Nutrition Department
About Us
Nutrition is the science that interprets the interaction of nutrients and other substances in food in relation to maintenance, growth, reproduction, health and disease of human. A poor nutrition and diet can cause deficiency diseases such as anemia; health-threatening conditions like obesity and cancer; and chronic systemic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and osteoporosis. As a result, nutrition science is considered as one of the important basic and clinical sciences in the field of medicine and has an independent department and even faculty in prestigious medical universities.
The department of nutrition is one of twenty sixth departments in the school of medicine. The nutrition department of Kashan University of Medical Sciences established in 2011. The department is active in two sections: education and research. In education section, the department trains undergraduate students in all faculties of KAUMS including: medicine, dentistry, hygiene, nursing and midwifery, and also post-graduate students in nutrition science. Investigations are done in Research Center for Biochemistry and Nutrition in Metabolic Diseases (RCBNMD) managed by academic members of both the nutrition department and biochemistry department.
Missions
The group tries to predict the needs and takes steps to achieve them. The members of the group, in an intimate atmosphere with proper planning, will continuously improve the quality of their science and services and will be considered to be responsible for the university's people and authorities.
- Training students for B.Sc. degree in Nutritioin Science
- Training students for M.Sc. degree in Nutrition Science
- Training postgraduate students for Ph.D. By Research in the field of nutrition
- Organizing nutrition education workshops for university and community members
- Enrich the departmental teaching resources
- Planning/Designing research projects in collaboration with industries
- Designate meetings for discussion of work-in-progress
- Holding the journal club semimonthly
Visions
- Extending educational fields of nutrition such as public nutrition, cellular and molecular nutrition, food sciences
- Acquiring and developing a talented, academic workforce
- Collaborating with developed worldwide universities
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Basic and Clinical Nutrition |
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Interested Areas
- Herbal Medicine
- Probiotics in Health and Disease
- Nutritional Supplements
- Nutrition in Neuroscience
Research Group
- Dr. MohsenTaghizadeh
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Interested Areas
- Roles of Nutrition in Metabolic Diseases
- Nutrition and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
- Nutrition and Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)
- Nutrition and Diabetes Mellitus
Research Group
- Dr. Zatollah Asemi
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Interested Areas
- New roles of vitamin D in chronic diseases
- Nutrition and Kidney Diseases
- Nutrition and gastro-intestinal disorders (Non alcoholic fatty liver disease, Celiac disease )
- Nutrition and Eating Behaviors
Research Group
- Dr. Nasrin Sharifi
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Interested Areas
- Probiotic, Prebiotic and Symbiotic in Animal and Human Trials
- Community Nutrition
- The Roles of Nutrition in Metabolic Syndrome, Obesity and Diabetes
- Functional and Traditional Foods and Supplements
Research Group
- Dr.Sadegh Jafarnejad
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Food Health and Sciences
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Interested Areas
- Food Microbiology
- Natural Food Preservatives
- Meat Sciences
- Food Toxicology
Research Group
- Dr. Reza Sharafati-Chaleshtori
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Facilities
The educational facilities of the department include the clinical nutrition center located in the Shahid Beheshti Hospital and equipped with anthropometric devices such as bioelectric impedance analyzer (Body Analyzer). The nutrition department has 3 labs: food chemistry lab; food microbiology lab; the labroratory of research center for biochemistry and nutrition in metabolic diseases
Faculty Members
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taghizadejh_m @kaums.ac.ir
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asemi_z@kaums.ac.ir
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sharafati-r@kaums.ac.ir
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sharifi-na@kaums.ac.ir
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drsadegh2008@gmail.com
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Head of Department:
Dr.Mohsen Taghizadeh (taghizadejh_m @kaums.ac.ir)
5km of Qotb–e Ravandi Blvd. P.O. Box: 8715988141, Kashan, IRAN
Tel: (+98 31) 55240021()
Fax: (+98 31) 55541112
Administrative Officer:
Zeinab Karimi