Email

vaso.rahimzadeh@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor

Center for Medical Ethics & Health Policy - Research
Baylor College of Medicine

Education

BS from University of California Berkeley

06/2012 - Berkeley, California

MSc from McGill University, Experimental Medicine

Montreal (Quebec), Canada

PhD from McGill University, Family Medicine and Primary Care Research

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Honors & Awards

Gordon A. Maclachlan Prize for best dissertation in the biological sciences

(June 2020)

McGill University

Governor General's Gold Medal

(June 2020)

McGill University

McGill Med Star Award

(05/2019)

McGill University Faculty of Medicine

Vanier Canada Graduate Scholar

(05/2016-05/2019)

Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Best Poster Prize in Medicine and Public Health

(05/2018)

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

David McCutcheon Pediatric Palliative Care Fellowship

(09/2013-09/2014)

McGill University Health Centre

Professional Statement

Vasiliki (Vaso) Rahimzadeh (she/her) is an Assistant Professor in the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy. She investigates the ethical, legal, and social issues of health data sharing across emerging computing environments. The goals of her research are to inform data governance policy and practice which maximizes the scientific value of health data and respects the rights and interest of individuals and communities. Dr. Rahimzadeh is a member of the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health, where she contributes to the development of global policy for responsible genomic data sharing and chairs the Astro-Ethics Affinity Group of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities.

Dr. Rahimzadeh received her undergraduate degree in microbial biology from the University of California Berkeley. She earned both her MSc and PhD degrees in biomedical ethics from McGill University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University with support from a National Human Genome Research Institute Ethical Legal and Social Implications Program training grant. Read more about Dr. Rahimzadeh’s background, access a full publication list, and review current projects here.

Videos

Selected Publications

• Kostick-Quenet, K., Rahimzadeh, V "Ethical hazards of health data governance in the metaverse." Nature Machine Intelligence. 2023;480-482.
• Rahimzadeh, V., Serpico, K. & Gelinas, L "Institutional review boards need new skills to review data sharing and management plans." Nature Medicine. 2023;Online ahead of print Pubmed PMID: 37055570
• Ge, T.J., Rahimzadeh, V.N., Mintz, K., Park, W.G., Martinez-Martin, N., Liao, J.C. and Park, S.M "Passive monitoring by smart toilets for precision health." Sci Transl Med. 2023;15(681) Pubmed PMID: 36724240
• Lawson J*, Rahimzadeh V*, Baek J, Dove ES "Achieving Procedural Parity in Managing Access to Genomic and Related Health Data: A Global Survey of Data Access Committee Members." Biopreserv Biobank. 2023;Online ahead of print Pubmed PMID: 37192473

Memberships

Canadian Institutes of Health Research Standing Committee on Ethics

Trainee representative

Canadian College of Family Physicians

Member

American Society for Bioethics and Humanities

Member

Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital

Member

Funding

Translational Research Institute for Space Health

Grant funding from Translational Research Institute for Space Health, Baylor College of Medicine

The goals of this project are to Enhance engagement with relevant stakeholders to augment TRISH’s mission; Promote development of opportunities for business development and management; and assist in executing TRISH’s science, educational, or outreach objectives as stated in the cooperative agreement between TRISH and NASA.