Where: Montgomery Community College (Rockville Campus) – Humanity Building (HU), Conference Room 009 (Get Directions, Campus Map )
Synopsis:
Iranians are generally aware of their old, but not their more recent, contributions to medical research. Avecinna’s book, the Canon of Medicine, and Rhazes’s discovery of alcohol are often quoted as salient examples of Iran’s contributions to medicine. However, few are aware that substantial medical research is currently ongoing in Iran, and that despite the tense political relationships, the research is being conducted in collaboration with the United States, the United Kingdom, and the World Health Organization. This presentation reviews some statistics on recent research in Iran, provides some examples of collaborations between Iran and other nations, in particular with the United States, and recounts some success stories.
About the Speaker:
Dr. Farin Kamangar is the Chairman of Department of Public Health Analysis and Professor of Epidemiology at Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD. He received his PhD in Epidemiology and MHS in Biostatistics from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and his MD and MPH from Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Dr. Kamangar has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles in the field of epidemiology, mostly focused on the causes of esophageal and gastric cancer.
Fee (including dinner): $5 Students, $15 Public
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