Maryam koosha

Institiute for humanities and cultural studies

Advancing Elderly Social Health in Iran: Policy Analysis and Recommendations (2000s–Present)

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Biography

Maryam Koosha, Ph.D., is an esteemed scholar in Social Welfare from Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, with a distinguished focus on elderly social health and medical sociology. Her doctoral dissertation, a seminal analysis of Iran’s elderly social health policies, underscoring her academic rigor. As a research specialist at the Motamed Cancer Institute and the Institute for Humanities and Social Studies, she has spearheaded pioneering projects on aging, breast cancer prevention, and socioeconomic determinants of health, shaping evidence-based policy frameworks. A member of the Iranian Sociological Association, Koosha is a respected peer reviewer for prestigious journals, including BMC Geriatrics and International Journal of Psychiatry. Honored as Outstanding Researcher in 2018 and Best Speaker at the 12th International Breast Cancer Congress in 2017, her interdisciplinary contributions bridge sociology and public health, offering transformative insights for aging populations globally, particularly in Iran’s socio-cultural context.

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