Dr. Maryam Ahmadian is currently in her second Postdoctoral appointment in Women's Studies in Tehran, Iran. She completed her first Postdoctoral Fellowship in Community Development and Health Promotion at the University Putra Malaysia. She was a Research Fellow at the Cancer Resource and Education Center in the faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at the University Putra Malaysia. She was also a Visiting Scholar at the Center for Health and Risk Communication in George Mason University, Virginia, United States. She has over 20 years of experience in Social Sciences and Health Promotion.

Her areas of expertise are: Community Development, Community Psychology, Health Promotion, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Public Health, Preventive Health Behaviors, and Women’s Empowerment.