Virology
HistoryThe Department of Virology, which was founded in 1985 by Dr. Mohammad Hossein Roustaee, who was a distinguished professor in his time, started working with the admissions of the MSc students of Virology in the field of respiratory infections and rubella. In 1994, Ms. Soleimanjahi joined the Department as a trainer for a human resource plan, and later as a contract faculty member. After holding 11 masters programs from 1997, Dr Sabahi joined the Department, extending the physical space and supplying the required equipment, passing the legal processes and obtaining permission from the relevant officials, the Department was licensed to set up a PhD program in Virology. In 1988, the first groups of Ph.D. students were admitted with an independent exam from the Ministry of Health and in collaboration with the National Organization of Educational Testing. In 2003, with the graduation of the first PhD students in Virology, Dr. Hoorieh Soleimanjahi, after completing his educational assignment, rejoined the Department with full tenure, a few months later, Dr. Taravat Bamdad joined the Department with the same conditions. In 2005 Dr. Mehrdad Ravanshad was recruited as a faculty member of the Department. After the retirement of Dr. Roustaee and Dr. Sabahi, Dr. Somayeh Shatizadeh joined the department as a faculty member in 2016. THE MISSION OF THE DEPARTMENTConsidering the age of the Virology Department in training specialist human resources, this Department is a pioneer among the Iranian academic virology departments. All the Department graduates are either recruited as faculty members or are researchers both inside and outside the country working on the academic centers or health programs management. The Department has achieved its goals within about three decades of activity in talking decisive actions to train the required human resources for the universities affiliated with the Ministry of Science and Health as well as supporting researchers and technicians in the country. Moreover, the virology Department has significant interactions with the researchers of the clinical staff and other basic sciences of centers affiliated with the Ministry of Health to solve society health problems. Members other undertakings include active participations in the Board of Virology based in the Ministry of Health, establishing the Virology Association, contributing to scientific academic journals and other activities relevant to the sphere of virology like clinical diagnostic laboratories and knowledge-based companies. DEPARTMENT MEMBERS ACCOMPLISHMENTSThe Department of Virology at Tarbiat Modares University was one of the pioneer groups that began research on recombinant vaccines produced through recombinant DNA technology, virosomes and bacteriophages, producing viral recombinant protein in baculovirus systems, and applying novel laboratory methods in diagnosing uncultivated viruses, especially blood-borne viruses. All Department students are required to participate in all seminars, journal clubs, and academic workshops held periodically. Also, classrooms are organized in regular discussions with the more lecturers direct and active presentations and, in some occasions, through team-teaching in co-taught classes given by the two or more lecturers. RESEARCH AREAS OF THE DEPARTMENTThe most important research areas in the Department of Virology are as follows:
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