Team

Pardis Pedram, PhD, MD
Postdoctoral Associate

Credentials:
Ph.D. (Memorial University of Newfoundland)


Contact:
Room 4D55, 3280 Hospital Drive NW Calgary AB T2N 4N1 
☎ +1 (403) 210-6289
📧 [email protected]

I have joined Dr. Arnold’s team in July 2017 to focus on transdiagnostic traits underlying Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Anorexia Nervosa. I completed my PhD degree in May 2017 from Memorial University, St. John’s, NL. The focus of my PhD was on the discovery of nutritional, hormonal and genetic factors in the development of food addiction, especially the contribution of food addiction to human obesity. As part of a pioneer research laboratory in this field, I have made a significant contribution with worldwide impact.

Publications:
- Kathryn Wiens, Asmita Bhattarai, Ashley Dores, Pardis Pedram, Jeanne VA Williams, Andrew GM Bulloch, Scott B Patten, MD. Mental health among Canadian post-secondary students: a mental health crisis?The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, accepted. 
- Pardis Pedram, Hensley H Mariathas, Erfan Aref-Eshghi, Oliver Hurley, Marshall Godwin, Pauline Duke, Alvin Simms, Masoud Mahdavian, Jillian Hurd,Shabnam Asghari;Six-year time-trend analysis of dyslipidemia among adults in Newfoundland and Labrador: findings from the laboratory information system between 2009 and 2014.Lipids in Health and Disease, 2018 May 2;17(1):99. doi: 10.1186/s12944-018-0752-2. 
- Rachael Weagle, Jill Allison, Krishna Roy, Pardis Pedram, Guang Sun, Annie Y Chen, Marija Zeremski, Ranjit Chauhan, Tomasz I Michalak, Deborah Gregory, William Midodzi, Neil Pearce, Reza Alaghehbandan, Daniel Fontaine, James Bentley et al. Arbovirus surveillance in Honduras: Are true representations of disease trends possible?.Journal of infection and public health, 2018 May; 11 (3), 446-446 
- Wang Y, Lin M, Gao X, Pedram P, Du J, Vikram C, et al. High dietary selenium intake is associated with less insulin resistance in the Newfoundland population. PLOS one. 2017;12(4):e0174149. 
- P. Pedram, Guangju Zhai, Wayne Gulliver, Hongwei Zhang, Guang Sun; Two novel candidate genes identified in adults from the Newfoundland population with addictive tendencies towards food.Appetite (invited for special issue of food addiction),2017 Aug 1;115:71-79. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2017.01.004.  
- Xiang Gao, Yongbo Wang, Edward Randell, Pardis Pedram, Yanqing Yi, Wayne Gulliver, and Guang Sun. Higher dietary choline and betaine intakes are associated with better body composition in the adult population of Newfoundland, Canada. PLOS ONE.2016 May 11;11(5):e0155403.  
- Xiang Gao, Weidong Zhang, Yongbo Wang, Pardis Pedram, Farrell Cahill, Guangju Zhai, Edward Randell, Wayne Gulliver, Guang Sun.Serum metabolic biomarkers distinguish metabolically healthy peripherally obese from unhealthy centrally obese individuals.Nutrition & metabolism. 2016 Jan; 13 (1), 33 
- Yongbo Wang, Xiang Gao, Pardis Pedram, Mariam Shahidi, Jianling Du, Yanqing Yi, Wayne Gulliver, Hongwei Zhang, Guang Sun.Significant Beneficial Association of High Dietary Selenium Intake with Reduced Body Fat in the CODING Study. 2016 Jan 04; Nutrients 8 (1), 24. 
- Pedram P, Sun G.Hormonal and Dietary Characteristics in Obese Human Subjects with and without Food Addiction. Nutrients (invited for special issue of food addiction).2014 Dec 31;7(1):223-38. doi: 10.3390/nu7010223. 
- Amini P, Cahill F, Wadden D, Ji Y, Pedram P, Vidyasankar S, Yi Y, Gulliver W, Paterno G, Zhang H, Rideout A, Sun G.Beneficial association of serum ghrelin and peptide YY with bone mineral density in the Newfoundland population.BMC Endocr Disord. 2013 Sep 23;13(1):35. 
- Pedram P, Wadden D, Amini P, Gulliver W, Randell E, Cahill F, Vasdev S, Goodridge A, Carter JC, Zhai G, Ji Y, Sun G.Food addiction: its prevalence and significant association with obesity in the general population.PLoS One. 2013 Sep; 4;8(9):e74832. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074832. eCollection 2013. 
- Antle MC, van Diepen HC, Deboer T, Pedram P, Pereira RR, Meijer JH. Methylphenidate Modifies the Motion of the Circadian Clock. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2012 Jul 4. doi: 10.1038/npp.2012.103 
- Noordam R, de Craen AJ, Pedram P, Maier AB, Mooijaart SP, van Pelt J, Feskens EJ, Streppel MT, Slagboom PE, Westendorp RG, Beekman M, van Heemst D. Levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D in familial longevity: the Leiden Longevity Study. CMAJ. 2012 Dec 11;184(18):E963-8. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.120233. 
- Pedram P, Tajari HR, Keshtkar AA, Ghazi Moghadam B, Amidi A.Comparison between efficacy of Tamsulosin and Terazosinin alpha-adrenergic blockers in spontaneous passage of ureter stones after ESWL (A double blind clinical trial). Medical Journal of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences. Summer 2009; 52(2):87-94.  
- Keshtkar AA, Avestaii A, Heshmat R, Pedram P, Larijnai B. The prevalence of osteoporosis and osteopenia in the population insured by Health Insurance Organization in 8 provinces of Iran.     Journal of Medical Insurance Organization. Autumn 2009; 9(2): 40-45.