ScientificResume Specialistinpsychiatry Bornin1964 Educationalbackground: 1994DoctorofMedicine,KermanshahMedicalSciencesUniversity GeneralMedicineThesis:Electroconvulsivetherapy(ECT)inchronicschizophrenia SpecialtyThesis:PharmacotherapyofMentalDisorders Specialistinpsychiatry1998ShahidBeheshtiUniversityofMedicalSciences Fieldsofexpertise: •ClinicalHypnosis •Psychiatry ResearchActivities: •ProjectConsultantofBioMedicalEngineeringDotorate:Evaluationofconsciousness fluctuationsduringhypnosisusingbrainsignals(TehranAmirkabirUniversityofTechnology andScientificSocietyofClinicalHypnosis-2003)(AliMotieNasrabadiPhD) •ProjectConsultantofMasterinBiomedicalEngineering:”AnalysisofEEGsignalsusing higherorderspectratostudyhypnosis”(VahidAbootalebiPhD)1999SharifUniversityof Technology •ProjectConsultantofMasterinBiomedicalEngineering:AssessingtheEEGunderhypnosis (SoroorBehbahani)AzadUniversityofTehran-2010 •TranslationEditor:HandbookofHypnoticSuggestionsandMetaphors:CorydonHammond (Tehran2003RCISPpublication) •PharmacotherapyofMentalDisorders(Co-writingwithMostafaHamdiehM.D-Tehran Toorang-1999) Practicalexperience: •Member,BoardSecretaryandPresidentoftheIranianScientificSocietyofClinicalHypnosis (from1999tillnow) •Teacher–LecturerofClinicalHypnosis(from1997tillnow) •AdvancedResearcheratRCISP(ResearchCenterofIntelligentSignalProcessing(from2000 tillnow) Researchareasofinterest: •Clinicalapplicationsofhypnosis •Diagnosticapplicationsofvitalsignals. •CredibilityAssessment(andLieDetection) E-mail: asharifi@yahoo.com DrSharifiPsychiatrist@gmail.com