University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP) Ranks TUMS Second in Iran, 526 in the World

University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP) Ranks TUMS Second in Iran, 526 in the World
Date: 1/29/2011

TUMSPR News: The latest release by the newly established University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP) laboratory has ranked Tehran University of Medical Sciences second in Iran and 526 in the world but the real position may be far better due to the recent integration of Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS) into TUMS.

Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP) which was established in 2009, has released its latest ranking of 2000 top world universities from 110 different countries.

Regarding Iranian universities, URAP has ranked University of Tehran first in Iran and 248 in the world while Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) has ranked 2nd in Iran and 526 in the world. As the laboratory's criteria mostly includes indices that cover an interval from 2005 to 2009, it seems it has not noticed the integration of Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS) in the calculations and it has ranked IUMS separately—21st .

Turkey's Hacettepe University has ranked first in Turkey and 399 in the World. Istanbul University and Ankara universities have respectively ranked 2nd and 3rd in the country and 415 and 488 in the world.

King Saud University and King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals have ranked 1st and 2nd in Saudi Arabia and 910 and 1087 in the world, respectively.

Universiti Malaya (UM) and Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) have ranked 522 and 560 respectively.

As the URAP indicates, the ranking criteria have been based on:

1- Number of Articles

Total number of articles published in 2009 which are indexed by Web of Science. It measures quantity of current scientific output.

2- Google Scholar Results

Google Scholar results from year 2005 to 2009 are used. Google Scholar results help to measure quantity of continuing scientific output. Google Scholar includes journal and conference papers, theses and dissertations, academic books, pre-prints, abstracts, technical reports and other scholarly literature from all broad areas of research.

3- Citation

It is an indicator to evaluate the impact of publications. It is the total number of citations received in 2009 for the articles published in 2005-2009. It measures sustainability of the quality of scientific output. Citation count does not include self citations of authors. The data is obtained from Citation Report of ISI.

4- Cumulative Journal Impact

It is derived by aggregating the impact factors of journals in which a university published articles between 2005 and 2009. The data is based on Journal Impact Factors of ISI in 2009. The cumulative journal impact is calculated by the following formula:

5- H-Index

H Index is an indicator of research quality. It is calculated by averaging the H index values of 2005-2009. This metric is useful because it discounts the disproportionate weight of highly cited papers or papers that have not yet been cited.

6- International Collaboration

International collaboration can be considered as a measure of global acceptance of a university. Total number of documents of a university published in collaboration with the universities of other countries is obtained from ISI database for the years 2005-2009.

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TUMS, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Meetings Culminate in Signing a Memorandum for Future Collaborations

TUMS, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Meetings Culminate in Signing a Memorandum for Future Collaborations
Date: 1/26/2011

TUMSPR News: Following the meeting between the chancellors of Tehran University of medical Sciences (TUMS) and Beijing University of Chinese Medicine (BUCM) a memorandum was signed at Iran's Presidential Center for Innovation and Technology Cooperation (CITC) on Wednesday 26, 1, 2011.

Following the meeting of Chinese delegation, composed of the chancellor of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Dr. Gao Si Hua, the vice-chancellor for education, the deputy for international cooperation and China's ambassador and head of the embassy's cultural bureau with TUMS chancellor, Dr. Bagher Larijani, a memorandum of understanding was signed between the two parties at the presidential Center for Innovation and Technology Cooperation (CITC).The Chinese delegation had already visited different research centers and faculties of the university, such as TUMS Faculty of Traditional Medicine and its two clinics, Faculty of Pharmacy and the Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism.

The memorandum which is supported by Iran's Presidential Center for Innovation and Technology Cooperation tries to build up an environment for mutual research and education and has set its goals for promoting the two schools of traditional medicine through exchange of students and faculties, training and exchange of graduate students, offering joint degree programs, establishing joint research centers and clinics.

The ambassadors of the two countries, Dr. Mehdi Safari and Mr. Yu Hongyang were present at the session.

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President of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Calls Collaboration with TUMS a Right Choice

President of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Calls Collaboration with TUMS a Right Choice
Date: 1/24/2011

TUMSPR News: Beijing University of Chinese Medicine chancellor, Dr. Gao Si Hua, and TUMS chancellor, Dr. Bagher Larijani discussed the common areas of interest at TUMS administrative headquarters on January 21, 2011.

Dr. Gao Si Hua, the chancellor for Beijing University of Chinese Medicine (BUCM), China's ambassador to Iran, Mr. Yu Hongyang, accompanied by the dean of educational administration office, professor Zhai Shuang Qing, the board chairman of Dongzhimen Hospital, professor Li Pengtao, the deputy director of international cooperation department of the university, Dr.Tang Minke and the head of cultural section at China's embassy in Iran, Mr. Zhu Ziaho met with TUMS chancellor, Dr. Bagher Larijani on January 21, 2011. Bearing in mind the prospective collaborations, the two chancellors suggested areas of interest for discussion.

After Dr. Larijani who welcomed the guests and briefly introduced Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Dr. Gao Si Hua, took the turn to introduce Beijing University of Chinese Medicine. He started his talk by expressing his delight for traveling to Iran and meeting with the chancellor and his colleagues and said: "I had been familiar with the Persian culture and Iran and China have had trade and cultural ties in the past and the Silk Road very well symbolizes this relationship". "Iran is a nation [composed] of brave, kind, capable and intelligent people and before traveling to Iran I had heard about you to be one of the best chancellors in Iran and your introduction proved to us we have made the right choice in engaging in talks with TUMS that is one of the scientific poles of the country".

On the University of his Interest he said: "Beijing University of Chinese Medicine is the first established traditional medicine university in China and it tops all other similar universities in China". He then introduced different schools of the university and counted the medical and pharmacology schools and acupuncture the three main branches of Chinese medicine. 10581 full time students added to part time students make a total of 20000 students studying at BUCM which has 4560 faculty members (220 full professors and 350 associate professors) 3080 (29%) postgraduate students, 6409 (60%) Bachelor of Science and 1171 (11%) medical students. 18% of the students are from foreign countries.

The university has three distinct fields including Chinese medicine, herbal medicine and an integration of modern and Chinese medicine.

The university has scientific, educational and treatment collaboration with 58 foreign institutes, colleges and universities and with 45 foreign universities scientific and research cooperation. It has a vast research project with Harvard University, running for the past 15 years and another newly established with England's Middlesex University offering double degrees. It also has pharmacology and nanotechnology collaborations with Singapore's Nanyang University.

It has also a collaborative acupuncture center with Florence University in Italy and a Chinese Medicine Center close to Munich in Germany run for the past twenty years.

The university has had the honor to be visited by some high profile figures such as Indonesian president, health minister of the United States, Kyrgyzstan president and former Iranian health minister, Dr. Lankarani.

The university has been appreciated for voluntary work and has been visited by China's president twice.

Chancellor Gao Si Hua finally invited Dr. Larijani to visit the university and wished for a closer cooperation in fulfilling common goals.

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Beijing University of Chinese Medicine President, China's Ambassador to Iran Meet with TUMS Chancellor

Beijing University of Chinese Medicine President, China's Ambassador to Iran Meet with TUMS Chancellor
Date: 1/22/2011

TUMSPR News: Beijing University of Chinese Medicine president, professor Gao Si Hua, accompanying delegation and China's ambassador to Iran, met with TUMS president, professor Bagher Larijani for discussing the ways for prospective collaborations on January 21, 2011.

Dr. Gao Si Hua, the president for Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, China's ambassador to Iran, Mr. Yu Hongyang, accompanied by the dean of educational administration office, professor Zhai Shuang Qing, the board chairman of Dongzhimen Hospital, professor Li Pengtao, the deputy director of international cooperation department of the university, Dr.Tang Minke and the head of cultural section at China's embassy in Iran, Mr. Zhu Ziaho met with TUMS president, Dr. Bagher Larijani for discussing the ways for prospective collaborations on January 21, 2011.

Welcoming the guests, Dr. Larijani briefly introduced the University, its first rank in research for the 8th consecutive year among 42 medical universities in the country, responsibilities of similar universities which undertake education, research and health of people, something that differentiates Iranian medical universities with most similar universities worldwide.

On the newly established Traditional Medicine Faculty, TUMS chancellor said although the faculty has been established for four years, there are 7000 published books on the field as the country has a resourceful past history in this regard. He then added that medical school graduates could register for a Ph.D. degree in the faculty.

On the dynamicity of the University, chancellor Larijani explained that there were more than 100 projects for change in the educational system—changes that usually spread to the state's universities afterwards.

Dr. Gao Si Hua, the president of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, also introduced the university and expressed his pleasure for traveling to Iran and meeting TUMS chancellor and his colleagues. He then added that he has been familiar with Iranian culture and mentioned past trade and cultural relationship between the two countries where the Silk Road could symbolize this relationship. President Gao then introduce the university in detail and hinted at the collaborative work it has with British, Canadian, Singaporean and US universities.

He later hoped the meeting could open ways for better understanding of each others resources and lead to agreements for collaboration.

Dr. Shams-Ardekani, the dean of TUMS Traditional Medicine Faculty, also welcomed the guests and referred to China and Iran as two ancient civilizations and hoped by the help of the two Iranian and Chinese ambassadors a new era of mutual relationship would commence. He then said that nowadays, traditional medicine even the developed countries is greatly welcomed and Iranian traditional medicine and Chinese medicine which are the only complementary medicine schools with holistic approaches could play an important role in the treatment of disease in the world and could complete each other too.

Dr. Li Pengtao, the chairman of Dongzhimen Hospital, also took the turn to express his feelings about the meeting and said "I have the honor to meet with the chancellor of Tehran University [of Medical Sciences] and as Dr. Shams said Iranian traditional medicine and that of China have a long history and Tibetan medicine is an entity borrowing from the both [schools] and [in short] these two have a lot in common in theoretical point of view.

Dr. Pentago later talked about a city in China named Shenci where a document has been found which belongs to 1300 years ago indicating the role of a Persian physician who had introduced a medication there named "Djousha". He set Saffron as another example which has been imported to Tibetan medicine and then to Chinese medicine. He then said Chinese medicine is [an] important [branch of science] and Chinese culture is too and more important is the way the government supports it to let it grow.

Dr. Pentago said the University was collaborating with a research center under NIH which help treat nausea after chemotherapy by the help of Chinese medicine and said research of this type could be other ways for mutual collaboration between Iran and China.

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TUMS Awardees from the 16th National Razi Research Festival (2)

TUMS Awardees from the 16th National Razi Research Festival (2)
Date: 1/15/2011

TUMSPR News: The 16th Razi Research Festival which is dedicated to appreciating research in medical sciences was held on January 10, 2011 and Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) won 43% of the awards in this national competition.

The 16th Razi Research Festival which is dedicated to appreciating research excellence in medical sciences was held on January 10, 2011 and Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) won 43% of the awards in this national competition.

13 research centers, 451 researchers, 83 junior researchers, 106student researchers and one researcher residing abroad – a total of 660 – participated in the festival and 44 awardees were honored. 27% of the researchers were female and 73% male. TUMS share of the awards was 19 including:

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- 4 awards to student researchers:

Ali Hassanpour Dehkordi (PhD student): “The impact of problem-based learning (PBL) and lecturing on the behavior and attitudes of Iranian nursing students”

Mohammad Hossein Ghahremani (Associate professor): “The expression of p38, ERK1 and Bax proteins has increased during the treatment of newly diagnosed acute promyelocytic leukemia with arsenic trioxide”

- One award in the junior researcher category:
Ehsan Seyedjafari Oliaeenejad (PhD in biotechnology): Nanohydroxy apatitei-coated electrospun poly )L-lactide) nanofibers enhance osteogenic differentiation of stem cells and induce ectopic bone formation

- Two awards to TUMS research centers:
TUMS Endocrine and Metabolism Research Center
Farabi Hospital’s Eye Research Center

- Two awards to TUMS technology incubator research centers:
TUMS Medical Equipment and Devices Incubator Research Center
TUMS Pharmaceutical Incubator Research Center

- One award to TUMS student committee research center:
TUMS Students’ Scientific Research Center

One award to one of TUMS 44 scientific journal:
Iranian Journal of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology

- One award to the University itself:
Chancellor: Dr. Bagher larijani, vice-chancellor for Research: Dr. Akbar Fotouhi
TUMS has 77 research centers, 11 schools and three technology incubator centers. Annually, TUMS finalizes 1500 research projects and publishes 44 scholarly journals with 3500 scientific articles.

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TUMS Awardees from the 16th National Razi Research Festival (1)

TUMS Awardees from the 16th National Razi Research Festival (1)
Date: 1/15/2011

TUMSPR News: The 16th Razi Research Festival which is dedicated to appreciating research in medical sciences was held on January 10, 2011 and Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) won 43% of the awards in this national competition.

The 16th Razi Research Festival which is dedicated to appreciating research excellence in medical sciences was held on January 10, 2011 and Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) won 43% of the awards in this national competition.

13 research centers, 451 researchers, 83 junior researchers, 106student researchers and one researcher residing abroad – a total of 660 – participated in the festival and 44 awardees were honored. 27% of the researchers were female and 73% male. TUMS share of the awards was 19 including:

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- 7 awards for scientific papers:

Maryam Kashanian (Associate professor, gynecologist,): “A comparison between the pregnancy outcome in women both with and without threatened abortion”

Asghar Aghamohammadi (Professor, subspecialist in clinical immunology and allergy): “Progression of selective IgA deficiency to common variable immunodeficiency”

Setareh Mamishi (Professor, subspecialist in pediatrics infectious diseases): “Analysis of RAB27A gene In Grisclli Syndrome type 2: Novel mutations including deletion hotspot”

Seyed Mohammad Tavangar (Associate professor, pathologist): “Expression of Galectin-3, nm-23 and Cyclooxygenase-2 (cox-2) could potentially discriminate between benign and malignant pheochromocytoma”

Seyed Reza Majdzadeh (Professor, DVM and epidemiologist): “Knowledge transfer in Tehran University of Medical Sciences: An academic example of a developing country”

Sedighe Sadat Tavafian (PhD in health education): “A randomized study of Back school in women with chronic low back pain: Quality of life at three, six and twelve months follow up”

Mehdi Mohebali (Professor, DVM, MPH, PhD in parasitology): “ntegrate leishmaniasis surveillance system in primary care for children in Meshkin-shahr district, north-western Islamic Republic of Iran”

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Dr. Ahmadinezhad Praises TUMS for Razi Festival Achievements in 2011

Dr. Ahmadinezhad Praises TUMS for Razi Festival Achievements in 2011
Date: 1/12/2011

TUMSPR News: In a letter to Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Dr. Ahmadinezhad has praised the institution for achieving the first place among type 1 universities in Iran in January 11. 2011.

Through a letter, Dr. Ahmadinezhad has praised Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), for achieving the first place among type 1 universities in Iran.

Sincerely congratulating the University about achieving the first place in Razi Research Festival among type one medical sciences universities, the President has hoped the University would play its fair share in serving the great people of Iran.

He has also wished all [universities and scientists] would be able to play their part in producing useful science, serving the people in Iran and all the humanity.

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