Dr Mehrsa Zakershahrak
Higher Degree by Research Candidate
PhD Candidate
Adelaide Dental School
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Dr Mehrsa Zakershahrak holds a Doctor of Dental Surgery (D.D.S) degree (Professional Doctorate) in Dentistry.
Mehrsa is currently a PhD candidate and researcher under the supervision of Prof. David Brennan and Dr Dandara Haag at the University of Adelaide, Dental school, ARCPOH.
Her research mainly focuses on the psychosocial and socioeconomic determinants of oral health.
Research Interests:
- Oral health
- Public oral health
- Patient-reported outcome measures
- interaction and main effect
- Dental and oral health promotion interventions (community-based and evidence-based)
- Preventive Dental Care and Dentistry
- Head and neck cancers, oral cancers, treatments and patient managements
- Cancer cell biology, Integrins in head and neck cancers
- Low-level laser therapy in dentistry
- Postoperative pain and swelling management
- Endodontic treatment
- Autogenous tooth transplantation
- HIV /AIDS (stigma and discrimination)
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Awards and Achievements
Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount 2019 Scholarship Adelaide scholarships international Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health (ARCPOH), Adelaide Dental School, University of Adelaide Australia — -
Language Competencies
Language Competency English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review Persian Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review -
Postgraduate Training
Date Title Institution Country 2019 PhD in Dentistry University of Adelaide Australia -
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Journals
Year Citation 2017 Moshari, A., Vatanpour, M., Esna Ashari, E., Zakershahrak, M., & Ara, A. (2017). Nonsurgical management of an extensive endodontic periapical lesion: A case report. Iranian Endodontic Journal, 12(1), 116-119.
Scopus2 Europe PMC12017 Zakershahrak, M., Moshari, A., Vatanpour, M., Khalilak, Z., & Jalali Ara, A. (2017). Autogenous transplantation for replacing a hopeless tooth. Iranian Endodontic Journal, 12(1), 124-127.
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Conference Papers
Year Citation 2016 Moshari, A., Vatanpour, M., & Zakershahrak, M. (2016). The efficacy of low-level laser treatment in reducing pain and swelling after endodontic surgery: A systematic review. In D. Todea, A. Podoleanu, & V. Duma (Eds.), Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 9670 (pp. 4 pages). Bucharest, ROMANIA: SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING.
2015 Zakershahrak, M., & Zakershahrak, M. (2015). HIV/AIDS-Related Stigma and Discrimination among Dentists. In HN10101120071. Shiraz, Iran.
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