The Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences

TIPS tries to spread interest in research among students, to recruit and support researchers at all academic levels, to conduct both fundamental and applied research in different fields of pharmaceutical sciences, and to promote research methodology and training. Collaboration with different industries to conduct applied studies and solve problems are the main goals of this institute.

TIPS is located within the campus of Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), on the third floor of TUMS School of Pharmacy, with shared laboratories and units. TIPS’s high national ranking during its years of activity, as well as the brilliant background of its scientific members, makes this institute prominent among others.

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.

Co-founder and Head of the Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences

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

Deputy-Head for Research

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

Administration

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

For more information about the members and activities of this institute, please refer to the main TIPS webpage.

All interested applicants are welcome to apply to TUMS by completing and submitting TUMS online application form in which they need to specify their program of interest and the center offering the program.