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Negar Moradian, MD-MPH

Postdoc Researcher
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, Texas, United States

I went through medical school with great enthusiasm and dedication. My passion in life has been to help those in need, ease their pain, and help people have a better quality of life. Considering my good grades, I was offered a position in MPH concurrent with my medical school. This provided me with the opportunity to learn about population health determinants.

I have experience in leading large research groups. I conducted an international team of scientists from different fields to study the role of multidisciplinary science in studying the Coronavirus. The results were published in a refereed journal- Translational Medicine. Leading this project was a major event in my professional life. It taught me how to collaborate with people from different disciplines and cultures (nearly 40 scientists).
I took a serious role in the USERN organization, where I served as the Deputy in charge of the advisory board. These activities, beyond my medical school tasks, helped form my views about my future career.
I have always been fascinated by the brain. I am particularly interested in the post-stroke and neurodegenerative patient rehabilitation process. By visiting these individuals in clinics, I realized that many post-stroke patients are discharged with fundamental walking problems., which many times lead to some degree of psychological impairment. Since then, it has become plenty of challenge in my mind to participate in projects that can improve these individuals' quality of life. My desire to research in a field that is on the frontier of knowledge generation and, at the same time, will satisfy my interest in finding patients' problems and using my medical and clinical background led me to decide on a research career in physical medicine and rehabilitation sciences.
I want to pursue a career in academic Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation as a clinician-scientist.

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