Shayan Mostafaei
About me
Overview
I am a Bioinformatician and Data Scientist with a PhD in Biostatistics and Bioinformatics and postdoctoral training in Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and dementia research. My research focuses on the application of advanced statistical methods, machine learning, Bayesian inference, causal inference, longitudinal analysis, and time-to-event modeling in computational biology, epidemiology, health, and medicine. I am particularly interested in statistical genetics, multi-omics data integration, and the analysis of large-scale clinical, registry-based, and survey data to better understand disease risk, aging, and health outcomes.
Education
- PhD in Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, 2018.
Postdoctoral Training
- Postdoctoral Researcher in Machine Learning/AI, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Intelligent Systems, Division of Information Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, 2022.
Postdoctoral Researcher in Dementia and Machine Learning, Division of Clinical Geriatrics, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, 2023.
Research
AI/generative ML
Statistical Learning for OMICs data
Bioinformatics and Statistical Genetics
Survival and Risk Modelling
Biological AgingGWAS/EWAS/polygenic risk score
Image/signal processing
Dementia
Age-related diseases
Selected publications
- Article: GEROSCIENCE. 2024;46(5):5003-5014Shemer DW; Mostafaei S; Tang B; Pedersen NL; Karlsson IK; Fall T; Hagg S
- Article: ALZHEIMERS RESEARCH & THERAPY. 2023;15(1):220Petek B; Habel H; Xu H; Villa-Lopez M; Kalar I; Hoang MT; Maioli S; Pereira JB; Mostafaei S; Winblad B; Gregoric Kramberger M; Eriksdotter M; Garcia-Ptacek S
- Conference publication: ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA. 2023;19(S21)Mostafaei S; Garcia‐Ptacek S; Zargarzadeh N; Habich A; Eriksdotter M
Articles
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2026;21(3):e0345309Zin CS; Lando S; Gonzalez-Ortiz A; Mahalingasivam V; Mostafaei S; Ahmad WR; Ahmad Shah MM; Wettermark B; Carrero JJ
- Article: ALZHEIMERS RESEARCH & THERAPY. 2026;18(1):76Mostafaei S; Shemer DW; Mak JKL; Karlsson IK; Hagg S
- Article: AGING CELL. 2025;24(8):e70117McMmurran CE; Karlsson IK; Mostafaei S; Wang Y; Gerritsen L; Pedersen NL; Haegg S
- Article: BIODATA MINING. 2025;18(1):22Jahangiri M; Kazemnejad A; Goldfeld KS; Daneshpour MS; Momen M; Mostafaei S; Khalili D; Akbarzadeh M
- Article: JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE. 2025;103(3):931-940Medications and cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease: Cohort cluster analysis of 15,428 patientsGrau-Jurado P; Mostafaei S; Xu H; Mo M; Petek B; Kalar I; Naia L; Kele J; Maioli S; Pereira JB; Eriksdotter M; Chatterjee S; Garcia-Ptacek S
- Article: BMC MEDICAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY. 2025;25(1):7Montaseri M; Rezaei M; Khayati A; Mostafaei S; Taheri M
- Article: CASPIAN JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2025;16(4):775-790Rezaei M; Montaseri M; Mostafaei S; Khayati A; Taheri M
- Article: HEALTH SCIENCE REPORTS. 2024;7(7):e2266Gharehhasani BS; Rezaei M; Naghipour A; Sayad N; Mostafaei S; Alimohammadi E
- Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION. 2024;25(7):105011Abzhandadze T; Hoang MT; Mo M; Mostafaei S; Jurado PG; Xu H; Johnell K; Von Euler M; Eriksdotter M; Garcia-Ptacek S
- Journal article: HELIYON. 2024;10(6):e27373Vaziri S; Janbakhsh A; Zamanian MH; Shakiba Y; Mostafaei S; Norooznezhad AH; Mansouri K; Bagheri A; Abdali F; Fatahpour K; Mostafaie A
- Journal article: IRANIAN JOURNAL OF ALLERGY ASTHMA AND IMMUNOLOGY. 2024;23(1):82-96Talaschian M; Akhtari M; Mahmoudi M; Mostafaei S; Jafary M; Jalali SM; Sadeghi K; Moghadam KG; Tadi HA; Jamshidi A
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF IMAGING SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY. 2024;34(2)Shiri I; Salimi Y; Saberi A; Pakbin M; Hajianfar G; Avval AH; Sanaat A; Akhavanallaf A; Mostafaei S; Mansouri Z; Askari D; Ghasemian M; Sharifipour E; Sandoughdaran S; Sohrabi A; Sadati E; Livani S; Iranpour P; Kolahi S; Khosravi B; Khateri M; Bijari S; Atashzar MR; Shayesteh SP; Babaei MR; Jenabi E; Hasanian M; Shahhamzeh A; Ghomi SYF; Mozafari A; Shirzad-Aski H; Movaseghi F; Bozorgmehr R; Goharpey N; Abdollahi H; Geramifar P; Radmard AR; Arabi H; Rezaei-Kalantari K; Oveisi M; Rahmim A; Zaidi H
- Article: JPAD-JOURNAL OF PREVENTION OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE. 2024;11(6):1703-1711Hoang MT; Jurado PG; Abzhandadze T; Mostafaei S; Mo M; Akerman M; Vestling K; Chen C; Xu H; Eriksdotter M; Garcia-Ptacek S
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND MOLECULAR IMAGING. 2023;51(1):40-53Shiri I; Salimi Y; Maghsudi M; Jenabi E; Harsini S; Razeghi B; Mostafaei S; Hajianfar G; Sanaat A; Jafari E; Samimi R; Khateri M; Sheikhzadeh P; Geramifar P; Dadgar H; Rajabi AB; Assadi M; Benard F; Sadr AV; Voloshynovskiy S; Mainta I; Uribe C; Rahmim A; Zaidi H
- Article: CLINICAL NUCLEAR MEDICINE. 2023;48(12):1035-1046Shiri I; Salimi Y; Hervier E; Pezzoni A; Sanaat A; Mostafaei S; Rahmim A; Mainta I; Zaidi H
- Article: HEALTH SCIENCE REPORTS. 2023;6(12):e1746Mostafaei S; Shamshirsaz AA; Norooznezhad AH
- Journal article: ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA. 2023;19(S22)Mo M; Xu H; Hoang MT; Jurado PG; Mostafaei S; Kåreholt I; Johnell K; Eriksdotter M; Garcia‐Ptacek S
- Journal article: ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA. 2023;19(S24)Abzhandadze T; Hoang MT; Mostafaei S; von Euler M; Xu H; Eriksdotter M; Garcia‐Ptacek S; Jurado PG
- Journal article: ACTA BIOCHIMICA IRANICA. 2023Mohassel Y; Asadi S; Mostafaei S; Goodarzi MT
- Article: JAPANESE JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY. 2023;41(11):1265-1274Cheki M; Mostafaei S; Hanafi MG; Farasat M; Talaiezadeh A; Ghasemi MS; Modava M; Abdollahi H
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All other publications
- Preprint: RESEARCH SQUARE. 2026Lindfors EO; Mostafaei S; Nakash M; Reynolds CA; Zhan Y; Aslan AD; Jylhävä J; Hägg S; Karlsson IK
- Conference publication: 2025;:a12.3-a1a12E MC; K KI; Shayan M; Yunzhang W; Lotte G; L PN; Sara H
- Letter: FERTILITY AND STERILITY. 2024;122(2):391Arian SE; Mostafaei S
- Review: AJOG GLOBAL REPORTS. 2024;4(2):100347Norooznezhad AH; Zargarzadeh N; Javinani A; Nabavian SM; Qaderi S; Mostafaei S; Berghella V; Oyelese Y; Shamshirsaz AA
- Letter: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY. 2024;230(3):e1-e2Donepudi RV; Javinani A; Mostafaei S; Habich A; Miller J; Chmait RH; Shamshirsaz AA
- Review: PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS. 2023;43(9):1229-1238Nassr AA; Hessami K; Zargarzadeh N; Krispin E; Mostafaei S; Habli MA; Papanna R; Emery SP; Shamshirsaz AA
- Review: CURRENT PROBLEMS IN CARDIOLOGY. 2023;48(8):101198Asgary S; Karimi R; Pour PM; Heydarpour F; Mostafaei S; Farzaei MH; Moradi S; Aneva IY
- Preprint: RESEARCH SQUARE. 2023Rezaei M; Montaseri M; Mostafaei S; Taheri M
- Editorial: OBSTETRICAL & GYNECOLOGICAL SURVEY. 2023;78(3):131-132Hessami K; Evans MI; Nassr AA; Espinoza J; Donepudi RV; Sanz Cortes M; Krispin E; Mostafaei S; Belfort MA; Shamshirsaz AA
- Preprint: RESEARCH SQUARE. 2023Moludi J; Kamari N; Darbandi M; Mostafaei S; Moradi S; Pasdar Y; Najafi F; Navabi J; Saber A
- Review: PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS. 2023;43(1):72-83Shamshirsaz AA; Chmait RH; Stirnemann J; Habli MA; Johnson A; Hessami K; Mostafaei S; Nassr AA; Donepudi RV; Cortes MS; Espinoza J; Krispin E; Belfort MA
- Conference publication: 2022;00:1-3Amini M; Mostafaei S; Poursamimi M; Chatterjee S; Mansouri Z; Ghorbani M; Shiri I; Zaidi H
- Review: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY. 2022;227(3):430-439.e5Hessami K; Evans MI; Nassr AA; Espinoza J; Donepudi RV; Cortes MS; Krispin E; Mostafaei S; Belfort MA; Shamshirsaz AA
- Review: SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS. 2022;11(1):106Heidari S; Mostafaei S; Razazian N; Rajati M; Saeedi A; Rajati F
- Preprint: MEDRXIV. 2022Shiri I; Mostafaei S; Avval AH; Salimi Y; Sanaat A; Akhavanallaf A; Arabi H; Rahmim A; Zaidi H
- Preprint: RESEARCH SQUARE. 2022Avval AH; Pourkeshavarz M; Sadeghi HA; Mostafaei S; Chamani F; Fathollahi MS; Sadeghi S; Mirdamadi M; Maleki M; Shiri I; Oveisi M
- Preprint: MEDRXIV. 2021Shiri I; Salimi Y; Saberi A; Pakbin M; Hajianfar G; Avval AH; Sanaat A; Akhavanallaf A; Mostafaei S; Mansouri Z; Askari D; Ghasemian M; Sharifipour E; Sandoughdaran S; Sohrabi A; Sadati E; Livani S; Iranpour P; Kolahi S; Khosravi B; Khateri M; Bijari S; Atashzar MR; Shayesteh SP; Babaei MR; Jenabi E; Hasanian M; Shahhamzeh A; Gholami SYF; Mozafari A; Shirzad-Aski H; Movaseghi F; Bozorgmehr R; Goharpey N; Abdollahi H; Geramifar P; Radmard AR; Arabi H; Rezaei-Kalantari K; Oveisi M; Rahmim A; Zaidi H
- Preprint: MEDRXIV. 2021Shiri I; Salimi Y; Pakbin M; Hajianfar G; Avval AH; Sanaat A; Mostafaei S; Akhavanallaf A; Saberi A; Mansouri Z; Askari D; Ghasemian M; Sharifipour E; Sandoughdaran S; Sohrabi A; Sadati E; Livani S; Iranpour P; Kolahi S; Khateri M; Bijari S; Atashzar MR; Shayesteh SP; Khosravi B; Babaei MR; Jenabi E; Hasanian M; Shahhamzeh A; Gholami SYF; Mozafari A; Teimouri A; Movaseghi F; Ahmari A; Goharpey N; Bozorgmehr R; Shirzad-Aski H; Mortazavi R; Karimi J; Mortazavi N; Besharat S; Afsharpad M; Abdollahi H; Geramifar P; Radmard AR; Arabi H; Rezaei-Kalantari K; Oveisi M; Rahmim A; Zaidi H
- Preprint: RESEARCH SQUARE. 2021Nayebi A; Soleimani D; Mostafaei S; Elahi N; Pahlavani N; Bagheri A; Elahi H; Mahmoudi M; Nachvak SM
- Preprint: RESEARCH SQUARE. 2021Nayebi A; Soleimani D; Mostafaei S; Elahi N; Elahi H; Mahmoudi M; Nachvak SM; Bagheri A
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Grants
- Aging and Diabetes: Unraveling the Interplay through Multi-Cohort InvestigationsKID - partial funding of doctoral education at Karolinska institutet 202414 June 2024 - 14 June 2028
- Predicting the risk of dementia based on multi-omics profiles and biological aging using generative machine-learning in two Swedish population-based cohorts and the UK BiobankLoo and Hans Osterman Foundation1 January 2024 - 31 December 2024
- Explainable Machine Learning based Medication Repurposing for DementiaIndustrial and Societal Partnership Program (ISPP)1 January 2024 - 31 December 2025
- KI Research Foundation Grants 2022-20231 November 2022 - 1 November 2023
- Foundation for Geriatric Diseases at KI 20221 October 2022 - 1 January 2025
- Causal inference using Dynamic Bayesian Networks to find medications related to slow cognitive decline in dementia: Studies from the Swedish Dementia RegistryLoo and Hans Osterman Foundation 20221 July 2022 - 1 July 2023