Parnian Hossein Pour, BSc, MPH


Research Coordinator


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. 
 
Selected publications:

Racial disparities in maternal transfusion in the United States by mode of deliveryParnian Hossein Pour, Maya Rajasingham, Giulia M. MuracaAmerican Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2024Semantic ScholarDOI
Risk of cervical laceration in forceps vs vacuum delivery: A systematic review and meta‐analysisParnian Hossein-Pour, Maya Rajasingham, Giulia M MuracaActa Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, 2024Semantic ScholarDOIPubMedCentralPubMed
Temporal trends in peripartum hysterectomy among individuals with a previous cesarean delivery by race/ethnicity in the United States: A population-based cohort studyMaya Rajasingham, Parnian Hossein Pour, Sarah Scattolon, Giulia M MuracaPLoS ONE, 2024Semantic ScholarDOIPubMedCentralPubMed
Racial disparities in maternal blood transfusion in the United States by mode of deliveryParnian Hossein-Pour, Maya Rajasingham, Michelle P. Zeller, Giulia M. MuracaPLOS ONE, vol. 19, Public Library of Science, 2024 Oct, pp. 1-13
2025Risk of cervical laceration in forceps vs vacuum delivery: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Parnian Hossein-Pour, Maya Rajasingham, Giulia M MuracaActa Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, vol. 104(1), 2025, pp. 29-38Semantic ScholarDOIPubMed