - Research
ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ of Medicine
Education
- BS from University of California Berkeley
- 06/2012 - Berkeley, California
- MSc from McGill University, Experimental Medicine
- Montreal (Quebec), Canada
- PhD from McGill University, Family Medicine and Primary Care Research
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Honors & Awards
- Gordon A. Maclachlan Prize for best dissertation in the biological sciences
- (June 2020)
- McGill University
- Governor General's Gold Medal
- (June 2020)
- McGill University
- McGill Med Star Award
- (05/2019)
- McGill University Faculty of Medicine
- Vanier Canada Graduate Scholar
- (05/2016-05/2019)
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Best Poster Prize in Medicine and Public Health
- (05/2018)
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- David McCutcheon Pediatric Palliative Care Fellowship
- (09/2013-09/2014)
- McGill University Health Centre
Professional Statement
Vasiliki (Vaso) Rahimzadeh, PhD (she/her) is an Assistant Professor in the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy. She investigates the ethical, legal, and social issues of health data sharing across emerging computing environments. The goals of her research are to inform data governance policy and practice which maximizes the scientific value of health data and respects the rights and interest of individuals and communities. Dr. Rahimzadeh leads the Regulatory and Ethics Work Stream of the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health, served on a National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine committee on life science governance and currently serves on the Bioethics Advisory Panel for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Dr. Rahimzadeh received her undergraduate degree in microbial biology from the University of California Berkeley. She earned both her MSc and PhD degrees in biomedical ethics from McGill University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University with support from a National Human Genome Research Institute Ethical Legal and Social Implications Program training grant.
Dr. Rahimzadeh received her undergraduate degree in microbial biology from the University of California Berkeley. She earned both her MSc and PhD degrees in biomedical ethics from McGill University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University with support from a National Human Genome Research Institute Ethical Legal and Social Implications Program training grant.
Websites
Videos
Selected Publications
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Rahimzadeh, V., Nelson, S. C., Thorogood, A., Lawson, J., & Fullerton, S. M. (. " " Nature Reviews Genetics. 2024 Oct 18; Online ahead of print
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Rahimzadeh, V., Fogarty, J., Caulfield, T., Auñón-Chancellor, S., Borry, P., Candia, J., & McGuire, A. L.. " " Science. 2023 Sep 29; 381 (6665) : 1408-1411.
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Rahimzadeh, V.. " " Research Handbook on Health, AI and the Law. ; 273-290.
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Rahimzadeh, V., Jones, K. M., Majumder, M. A., Kahana, M. J., Rutishauser, U., Williams, Z. M., ... & Wolpaw, J. " " Neuron.. 2023 Dec 6; 11 (23) : 3710-3715.
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Memberships
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research Standing Committee on Ethics
- Trainee representative
- Canadian College of Family Physicians
- Member
- American Society for Bioethics and Humanities
- Member
- Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
- Member
Funding
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Translational Research Institute for Space Health
- Grant funding from Translational Research Institute for Space Health, ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ of Medicine
- The goals of this project are to Enhance engagement with relevant stakeholders to augment TRISH’s mission; Promote development of opportunities for business development and management; and assist in executing TRISH’s science, educational, or outreach objectives as stated in the cooperative agreement between TRISH and NASA.
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Implementation of an impact assessment tool to optimize genomic data stewardship in the cloud
#K01HG013112 - Grant funding from National Human Genome Research Institute
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Enhancing Ethics and Humanities Research on Artificial Intelligence in ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ
- Texas Medical Center Collaborator Fund, Rice University
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