The IAARI Ethics Committee was established on April 4th, 2007 by Dr. Mostafa Moein, with the official approval from Tehran University of Medical Sciences. The committee meets at least three times each year; 36 meetings have been held so far with 225 projects reviewed. The members of the committee are approved by the Vice Chancellor for Research every two years.

“IR.TUMS.IAARI.REC” is the special code assigned to biomedical research activities approved by this committee, accredited by the National Committee for Ethics in Biomedical Research.

 

Ethics Committee Members

 

Position

Name

Academic Degree

Academic Position

Academic Rank

Chairperson

Dr. Zahra Pourpak

Clinician + PhD in Immunology

Head of IAARI

Full Professor

Secretariat

Dr. Mohammad Reza Fazlollahi

Clinical Allergist / Immunologist

Deputy Head of IAARI

Associate Professor (Unofficial Member)

Consultant

Dr. Mostafa Moein

Clinical Allergist / Immunologist

Emeritus

Full Professor

Jurist

Dr. Ali Nasehi

PhD in Law

Faculty member of Payame Noor University / Advisor to the President of Payame Noor University

Assistant Professor

Clergy

Dr. Seyed Mostafa Mohaghegh Damad

PhD in Law

Head of Shahid Beheshti Law Group and Head of Islamic Studies Group of the Academy of Sciences

Full Professor

Epidemiologist/ Statistician

Dr. Anoshirvan Kazem Nejad

PhD in Epidemiology

Faculty member of Tarbiat Modares University

Full Professor

Biomedical Ethics Specialist

Dr. Alireza Parsapour

PhD in Biomedical Ethics

Faculty member of Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Assistant Professor

Layperson

Ms. Fatemeh Barzegar

BSc in English

Head of Zeinab Foundation Charity

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Researcher 1

Dr. Touba Ghazanfari

PhD in Immunology

Faculty member of Shahed University of Medical Sciences

Full Professor

Researcher 2

Dr. Arash kalantari

Clinical Allergist / Immunologist

Faculty member of Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Assistant Professor

Researcher 3

Dr. Seyed Reza Raeeskarami

Pediatric Rheumatologist

Faculty member of Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Associate Professor