Deputy for Research

Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences

Invasive Fungi Research Center

Invasive Fungi Research Center (IFRC)

History:

The Invasive Fungi Research Center (IFRC) was founded by Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences in 2012. IFRC has well equipped laboratories to carry out research on medical mycology fields including new diagnostic methods, antifungal susceptibility testing, resistance mechanisms in fungi against antifungal agents and epidemiology of invasive fungal infections in susceptible hosts. This center provides research facilities and guidance to all post graduate students, too.

Dean:

Professor Mohammad T. Hedayati

Email: IFRC1391@yahoo.com

Address :

Invasive Fungi Research Center (IFRC), Faculty of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Science, Khazarabad Rd. (18 Km), Sari, IRAN.

Program coordinator:

Nazanin Lotfi (MSc.)

Academic Member:

Name

email

Research interest

Tahereh Shokohi 

shokohi.tahereh@gmail.com

Medical Mycology

Mohammad T. Hedayati 

hedayatimt@gmail.com

Medical Mycology

Hamid Badali

badalii@yahoo.com

Medical Mycology

Mahdi Abastabar

Mabastabar@gmail.com

Medical Mycology

 

Maryam Moazeni

moazeni.maryam@gmail.com

Medical Mycology

Jaber Mousavi

J_moosavi@razi.tums.ac.ir

Community& Preventive Medicine

Mehryar Zargari

zargari.mehryar@gmail.com

Medical Biochemistry

Zohreh Haj-Heydari

zhajheydari@yahoo.com

Dermatology

Mohammad Bagher Hashemi Soteh

hashemisoteh@gmail.com

Medical Genetics

Research priority:

Epidemiology of fungal infections

Immunology of fungal infections

The role of fungi in hypersensitivity

 

Diagnostic tools: development and evaluation

 

Antifungal susceptibility testing in vitro

 

Antifungal resistance epidemiology and characterization of underlying mechanisms

 

Development of clinical guidelines for diagnosis and management of fungal infections

In collaboration with:

Department of Medical mycology, Ahvaz University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

 

Department of Medical mycology and parasitology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

 

Department of Medical mycology and parasitology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

 

Radboud University

 

Manchester University

All interested applicants should be sentonline.