Dr. Amir Mofidi
Amir Mofidi is a post-doctoral fellow at the Institute for Work & Health.
Mofidi earned his PhD in occupational health economics at Tarbiat Modares University (TMU) in Iran. Mofidi also has a master’s degree in industrial hygiene and a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering.
Mofidi's doctoral research explored the development of a framework for economic evaluations of OHS interventions under uncertain conditions and/or with incomplete information. Mofidi joined the Institute as a visiting researcher in 2017, while completing his PhD, to work on an evaluation of prevention strategies for reducing the future risk of occupational lung cancer in the Ontario construction industry. He also worked on an evaluation of the economic burden of occupational injury and illness in five European Union (EU) countries, and an economic evaluation of caregiver-friendly workplace policies.
Mofidi’s current research at the Institutes lies at the intersection of occupational health and safety and economics. It includes studies such as the estimation of the economic burden of occupational injuries and illnesses, the economic evaluation of OHS interventions, and the socio-economic burden of work disability.
“Moral, legal and economic reasons are usually considered the primary motives for investing in occupational health and safety. My research looks at the economic and social costs and benefits of occupational health and safety, as I believe rigorous research on their magnitude can help inform priority-setting when investing scarce resources. Many of the indirect and intangible benefits of workplace health and safety are not well documented and, through my work, I can help bring to light this hidden part of the costs-and-benefits iceberg.” – Dr. Amir Mofidi
Research areas
Projects
- Evaluating prevention strategies to reduce the risk of work-related cancers in Ontario’s construction sector. Funded by European Agency for Safety and Health at Work. Ongoing.
- Costs of work-related injuries, illnesses and deaths in the European Union. Funded by European Agency for Safety and Health at Work. Completed.
Publications
- Tompa E, Mofidi A, van den Heuvel S, van Bree T, Michaelsen F, Jung Y, Porsch L, van Emmerik M. Economic burden of work injuries and diseases: a framework and application in five European Union countries. BMC Public Health. 2021;21(1):49. doi:10.1186/s12889-020-10050-7.
- Mofidi A, Tompa E, Mortazavi SB, Esfahanipour A, Demers P. A probabilistic approach for economic evaluation of occupational health and safety interventions: a case study of silica exposure reduction interventions in the construction sector. BMC Public Health. 2020;20(1):210. doi:10.1186/s12889-020-8307-7.
- Mofidi A, Tompa E, Williams AM, Yazdani A, Lero DS, Mortazavi SB. Impact of a caregiver-friendly workplace policies intervention: a prospective economic evaluation. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2019;61(6):461-468. doi:10.1097/JOM.0000000000001564.
- Mofidi A, Tompa E, Spencer J, Kalcevich C, Peters CE, Kim J, Song C, Mortazavi SB, Demers P. The economic burden of occupational non-melanoma skin cancer due to solar radiation. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene. 2018;15(6):481-191. doi:10.1080/15459624.2018.1447118.
Speaker Series presentations
- Estimating the economic burden of work injuries and illnesses in the European Union. IWH Speaker Series. November 12, 2019.
Interviews and articles
- Estimating the societal costs of work injuries and illnesses in five EU countries. At Work: Institute for Work & Health; No. 99, Winter 2020.