The Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences

The Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center (PSRC) was offici ally upgraded to the
Institute of Pharmaceutica l Sciences (TIPS) by joining the following research centers:

• Drug Design and Development Research Center (DDDRC)
• Pharmaceutics Quality Assurance Research Center (PQARC)
• Pharmacoeconomics and Pharmaceutical Management Research Center (PPMRC)
• TIPS's scope includes different fields of drug development ranging from basic science to clinic and market.

• Basic & clinical research in Pharmaceutica l Sciences from precl inical efficacy an safety to clinical outcomes
• Quality control of pharmaceutical products
• Design and synthesis of novel biomolecules
• Cost-effectiveness studies on medications and healthcare policies

Vision 

• Knowledge transfer to the target groups and communit ies
• Commercialization of know-how and applied sciences

• Bioactive Natural Products
• Biomaterials
• CancerTherapy
• Chemometrics
• Computational Chemistry
• Design and Development of Novel Medicines
• Evidence-Based Evaluation of Cost-Effect iveness and Clin ical Outcomes
• ICU Pharmacotherapy
• lmmunotherapy
• Pharmaceutical Microbiology
• Preventive Strategies in Neurodegeneration
• Probiotics
• Quality Control of Medicines and Supplements
• Toxicology & Diseases

• Department of plant science of University of Pretoria, South Africa
• Drug for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi), Geneva, Switzerland
• Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thai land
• Hacettepe University, Turkey
• Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU), Cyprus

• Society of Toxicology, Full Member, USA,
• WLT (World Library of Toxicology)
• WHO (World Hea lth Organisation), Guideline Developing Group for Prevention of Lead Poisoning, Member (Switzerland)
• OPCW (Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons)
• Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)
• Member of Asia Consortium of International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research
• European Association of Science Editors (EASE)
• Association of European Toxicologists and European Societies of Toxicology (EUROTOX)
• European Association of Poisons Centers and Clinical Toxicologists (EAPCCT)
• The Cochrane Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Functional Bowel Disorders Group
• The Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Group
• International Society of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR)
• Islamic-World Academy of Sciences (IAS, Fellow)
• Society for Free Radical Research International
• Asia Pacific Association of Medical Toxicology (APAMT)
• World Association of Medical Editors (WAME)
• American Academy of Clinical Toxicology (AACT)
• International Society of Clinical Toxicology and Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
• Society of Neurobehavioral Teratology
• American Society of Pharmacology & Toxicology (ASPET) and FASEB

Degree Programs:

• PhD by Research program
• New-route PhD program
• Fellowships

Non-degree Programs:

• Post- Doc
• Summer School
• Short term academic visits

Members with previous successful history of international students supervising:

- Mohammad Abdollahi, mohammd@tums.ac.ir
http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=j kclnU8AAAAJ&hl=en
http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9232-2008
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0123-1209
http://www.tums.ac.ir/faculties/mohammad
- Mohsen Amini, moamini@sina.tums.ac.ir
https://www.tums.ac.ir/faculties/moamini?lang=en&display=mysite
- Abbas Kebriaeezadeh, kebriaee@sina.tums.ac.ir
https://www .tums.ac. ir /faculties/kebriaee
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/ Abbas_Kebriaeezadeh
- Alireza Foroumadi, aforoumadi@yahoo.com
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=snAMGYOAAAAJ&hl=en
- Mojtaba Mojtahedzadeh, Mojtahed@tums.ac.ir
https://scholar.google.com/ citations ?user=Yl vZFYYAAAAJ
- Shekoufeh Nikfar, shekoufeh.nikfar@gmail.com
https://scholar.google.com/ citations ?hl=en&user=F J PcgzoAAAAJ
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5206-6197
More to read: http://tips.tums.ac.ir/cpages/mainpage.asp?l=S1MSP2C1#

According to the highest citations:
1. Farzaei M, Zobeiri M, Parvizi F, et all. Curcumin in liver diseases: A systematic
review of the cellular mechanisms of oxidative stress and clinical perspective.
Nutrients. 2018; 10(7):855.
2. Jalili-Baleh L, Babaei E, Abdpour S, et all. A review on flavonoid-based
scaffolds as multi-target-directed ligands (MTDLs) for Alzheimer's disease.
European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 2018; 152: 570-589.
3. Mostafalou S, Abdollahi M. The link of organophosphorus pesticides with
neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental diseases based on evidence and
mechanisms. Toxicology. 2018; 409: 44-52.
4. Hassani S, Akmal MR, Salek- Mghsoudi A, et al l. Novel label-free
electrochemical aptasensor for determination of Diazinon using gold
nanoparticles-modified screen-printed gold electrode. Biosensors and
Bioelectronics. 2018; 120: 122-128.
5. Haghi- Aminjan H, Farhood B, Rahimifard M, et al l. The protective role of
melatonin in chemotherapy-induced nephrotoxicity: a review of non-clinical
studies. Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism and Toxicology. 2018; 14(9):
937-950.
6. Nikfar S, Saiyarsarai P, Tigabou TM, et all. Efficacy and safety of interleukin-1
antagonists in rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
2018; Rheumatology International. 38(8):1363-1383.

Some achievements attributed to TIPS:

1. First rank between biomedical centers for the periods between 2005-2008, 2011-2012, and the year 2015;

2. First rank in the Razi Medical Festival for the years 2005-2008, 2011-2012, 2015;

3. Second rank in the Razi Medical Festival for the year 2009, and the period of 2013-2014;

4. Third rank in the Razi Medical Festival in 2010;

5. Practical successes and achievements:

5-1. Setting up many pre-clinical and clinical tests for new drugs and successfully completing tests for many registered drugs;

5-2. Conducting several projects to help solve the problems of pharmaceutical industries;

5-3. Establishing a successful link between basic and clinical studies;

5-4. Having a valuable impact on the scientific rank of TUMS for the last 15 years;

5-5. Training skilled manpower and establishing well-equipped laboratories as well as other facilities such as Flow cytometer, HPLC, ELISA-reader, Clean room, in vitro study facilities, NMR, Mass, IR, UV-Vis, etc.

6. Training more than 5 Ph.D. students who have already graduated from TIPS (formerly PSRC), as well as accepting more graduate students who are currently in the process of their studies.

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Postdocs

Fellowship

Short-term Courses

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Pharmacology and Toxicology

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Medicinal Chemistry

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Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

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Clinical Pharmacy

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Drugs and Cosmetics Quality Control

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 Evidence-Based Medicine

Pharmaceutical Management & Pharmacoeconomics

Pharmaceutical Biomaterials 

Natural Pharmaceutical Products 

Pharmaceutical Microbiology

Clinical Toxicology

Critical Care Pharmacy

Mohammad Abdollahi, Pharm.D., Ph.D., F.I.A.S.

Email: mohammad@tums.ac.ir or mohammad.abdollahi@utoronto.ca

Tel.: (+ 98 21) 6412 2319

Fax: (+98 21) 6695 9104

Address: Division of Toxicology, Department of Toxicology & Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Poursina St., Qods St., Tehran 1417614411, Iran

Mohsen Amin, Ph.D.

Email: m-amin@tums.ac.ir

Tel.: (+98 21) 6649 4997

Fax: (+98 21) 6648 2704

Address: Room No. 1-221, School of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Poursina St., Qods St., Tehran 1417614411, Iran

Zahra Bayrami: bayrami@farabi.tums.ac.ir

Zahra Asgari: z_asgari@farabi.tums.ac.ir

Shabnam Kharabaf: kharabaf@razi.tums.ac.ir

 Email: tips@tums.ac.ir