Mohsen Farhadloo, Concordia University

Research

False information Misinformation Disinformation Machine learning Natural language processing Social media

Latest papers

Quality Assessment of Health Information on Social Media During a Public Health Crisis: Infodemiology Study.
JMIR infodemiology · 2025 · senior author
The Effects of Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions on COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations, and Mortality: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis.
AJPM focus · 2023 · senior author
Vaccine hesitancy: evidence from an adverse events following immunization database, and the role of cognitive biases.
BMC public health · 2021

All 3 publications

Latest funding

Understanding the context and discourses of false information on social media
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$26,554
Understanding the context and discourses of false information on social media
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$25,074
Combining Signal Processing and Deep Learning for Bankruptcy Prediction
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$52,718

All 3 grants and awards

3 publications.

01

Quality Assessment of Health Information on Social Media During a Public Health Crisis: Infodemiology Study.

Haghighi R, Farhadloo M

JMIR infodemiology2025Senior author

DOI: 10.2196/70756 PMID: 41135052

02

The Effects of Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions on COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations, and Mortality: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis.

Peters JA, Farhadloo M

AJPM focus2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.focus.2023.100125 PMID: 37362389

03

Vaccine hesitancy: evidence from an adverse events following immunization database, and the role of cognitive biases.

Azarpanah H, Farhadloo M, Vahidov R, Pilote L

BMC public health2021

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-11745-1 PMID: 34530804

Understanding the context and discourses of false information on social media

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Farhadloo, Mohsen

Keywords: False information; Misinformation; Disinformation; Machine learning; Natural language processing; Social media

$26,554

Understanding the context and discourses of false information on social media

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Farhadloo, Mohsen

Keywords: False information; Misinformation; Disinformation; Machine learning; Natural language processing; Social media

$25,074

Combining Signal Processing and Deep Learning for Bankruptcy Prediction

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Lahmiri, Salim

Keywords: Bankruptcy; signal processing; data analytics; machine learning; deep learning; classification

$52,718

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Louise Pilote

Cardiology

1 shared papers, latest 2021

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: False information Dear Professor Farhadloo, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Quality Assessment of Health Information on Social Media During a Public Health Crisis: Infodemiology Study." (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Understanding the context and discourses of false information on social media" (2022), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]