According to Mehr news agency, Dr. Shahin Akhundzadeh, on the sidelines of the honoring and iroduction ceremony of the preside and supervisor of Golestan University of Medical Sciences, poied out the significa achievemes in the field of research in the Ministry of Health and said: despite the smaller number of academic staff and studes compared to the Ministry of Science, per capita production Science in the Ministry of Health is twofold and the largest knowledge-based companies in the field of medicine and medical equipme are under the Ministry.
He stated that the goals of the Ministry of Health in the 7th Developme Plan is to reach the 14th place in the world and the first place in the region in the production of science, he added: to achieve this goal, the research infrastructure must be rebuilt, the access of academic staff members to electronic resources should be facilitated, to Human forces should be given special atteion and medical sciences universities should be transformed from the third generation to the fourth generation universities so that they can create wealth from technology.
Referring to the problems of reducing research credits in the coury, the vice preside of research and technology of the Ministry of Health reminded: the share of research and technology in the national gross production has decreased and this can jeopardize the competitiveness of the coury with the couries of the region; Therefore, we will try to increase research budgets with the cooperation of the parliame
Emphasizing the high research and technological poteial of Golestan University of Medical Sciences, he said: Considering the environmeal problems and many natural and unnatural eves in this province, the need for more research is felt to reduce these problems.
At the end, Akhundzadeh emphasized the importance of transforming Golestan University of Medical Sciences io a regional research hub and said: “Given the existing poteials, this university can play an importa role in the developme of research and technology in the coury.”
It should be meioned that in this ceremony, the efforts and services of Dr. Golfirouzi, the former preside of Golestan University of Medical Sciences, were appreciated and Dr. Ebrahimi was appoied as the head of this university.
