Grants

Project Title: Photothermal and photodynamic therapy of cancer using niosomes containing gold nanoparticles and a photosensitizer agent

Principal Investigator: Dr Farzaneh Fathi; Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry

Affiliation: Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center

Ardabil University of Medical Sciences

Funding Body: The Iran National Science Foundation (INSF)

Project start: 2026

Project Title: Identification and Evaluation of Circulating Hub Genes Associated with Oxidative Stress in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Principal Investigator: Dr. Mojtaba Amani, Professor of Biophysics

Affiliation: Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Lung Diseases Research Center, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences

Funding Body: The Iran National Science Foundation (INSF)

Project start: 2025

Project Title: Investigation of inflammation, proteostasis, and autophagy in neuroblastoma cells in the presence of extracellular immunophilin A

Principal Investigator: Dr. Mojtaba Amani, Professor of Biophysics

Affiliation: Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy 

Funding Body: The Iran National Science Foundation (INSF)

Project start: 2025

Project Title: Investigating the effect of increased miR-147b-5p expression on the response of glioblastoma multiforme cell lines to temozolomide and radiotherapy

Principal Investigator: Dr Elham Safarzadeh; Associate Professor of Medical Immunology

Affiliation: School of Medicine, Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy research center, Ardabil University of Medical Science

Funding Body: NIMAD Institute

Project start: 2024

Project Title: Analysis of cellular changes including mitochondrial and lysosomal dysfunction, antioxidant capacity, oxidative stress, and apoptosis in lymphocytes isolated from methadone users

Principal Investigator: Dr Zhaleh Jamali, Assistant Professor of Addiction Studies

Affiliation:  Social Determinants of Health Research Center; Ardabil University of Medical Sciences

Funding Body: The Iran National Science Foundation (INSF)

Project start: 2025

Project Title: Evaluation of mitochondrial transplantation in inhibiting the aging process and improving tissue function in a rat model

Principal Investigator: Dr Ahmad Salimi, Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Affiliation:  Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy; Traditional Medicine and Hydrotherapy Research Center; Ardabil University of Medical Sciences

Funding Body: The Iran National Science Foundation (INSF)

Project start: 2025

Project Title: Determining the concentration and evaluating the health risk caused by exposure to microplastics in water and soil sources of Ardabil province

Principal Investigator: Dr Mehdi Fazlzadeh, Associate Professor of Environmental Health Engineering

Affiliation:  Department of Environmental Health, School of Health, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences

Funding Body: NIMAD Institute

Project start: 2024

Project Title: Performance of the womens empowerment to predict infected COVID-19

Principal Investigator: Dr Farhad Pourfarzi, Professor of Community Medicine

Affiliation:  School of Medicine, Digestive Diseases Research Center, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences

Funding Body: World Health Organization (WHO)

Project start: 2020

Project Title: Alzheimer Disease

Principal Investigator: Dr Mohammad Amani, Professor of Physiology

Affiliation: School of Medicine, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences

Funding Body: Columbia University

Project start: 2019

Project Title: International Prevalence Surveys of Helicobacter Pylori in High and Low Risk Areas for Stomach Cancer (Epidemiological investigation of gastric malignancies- ENIGMA(

Principal Investigator: Dr Farhad Pourfarzi, Professor of Community Medicine

Affiliation: School of Medicine, Digestive Diseases Research Center, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences

Funding Body: World Health Organization (WHO)

Project start: 2018