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Dr. S. (Shahab) Abtahi

Assistant Professor 
Science
Pharmaceutical sciences
Pharmacoepi. and Clinical Pharmacol.
Pharmacoepi. and Clinical Pharmacol.
David de Wiedgebouw
Universiteitsweg 99
Kamer 1.01
3584 CG Utrecht

Dr. S. (Shahab) Abtahi

Assistant Professor
Pharmacoepi. and Clinical Pharmacol.
+31 6 18 821 373
s.abtahi@uu.nl
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Areas of expertise
Skills

Publications

2025

Scholarly publications

Kanning, J. P., Wang, J., Abtahi, S., Geerlings, M. I., & Ruigrok, Y. M. (2025). Identifying novel risk factors for aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage using machine learning. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 9256. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-88826-3

2024

Scholarly publications

van Vliet, E., Lipovec, N. Č., van der Goot, M., Abtahi, S., Ribeiro-Vaz, I., Poplavska, E., Dermiki-Gkana, F., Oikonomou, C., Deligianni, E., Kontogiorgis, C., Silva, A. M., Ferreira, P. B. S., Kos, M., Almarsdóttir, A. B., Jacobsen, R., Buhl, C., de Bruijn, A., Hegger, I., & Alves, T. L. (2024). Impact of Regulatory Risk Communication on Thrombosis With Thrombocytopenia Syndrome for COVID-19 Adenovirus Vector Vaccines on European Healthcare Professionals. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 33(12), Article e70057. https://doi.org/10.1002/pds.70057
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/246892922/Pharmacoepidemiology_and_Drug_-_2024_-_van_Vliet_-_Impact_of_Regulatory_Risk_Communication_on_Thrombosis_With.pdf
Iversen, D. B., Dunvald, A.-C. D., Ernst, M. T., Abtahi, S., Souverein, P., Klungel, O., Jeppesen, G. B., Nielsen, F., Brøsen, K., Hammer, H. S., Pötz, O., Damkier, P., Järvinen, E., Pottegård, A., & Stage, T. B. (2024). Dicloxacillin is an inducer of intestinal P-glycoprotein but neither dicloxacillin nor flucloxacillin increases the risk of stroke/systemic embolism in direct oral anticoagulant users. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 90(12), 3252-3262. https://doi.org/10.1111/bcp.16190
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/247231380/Brit_J_Clinical_Pharma_-_2024_-_Iversen_-_Dicloxacillin_is_an_inducer_of_intestinal_P_glycoprotein_but_neither.pdf
Kanning, J. P., Abtahi, S., Schnier, C., Klungel, O. H., Geerlings, M. I., & Ruigrok, Y. M. (2024). Prescribed Drug Use and Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Incidence: A Drug-Wide Association Study. Neurology, 102(12), Article e209479. https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000209479
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/226633463/WNL.0000000000209479.pdf
Buhl, C., Jacobsen, R., Almarsdóttir, A. B., Abtahi, S., Andersen, A., Deligianni, E., Dermiki-Gkana, F., Kontogiorgis, C., Oikonomou, C., Kursite, M., Poplavska, E., Hegger, I., Goot, M. V. D., Ferreira, P. B. S., Ribeiro-Vaz, I., Silva, A. M., Kos, M., Lipovec, N. Č., Vliet, E. V., & Alves, T. L. (2024). Public's perspective on COVID-19 adenovirus vector vaccines after thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS) reports and associated regulatory actions: A cross-sectional study in six EU member states. Vaccine, 42(3), 556-563. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.12.065
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/437776/1-s2.0-S0264410X23015116-main.pdf?sequence=1

2023

Scholarly publications

Tsai, D. H.-T., Bell, J. S., Abtahi, S., Baak, B. N., Bazelier, M. T., Brauer, R., Chan, A. Y. L., Chan, E. W., Chen, H., Chui, C. S. L., Cook, S., Crystal, S., Gandhi, P., Hartikainen, S., Ho, F. K., Hsu, S.-T., Ilomäki, J., Kim, J. H., Klungel, O. H., ... Lai, E. C.-C. (2023). Cross-Regional Data Initiative for the Assessment and Development of Treatment for Neurological and Mental Disorders. Clinical Epidemiology, 2023(15), 1241-1252. https://doi.org/10.2147/CLEP.S426485
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/435141/CLEP-426485-cross-regional-data----initiative-for-the-assessment-and-dev.pdf?sequence=1
Durán, C. E., Riera-Arnau, J., Abtahi, S., Pajouheshnia, R., Hoxhaj, V., Gamba, M., Alsina, E., Martin-Perez, M., Garcia-Poza, P., Llorente-Garcia, A., Gonzalez-Bermejo, D., Ibánez, L., Sabaté, M., Vidal, X., Ballarín, E., Sanfélix-Gimeno, G., Rodríguez-Bernal, C., Peiró, S., García-Sempere, A., ... Sturkenboom, M. (2023). Impact of the 2018 revised Pregnancy Prevention Programme by the European Medicines Agency on the use of oral retinoids in females of childbearing age in Denmark, Italy, Netherlands, and Spain: an interrupted time series analysis. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 14, Article 1207976. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2023.1207976
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/432866/fphar-14-1207976.pdf?sequence=1
Abtahi, S., Pajouheshnia, R., Durán, C. E., Riera-Arnau, J., Gamba, M., Alsina, E., Hoxhaj, V., Andersen, M., Bartolini, C., Kristiansen, S. B., Brown, J., Hallgreen, C. E., Garcia-Poza, P., Gardarsdottir, H., Gini, R., Girardi, A., Holthuis, E., Huerta, C., Ibánez, L., ... Klungel, O. (2023). Impact of 2018 EU Risk Minimisation Measures and Revised Pregnancy Prevention Programme on Utilisation and Prescribing Trends of Medicinal Products Containing Valproate: An Interrupted Time Series Study. Drug Safety, 46(7), 689-702. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40264-023-01314-3
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/429522/s40264-023-01314-3.pdf?sequence=1
Abtahi, S., Driessen, J. H. M., Burden, A. M., Souverein, P. C., Van Den Bergh, J. P., & Boonen, A. (2023). Response to: 'Correspondence on 'Concomitant use of oral glucocorticoids and proton pump inhibitors and risk of osteoporotic fractures among patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A population-based cohort study' by Gong and Zhang and Lin et al. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 82(6), Article e143. https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-220477
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/431391/e143.full.pdf?sequence=1
Abtahi, S., Driessen, J. H. M., Burden, A. M., Souverein, P. C., van den Bergh, J. P., van Staa, T. P., Boonen, A., & de Vries, F. (2023). Response to: 'Correspondence on 'Concomitant use of oral glucocorticoids and proton pump inhibitors and risk of osteoporotic fractures among patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a population-based cohort study'' by Zheng. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 82(4), Article e219856. https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-219856
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/431370/e94.full.pdf?sequence=1

2022

Scholarly publications

van Veelen, A., Abtahi, S., Souverein, P., Driessen, J. H. M., Klungel, O. H., Dingemans, A.-M. C., van Geel, R., de Vries, F., & Croes, S. (2022). Characteristics of patients with lung cancer in clinical practice and their potential eligibility for clinical trials evaluating tyrosine kinase inhibitors or immune checkpoint inhibitors. Cancer Epidemiology, 78, 1-8. Article 102149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2022.102149
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/421387/1_s2.0_S1877782122000546_main.pdf?sequence=1
Abtahi, S., Cordtz, R., Dreyer, L., Driessen, J. H. M., Boonen, A., & Burden, A. M. (2022). Biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs and osteoporotic fracture risk in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a Danish cohort study. The American Journal of Medicine, 135(7), 879-888.e3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2022.01.017
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/421899/main.pdf?sequence=1
Abtahi, S., Driessen, J. H. M., Burden, A. M., Souverein, P. C., van den Bergh, J. P., van Staa, T. P., Boonen, A., & de Vries, F. (2022). Low-dose oral glucocorticoid therapy and risk of osteoporotic fractures in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a cohort study using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink. Rheumatology (Oxford, England), 61(4), 1448–1458. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keab548
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/431651/keab548.pdf?sequence=1

2021

Scholarly publications

Abtahi, S. (2021). Osteoporotic Fractures: Relation to Mortality, Medication Use, and Rheumatoid Arthritis (1 ed.). [Doctoral thesis 3 (Research UU / Graduation NOT UU), Maastricht University]. Maastricht University. https://doi.org/10.26481/dis.20211028sa
Abtahi, S., Driessen, J. H. M., Burden, A. M., Souverein, P. C., van den Bergh, J. P., van Staa, T. P., Boonen, A., & de Vries, F. (2021). Concomitant use of oral glucocorticoids and proton pump inhibitors and risk of osteoporotic fractures among patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a population-based cohort study. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 80(4), 423–431. https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-218758
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/410306/423.full.pdf?sequence=1

2020

Scholarly publications

Abtahi, S., Burden, A. M., Geusens, P., van den Bergh, J. P., van Staa, T., & de Vries, F. (2020). The Association of Oral Bisphosphonate Use With Mortality Risk Following a Major Osteoporotic Fracture in the United Kingdom: Population-Based Cohort Study. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 21(6), 811-816. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2019.11.003
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/407841/Abtahi_2019_The_Association_of_Oral_Bisphosphonate_Use_With_Mo.pdf?sequence=1

2019

Scholarly publications

Abtahi, S., Oshagbemi, OA., & van, V. A. (2019). Impact of Average Daily and Cumulative Dose of Statins on Mortality Risk Among Healthy Elderly. The American Journal of Medicine, 132(7), e621-e621. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2019.02.029
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/239893074/1-s2.0-S0002934319302244-main.pdf
Nasimi, M., Abedini, R., Daneshpazjooh, M., Esmaeilpour, A., Ghaedi, F., Teimourpour, A., & Abtahi, S. (2019). Illness perception of patients with pemphigus vulgaris. International Journal of Women's Dermatology, 5(2), 96-99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijwd.2018.08.012
Abtahi, S., Oshagbemi, O. A., Veelen, A., & Geel, R. M. J. M. (2019). The role of misclassification of exposure in the association between aspirin and nonsteroidal anti‐inflammatory drug use and keratinocyte cancers. British Journal of Dermatology, 181(3), 642-642. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjd.18134
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/239888559/bjd0642.pdf
Abtahi, S. (2019). The role of long‐term effects of allopurinol on cardiovascular outcomes and all‐cause mortality in diabetes. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, 21(9), 2180-2180. https://doi.org/10.1111/dom.13790
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/239874802/Diabetes_Obesity_Metabolism_-_2019_-_Abtahi_-_The_role_of_long_term_effects_of_allopurinol_on_cardiovascular_outcomes_and.pdf
Abtahi, S., Driessen, JHM., Vestergaard, P., van, D. B. J., Boonen, A., de Vries, F., & Burden, AM. (2019). Secular trends in major osteoporotic fractures among 50+ adults in Denmark between 1995 and 2010. Osteoporosis International, 30(11), 2217-2223. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-019-05109-0
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/389999/Abtahi2019_Article_SecularTrendsInMajorOsteoporot.pdf?sequence=1

2018

Scholarly publications

Kamyab, K., Rezvani, M., Seirafi, H., Mortazavi, S., Teymourpour, A., Abtahi, S., & Nasimi, M. (2018). Distinguishing immunohistochemical features of alopecia areata from androgenic alopecia. Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocd.12677
Amiche, M. A., Abtahi, S., Driessen, J. H. M., Vestergaard, P., de Vries, F., Cadarette, S. M., & Burden, A. M. (2018). Impact of cumulative exposure to high-dose oral glucocorticoids on fracture risk in Denmark: a population-based case-control study. Archives of Osteoporosis, 13(1), 1-10. Article 30. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11657-018-0424-x
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/376472/cumulative.pdf?sequence=1

2017

Scholarly publications

Abtahi, S., Seirafi, H., Balighi, K., Ehsani, A. H., Farnaghi, F., & Mobasher, P. (2017). Psoralen and UltraViolet A in Atopic Dermatitis. Journal of Skin and Stem Cell, 4(2).

2014

Scholarly publications

Ebrahimifard, F., Shirvani, A., Abtahi, S., & Setayesh, A. (2014). Internal jugular catheter malposition in a patient with end stage renal disease: a case report. Acta Medica Iranica.

2004

Professional publications

Abtahi, S., Rafiei, M., Fallahi, M., & Bastin, H. (2004). زیست شناسی سلولی و ملکولی (Cellular & Molecular Biology). Mir Publication, Tehran.
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