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Three MUMS faculty members won top ranks at the 23rd Razi Research Festival on Medical Sciences. According to Webda, secretariat of the 23rd Razi Research Festival on Medical Sciences announced that Dr. Khalil Abnous (Professor of Medicinal Chemistry at Mashhad University of Medical Sciences), Dr. Majid Ghayour Mobarhan (Associate Professor, MUMS Department of Novel Sciences and Technologies), and Dr. Amir Avan (Assistant Professor at MUMS Department of Novel Sciences and Technologies) won second place in Researchers category, third place in Researchers category, and first place in Young and Student Researchers category, respectively. And, according to the announcement, Biotechnology Research Center of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences ranked first among biomedical research centers. Dr. Abnous, whose name has recently been included in the list of top one percent scientists of the world, has published 203 articles in prestigious international journals, of which 21 are in journals with impact factors higher than 7 , and more than 70 percent of his papers are published in journals with impact factors higher than 3. Four of his articles are among the top 1% most-cited (based on citation number and year of publication). He has completed 131 research projects as principal or contributing researcher, and is doing 94 projects as co-worker or assistant. His h index is currently 23. He has been supervisor of 40 PhD theses and advisor of another 30, as well as 30 general pharmacy dissertations. Dr. Majid Ghayour Mobarhan, associate professor at MUMS Department of Novel Sciences and Technologies won third rank in Researchers category. A total of 305 research projects (completed or ongoing), 318 articles in journals indexed by ISI, Medline, PMC, Chemical Abstract, Cinahl, Scopus, SID/Iranmedex/Magiran and other specialized indexing services, 59 papers presented at national and international conferences, and 15 books on nutrition (compiled or translated) are some of his scientific achievements. Dr. Amir Avan, PhD in Human Genetics and Faculty Member of MUMS Department of Novel Sciences and Technologies has 67 articles published in ISI journals and 12 papers in other periodicals. This young assistant professor has been selected as Top Young Researcher of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences in 2014 and has won numerous research grants and awards from the university and from Ministry of Health, and has had several international achievements as well. MUMS Biotechnology Research Center is one of the most active research centers of the university, headed by Dr. Javad Behravan, professor of biotechnology (with a postdoc in pharmaceutical biotechnology), and it hosts prominent faculty members performing research projects. Almost 82 percent of the 128 papers published by the center last year are indexed at ISI, PubMed and Scopus, and that is why it has been ranked first at Razi Festival from among 168 Iranian biomedical research centers. Biotechnology Research Center was licensed by the Academic Expansion Council of Ministry of Health in 2004, when a few members of the university's Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center formed its original staff. A number of pharmaceutical products developed at the center are currently manufactured and available on the market, indicating that its members are focused on both product development and knowledge production. Sina Curcumin, SinaDoxosome and some other pharmaceutical are examples, brought to Iranian market several years ago. Staff members have also gained significant individual achievements at the national level in previous years - five have previously won various awards at Razi Festival. Award winners of 23rd Razi Research Festival on Medical Sciences were honored in a ceremony held on January 27 in Tehran. |