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Dr Afrooz Najafzadeh Abriz

Senior Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 5593
Mobile: 0403 143 685
Email: a.najafzadehabriz@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO21.511  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8950-6566

I am the course co-ordinator for Bachelor of Preclinical Foundations of Imaging Science (T78) and Graduate Diploma in Medical Sonography (T77) at ECU Joondalup Campus.

Current Teaching

SON1101 -  Sectional Anatomy and Comparative Imaging 1
SON1102 - Introduction to Diagnostic Medical Ultrasound
SON1201 - Sectional Anatomy and Comparative Imaging 2

Background

I have over thirty years of experience in the field of medical imaging and have qualifications in radiography and general sonography. I obtained my professional qualifications from the UK. I have worked in both private and public health sectors in the UK and Western Australia.

Prior to starting at ECU, I was a senior lecturer at Central Queensland University. I have held academic positions at the UWA and Murdoch University.

Professional Associations

  • Accredited Medical Sonographer (AMS) with Australian Sonographers Accreditation Registry (ASAR)
  • Associate Fellow of the Australasian Sonographers Association (AFASA)
  • Accredited Radiographer with Australian Institute of Radiology (AIR)
  • Member of the Health Professions Council (HPC), UK
  • Chairperson of the ASA Research Special Interest Group (SIG)
  • Member of the ASA Education Advisory Committee (EAC)
  • Member of the selection committee for the ASA Annual Research Grant

Awards and Recognition

  • June 2021 - Vice-Chancellor's Award for Exemplary Practice in Teaching and Learning, CQ University
  • June 2017 - Best Research Presentation in Obstetrics, AOCOG 17, Hong Kong, China
  • July 2016 - Associate Fellow, Australasian Sonographers Association
  • May 2015 - Researcher of The Year Award. The Australasian Sonographers Association
  • May 2015 - Best Research Presentation, The Australasian Sonographers Association Annual Conference, Perth
  • October 2014 - Best Research Presentation, The Australasian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine, Annual Scientific Meeting, Melbourne
  • August 2010 - Best Published Abstract, Telethon Kids Institute, Directors Prize, The Annual Student Forum, Perth
  • February 2009 to August 2012 - Australian postgraduate award industry (APAI) PhD scholarship, supported by the Australian Research Council (ARC)

Research Areas and Interests

I am a keen advocate for raising the profile of sonographers in Australia and aim to encourage sonographer led research. Through my leadership role in the Australasian Sonographers Association (ASA) special interest group (SIG) research committee, I played a key role in the establishment and award of the first ASA annual research grant in 2017.

Having successfully implemented and completed the ultrasound aspect of The Peel Child Health Study (https://lifecourse.org.au/cohorts/pchs/) in collaboration with Murdoch University and the University of Western Australia, I am keen to continue my research in the field of feotal medicine. My special interest is in the study of human’s feoto-placental circulation using non-invasive Doppler ultrasound examinations.

My research collaborations and publications during 2015-2017 played a key role in establishing a recent position statement by the Australasians Sonographers Association (ASA) on Mitigating Sonographer Distractions In Obstetric Ultrasounds (PS_Mitigating_Sonographer_Distractions_in_Obstetric_Ultrasound.pdf (sonographers.org)

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Western Australia, 2015.

Research Outputs

2024

Journal Articles

  • Wang, Y., Najafzadeh Abriz, A. (2024). Mirror artefact as a diagnostic tool in identifying occult liver lesions on ultrasound. Ultrasound, 2024(Article in press), pp. https://doi.org/10.1177/1742271X241249029.

2022

Journal Articles

  • Mallard, S., Kennedy, N., Najafzadeh Abriz, A., Quinton, A. (2022). Exploring the use of knobology for image optimisation in final year sonography students. Ultrasound, 30(4), 299-306. https://doi.org/10.1177/1742271X211053029.

2021

Journal Articles

  • Fairgray, T., Najafzadeh Abriz, A. (2021). A case of percutaneous endovascular thrombolysis of a prosthetic graft following occlusion. Sonography, 8(2), 59-64. https://doi.org/10.1002/sono.12251.

2019

Journal Articles

  • Woodrow, N., Najafzadeh Abriz, A., Thoirs, K. (2019). Distractors: Do we need a policy safeguarding sonographers' working conditions during obstetric ultrasound examinations?. Sonography, 6(4), 151-156. https://doi.org/10.1002/sono.12201.
  • Najafzadeh Abriz, A., Woodrow, N., Thoirs, K. (2019). Distractors in obstetric ultrasound: Do sonographers have safety concerns?. Australasian Journal of Ultrasound Medicine, 22(3), 206-213. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajum.12134.

2016

Journal Articles

  • Najafzadeh Abriz, A., Jacoby, P., Mattes, E., Dickinson, J. (2016). The umbilical vein in the human fetus has a non-linear growth pattern across gestation. Australasian Journal of Ultrasound Medicine, 19(3), 99-104. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajum.12018.
  • Najafzadeh Abriz, A. (2016). Stress and preterm birth: biological and vascular mechanisms affecting the feto-placental circulation and the length of gestation. Sonography, 3(3), 95-102. https://doi.org/10.1002/sono.12073.

2012

Journal Articles

  • Najafzadeh Abriz, A., Dickinson, J. (2012). Umbilical venous blood flow and its measurement in the human fetus. Journal of Clinical Ultrasound, 40(8), 502-511. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcu.21970.

Research Student Supervision

Current Supervisions

Assistant Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Exploring the Impact of Uterine Fibroids on Hypertension through Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1 alpha-Medicated Regulation of Endothelin-1 and Soluble Fms-like Tyrosine Kinase 1 in Hypoxic Leiomyoma Smooth Muscle Cells

Completed Supervisions

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