School of Health & Nutrition
Established: 1984
Address: P.O.Box: 71645-111, Shiraz, I.R. Iran.
E.mail: Schealth@sums.ac.ir
Fax: +98(711) 7260225
Telephone: +98(711) 7251001-9
Objectives:
· Providing high quality education, conducting high impact research, and participating effectively in professional, governmental and community activities.
· Fostering new discoveries leading to improved health for the people of this country.
· Strengthening health capacities.
· Disseminating health information and increasing awareness of public health as public good and fundamental right.
Dean:
Masoud Neghab
Associate Professor
PhD in Occupational Toxicology
Vice Chancellor for Educational Affairs:
Alireza Choobineh
Associate Professor
PhD in Occupational Health
Vice Chancellor for Research:
Mohammad Hassan Eftekhari
Assistant Professor
PhD in Nutrition
Vice Chancellor for Student and Cultural Affairs:
Jafar Hassanzadeh
Assistant Professor
PhD in Epidemiology
Vice chancellor for Financial Affairs:
Hamzah Alipur
MSc. in Medical Entomology
Majors and Degrees offered in School of Health
Major | Degree |
Environmental Health | Associate Diploma, BSc. |
Epidemiology | MSc., Residency, PhD |
Medical Entomology | MSc. |
Nutrition | BSc., MSc. |
Occupational Health | Associate Diploma, BSc., MSc. |
Public Health | Associate Diploma, BSc., MPH |
Department of Environmental Health
Objectives:
Department of Environmental Health is actively involved in:
- Undergraduate education (Associate Diploma and BSc. Degrees in Environmental Health)
- Expanding knowledge of environmental sciences in the community through conducting oriented research projects.
Capabilities of graduates:
The graduates have the following roles and capabilities:
- Designing and performing projects on transmission, purification and distribution of water.
- Identifying chemical and bacteriological water contaminants.
- Presenting methods for wastewater treatment.
- Training sanitation issues in small and large communities.
Academic Staff of Environmental Health Department
Name | Academic rank and Major | Research Area |
*M.A. Baghapour | Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering | Water Resources and Environmental Engineering |
M. Dehgani | Assistant Professor of Environmental Health | Water purification and sewage treatment |
M.R. Shirdareh | Instructor of Environmental Health | Environmental health |
| A. Shahsavani | PhD Candidate of Environmental Health | Environmental health |
S. Daneshvar | Instructor of Chemistry | Chemical analysis |
*Chairman
Department of Epidemiology
Objectives:
Department of Epidemiology is actively involved in:
- Postgraduate education (MSc. degrees in Epidemiology).
- Expanding knowledge of epidemiological researches.
Capabilities of graduates:
The graduates have the following roles and capabilities:
- Researching and training in Epidemiology at universities of medical sciences and research institutes.
- Designing epidemiological studies for field researches.
- Statistical analysis and interpretation of the data gathered in epidemiological studies.
Academic Staff of Epidemiology Department
Name | Academic rank and Major | Research Area |
*B. Zeighami | Professor of Biostatistics | Non-parametric statistics |
A. Rejaeefard | Associate Professor of Biostatistics | Multilevel modeling, Survival analysis |
J. Hassan Zadeh | Assistant Professor of Epidemiology | Medical epidemiology |
S.H.R. Tabatabaee | Instructor of Epidemiology | Epidemiology |
H. Ghaem | Instructor of Epidemiology | Epidemiology |
A. Rezaeianzadeh | PhD Candidate of Epidemiology | Epidemiology |
*Chairman
Department of Medical Entomology
Objectives:
Department of Medical Entomology is actively involved in:
- Teaching courses in medical entomology and vector control to medical and paramedical students.
- Expanding knowledge of medical entomology through conducting oriented research projects.
Academic Staff of Medical Entomology Department
Name | Academic rank and Major | Research Area |
*M.R. Fakoor Ziba | Assistant Professor of Medical Entomology | Medical Entomology |
| K. Azizi | Assistant Professor of Medical Entomology | Medical Entomology |
M.J. Moemenbellah Fard | Assistant Professor of Medical Entomology | Entomology |
| coach entomology | Ms Entomology |
*Chairman
Department of Nutrition
Objectives:
Department of Nutrition is actively involved in:
- Undergraduate and postgraduate education (BSc. And MSc. degrees in human nutrition).
- Conducting research into basic issues of human nutrition.
- Expanding knowledge of human nutrition in the community.
Capabilities of graduates:
The graduates have the following roles and capabilities:
- Treatment of nutrition-related disorders through practicing nutrition therapy in private and public diet clinics.
- Training nutritional issues to the community for improving nutritional habits of people.
Academic Staff of Nutrition Department
Name | Academic rank and Major | Research Area |
*M.H. Eftekhari | Assistant Professor of Nutrition | Free radicals in health and diseases, obesity, micronutrients and endocrines relationship |
Z. Mazloom | Associate Professor of Nutrition | Fatty acids and renal diseases |
M. Salehi | Assistant Professor of Nutrition | Fasting and ketone bodies, free radicals and antioxidants |
A. Ahmadi | Instructor of Nutrition | Degenerative diseases |
S. Babajafari | PhD Candidate of Nutrition | Nutritional cardio-vascular diseases |
M. Mazloomi | PhD Candidate of Nutrition | Food toxicology and microbiology |
Sh. Faghih | PhD Candidate of Nutrition | Metabolic diseases |
*Chairman
Department of Occupational Health
Objectives:
Department of Occupational Health is actively involved in:
- Undergraduate and postgraduate education (Associate Diploma, BSc. And MSc. degrees in Occupational Health).
- Expanding knowledge of occupational health and safety through conducting oriented research.
Capabilities of graduates:
The graduates have the following roles and capabilities:
- Identifying, recognizing and controlling important physical, chemical and biological risk factors in the workplace.
- Considering ergonomics issues in the workplace.
- Participating in the occupational accident prevention programs in the workplace and playing an active role in occupational health and safety training plans.
Academic Staff of Occupational Health Department
Name | Academic rank and Major | Research Area |
*A. Choobineh | Associate Professor of Occupational Health | Ergonomics, Workstation design |
M. Neghab | Associate Professor of Occupational Toxicology | Occupational toxicology |
Z. Zamanian | PhD Candidate of Occupational Health | Thermal conditions, Noise, Lighting |
| P. Ahmadi Nejad | Instructor of Occupational Health | Physical factors, Ergonomics |
| A. Karimi | PhD Candidate of Occupational Health | Chemical factors, Industrial ventilation |
| M. Jahangiri | PhD Candidate of Occupational Health | Industrial safety |
F. Amirzadeh | Instructor of Occupational Health | Physical factors |
* *Chairman
Department of Public Health
Objectives:
Department of Public Health is actively involved in:
- Undergraduate and postgraduate education (Associate Diploma, BSc. Degrees in Public Health and MPH).
- Expanding knowledge of public health through conducting oriented research.
Capabilities of graduates:
The graduates have the following roles and capabilities:
- Supervising services delivered by health care centers.
- Providing direct family health services and disease control.
Academic Staff of Public Health Department
Name | Academic rank and Major | Research Area |
*M. Kashfi | Instructor of Public Health | Health care system management |
M. Nazari | PhD Candidate of Health Education | Health education |
L. Ghahremani | PhD Candidate of Health Education | Health education |
*Chairman
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