Assist. Prof. Dr. Leila Omidi, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Assist. Prof. Dr. Leila Omidi is a faculty member at the Department of Occupational Health Engineering, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran. She specializes in safety engineering, resilience, and risk analysis. Dr. Omidi has led several national projects focused on hospital and industrial safety systems and serves as an international representative of her department. She is also actively involved in academic publishing, serving as Managing Editor and Scientific Editor for occupational health journals. Her work integrates theory and real-world applications, especially in high-risk environments, reflecting her deep commitment to advancing health and safety performance in both academic and industrial contexts. 👩🏫
Publication Profile
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🎓 Education
Dr. Leila Omidi holds a Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Occupational Health and Safety Engineering from Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, respectively. Her doctoral research focused on optimizing risk-based resilience in fire systems within oil refineries, while her master’s work explored simulation-based strategies for reliability-centered maintenance. Her academic background is deeply rooted in the integration of safety engineering, risk analysis, and system resilience. She has received fellowships and national recognition for academic excellence and has been acknowledged as an exceptional talent by Iran’s National Elites Foundation. Her education uniquely blends safety science with engineering innovation. 🎓📚
🛠 Experience
Dr. Omidi has been serving as Assistant Professor at Tehran University of Medical Sciences since 2021. She has extensive teaching experience in occupational health, process safety, accident analysis, and human error at both graduate and undergraduate levels. Beyond academia, she has held roles as a health expert for Iran’s Ministry of Health and served as a safety advisor in industrial settings, including Gam Metal Casting and MizanBinazir Industrial Company. She has also contributed to academic publishing as Managing Editor of the Journal of Health and Safety at Work and as a Scientific Editor for Journal of Iran Occupational Health. 🏥🧪
🏅 Awards and Honors
Dr. Omidi has received numerous awards and fellowships recognizing her academic excellence and research contributions. She was twice awarded as the top student of her department during her MSc studies and acknowledged as an exceptional talent by the National Elites Foundation of Iran. She earned a Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship and multiple research grants from leading universities and ministries. Notably, her work in traffic safety, resilience engineering, and human error has been funded by institutions such as Tehran, Tabriz, and Iran University of Medical Sciences. Her contributions have elevated safety performance research in both healthcare and industrial sectors. 🎖️🏆
🔬 Research Focus
Dr. Omidi’s research focuses on process safety, human reliability analysis (HRA), risk assessment, and resilience engineering, with a special interest in safety performance metrics and safety culture. She investigates complex systems such as fire suppression networks in oil refineries and human factors in hospital evacuation. Her interdisciplinary studies integrate simulation tools, decision-making models, and reliability-centered strategies to enhance system safety. Her goal is to bridge theoretical frameworks and applied practices in high-risk environments like healthcare, chemical industries, and public health systems. Her recent projects explore novel approaches to vulnerability, safety citizenship behavior, and mindful organizing in safety-critical domains. 🔍🧯
Publication Top Notes
📘 “Resilience assessment in process industries: A review of literature” – M. Ghaljahi, L. Omidi, A. Karimi | Year: N/A | Cited by: 0 📉
📘 “Safety leadership and safety citizenship behavior: the mediating roles of safety knowledge, safety motivation, and psychological contract of safety” – L. Omidi, H. Karimi, C.J. Pilbeam, S. Mousavi, G.R. Moradi | Year: 2025 | Cited by: 3 📈
📘 “Evaluation of Domino Effects and Vulnerability Analysis of Oil Product Storage Tanks Using Graph Theory and Bayesian Networks in a Process Industry” – M. Ghaljahi, L. Omidi, A. Karimi | Year: 2024 | Cited by: 1 🔍