Childrens Growth and Development Research Center
Brief Overview |
Growth and development research center is one of the research centers approved by Tehran University of Medical Sciences in the children medical center since 2007 and has started activities in order to increase quality of growth and development of children in Ira n. The first activity of the center was designed to be the Registry of the metabolic diseases; in which the diseases were grouped based on the Physicians Guide to the Diagnosis, Treatment, and Follow-up of Inherited Metabolic Diseases Book. Laboratory activities begun with setting up the MS/MS device that enabled us to investigate the Amino Acid profile and the Acyl Carnitine profile. It collaborates with pediatricians and pediatric endocrinologists, pathologists, clinical pharmacologists, medical genetics, and clinical biochemists, which the whole team is trying to diagnose and screen hereditary metabolic diseases. In fact, it is the most developed metabolic center in Iran, which collaborates with adjacent countries for metabolic screening. Inherited metabolic disorders, cell therapy and gene therapy of the inherited metabolic disorders and epidemiologic researches are among the research fields and interests of this center. |
Main Goals |
1- Screening and diagnosis of the metabolic diseases (Newborn screening) 2- Confirmation of the metabolic diseases and enzyme assay 3-genetic evaluations: NGS (Next Generation Sequencing); thus PND (Prenatal Diagnosis) |
Some of the Published Papers |
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The faculty members of this research center |
Name |
Position |
Field of Study |
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Dr Ali Rabbani |
Professor- Dean of the research |
Pediatric Endocrinology |
rabana@sina.tums.ac.ir |
Dr Farzaneh Abbasi |
Associate Professor |
Pediatric |
farzanehabbasi33@yahoo.com |
Dr Ali Mohebbi |
Researcher |
PhD of Ce ll & Developmental |
amohebbi@farabi.tums.ac.ir |
Dr Mahmoodreza |
Professor |
Pediatric |
mr _ashrafi@yahoo.com |
Dr Arya Setoodeh |
Professor |
Pediatric |
Arest69@ya hoo. com |
Dr Sedigheh Sahms |
Professor |
PhD of Cl inical |
shamss@sina.tums.ac.ir |
Dr Fatemeh Sayarifard |
Associate Professor |
Pediatric Endocrinology |
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Dr Mohammad hossein Modarresi |
Associate Professor |
Pediatric Endocrinology |
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Dr Amirali Hamidieh |
Associate Professor |
Pediatric Hematology |
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Dr Hasan pour |
Associate Professor |
PhD of Parasitology |
hassanpour@tums.ac. ir |
Dr Toktam Faghihi |
Associate Professor |
Pharmacist |
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Dr Azadeh Sayarifard |
Associate Professor |
PhD of Epidemiology |
drsayarifard@gmail.com |
Dr Parastoo Rostami |
Associate Professor |
Pediatric Endocrinology |
Drp_rostami@yahoo.com |
Dr Bahar Allahverdi |
Associate Professor |
Pediatric Gastroenterology |
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Dr Bahareh Rabbani |
Associate Professor |
Medical Geneticist |
baharehrabbani@yahoo.com |
Dr Mahdiyeh Nejat |
Associate Professor |
Medical Geneticist |
n mah d ieh@ya hoo. com |
Dr Tavasoli |
Associate Professor |
Pediatric Neurology |
a_ tavasoli@sina.tums.ac.ir |
Dr Ehsan Aghaei Moghadam |
Associate Professor |
Pediatric Cardiology |
Ehsanaghaei1358@gmail.com |