Nooshin Razani, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
School of Medicine

Education & Training

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• Nature and Pediatric Mental Health UCSF General Pediatrics 2010
• Pediatric Infectious Diseases UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland 2008
• NIMH Fellow in HIV Prevention UCSF Center for AIDS Prevention Studies 2008
• Pediatrics UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland 2004
• Pediatrics University of California, Los Angeles, Harbor General Hospital 2004
• MPH Family and Community Health Harvard University School of Public Health 2001
• MD University of California at San Francisco 2001

Interests

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• Pediatric Mental Health
• Nature and Healing Trauma
• Pediatric Infectious Diseases
• Community mental health
• Behavioral science

Websites

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• Center for Nature and Health (centerfornatureandhealth.org)

Publications (24)

Top publication keywords:
Primary Health CareSocioenvironmental TherapyExercisePublic FacilitiesParentsResilience, PsychologicalStress, PsychologicalVirusesPovertyResidence CharacteristicsSocial Determinants of HealthChild HealthDisease Transmission, InfectiousRespiratory SystemParks, Recreational

• Nature-based biopsychosocial resilience: An integrative theoretical framework for research on nature and health.
  Environment international 2023 White MP, Hartig T, Martin L, Pahl S, van den Berg AE, Wells NM, Costongs C, Dzhambov AM, Elliott LR, Godfrey A, Hartl A, Konijnendijk C, Litt JS, Lovell R, Lymeus F, O'Driscoll C, Pichler C, Pouso S,…
• Transfemoral amputation and prosthesis provision in Tanzania: Patient and provider perspectives.
  African journal of disability 2023 Urva M, Donnelley CA, Challa ST, Haonga BT, Morshed S, Shearer DW, Razani N
• Clarification Regarding "Outdoor Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and Other Respiratory Viruses: A Systematic Review".
  The Journal of infectious diseases 2021 Razani N, Malekinejad M, Rutherford GW
• Outdoor Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and Other Respiratory Viruses: A Systematic Review.
  The Journal of infectious diseases 2021 Bulfone TC, Malekinejad M, Rutherford GW, Razani N
• Justice in Access to the Outdoors
  Park Stewardship Forum 2021 Kelly Taylor Jose Gonzáléz Nooshin Razani

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• Nature and Health in Practice
  Park Stewardship Forum 2021 Nooshin Razani
• Association of neighborhood parks with child health in the United States.
  Preventive medicine 2020 Reuben A, Rutherford GW, James J, Razani N
• Nature as a Community Health Tool: The Case for Healthcare Providers and Systems.
  American journal of preventive medicine 2020 South EC, Kondo MC, Razani N
• Public Lands Are Essential to Public Health During a Pandemic.
  Pediatrics 2020 Razani N, Radhakrishna R, Chan C
• Screening for Park Access during a Primary Care Social Determinants Screen.
  International journal of environmental research and public health 2020 Razani N, Long D, Hessler D, Rutherford GW, Gottlieb LM
• The Association of Knowledge, Attitudes and Access with Park Use before and after a Park-Prescription Intervention for Low-Income Families in the U.S.
  International journal of environmental research and public health 2020 Razani N, Hills NK, Thompson D, Rutherford GW
• Clinic and park partnerships for childhood resilience: A prospective study of park prescriptions.
  Health & place 2019 Razani N, Niknam K, Wells NM, Thompson D, Hills NK, Kennedy G, Gilgoff R, Rutherford GW
• Effect of park prescriptions with and without group visits to parks on stress reduction in low-income parents: SHINE randomized trial.
  PloS one 2018 Razani N, Morshed S, Kohn MA, Wells NM, Thompson D, Alqassari M, Agodi A, Rutherford GW
• Design and evaluation of a park prescription program for stress reduction and health promotion in low-income families: The Stay Healthy in Nature Everyday (SHINE) study protocol.
  Contemporary clinical trials 2016 Razani N, Kohn MA, Wells NM, Thompson D, Hamilton Flores H, Rutherford GW
• Surmounting Barriers to Public Health/Park Agency Partnerships: Insights From a County Public Health Department
  Journal of Park and Recreation Administration 2016 Nooshin Razani Jodi Stookey Laura Brainin-Rodriguez Nina S. Roberts George W. Rutherford Curtis Chan
• High HIV prevalence in a respondent-driven sampling survey of injection drug users in Tehran, Iran.
  AIDS and behavior 2015 Malekinejad M, Mohraz M, Razani N, Akbari G, McFarland W, Khairandish P, Malekafzali H, Gouya MM, Zarghami A, Rutherford GW
• Healing through Nature: A Park-Based Health Intervention for Young People in Oakland, California
  Children, Youth and Environments 2015 Nooshin Razani, Kelley Meade, Christine Schudel, Carol Johnson and Dayna Long
• Neighborhood Characteristics and ADHD: Results of a National Study.
  Journal of attention disorders 2014 Razani N, Hilton JF, Halpern-Felsher BL, Okumura MJ, Morrell HE, Yen IH
• Childhood obesity and the built environment.
  Pediatric annals 2010 Razani N, Tester J
• Injection drug use in Rural Iran: integrating HIV prevention into iran's rural primary health care system.
  AIDS and behavior 2008 Mojtahedzadeh V, Razani N, Malekinejad M, Vazirian M, Shoaee S, Saberi Zafarghandi MB, Hernandez AL, Mandel JS
• Insights from a survey of sexual behavior among a group of at-risk women in Tehran, Iran, 2006.
  AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education 2007 Hajiabdolbaghi M, Razani N, Karami N, Kheirandish P, Mohraz M, Rasoolinejad M, Arefnia K, Kourorian Z, Rutherford G, McFarland W
• HIV risk behavior among injection drug users in Tehran, Iran.
  Addiction (Abingdon, England) 2007 Razani N, Mohraz M, Kheirandish P, Malekinejad M, Malekafzali H, Mokri A, McFarland W, Rutherford G
• How well do trends in HIV prevalence in young people reflect HIV incidence? Results from 10 years of HIV serosurveillance in San Francisco.
  AIDS (London, England) 2006 Razani N, Schwarcz S, Klausner JD, Kohn RP, McFarland W
• Volunteering abroad enriches resident's education.
  Pediatric annals 2004 Razani N