Nahid Rianon, MBBS, DrPH

Biography

Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs; Professor

Health Systems Science
Clinical Science

Dr. Nahid Rianon is a nationally recognized leader in faculty affairs development, geriatrics, and academic medicine. As Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Professor at Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine (KPSOM), she brings a strategic focus to faculty growth and academic excellence, building on foundational efforts to strengthen promotional pathways and deepen engagement with faculty. Most recently, Dr. Rianon served as Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston and held the Memorial Hermann Endowed Chair in the Joan and Stanford Alexander Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine at McGovern Medical School at the same institution. A physician, educator, researcher, and academic leader, she has founded a geriatric osteoporosis clinic, directed the Acute Care for the Elderly (ACE) unit, led quality improvement and faculty development initiatives, chaired a faculty senate, and launched the Mentoring and Promotion Program (MAPP), a schoolwide initiative supporting faculty advancement. Her scholarly work focuses on healthy aging, osteoporosis, frailty, and faculty development. Her research has been supported by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), NASA, and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), and she has authored more than 70 peer-reviewed publications.

Education and Training

Degrees: MBBS, Salimullah Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh
MPH, University of Texas School of Public Health
DrPH, University of Texas School of Public Health

Postdoctoral Training: Internship, SSMC & Mitford Hospital
Residency, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Family Medicine
Fellowship, National Institute on Aging/NIH, Geriatric Epidemiology
Fellowship, Baylor College of Medicine, Academic and Clinical Geriatrics

Professional Positions

Assistant Professor, Family and Community Medicine: UTHealth McGovern Medical School; 2010-2011

Assistant Professor, Joan and Stanford Alexander Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine, Internal Medicine: UTHealth McGovern Medical School; 2011-2015

Medical Director Acute Care for the Elderly Unit, Memorial Hermenn Hospital: UTHealth McGovern Medical School; 2015-2019

Associate Professor, Joan and Stanford Alexander Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine, Internal Medicine: UTHealth McGovern Medical School; 2016-2022

Professor, Joan and Stanford Alexander Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine, Internal Medicine: UTHealth McGovern Medical School; 2022-2025

Director of Faculty Development, Family and Community Medicine: UTHealth McGovern Medical School; 2019-2023

Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs: UTHealth McGovern Medical School; 2023-2025

Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs: Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine; 2025-present

Professor, Health Systems Science: Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine; 2025-present

Professor, Clinical Science: Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine; 2025-present

Honors and Awards

T. Franklin Williams Scholar: 2013

SMYTHE Award for Outstanding Teaching Faculty: 2016

Fellow, American Geriatrics Society: 2016-present

Dean's Teaching Excellence Award: 2015-2023

Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award: 2022

Co-author of AAMC Group on Faculty Affairs "Best in Class" Article: 2025

Community Engagement

BHOF ECHO Program Speaker: Bone Health & Osteoporosis Foundation; 2020-present

CASFM HIT Workgroup: In collaboration with NAPCRG; 2023-2025

Initiative Lead, Osteoporosis Management Guidelines for Primary Care Providers: Bone Health & Osteoporosis Foundation; 2024

Association of Departments of Family Medicine: Curriculum Committee for Building Research Capacity (BRC); 2024-2025

Member, Planning Committee: 2025 Interdisciplinary Symposium on Osteoporosis (ISO2025), sponsored by the Bone Health & Osteoporosis Foundation; 2025

Scholarly Activities

Selected Research Support

Effects of ACE Inhibitor (ACEI) Use on Bone Turnover in Humans: A Clinical Trial
R03 Grants for Early Medical/Surgical Specialists’ Transition to Aging Research (GEMSSTAR); National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health
Role: Principal Investigator
Award amount: $152,000
October 1, 2013-December 30, 2015; completed

Genomic, Transcriptomic, and Metabolic Effects on Skeletal Health in Mexican Americans
R01; Grant No. GRANT13130885
Role: Co-PI of a multiple PI grant
April 15, 2023-January 31, 2028

RESTORE: Reducing Future Fractures and Improving Outcomes of Fragility Fracture
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI); proposed
Central PI: K. Saag, UAB
Role: Co-Investigator (subcontract)
Proposed for 2024-2025

Study Section Service

AHRQ Healthcare Systems and Value Research (HSVR) Study Section
July 2021-2025

AIMR Study Section, Ad Hoc Member
June 2023-2025

Selected Publications

Factors considered by inter-professional team for treatment decision in hip fracture with dementia. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2019.

Osteoporosis management: Use a goal-oriented, individualized approach. Journal of Family Practice. 2021.

Elevated parathyroid hormone levels in older women treated for osteoporosis using denosumab. European Geriatric Medicine. 2022.

Effects of beta-blockers on bone loss in older adults with dementia in the Health, Aging and Body Composition study. Calcified Tissue International. 2024.

Mentoring for the Diverse Range of Family Physicians' Engagement in Research. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. 2024.

Dynamic Changes in Medication Burden Leading to Fall and Hospital Readmissions in Older Adults. Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy. 2025.

A comparison of patient self-reported fatigue in the FRAIL scale with a validated fatigue measure. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. 2025.

Opportunistic use of Chest X-ray for identifying older adults at risk of osteoporosis and not meeting criteria for screening. Journal of Primary Care and Community Health. 2025.

Evaluation for Osteoporosis Using Low-Dose CT Imaging of the Chest Obtained for Lung Cancer Screening. Chest. 2026.

MedADL: High-throughput information extraction of functional status from electronic health records to advance frailty assessment in older adults. Journal of Gerontology: Series A. 2026.