Giulia M. Muraca, PhD - Parnian Hossein Pour, BSc, MPH

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Parnian is a research coordinator with PERL working on projects focused on severe maternal morbidity in Canada. She completed her Master's of Public Health in the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact at McMaster University after she completed a Bachelor of Science in Life Sciences at Queen's University. Parnian did her MPH practicum with PERL where her work focused on characterizing the risk factors for cervical injury during childbirth and advancing health equity in maternal outcomes, such as transfusion and hysterectomy. She has worked as an Epidemiologist/Biostatistician in the Maternal and Child Health Division of the Public Health Agency of Canada.

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Parnian delivering an oral presentation of her research at the Canadian National Perinatal Research Meeting in Montreal, Quebec, on May 13th, 2025.

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Parnian celebrating a well-deserved Best Oral Presentation award from the Canadian National Perinatal Research Meeting in Vancouver, BC, in June 2024.

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Parnian presenting her poster at the Canadian National Perinatal Research Meeting in Vancouver, BC, June 2024.

Selected publications:

Racial and ethnic disparities in obstetric anal sphincter injury: cross-sectional study in the USA

Maya Rajasingham, Parnian Hossein-Pour, Rohan D'Souza, Roxana Geoffrion, Cande V. Ananth, Giulia M Muraca

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2025

Semantic Scholar DOI PubMed

Risk of cervical laceration in forceps vs vacuum delivery: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Parnian Hossein-Pour, Maya Rajasingham, Giulia M Muraca

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, vol. 104(1), 2025, pp. 29-38

Semantic Scholar DOI PubMed

Racial disparities in maternal transfusion in the United States by mode of delivery