Dr. Haleh Ayatollahi | Public Health Informatics | Research Excellence Award

Iran University of Medical Sciences | Iran

Haleh Ayatollahi is a Professor of Medical Informatics with extensive experience in health information management, digital health, and health technology assessment. She holds a PhD in Health Informatics from the University of Sheffield (UK), an MSc and BSc in Medical Records from Iran University of Medical Sciences, and an associate degree in the same field. She has held several senior academic and executive roles, including Director of the Deputy of Research and Technology at both the School of Health Management and Information Sciences and the Health Management and Economics Research Centre, and membership on the Medical Informatics Evaluation and Examination Board. Her academic career spans teaching, research leadership, postgraduate administration, and international collaboration. Her research focuses on telemedicine, mobile health, clinical decision support systems, artificial intelligence in healthcare, digital health evaluation, health information systems, patient safety, and technology adoption, with strong contributions to policy briefs and global health studies, including the Global Burden of Disease projects. She has authored 108 peer-reviewed documents with 6,293 citations across 5,499 citing documents and an h-index of 21, reflecting sustained scholarly impact. She has contributed to high-impact journals such as The Lancet, BMC series, Digital Health, and PLOS ONE, and has received multiple academic and research recognitions for excellence in education, research productivity, and leadership in medical informatics.

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