Curriculum Vitae
Education
| Year | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 2018–2024 | PhD, Neuroscience | University of Alberta |
| 2014–2017 | MSc, Biomedical Engineering (Bioelectric) | Amirkabir University of Technology |
| 2010–2014 | BSc, Electrical Engineering (Electronics) | Tafresh University |
Employment
| Year | Position | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 2024– | Postdoctoral Research Fellow | Department of Medicine, UBC |
| 2025/1–2025/4 | Sessional Instructor | Faculty of Applied Sciences, SFU |
| 2018–2024 | Graduate Research Fellow | Neuroscience & Mental Health Institute, UAlberta |
| 2021–2024 | Graduate Teaching Assistant | Faculty of Engineering, UAlberta |
Awards & Fellowships
| Year | Award |
|---|---|
| 2026–2028 | ALS Association Milton Safenowitz Postdoctoral Fellowship – $150,000 USD |
| 2024 | ALS Canada Travel Grant – $1,000 CAD |
| 2023 | Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research Travel Award – $500 CAD |
| 2018–2019 | University of Alberta Doctoral Recruitment Scholarship – $5,000 CAD |
Selected Publications
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Dey A, …, Parnianpour P, …, Kalra S. (2026). Data-driven disease subgrouping in ALS: a multicenter cerebral functional connectivity study. Journal of Neurology. DOI
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Harrison M, …, Parnianpour P, …, Kalra S. (2025). An individual level MRI approach reveals corticospinal tract degeneration and its heterogeneity in ALS. Annals of Neurology. (submitted)
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Parnianpour P, Harrison M, …, Kalra S. (2025). Progressive and short-interval changes observed in the corticospinal tract and corpus callosum of ALS patients: A texture analysis study. American Journal of Neuroradiology. DOI
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Parnianpour P, …, Kalra S. (2024). Mismatch between clinically-defined classification of ALS stage and the burden of cerebral pathology. Journal of Neurology, 271: 2547–2559. DOI
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Parnianpour P, Steinbach R, Buchholz IJ, Grosskreutz J, Kalra S. (2024). T1-weighted MRI texture analyses in ALS patients stratified by the D50 progression model. Brain Communications, 6(6): fcae389. DOI
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Kuan LH, Parnianpour P, …, Greiner R. (2023). Accurate personalized survival prediction for ALS patients. Scientific Reports. DOI
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Kushol R, Parnianpour P, …, Yang YH. (2023). Effects of MRI scanner manufacturers in classification tasks with deep learning models. Scientific Reports. DOI
Selected Presentations
- “Enhancing ALS Clinical Trial Efficiency Using Longitudinal Measures of Brain Function” – ALS EnCouRAge Canada, Toronto, April 2026
- “Trial-Ready Power Estimates for Longitudinal rs-fMRI Biomarkers in ALS” (Poster #906) – ISMRM, Cape Town, May 2026 (presented by Dr. Pioro)
- “Resting-state fMRI as a translational biomarker for ALS therapeutics” – NEALS, Clearwater, Oct 2025
- “Trial-ready power estimates for longitudinal rs-fMRI biomarkers in ALS” (Invited) – iCNS, Dublin, Nov 2025
- “T1-weighted MRI texture analysis in ALS patients stratified by the D50 model” – NiSALS, Montreal, Dec 2024
- “Along-tract texture analysis of MRI in the CST and corpus callosum in ALS” – ALS/MND Symposium, Basel, Dec 2023
Teaching
| Year | Role | Course | Institution |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Guest Lecturer | Neuroanatomy – Vancouver Summer School | UBC |
| 2025 | Sessional Instructor | ENSC 475/875 – Biomedical Instrumentation | SFU |
| 2021–2024 | Teaching Assistant | Math 102 & Physics 130 | UAlberta |
| 2015–2017 | Instructor | Logic Circuits, Control Systems, Microprocessors Labs | AUT |
| 2016 | Teaching Assistant | Pattern Recognition & Machine Learning | AUT |
Service & Leadership
| Year | Role | Organization |
|---|---|---|
| 2025– | President | UBC Postdoctoral Association |
| 2025–2026 | Committee Member | UBC Faculty of Medicine Research Committee |
| 2025–2026 | Co-Supervisor (WorkLearn student) | UBC |
| 2025 | Postdoctoral Research Day Organizer | UBC PDA |
| 2025 | MD Program Interviewer | UBC Faculty of Medicine |
| 2026 | Program Committee Member | International Conference on Humanoid Robotics |
Peer Review
Journals: BMC Medical Imaging · Scientific Reports · Neuroradiology · NeuroImage: Clinical · Brain Research Bulletin
Conferences: ISMRM 2026 (24 abstracts) · International Conference on Humanoid Robotics 2026
Memberships
- International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) – 2025–
- Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM) – 2019–2022
International Collaborations
- Trace Neuroscience – Neuroimaging biomarkers for TRCN-1023 ASO Phase 1/2 clinical trial in ALS (2025–)
- Grosskreutz Lab (Germany) – Multicenter texture analysis on 1.5T MRI (2021)
- Biogen Inc. (Evans KC, McLaren DG) – Clinical trial staging using in-vivo imaging (2020)