Fellowships/Research Experience

Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA) Fellow
Zishan was mentored by Dr. Uwe Reinhardt on future of American healthcare and hospitals based on pay-for-performance models. The fellowship included intensive coursework in microeconomics, statistics, and domestic policy. Zishan specifically researched, analyzed and presented a 23 page recommendation on "Meeting the Needs of Girls within New Jersey's Juvenile Justice System" to the Honorable Zulima Farber, New Jersey Attorney General

Kenneth Cole Fellowship in Community Building & Social Change Fellow

Zishan participated in a competitive fellowship to learn the theories behind community building to put them into practice. He partnered with community leaders and created a comprehensive template to strengthen Atlanta's public park system. The 3 semester fellowship involved an individual research project. Here, Zishan researched and wrote a thesis on: "The impact of community building process in overcoming the incidence of AIDS in America"

Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. Health Policy Research Assistant

Zishan worked with local, state, and federal agencies to research policies and generate reports in areas of healthcare, health systems change, nutrition, disability, and education. His responsibilities include researching qualitative and quantitative data, writing programs, and performing statistical analyses in STATA. One specific project involved developing an expanded set of quality measures designed to improve the clinical care delivered by physicians and other healthcare professionals for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Current professional trajectory

Zishan would like to build his career focusing on health policy/outcomes research. Specially, he wants to research the role community building methods play in cancer prevention and understand how the lack of access to healthcare plays a role in the types of therapies for at-risk populations.

"Words of Wisdom"

"Struggle is the meaning of life; defeat or victory is in the hands of God. But struggle itself is man's duty and should be his joy." -Aga Khan III

Meetings and Abstracts

Z. A. Hirani, R. Ivkov, Y. Zhang, M. Armour, M. A. Hedayati, E. C. Ford, T. L. DeWeese, J. M. Herman. (2009). Evaluation Of Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy (HRT) And Magnetic Nanoparticle Heating For Pancreatic Cancer. Abstract 2244, American Society for Radiation Oncology Annual Meeting, 2009.

Z. A. Hirani, R. Ivkov, Y. Zhang, M. Armour, M. A. Hedayati, E. C. Ford, T. L. DeWeese, J. M. Herman. (2009). Evaluation Of Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy (HRT) And Magnetic Nanoparticle Heating For Pancreatic Cancer. Abstract PS7.34, Radiation Research Society Annual Meeting, 2009.

Z. A. Hirani, R. Ivkov, Y. Zhang, M. Armour, M. A. Hedayati, E. C. Ford, T. L. DeWeese, J. M. Herman. (2009). Evaluation Of Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy (HRT) And Magnetic Nanoparticle Heating For Pancreatic Cancer. Presented at the Advanced Biotechnology Studies 4th Annual Research Symposium in Rockville, MD.

Z. A. Hirani, R. Ivkov, Y. Zhang, M. Armour, M. A. Hedayati, E. C. Ford, T. L. DeWeese, J. M. Herman. (2009). Evaluation Of Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy (HRT) And Magnetic Nanoparticle Heating For Pancreatic Cancer. Presented at the Molecular Radiation Sciences Radiation Damage and Repair Symposium in Baltimore, MD.

Z. A. Hirani, R. Ivkov, Y. Zhang, M. Armour, M. A. Hedayati, E. C. Ford, T. L. DeWeese, J. M. Herman. (2009). Evaluation Of Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy (HRT) And Magnetic Nanoparticle Heating For Pancreatic Cancer. Presented at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center Fellow Research Day in Baltimore, MD.

Z. A. Hirani, R. Ivkov, Y. Zhang, M. Armour, M. A. Hedayati, E. C. Ford, T. L. DeWeese, J. M. Herman. (2009). Evaluation Of Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy (HRT) And Magnetic Nanoparticle Heating For Pancreatic Cancer. Presented at the National Institute of Health NanoWeek in Bethesda, MD.