Dr Behzad Kiani
Research Fellow
UQ Centre for Clinical Research
Researcher biography
Dr. Behzad Kiani is a dedicated researcher specialising in spatial epidemiology of infectious diseases and human health, with a keen interest in advancing methodologies and applications within the field. Dr Kiani is currently a Research Fellow within UQ's ODeSI team. Previously, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Montreal, Canada and before that an Assistant Professor at Mashhad University of Medical Science in Iran.
Dr. Kiani's research expertise is geoinformatics using spatial regression models and spatial cluster analysis. He has a PhD in medical informatics and a Master's degree in computer science. His work has informed global public policy and making, including urban planning and health, health resource allocation and identifying high-risk areas for different diseases at specific locations over time to implement more efficient and effective health interventions. He is a member of the executive of the International Society of Geospatial Health and is an associate editor of the Geospatial Health Journal. Dr Kiani has over 70 scientific publications in high-impact journals, including seminal work related to identify high-risk spatiotemporal patterns of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Iran and gentrification, neighborhood socioeconomic factors and urban vegetation inequities in Canada". He is an accomplished and passionate teacher, as well as supervisor and dedicated to nurturing the next generation of spatial epidemiologists and instilling in them a deep understanding of the field's principles and applications to improve global health.
Journal Articles
Kiani, Behzad, Sartorius, Benn, Martin, Beatris Mario, Cadavid Restrepo, Angela, Mayfield, Helen J., Paulino, Cecilia Then, Jarolim, Petr, De St Aubin, Micheal, Ramm, Ronald Skews, Dumas, Devan, Garnier, Salome, Etienne, Marie Caroline, Peña, Farah, Abdalla, Gabriela, Kucharski, Adam, Duke, William, Baldwin, Margaret, Henríquez, Bernarda, de la Cruz, Lucia, Nilles, Eric J. and Lau, Colleen L. (2025). Spatial multilevel analysis of individual, household, and community factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in the Dominican Republic. Scientific Reports, 15 (1) 11203. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-94653-3
Sedghian, Atieh, MohammadEbrahimi, Shahab, Sartorius, Benn and Kiani, Behzad (2025). National spatiotemporal patterns of influenza-like illness in Iran: A pre-COVID-19 study (2015-2019). PLoS ONE, 20 (4 April) e0320990, e0320990. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0320990
Sedghian, Atieh, Mohammadebrahimi, Shahab, Sartorius, Benn and Kiani, Behzad (2025). Nationwide spatial epidemiological dataset of over 100,000 influenza-like illness notifications in Iran by county (2015-2019). Bmc Research Notes, 18 (1) 72. doi: 10.1186/s13104-025-07139-w
Kiani, Behzad, Mario Martin, Beatris, Cadavid Restrepo, Angela, Mayfield, Helen J., Skinner, Eloise, Karina Maldonado Alcaíno, Ana, Nilles, Eric J., Lau, Colleen L. and Sartorius, Benn (2025). A study protocol for developing a spatial vulnerability index for infectious diseases of poverty in the Caribbean region. Global Health Action, 18 (1) 2461867, 2461867-1. doi: 10.1080/16549716.2025.2461867
Fatima, Munazza, Butt, Ibtisam, MohammadEbrahimi, Shahab, Kiani, Behzad and Gruebner, Oliver (2025). Spatiotemporal clusters of acute respiratory infections associated with socioeconomic, meteorological, and air pollution factors in South Punjab, Pakistan. BMC Public Health, 25 (1) 469, 1. doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-21741-4
Raeesi, Ahmad, Hashtarkhani, Soheil, Tara, Mahmood, Sargolzaei, Narjes and Kiani, Behzad (2025). Empowering access: unveiling an overall composite spatial accessibility index to healthcare services in Southeastern Iran. International Journal for Equity in Health, 24 (1) 35, 35-1. doi: 10.1186/s12939-025-02399-1
Mohammadebrahimi, Shahab, Dehghan, Mohammad and Kiani, Behzad (2025). Cardiovascular health in perspective: a comprehensive five-year geodatabase of hospitalizations and environmental factors in Mashhad, Iran. Bmc Research Notes, 18 (1) 12. doi: 10.1186/s13104-025-07087-5
Stewart, Adam G., Harris, Patrick N. A., Edwards, Felicity, Kiani, Behzad, Paterson, David L. and Laupland, Kevin B. (2025). Klebsiella pneumoniae species complex bloodstream infection in adult patients: changing epidemiology and determinants of poor outcomes. Infection, 1-9. doi: 10.1007/s15010-024-02457-w
Fatima, Munazza, Butt, Ibtisam, Firouraghi, Neda and Kiani, Behzad (2025). EXPLORING GEOSPATIAL CLUSTERS OF FIVE PRIMARY ESPIRATORY DISEASES IN SOUTH PUNJAB, PAKISTAN: AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION. Geography, Environment, Sustainability, 18 (1), 14-22. doi: 10.24057/2071-9388-2025-3568
Allel, Kasim, Cabada, Miguel M, Kiani, Behzad, Martin, Beatris Mario, Tanabe, Melinda, Restrepo, Angela Cadavid, De Souza Dos Santos, Gabriela, Lloveras, Susana, Shiferaw, Wondimeneh, Sartorius, Benn, Mills, Deborah J, Lau, Colleen L and Furuya-Kanamori, Luis (2025). Fatal journeys: causes of death in international travellers in South America. Journal of Travel Medicine, 32 (1) taae119, 1-11. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taae119
Kingsbury, Célia, Buzzi, Marie, Chaix, Basile, Kanning, Martina, Khezri, Sadun, Kiani, Behzad, Kirchner, Thomas R., Maurel, Allison, Thierry, Benoît and Kestens, Yan (2024). STROBE-GEMA: a STROBE extension for reporting of geographically explicit ecological momentary assessment studies. Archives of Public Health, 82 (1) 84. doi: 10.1186/s13690-024-01310-8
Fatima, Munazza, Ahmad, Adeel, Butt, Ibtisam, Arshad, Sana and Kiani, Behzad (2024). Geospatial modelling of ambient air pollutants and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases at regional scale in Pakistan. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 196 (10) 929, 1-26. doi: 10.1007/s10661-024-13105-z
Irankhah, Kiyavash, Asadimehr, Soheil, Kiani, Behzad, Jamali, Jamshid, Rezvani, Reza and Sobhani, Seyyed Reza (2024). Investigating the role of the built environment, socio-economic status, and lifestyle factors in the prevalence of chronic diseases in Mashhad: PLS-SEM model. Frontiers in Public Health, 12 1358423, 1-13. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1358423
Irankhah, Kiyavash, Asadimehr, Soheil, Ranjbar, Golnaz, Kiani, Behzad and Sobhani, Seyyed Reza (2024). The relationship between sidewalk access and weight-related outcomes: a systematic review. Nutrition and Food Science, 54 (4), 732-750. doi: 10.1108/NFS-09-2023-0214
Faramarzi, Sharareh, Kiani, Behzad, Hoseinkhani, Mohammedreza and Firouraghi, Neda (2024). A gender-specific geodatabase of five cancer types with the highest frequency of occurrence in Iran. BMC Research Notes, 17 (1) 83, 1-5. doi: 10.1186/s13104-024-06737-4
Kiani, Behzad, Thierry, Benoit, Apparicio, Philippe, Firth, Caislin, Fuller, Daniel, Winters, Meghan and Kestens, Yan (2024). Associations between gentrification, census tract-level socioeconomic status, and cycling infrastructure expansions in Montreal, Canada. SSM - Population Health, 25 101637, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2024.101637
Kiani, Behzad, Sartorius, Benn, Lau, Colleen L. and Bergquist, Robert (2024). Mastering geographically weighted regression: key considerations for building a robust model. Geospatial Health, 19 (1) 1271. doi: 10.4081/gh.2024.1271
Faramarzi, Sharareh, Kiani, Behzad, Faramarzi, Shahla and Firouraghi, Neda (2024). Cancer patterns in Iran: a gender-specific spatial modelling of cancer incidence during 2014–2017. BMC Cancer, 24 (1) 191, 1-14. doi: 10.1186/s12885-024-11940-4
Fatima, Munazza, Butt, Ibtisam, Firouraghi, Neda, Khalil, Maria and Kiani, Behzad (2024). Space-time analysis of tuberculosis (2016–2020) in South Punjab, Pakistan. GeoJournal, 89 (1) 1. doi: 10.1007/s10708-024-11020-x
Mahmoudifar, Kamiar, Raeesi, Ahmad, Kiani, Behzad and Rezaie, Mitra (2024). Food waste in hospitals: implications and strategies for reduction: a systematic review. Management of Environmental Quality, ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print), 50-71. doi: 10.1108/MEQ-07-2023-0221
Kiani, Behzad, Thierry, Benoit, Fuller, Daniel, Firth, Caislin, Winters, Meghan and Kestens, Yan (2023). Gentrification, neighborhood socioeconomic factors and urban vegetation inequities: A study of greenspace and tree canopy increases in Montreal, Canada. Landscape and Urban Planning, 240 104871, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2023.104871
Kiani, Behzad, Lau, Colleen and Bergquist, Robert (2023). From Snow’s map of cholera transmission to dynamic catchment boundary delineation: current front lines in spatial analysis. Geospatial Health, 18 (2) 1247. doi: 10.4081/gh.2023.1247
Pourmohamadkhan, Marjan, Khorasanchi, Zahra, Ghazizadeh, Hamideh, Sedighnia, Atefeh, Kiani, Behzad, salemi, Omid, Ferns, Gordon, Rostam Niakan Kalhori, Sharareh and Ghayour-Mobarhan, Majid (2023). A mixed model approach for estimating the optimal food fortification of vitamin D: experiment based on Mashhad cohort study in Iran. Archives of Iranian Medicine, 26 (10), 561-566. doi: 10.34172/aim.2023.82
Kiani, Behzad, Mamiya, Hiroshi, Thierry, Benoit, Firth, Caislin, Fuller, Daniel, Winters, Meghan and Kestens, Yan (2023). The temporal sequence between gentrification and cycling infrastructure expansions in Montreal, Canada. Habitat International, 139 102899, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2023.102899
Raeesi, Ahmad, Tara, Mahmood and Kiani, Behzad (2023). Spatial accessibility to hospitals in Southeast Iran: an enhanced two-step floating catchment area method. GeoJournal, 88 (5), 5427-5443. doi: 10.1007/s10708-023-10925-3
Azadnajafabad, Sina, Moghaddam, Sahar Saeedi, Mohammadi, Esmaeil, Rezaei, Negar, Rashidi, Mohammad-Mahdi, Rezaei, Nazila, Mokdad, Ali H., Naghavi, Mohsen, Murray, Christopher J. L., Larijani, Bagher, Farzadfar, Farshad, Abbasi-Kangevari, Mohsen, Abbasi-Kangevari, Zeinab, Abbastabar, Hedayat, Abidi, Hassan, Abolhassani, Hassan, Abubaker Ali, Hiwa, Abu-Gharbieh, Eman, Acuna, Juan Manuel, Afrashteh, Sima, Afzal, Muhammad Sohail, Ahmad, Sajjad, Ahmadi, Ali, Ahmadi, Sepideh, Ahmed, Haroon, Ahmed, Luai A., Rashid, Tarik Ahmed, Ajami, Marjan, Akbarzadeh-Khiavi, Mostafa ... Zoladl, Mohammad (2023). Burden of breast cancer and attributable risk factors in the North Africa and Middle East region, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Frontiers in Oncology, 13 1132816, 1-20. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1132816
Jozan, Mohammad Mahdi Barati, Mohammadi, Alireza, Lotfata, Aynaz, Tabesh, Hamed and Kiani, Behzad (2023). Spatio-temporal analysis of fire incidences in urban context: the case study of Mashhad, Iran. Spatial Information Research, 32 (1), 47-61. doi: 10.1007/s41324-023-00540-2
Mohammadi, Alireza, Kiani, Behzad, Mahmoudzadeh, Hassan and Bergquist, Robert (2023). Pedestrian road traffic accidents in metropolitan areas: GIS-based prediction modelling of cases in Mashhad, Iran. Sustainability, 15 (13) 10576, 1-20. doi: 10.3390/su151310576
Soroori, Emad, Kiani, Behzad, Ghasemi, Soraya, Mohammadi, Alireza, Shabanikiya, Hamidreza, Bergquist, Robert, Kiani, Fatemeh and Tabatabaei-Jafari, Hossein (2023). Spatial association between urban neighbourhood characteristics and child pedestrian–motor vehicle collisions. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, 16 (4), 1443-1462. doi: 10.1007/s12061-023-09519-w
Firouraghi, Neda, Bergquist, Robert, Fatima, Munazza, Mohammadi, Alireza, Hamer, Davidson H. H., Shirzadi, Mohammad Reza and Kiani, Behzad (2023). High-risk spatiotemporal patterns of cutaneous leishmaniasis: a nationwide study in Iran from 2011 to 2020. Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 12 (1) 49, 1-12. doi: 10.1186/s40249-023-01103-1
Mohamadi, Sara, Rezaee, Ramin, Hashemi, Mohammad, Kiani, Behzad, Ghasemi, Sajjad, Sani, Mahmood Alizadeh and Afshari, Asma (2023). Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA), and vancomycin-resistant Enterococci (VRE) contamination of food samples in iran: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Iranian Journal of Medical Microbiology, 17 (2), 135-149. doi: 10.30699/ijmm.17.2.135
Mohammadi, Alireza, Pishgar, Elahe, Fatima, Munazza, Lotfata, Aynaz, Fanni, Zohreh, Bergquist, Robert and Kiani, Behzad (2023). The COVID-19 mortality rate is associated with illiteracy, age, and air pollution in urban neighborhoods: A spatiotemporal cross-sectional analysis. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 8 (2) 85, 1-29. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed8020085
Hashtarkhani, Soheil, Matthews, Stephen A., Yin, Ping, Mohammadi, Alireza, MohammadEbrahimi, Shahab, Tara, Mahmood and Kiani, Behzad (2023). Where to place emergency ambulance vehicles: use of a capacitated maximum covering location model with real call data. Geospatial Health, 18 (2) 1198, 1-10. doi: 10.4081/gh.2023.1198
MohammadEbrahimi, Shahab, Kiani, Behzad, Rahmatinejad, Zahra, Baral, Stefan, Hashtarkhani, Soheil, Dehghan-Tezerjani, Mohammad, Zare, Elahe, Arian, Mahnaz, Kiani, Fatemeh, Gouya, Mohammad Mehdi, Dadras, Mohammad Nasr and Karamouzian, Mohammad (2022). Geospatial epidemiology of hospitalized patients with a positive influenza assay: A nationwide study in Iran, 2016–2018. PLoS One, 17 (12) e0278900, 1-17. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0278900
Abbasi-Kangevari, Mohsen, Moghaddam, Sahar Saeedi, Ghamari, Seyyed-Hadi, Azangou-Khyavy, Mohammadreza, Malekpour, Mohammad-Reza, Rezaei, Negar, Rezaei, Nazila, Kolahi, Ali-Asghar, Amini, Erfan, Mokdad, Ali H., Jamshidi, Hamidreza, Naghavi, Mohsen, Larijani, Bagher, Farzadfar, Farshad, Arif, Muhammad, Khanali, Javad, Rashidi, Mohammad-Mahdi, Ahmadi, Ali, Ahmadi, Sepideh, Gholamalizadeh, Maryam, Haj-Mirzaian, Arvin, Mafi, A. R., Nejadghaderi, Seyed Aria, Azadnajafabad, Sina, Maroufi, Seyed Farzad, Mohammadi, Esmaeil, Momtazmanesh, Sara, Shobeiri, Parnian, Abbasi, Behzad ... Zare, Iman (2022). The burden of prostate cancer in North Africa and Middle East, 1990–2019: Findings from the global burden of disease study. Frontiers in Oncology, 12 961086, 1-15. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2022.961086
Firouraghi, Neda, Kiani, Behzad, Jafari, Hossein Tabatabaei, Learnihan, Vincent, Salinas-Perez, Jose A., Raeesi, Ahmad, Furst, MaryAnne, Salvador-Carulla, Luis and Bagheri, Nasser (2022). The role of geographic information system and global positioning system in dementia care and research: a scoping review. International Journal of Health Geographics, 21 (1) 8, 1-13. doi: 10.1186/s12942-022-00308-1
Mohammadi, Alireza, Bergquist, Robert, Fathi, Ghasem, Pishgar, Elahe, de Melo, Silas Nogueira, Sharifi, Ayyoob and Kiani, Behzad (2022). Homicide rates are spatially associated with built environment and socio-economic factors: a study in the neighbourhoods of Toronto, Canada. BMC Public Health, 22 (1) 1482, 1482. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-13807-4
Mohammadi, Alireza, Pishgar, Elahe, Salari, Zahra and Kiani, Behzad (2022). Geospatial analysis of cesarean section in Iran (2016-2020): exploring clustered patterns and measuring spatial interactions of available health services. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 22 (1) 582, 1-14. doi: 10.1186/s12884-022-04856-z
Kiani, Behzad, Fatima, Munazza, Amin, Nazanin Hashemi and Hesami, Azam (2022). Comparing geospatial clustering methods to study spatial patterns of lung cancer rates in urban areas: A case study in Mashhad, Iran. GeoJournal, 88 (2), 1659-1669. doi: 10.1007/s10708-022-10707-3
Mansouritorghabeh, Hasan, Bagherimoghaddam, Ahmad, Eslami, Saeid, Raouf-Rahmati, Amene, Hamer, Davidson H., Kiani, Behzad and MohammadEbrahimi, Shahab (2022). Spatial epidemiology of COVID-19 infection through the first outbreak in the city of Mashhad, Iran. Spatial Information Research, 30 (5), 585-595. doi: 10.1007/s41324-022-00454-5
Moshaverinia, Ali, Raouf-Rahmati, Amene, Jarahi, Lida, Bergquist, Robert, Zorrilla-Vaca, Andres, Kiani, Fatemeh, Jadidoleslami, Abbas, Doggett, Stephen L., Zarean, Mehdi, Majma, Amirhosein, Youssefi, Mohammad Reza, Moghaddas, Elham and Kiani, Behzad (2022). Geographical patterns and mechanisms of Cimex lectularius Linnaeus, 1758, and Cimex hemipterus Fabricius, 1803 (Hemiptera: Cimicidae) resistance to insecticides: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Parasitology Research, 121 (7), 1817-1827. doi: 10.1007/s00436-022-07530-7
Shahparvari, Shahrooz, Hassanizadeh, Behnam, Mohammadi, Alireza, Kiani, Behzad, Lau, Kwok Hung, Chhetri, Prem and Abbasi, Babak (2022). A decision support system for prioritised COVID-19 two-dosage vaccination allocation and distribution. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 159 102598, 1-51. doi: 10.1016/j.tre.2021.102598
Mohammadi, Alireza, Shahparvari, Shahrooz, Kiani, Behzad, Noori, Sepideh and Chhetri, Prem (2022). An analysis of Spatio–temporal patterns of fires in an Iranian city. Indoor and Built Environment, 32 (1), 183-199. doi: 10.1177/1420326x211055782
Hashtarkhani, Soheil, Kiani, Behzad, Mohammadi, Alireza, MohammadEbrahimi, Shahab, Eslami, Saeid, Tara, Mahmood and Matthews, Stephen A. (2022). One-year spatiotemporal database of Emergency Medical Service (EMS) calls in Mashhad, Iran: data on 224,355 EMS calls. BMC Research Notes, 15 (1) 22, 22. doi: 10.1186/s13104-022-05905-8
Kiani, Behzad, Tabari, Parinaz, Mohammadi, Alireza, Mostafavi, Sayyed Mostafa, Moghadami, Mohsen, Amini, Mitra and Rezaianzadeh, Abbas (2022). Spatial epidemiology of skin cancer in Iran: separating sun-exposed and non-sun-exposed parts of the body. Archives of Public Health, 80 (1) 35, 35. doi: 10.1186/s13690-022-00798-2
Raeesi, Ahmad, Kiani, Behzad, Hesami, Azam, Goshayeshi, Ladan, Firouraghi, Neda, Ebrahimi, Mohammad Shahab and Hashtarkhani, Soheil (2022). Access to the COVID-19 services during the pandemic- a scoping review. Geospatial Health, 17 (1) 1079. doi: 10.4081/gh.2022.1079
Firouraghi, Neda, Mohammadi, Alireza, Hamer, Davidson H., Bergquist, Robert, Mostafavi, Sayyed Mostafa, Shamsoddini, Ali, Raouf-Rahmati, Amene, Fakhar, Mahmoud, Moghaddas, Elham and Kiani, Behzad (2022). Spatio-temporal visualisation of cutaneous leishmaniasis in an endemic, urban area in Iran. Acta Tropica, 225 106181. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2021.106181
Mohammadi, Alireza, Pishgar, Elahe, Firouraghi, Neda, Bagheri, Nasser, Shamsoddini, Ali, Abbas, Jaffar and Kiani, Behzad (2021). A geodatabase of blood pressure level and the associated factors including lifestyle, nutritional, air pollution, and urban greenspace. BMC Research Notes, 14 (1) 416, 416. doi: 10.1186/s13104-021-05830-2
Mollalo, Abolfazl, Mohammadi, Alireza, Mavaddati, Sara and Kiani, Behzad (2021). Spatial analysis of COVID-19 vaccination: a scoping review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (22) 12024, 1-14. doi: 10.3390/ijerph182212024
Dadashi, Ali, Mohammadi, Alireza, MohammadEbrahimi, Shahab, Bergquist, Robert, Shamsoddini, Ali, Hesami, Azam, Pishgar, Elahe, Kimiafar, Khalil, Sarbaz, Masoumeh and Kiani, Behzad (2021). Spatial analysis of the 10 most prevalent cancers in north-eastern Iran, 2017–2018. Journal of Spatial Science, 68 (2), 281-301. doi: 10.1080/14498596.2021.1975583
Mohammadi, Alireza, Mollalo, Abolfazl, Bergquist, Robert and Kiani, Behzad (2021). Measuring COVID-19 vaccination coverage: an enhanced age-adjusted two-step floating catchment area model. Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 10 (1) 118, 1-13. doi: 10.1186/s40249-021-00904-6
Hosseini, Nafiseh, Kimiafar, Khalil, Mostafavi, Sayyed Mostafa, Kiani, Behzad, Zendehdel, Kazem, Zareiyan, Armin and Eslami, Saeid (2021). Factors affecting the quality of diagnosis coding data with a triangulation view: a qualitative study. The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 36 (5), 1666-1684. doi: 10.1002/hpm.3254
Bahramian, Behnam, Afshari, Asma, Kiani, Behzad, Sani, Mahmood Alizadeh and Hashemi, Mohammad (2021). The prevalence of foodborne parasites in raw vegetables in Iran: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering, 19 (2), 2027-2045. doi: 10.1007/s40201-021-00714-w
MohammadEbrahimi, Shahab, Mohammadi, Alireza, Bergquist, Robert, Akbarian, Mahsan, Arian, Mahnaz, Pishgar, Elahe and Kiani, Behzad (2021). A spatial-epidemiological dataset of subjects infected by SARS-CoV-2 during the first wave of the pandemic in Mashhad, second-most populous city in Iran. BMC Research Notes, 14 (1) 292, 1-4. doi: 10.1186/s13104-021-05710-9
MohammadEbrahimi, Shahab, Mohammadi, Alireza, Bergquist, Robert, Dolatkhah, Fatemeh, Olia, Mahsa, Tavakolian, Ayoub, Pishgar, Elahe and Kiani, Behzad (2021). Epidemiological characteristics and initial spatiotemporal visualisation of COVID-19 in a major city in the Middle East. BMC Public Health, 21 (1) 1373, 1-18. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-11326-2
Marhamati, Maasoumeh, Afshari, Asma, Kiani, Behzad, Jannat, Behrooz and Hashemi, Mohammad (2021). Nitrite and Nitrate Levels in Groundwater, Water Distribution Network, Bottled Water and Juices in Iran: A Systematic Review. Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, 22 (10), 1325-1337. doi: 10.2174/1389201021666201203160012
Kiani, Behzad, Raouf Rahmati, Amene, Bergquist, Robert, Hashtarkhani, Soheil, Firouraghi, Neda, Bagheri, Nasser, Moghaddas, Elham and Mohammadi, Alireza (2021). Spatio-temporal epidemiology of the tuberculosis incidence rate in Iran 2008 to 2018. BMC Public Health, 21 (1) 1093, 1-20. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-11157-1
Hashtarkhani, Soheil, Tabatabaei-Jafari, Hossein, Kiani, Behzad, Furst, MaryAnne, Salvador-Carulla, Luis and Bagheri, Nasser (2021). Use of geographical information systems in multiple sclerosis research: A systematic scoping review. Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders, 51 102909. doi: 10.1016/j.msard.2021.102909
Kiani, Behzad, Mohammadi, Alireza, Bergquist, Robert and Bagheri, Nasser (2021). Different configurations of the two-step floating catchment area method for measuring the spatial accessibility to hospitals for people living with disability: a cross-sectional study. Archives of Public Health, 79 (1) 85. doi: 10.1186/s13690-021-00601-8
Shakouri, Shokouh, Bakhshali, Mohammad Amin, Layegh, Parvaneh, Kiani, Behzad, Masoumi, Farid, Ataei Nakhaei, Saeedeh and Mostafavi, Sayyed Mostafa (2021). COVID19-CT-dataset: an open-access chest CT image repository of 1000+ patients with confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis. BMC Research Notes, 14 (1) 178, 1-3. doi: 10.1186/s13104-021-05592-x
Kiani, Behzad, Budke, Christine M., Abadi, Ebrahim Shams, Hashtarkhani, Soheil, Rahmati, Amene Raouf, AkbarPour, Mostafa, Zarean, Mehdi, Farash, Bibi Razieh Hosseini, Kiani, Fatemeh and Moghaddas, Elham (2021). Evaluation of zoonotic platyhelminthe infections identified in slaughtered livestock in Iran, 2015-2019. BMC Veterinary Research, 17 (1) 185. doi: 10.1186/s12917-021-02888-9
Kiani, Behzad, Hashemi Amin, Fatemeh, Bagheri, Nasser, Bergquist, Robert, Mohammadi, Ali Akbar, Yousefi, Mahmood, Faraji, Hossein, Roshandel, Gholamreza, Beirami, Somayeh, Rahimzadeh, Hadi and Hoseini, Benyamin (2021). Association between heavy metals and colon cancer: an ecological study based on geographical information systems in North-Eastern Iran. BMC Cancer, 21 (1) 414, 414. doi: 10.1186/s12885-021-08148-1
Hashemi Amin, Fatemeh, Ghaemi, Mahtab, Mostafavi, Sayyed Mostafa, Goshayeshi, Ladan, Rezaei, Khadijeh, Vahed, Mehdi and Kiani, Behzad (2021). A Geospatial database of gastric cancer patients and associated potential risk factors including lifestyle and air pollution. BMC Research Notes, 14 (1) 91, 91. doi: 10.1186/s13104-021-05506-x
Rahmati, Amene Raouf, Moghaddas, Elham, Kiani, Behzad, Afshari, Asma, Williams, Michelle and Shamsi, Shokoofeh (2021). Anisakis allergy: unjustified social alarm versus healthy diet; commentary to the "Letter to the Editor" of Drs Daschner, Levsen, Cipriani, and del Hoyo, referencing to "World-wide prevalence of Anisakis larvae in fish and its relationship to human allergic anisakiasis: a systematic review". Parasitology Research, 120 (5), 1921-1923. doi: 10.1007/s00436-021-07083-1
Rahmati, Amene Raouf, Kiani, Behzad, Afshari, Asma, Moghaddas, Elham, Williams, Michelle and Shamsi, Shokoofeh (2021). World-wide prevalence of Anisakis larvae in fish and its relationship to human allergic anisakiasis: a systematic review (vol 119, pg 3585, 2020). Parasitology Research, 120 (5), 1925-1926. doi: 10.1007/s00436-021-07096-w
Azimi, Ali, Bagheri, Nasser, Mostafavi, Sayyed Mostafa, Furst, Mary Anne, Hashtarkhani, Soheil, Amin, Fateme Hashemi, Eslami, Saeid, Kiani, Fatemeh, VafaeiNezhad, Reza, Akbari, Toktam, Golabpour, Amin and Kiani, Behzad (2021). Spatial-time analysis of cardiovascular emergency medical requests: enlightening policy and practice. BMC Public Health, 21 (1) 7, 1-12. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-10064-1
Hashtarkhani, Soheil, Kiani, Behzad, Mohammadi, Alireza, MohammadEbrahimi, Shahab, Dehghan-Tezerjani, Mohammad, Samimi, Tahereh, Tara, Mahmood and Matthews, Stephen A. (2021). Spatio-temporal epidemiology of emergency medical requests in a large urban area. A scan-statistic approach. Geospatial Health, 16 (2) 1043. doi: 10.4081/gh.2021.1043
Montazeri, Mahdieh, Hoseini, Benyamin, Firouraghi, Neda, Kiani, Fatemeh, Raouf-Mobini, Hosein, Biabangard, Adele, Dadashi, Ali, Zolfaghari, Vahideh, Ahmadian, Leila, Eslami, Saeid, Bergquist, Robert, Bagheri, Nasser and Kiani, Behzad (2020). Spatio-temporal mapping of breast and prostate cancers in South Iran from 2014 to 2017. BMC Cancer, 20 (1) 1170, 1170. doi: 10.1186/s12885-020-07674-8
Pishgar, Elahe, Mohammadi, Alireza, Bagheri, Nasser and Kiani, Behzad (2020). A spatio-temporal geodatabase of mortalities due to respiratory tract diseases in Tehran, Iran between 2008 and 2018: a data note. BMC Research Notes, 13 (1) 469, 1-3. doi: 10.1186/s13104-020-05319-4
Rahmati, Amene Raouf, Kiani, Behzad, Afshari, Asma, Moghaddas, Elham, Williams, Michelle and Shamsi, Shokoofeh (2020). World-wide prevalence of Anisakis larvae in fish and its relationship to human allergic anisakiasis: a systematic review. Parasitology Research, 119 (11), 3585-3594. doi: 10.1007/s00436-020-06892-0
Firouraghi, Neda, Bagheri, Nasser, Kiani, Fatemeh, Goshayeshi, Ladan, Ghayour-Mobarhan, Majid, Kimiafar, Khalil, Eslami, Saeid and Kiani, Behzad (2020). A spatial database of colorectal cancer patients and potential nutritional risk factors in an urban area in the Middle East. BMC Research Notes, 13 (1) 466, 1-3. doi: 10.1186/s13104-020-05310-z
Pishgar, Elahe, Fanni, Zohre, Tavakkolinia, Jamileh, Mohammadi, Alireza, Kiani, Behzad and Bergquist, Robert (2020). Mortality rates due to respiratory tract diseases in Tehran, Iran during 2008-2018: a spatiotemporal, cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health, 20 (1) 1414, 1-12. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-09495-7
Naderi, Hamid and Kiani, Behzad (2020). Security Challenges in Android mHealth Apps Permissions: A Case Study of Persian Apps. Frontiers in Health Informatics, 9 (1), 41. doi: 10.30699/fhi.v9i1.224
Tabari, Parinaz, Shabanikiya, Hamidreza, Bagheri, Nasser, Bergquist, Robert, Hashtarkhani, Soheil, Kiani, Fatemeh, Mohammadi, Alireza and Kiani, Behzad (2020). Paediatric, pedestrian road traffic injuries in the city of Mashhad in north-eastern Iran 2015–2019: a data note. BMC Research Notes, 13 (1) 363, 1-3. doi: 10.1186/s13104-020-05203-1
Kiani, Behzad, Raouf Rahmati, Amene, Bergquist, Robert and Moghaddas, Elham (2020). Comparing spatio‐temporal distribution of the most common human parasitic infections in Iran over two periods 2007 to 2012 and 2013 to 2018: A systematic quantitative literature review. The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 35 (5), 1023-1040. doi: 10.1002/hpm.3010
Naderi, Hamid, Madani, Sina, Kiani, Behzad and Etminani, Kobra (2020). Similarity of medical concepts in question and answering of health communities. Health Informatics Journal, 26 (2), 1443-1454. doi: 10.1177/1460458219881333
Halimi, Leyla, Bagheri, Nasser, Hoseini, Benyamin, Hashtarkhani, Soheil, Goshayeshi, Ladan and Kiani, Behzad (2020). Spatial Analysis of Colorectal Cancer Incidence in Hamadan Province, Iran: a Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, 13 (2), 293-303. doi: 10.1007/s12061-019-09303-9
Shabanikiya, Hamidreza, Hashtarkhani, Soheil, Bergquist, Robert, Bagheri, Nasser, Vafaeinejad, Reza, Amiri-Gholanlou, Malihe, Akbari, Toktam and Kiani, Behzad (2020). Multiple-scale spatial analysis of paediatric, pedestrian road traffic injuries in a major city in North-Eastern Iran 2015-2019. BMC Public Health, 20 (1) 722, 1-11. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-08911-2
Naderi, Hamid, Kiani, Behzad, Madani, Sina and Etminani, Kobra (2020). Concept based auto-assignment of healthcare questions to domain experts in online Q&A communities. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 137 104108, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2020.104108
Hashtarkhani, Soheil, Kiani, Behzad, Bergquist, Robert, Bagheri, Nasser, VafaeiNejad, Reza and Tara, Mahmood (2020). An age-integrated approach to improve measurement of potential spatial accessibility to emergency medical services for urban areas. International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 35 (3), 788-798. doi: 10.1002/hpm.2960
Bergquist, Robert, Kiani, Behzad and Manda, Samuel (2020). First year with Covid-19: Assessment and prospects. Geospatial Health, 15 (2) 953, 187-190. doi: 10.4081/gh.2020.953
Hosseini, Nafiseh, Fakhar, Fatemeh, Kiani, Behzad and Eslami, Saeid (2019). Enhancing the security of patients’ portals and websites by detecting malicious web crawlers using machine learning techniques. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 132 103976, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2019.103976
Goshayeshi, Ladan, Pourahmadi, Ali, Ghayour-Mobarhan, Majid, Hashtarkhani, Soheil, Karimian, Sajad, Dastjerdi, Reza Shahhosein, Eghbali, Babak, Seyfi, Efat and Kiani, Behzad (2019). Colorectal cancer risk factors in north-eastern iran: A retrospective cross-sectional study based on geographical information systems, spatial autocorrelation and regression analysis. Geospatial Health, 14 (2) 793, 219-228. doi: 10.4081/gh.2019.793
Kiani, Behzad, Bagheri, Nasser, Tara, Ahmad, Hoseini, Benyamin, Hashtarkhani, Soheil and Tara, Mahmood (2018). Comparing potential spatial access with self-reported travel times and cost analysis to haemodialysis facilities in north-eastern Iran. Geospatial Health, 13 (2), 240-246. doi: 10.4081/gh.2018.703
Goshayeshi, Ladan, Ghaffarzadegan, Kamran, Khooei, Alireza, Esmaeilzadeh, Abbas, Rahmani Khorram, Mahla, Mosannen Mozaffari, Hooman, Kiani, Behzad and Hoseini, Benyamin (2018). Prevalence and clinicopathological characteristics of mismatch repair-deficient colorectal carcinoma in early onset cases as compared with late-onset cases: A retrospective cross-sectional study in Northeastern Iran. BMJ Open, 8 (8) e023102, 1-8. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023102
Hoseini, Benyamin, Bagheri, Nasser, Kiani, Behzad, Azizi, Amirabbas, Tabesh, Hamed and Tara, Mahmood (2018). Access to dialysis services: a systematic mapping review based on geographical information systems. Geospatial Health, 13 (1) 577, 3-10. doi: 10.4081/gh.2018.577
Kiani, Behzad, Bagheri, Nasser, Tara, Ahmad, Hoseini, Benyamin and Tara, Mahmood (2017). Haemodialysis services in the northeastern region of Iran. Geospatial Health, 12 (1) 561, 1-7. doi: 10.4081/gh.2017.561
Kiani, Behzad, Bagheri, Nasser, Tara, Ahmad, Hoseini, Benyamin, Tabesh, Hamed and Tara, Mahmood (2017). Revealed access to haemodialysis facilities in northeastern Iran: Factors that matter in rural and urban areas. Geospatial Health, 12 (2) 584, 237-244. doi: 10.4081/gh.2017.584
Conference Paper
Rabiei-Dastjerdi, H., Mohammadi, S., Samouei, R., Kazemi, M., Matthews, S., McArdle, G., Homayouni, S., Kiani, B. and Sadeghi, R. (2023). Measuring spatial accessibility to healthcare facilities in Isfahan metropolitan area in Iran. oint 6th Sensors and Models in Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, SMPR 2023 and 4th Geospatial Information Research, GIResearch 2022 Conferences, Online, 19 - 22 February 2023. Goettingen, Germany: Copernicus Publications. doi: 10.5194/isprs-annals-x-4-w1-2022-623-2023
Research Report
Yu, Fan, Cao, Jin, Furuya Kanamori, Luis, Kiani, Behzad, Lau, Colleen and Sartorius, Benn (2025). Effectiveness and impact of rotavirus vaccination, real-world study: a systematic review. Middletown, DE United States: INPLASY - International Platform of Registered Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Protocols. doi: 10.37766/inplasy2025.3.0055