Dr. shahpar Haghighat | Mixed & Extended Reality | Research Excellence Award

Breast Cancer Research Center | Iran

Dr. Shahpar Haghighat is an Iranian Research Professor in breast cancer epidemiology with over three decades of clinical, academic, and research contributions within ACECR and the Iranian Center for Breast Cancer. She earned her MD and MPH from Tehran University of Medical Sciences and completed her PhD in Epidemiology at Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, focusing on cost-effectiveness in breast cancer screening. Since 1996, she has served as a researcher, clinic manager, educator, advisor, and senior leader in multiple breast cancer programs, including Vice Chancellor for Education & Research and Senior Advisor to the Breast Cancer Research Center. A pioneer in Iran, she established the first telephone consulting service for breast disease, the first breast clinic data registration system, the first follow-up service for breast cancer patients, and the first nationwide lymphedema clinic. She has delivered more than 80 workshops on early diagnosis, designed numerous training programs on lymphedema management, and taught epidemiology, family planning, communicable and non-communicable disease epidemiology, and research methods across several universities. Her research spans screening and prevention, lymphedema therapy, quality of life, health economics, cancer survivorship, psychological interventions, symptom management, physical activity, immune function, prediction modeling, and psychometrics; she has led or contributed to more than 50 major projects. Dr. Haghighat has received multiple national and international awards, including the ISL Presidential Prizes (2011, 2013) and several “Prior Researcher” and “Best Article” honors at Iranian Breast Cancer Congresses. She is a long-standing member of key scientific and professional bodies, including the International Society of Lymphology, the Iranian Society of Epidemiology, and the International Epidemiological Association, and has served on scientific committees, ethics boards, and editorial boards—notably as Editor-in-Chief of the Iranian Journal of Breast Cancer. Her academic output includes numerous peer-reviewed publications on breast cancer epidemiology, screening, survivorship, lymphedema, psychosocial factors, and statistical modeling. Fluent in English and Persian, she continues to advance breast cancer research, prevention, and patient-centered care in Iran through leadership, innovation, and sustained scientific engagement.

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