Vahid Rashedi, Ph.D., MPH, is an Assistant Professor at the University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran. He holds a Ph.D. in Gerontology (2017) and an MPH in Mental Health (2021), and his research focuses on mental health, psychogeriatrics, and cognition in later life. Since 2019, he has been a Senior Collaborator on the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington. He has directed two university incubators for health technology and rehabilitation equipment, holds four patents in rehabilitation devices, and has been included in Stanford/Elsevier's list of the world's top 2% scientists (2022–2026). He is a member of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA), the International Society to Advance Alzheimer's Research and Treatment (ISTAART), and the American Psychological Association (APA).