Education
Ph.D. Candidate
Ghent University; Ghent, Belgium [2020– ]
Master of Design for Health (MDes)
OCAD University; Toronto, Canada 2018
Master of Architecture
Azad University; Tehran, Iran 2002
Bachelor of Architecture
Azad University; Tehran, Iran 2000
“Building and Room Acoustics”, The Autumn School Series in Acoustics (ASSA)
Eindhoven, Netherlands November 2022
Acoustical Society of America (ASA) Summer School
Denver, USA May 2022
Registration, Accreditations & Membership
Registered Architect, OAA
MRAIC
NCARB Certified
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
Teaching & Committee Experience
Inclusive Art, Design & Community | Master of Inclusive Design; OCAD University – Summer 2023
Major Research Project Proposal | Master of Inclusive Design; OCAD University – Winter 2023
Lab 4: Research Colloquium | Master of Inclusive Design; OCAD University – Winter 2022&23
Lab 1: Design Opportunities | Master of Inclusive Design; OCAD University – Fall 2022
Studio 1: Corporeal | Master of Design for Health; OCAD University – Fall 2021
Systems 3: Communication | Master of Design for Health; OCAD University – Summer 2021
Teaching Assistant | Environmental Design; OCAD University – Winter 2020
Communication Committee member | Ontario Association of Architects – 2020–2022
AGE-WELL HQP Advisory Committee | 2018–2021
Hiring Committee | Faculty of Design; OCAD University – 2018
Search Committee for Interim Graduate Program Director | Design for Health; OCAD University – 2018
Senate Student Appeals Committee | OCAD University – 2017–2019
Work experiences
Montgomery Sisam Architects | Senior Project Architect, Toronto 2022 – Present
• Long–Term Care facilities, Senior Housing and Retirement Home projects; Ontario
Kasian | Senior Project Architect, Toronto 2019 – 2022
• Institutional and Senior Housing projects; Ontario
Wallman Architects | Designer / Architect, Toronto 2017 – 2019
• Senior Housing and Mixed-Use projects; Ontario and Alberta
Humphreys & Partners Architects | Designer / Architect, Toronto 2015 – 2017
• Student housing and rental properties; Canada and US
Page + Steele / IBI Group Architects | Designer / Intern Architect, Toronto 2013 – 2015
• Mixed-Use, High Rise, Senior Housing projects; Canada and US
HOK | Intern Architect, Toronto 2010 – 2013
• Commercial projects; Canada
Core Architects | Intern Architect, Toronto 2006 – 2010
• Residential and Mixed-Use projects; Ontario
Research Experience
Evaluation of Personalized Soundscape effects on Persons with Dementia; a pilot Randomized Clinical Trial, Specialized Dementia Unit | Research Supervisor: Dr. ir. Dick Botteldooren
Sound Level Monitoring and Soundscape Approach in Designing Dementia Care Unit: A Case Study at Toronto Rehab Institute, Geriatric Psychiatry Unit | Research Supervisor: Dr. Andrea Iaboni
Social Cognition and Dementia; Inclusive Care | Research Advisor: Dr. Jutta Treviranus
MouvMat: An interactive gaming surface designed for older adults | Co-researcher
Conferences and Publications
• Talebzadeh, A., Decoutere, I., Mynsbrugge, T. Vander, Botteldooren, D., Devos, P., Aletta, F., Van De Velde, D., & De Vriendt, P. (2023). The Influence of Everyday Acoustic Environments on the Challenging Behavior in Dementia: A Participatory Observation Study in Nursing Homes. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 20, 4191.
• Talebzadeh, A. (2022, September 16). Promoting Healthy and Supportive Indoor Soundscapes [Webinar], MDPI
• Talebzadeh, A., De Vriendt, P., Devos, P., & Botteldooren, D. (2022). Use of virtual reality in designing and developing soundscape for dementia care facilities. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 151(4), A250-A250.
• Talebzadeh, A., & Botteldooren, D. (2022). Designing personalized soundscape for care facilities. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 151(4), A72-A72.
• Talebzadeh, A., & Botteldooren, D. (2021). Soundscape design for people with dementia; The correlation between psychoacoustic parameter and human perception of safety and mood. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 149(4), A71-A71.
• Talebzadeh, A., Iaboni, A., Devos, P., Botteldooren, D., Van de Velde, D., & De Vriendt, P. (October 2020). Randomized clinical trial in soundscape research, Presentation at INTER-NOISE and NOISE-CON Congress, (e-Congress)
• Talebzadeh, A. (June 2020). Soundscape, human perception, and the built environment, Presentation at Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC), Edmonton, AB, Canada (Virtual Conference)
• Talebzadeh, A. (May 2020). Scientific Approach in Designing Soundscape in Dementia Care Units, Invited Presentation at Acoustical Society of America (ASA), Chicago, Illinois, US. (Postponed)
• Talebzadeh, A., Behboudi, R. & Iaboni, A. (May 2019). Soundscape in dementia care environment, Presentation at Acoustical Society of America (ASA), Louisville, Kentucky, US.
• Talebzadeh, A. & Iaboni, A. (January 2019). Soundscape and Dementia, Presentation at Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Research Day, Toronto, ON, Canada.
• Talebzadeh, A. & Iaboni, A. (2018). Soundscape and Dementia. Poster. AGE-WELL’s 4th Annual Conference Innovation in Action, October 16–18, 2018 Vancouver: BC, Canada.
• Chu, Sultana, Talebzadeh, A., Gautier-Beaupre & Biss (2018). User-centered study design protocol for an exergaming technology for older adults in long-term care. Poster. AGE-WELL’s 4th Annual Conference Innovation in Action, October 16–18, 2018 Vancouver: BC, Canada.
• Massicotte, K., Saby, A. & Talebzadeh, A., (May 2018). Evolution of the Digital Healthcare Record, Exploring Visualization through Synthesis Mapping. Poster. e-health Conference 2018, Vancouver,BC, Canada.
• Talebzadeh, A., Massicotte, K., & Saby, A. (October 2017). Evolution of the Digital Healthcare Record. Poster presented at RSD6, 2017 Symposium, Oslo, Norway.
• Sultana, A., Biss, R., Gauthier-Beaupré, A., Talebzadeh, A. & Chu, C. H. (October 2017). The application of user-centred design to develop an interactive digital gaming surface for older adults in nursing homes. Poster presented at the Canadian Association on Gerontology 2017 Conference, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
• Biss, R., Chu, C. H., Gauthier-Beaupré, A., Talebzadeh, A., & Sultana, A. (October 2017). Exergame interventions for institutionalized older adults: A review of motivational, cognitive, emotional, and social effects. Poster presented at the Canadian Association on Gerontology 2017 Conference, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
• Talebzadeh, A., & Ashourinia, K. (November 2017). How to design an Inclusive Care, based on Individual’s Social Cognition to improve quality of life for people with Dementia? Poster presented at the 9th Canadian Conference on Dementia, Toronto, ON, Canada.
• Gauthier-Beaupré, A., Biss, R., Sultana, A., Talebzadeh, A., & Chu, C. H. (November 2017). The effects of exergaming interventions on cognition and physical activity of institutionalized older adults: A systematic review. Poster presented at the 9th Canadian Conference on Dementia, Toronto, ON, Canada.
• Talebzadeh, A., & Lang, A. (November 2017). Sensory for Dementia. Light and sound in long term care environment. Poster presented at This is Long Term Care, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Scholarships and GRANTS
AGE-WELL ACCESS Award | 2022 – 450 €
ASA Best Paper | Young Investigator Award in Noise; 2021 – $250 US
HEAD-Genuit-Stiftung | Clinical Validation of the effect of soundscape modification on the well-being and behaviour of people with dementia in a clinical context; 2020–2021 – 101,000 €
ASA Early Travel Subsidies | 2019 – $500 US
AGE-WELL ACCESS Award | 2018 – $1,850 CAD
Centre for Aging and Brain Health Innovation | SPARK Program Funding; 2018 – $50,000
AGE-WELL EPIC Summer Institute Pitch Award | 2017 – $1,500 CAD
AGE–WELL & OCADU Graduate Scholarship | 2016 – $5,000 CAD
The Manchee Family | OCADU Graduate Scholarship; 2016 – $9,500 CAD
Creative Projects
Podcast Producer | Quantization; 2016 – Present
Light Installation | Nuit Blanche; Toronto 2012
Video Installation | Future of Architecture, OAA; Toronto 2012