Aims and Perspective

After the promotion of the Medical School Research Management to the Vice Chancellor for Research and Technology of the Medical School in March 2019 through the efforts of the new Dean of the Medical School, Prof. Babak Sayad, the new Vice chancellor expanded its activities in terms of scientific quantity and quality. To improve the quality of the research and technology and to develop it in the fields of Basic and Clinical Medical Sciences, the Vice Chancellor for Research and Technology aimed to:

·         Provide the necessary background for the implementation and fulfillment of research projects including student theses/dissertations, research projects of faculty members, as well as projects related to the disease registration system;  

·         Prepare areas for scientific collaboration with various organizations and universities both domestically and internationally;

·         Implement ministerial and university bylaws, and revision of existing bylaws and regulations;

·         Train the faculty members and students to develop original, clinical and applied research preparation in students through holding seminars and workshops;

·         Improve the quantity and quality of the output of research projects;

·         Monitor the implementation of research projects;

·         Expand the collaborative research projects between faculty members in basic and clinical groups;

·         Prepare the fields for making a research link between the research of the scientific faculty members with the community requirements and with the industry and technology section.

To accomplish these goals, the policy of the expanded department is to plan, manage and encourage the faculty members and students for improving the scientific quality of the research projects using new facilities of the department. Current duties and functions of Vice President of Research and Technology include:

§  Policy making for development of high quality and applied research projects through making sessions with Dean of Faculty, three managers of the department and also with the manager of the Students Research Committee of the faculty

§  Making sessions with Vice Chancellor of Research and Technology of University related to the improvement of the research

§  Management of the meetings of the Faculty Research Council to review and approve the theses/dissertations and research projects of the Faculty of Medicine;

§  Executive all steps thesis registration and delivery at all levels of the study including medical students, specialty and sub-specialty residents, PhDs, general practitioner and master's degree;

§  Supervising thesis defense meetings;

§  Management of the holding briefings, seminars, top theses and top student projects festivals, research workshops and summer schools to empower university students, professors and researchers.

In addition, in order to expand the research unit and to help achieve the goals of this unit, various programs are defined in the short and long term perspective of the department:

¾    Expanding and completing the online portal of Vice Chancellor for Research and Technology of the School, with the aim of disseminating news of research activities, events and opportunities;

¾    Organizing the Research Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Medicine;

¾    Establishing and setting up of theses electronic database;

¾    Establishing an electronic database of research projects and promoting the qualitative and quantitative evaluation of the projects;

¾    Providing necessary arrangements to encourage researchers and to value their research activities;

¾    Continuation of holding research congresses, conferences and festivals with higher quality;

¾    Optimizing the management of the College Library affairs as a subsidiary.