Ali Davod Parsa

Dr. Ali Davod Parsa has more than 30 years of experience in research and teaching and has held senior national leadership roles in public health, health management, health economics, and health policy. He is an active researcher in medicine, public health policy, and management, and health economics. Dr. Parsa is an Associate Professor of Health Economics, Policy and Management in the Faculty of Health, Education, Medicine and Social Care, School of Allied Health, Anglia Ruskin University, UK. He has an established, proven track record of success in senior-level leadership, collaborative research, and teaching excellence at undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral levels. He held a series of high-profile governmental appointments in the Ministry of Health and Medical Education in Iran before joining Higher Education Institutions in the United Kingdom. Dr. Parsa graduated as a qualified general practitioner from the School of Medicine, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Iran, in 1994. He worked for a decade as a clinician and then held senior management appointments, during which he developed an interest in policy and healthcare management research. Consequently, he was awarded a Ph.D. in Health Economics from the School of Clinical Sciences and a Postgraduate Diploma in Health Services Research (HSR) from the School of Community Health Sciences, the University of Nottingham, UK. Dr. Parsa is an experienced national-level health manager who has exercised health policymaking at the national strategic level.