TUMS Chancellor’s Message for Avicenna’s Birthday, Physicians Day 2011

TUMS Chancellor’s Message for Avicenna’s Birthday, Physicians Day 2011
Date: 8/23/2011

TUMSPR News: TUMS Chancellor send a message to physicians on the birthday of Avicenna and Physicians Day to honor their undertakings in alleviating pain and suffering of patients on Aug 23, 2011.

Honoring Avicenna’s contributions to medicine in his homeland, Iran, his birthday is celebrated as Physicians Day on the 23rd of August each year.

Sending a message to physicians on the occasion, TUMS Chancellor, Dr. Bagher Larijani, has appreciated the undertakings of physicians in alleviating pain and suffering of patients on Aug 23, 2011.

In his message he has hoped the physicians’ community could follow the path left by Avicenna to better serve the society and has wished the authorities could solve the problems arising from job security and working conditions of physicians, especially the younger ones, regarding the difficulties of medical field which necessitates perseverance, huge intelligence and efforts to put to day and night work.

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TUMS Otorhinolaryngology Research Center in Collaboration with the World Health Organization

TUMS Otorhinolaryngology Research Center in Collaboration with the World Health Organization
Date: 8/23/2011

TUMSPR News: The head of TUMS Otorhinolaryngology Research Center announces that the center is a registered collaborator of the World Health Organization during a visit by the Chancellor on August 16, 2011.

During a visit by the Chancellor for Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) Dr. Bagher Larijani, on August 16, 2011, the head of Otorhinolaryngology Research Center, Dr. Mohammad Farhadi, a former health minister, announced that the center had been registered as a collaborator of the World Health Organization (WHO).

He added that upon the approval of Iran’s Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MOHME) and the WHO the Center had been authorized for teaching and doing research on deafness and hearing loss regarding the Center’s research and educational background on adult and newborn hearing screening.

Dr. Farhadi was quoted as saying that the Center is the first center in the EMRO and the sixth center in the world to be authorized by WHO to conduct educational courses and do research on deafness and haring loss.

Tehran’s urban population hearing screening program which came to an end recently was one of the projects which was being done in collaboration with WHO.

Emphasizing on the importance of collaborating with WHO and the national role the center played in Iran, TUMS Chancellor wished more success for the authorities and the staff of the center.

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TUMS Journal of Dentistry Indexed in PubMed, PubMed Central

TUMS Journal of Dentistry Indexed in PubMed, PubMed Central
Date: 8/21/2011

TUMSPR News: Journal of Dentistry published by Tehran University of Medical Sciences has been indexed in the PubMed Central and PubMed which is a service of the National Library of Medicine in 2011.

Based on the news by the Office for the Promotion of TUMS Journals which is affiliated to the vice-chancellor for Research, the Journal of Dentistry of Tehran University of Medical Sciences which is published by the University has been indexed in the PubMed Central and PubMed, a service of the US National Library of Medicine in 2011.

This would be the first time a journal which is published by a local publisher, the University, is indexed in PubMed.

Developed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM), PubMed Central is a digital database which provides full-text of biomedical and life science journals free of charge. It grew from the online Entrez PubMed biomed search system.

PubMed comprises more than 21 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.

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TUMS-UT Rank 301-400 in Shanghai Jiao Academic Ranking of World Universities

TUMS-UT Rank 301-400 in Shanghai Jiao Academic Ranking of World Universities
Date: 8/17/2011

TUMSPR News: In the latest academic ranking of world universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong higher education institute for the year 2011, University of Tehran and its sister institute Tehran University of Medical Sciences have ranked 301-400 among 1000 top universities.

University of Tehran (UT) and its sister institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), have ranked 301-400 among 1000 top universities in the latest ranking of world universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong higher education institute for the year 2011. Usually more than 1000 universities are ranked by ARWU every year but the best 500 are published on the web.

The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) was first published in 2003 by Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China. ARWU uses six indicators to rank world universities, including:

1- the number of alumni and staff winning Nobel Prizes
2- and the number of alumni and staff winning Fields Medals,
3- number of highly cited researchers selected by Thomson Scientific,
4- number of articles published in journals of Nature and Science,
5- number of articles indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index,
6- and per capita performance with respect to the size of an institution.

Regarding the aforesaid criteria, TUMS-UT have scored 14.4 in the second criterion, 37.1 in the fifth criterion and 17.7 in the sixth criterion out of 100 for each category to rank 301-400 in 2011.

The broad subject categories for ranking have been:

Natural Sciences and Mathematics,
Engineering / technology and Computer ENG,
Life and Agricultural Sciences,
Clinical Medicine and Pharmacy,
and Social Sciences.

On the latest release of ARWU, Times Higher Education had posted this message on its social networking media that the world ranking of world universities is out and this has been an excellent piece of work …

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Reporters Day 2011 Observed by TUMS to Consolidate Rapport and Productive Interaction

Reporters Day 2011 Observed by TUMS to Consolidate Rapport and Productive Interaction
Date: 8/9/2011

TUMSPR News: Tehran University of Medical Sciences observed the Reporters Day 2011 by inviting reporters and news anchors active in health news to a ceremony at the Museum of the History of Medicine to build rapport and maintain productive interaction on August 7, 2011.

Giving high importance to Reporters Day 2011, the Chancellor of Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Dr. Bagher Larijani, accompanied by the vice-chancellors for health, education, research, administration and logistic, manager of public relations and some other authorities hosted a large number of news anchors and reporters from different TV channels and newspapers active in broadcasting and publishing health news to build rapport and maintain productive interaction on August 7, 2011. The ceremony was held at the Museum of the History of Medicine.

At the opening speech, the manager of TUMS Public Relations, Dr. Gatmiri pointed out that news was characteristic of human beings and said that news services had greatly developed in the society and its growth in the health sector was twice as big.

The deputy of education of TUMS Nephrology Research Center added that his interest and experience in news was older than his medical experience and he continued to work in both fields and build better ties with reporters and news agencies.

Dr. Gatmiri added that TUMS PR benefited from the facile flow of information by the cooperation of about 50 reporters outside and about 120 affiliates inside the University to proficiently cover the vast number of activities in the institute which had more than 20,000 staff, 18000 students, 1000 intermediary managers some of whom have had ministerial, vice-ministerial and managerial experience and quite large numbers of research centers which are spread from the southern to northern parts of the country.

The presence of health news reporters was an opportunity for the University and the ceremony was to honor their efforts in this domain, he said.

In his speech, TUMS Chancellor said that being news reporting like any other domain entailed certain challenges which going into its details could bring about problems and not publishing it could leave the defects intact, therefore, reporters could play a positive role in the health sector. He added that the health sector like any other sectors could bear some difficulties in the services they provide and the media could be of invaluable help to the materialization of health objectives.

Giving a short account of the activities of the University Dr. Larijani said the University with its 77 research centers and 44 scholarly journals and 1500 annual research projects produced 3300 research articles and one-third of the articles published internationally among 52 medical universities.

In the end, the Chancellor praised the efforts of 12 health reporters and handed them plaques of appreciations:

Dr. Farhad Ghorbani and Dr. Amirhossein Seyedi from the News Channel, Dr. Nasrollah Kasravi from Channel 4, Yousef Salami from the Young Journalists Club, Hossein Aghaie from Ettelaat Newspaper, Somayeh Zokaie from Students News Channel, Homayoun Langroudi from Afarinesh Newspaper, Afshin Shaeri from Fars News Agency, Zohreh Baal from Mehr News Agency and Jamshid Rabie, Mehdi Golpayegani and Maryam Zahedi as the representatives of different sectors of TUMS Public Relation.

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Inclusion of Social Subjects in the World of Medicine a Need rather than a Must

Inclusion of Social Subjects in the World of Medicine a Need rather than a Must
Date: 8/6/2011

TUMSPR News: TUMS Chancellor, Dr. Bagher Larijani emphasized the need to include social subjects in medical discussions as a great number of medical decision making processes were not necessarily mere medical entities in a symposium participated by academics on August 6 2011.

Dr. Bagher Larijani, the Chancellor for Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), emphasized the need to include social subjects in medical discussions as a large number of medical decision making processes were not necessarily plain medical subjects such as medical ethics and social discussions in a symposium entitled "Thought Ceremony" participated by academics on August 6 2011.

On the promotion of the faculties, the Chancellor hoped the project could bring about the opportunity for the academics to have a look at other fields beyond their own field of expertise.

On the establishment of the institutes Medical Ethics and History of Medicine Research Center in the past, he said it was common belief at that time that a lot of medical decisions were not exclusively medical but social or the way was looked at death were not the kind of subjects that could be found in medical texts.

He added that the Iranian Journal of Medical Hypotheses and Ideas had been being published in the past two years by the School of Medicine and revival of traditional medicine was not a treat to modern medicine but an option to choose a better approach for the management of diseases.

Referring to the state’s scientific map, the Chancellor said multidisciplinary approach had been encouraged in the newly adopted map which intends to promote the country scientifically.

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TUMS Ranks 1037at Webometrics Ranking for July 2011 despite 134th Rank in Scholar Criterion

TUMS Ranks 1037at Webometrics Ranking for July 2011 despite 134th Rank in Scholar Criterion
Date: 8/1/2011

TUMSPR News: In the latest webometric ranking of world universities, Tehran University of Medical Sciences ranked 1037 to repeat its third place in Iran although it has done remarkably well in some of the categories used for ranking in July 29, 2011.

In the latest webometric ranking of world universities for July 2011 by Cybermetrics Lab, a research group belonging to the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) which is the largest public research organization in Spain, Tehran University of Medical Sciences ranked 1037 to repeat its third place in Iran although it has done tremendously well in some of the categories used for ranking in July 29, 2011.

Among 12000 eligible higher scientific institutions out of the 20000 related websites on the net and among 532 Iranian universities University of Tehran has ranked 708 in the world and first in Iran while Ferdowsi University of Mashhad has ranked second in Iran and 1020 globally. University of Tehran has also achieved the 98th place to be among the top 100 Asian universities.

Regarding the criteria used for the rankings, Visibility (50%), Rich Files (15%), Scholar (15%) and Size (20%), TUMS has done well in Scholar output and has ranked 134th as it has done in Size criterion, 676, but it seems it needs to work on its visibility and uploading its scholarly output or Rich Files more savvily.

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The Need to Establish a Fasting Research Network, Stresses TUMS Chancellor

The Need to Establish a Fasting Research Network, Stresses TUMS Chancellor
Date: 8/1/2011

TUMSPR News: In a workshop titled Fasting and Health, the Chancellor for Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Dr. Bagher Larijani, regretted the absence of serious research on fasting and emphasized the need for establishing a fasting research network to organize the research on the subject on July 29, 2011.

In the first workshop titled Fasting and Health held by Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) Endocrinology and Metabolism and Research Institute (EMRI), Dr. Bagher Larijani, regretted the absence of serious research on fasting and emphasized the need for establishing a fasting research network to organize the research on the subject on July 29, 2011.

In the workshop which had been participated by professors of different fields of medicine, including cardiology, endocrinology, nephrology, sports medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, ethics, ophthalmology, psychiatry, etc, the Chancellor said fasting was a common subject in the literature of different medical groups in Islamic countries in which 400 million people practice fasting and physicians were to organize the scientific evidence related to fasting in different disease states.

On the effects of fasting on common diseases, Dr. Larijani said fasting would not increase the prevalence of diseases based on scientific evidence but the kind of nutritional regimens and its ban or allowance in different diseases needs appropriate approaches.

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