Hossein Baharvand -

Translation Research and Regenerative Medicine through the Understanding of Stem Cells
Transdifferentiation and Pluripotent Stem Cell Differentiation into Cardiomyocytes, Neural Cells, Hepatocytes and Beta Cells
Biologically-Inspired Engineering
Pluripotency Mechanisms and Germ Cell Biology

Founder, Director and Full Professor, Royan Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Technology
Head, Department of Developmental Biology, University of Science and Culture, 2006-Present
Researcher, generated human and mouse embryonic stem cells for the first time in Iran, 2003
Researcher, induced pluripotent stem cells, 2009
Co-Founder, established different branches of regenerative medicine in Iran
Researcher, made numerous contributions to clinical trials and tissue-specific stem cell transplantation
Researcher, developed cell manufacturing
Invited Speaker, numerous international and national conferences
Editor, four international books by Springer (2010 and 2012) and John Wiley (2015)

Author, 297 international papers, 100 national peer-reviewed papers, seven chapters in international books, seven books in Persian and eight translated English books into Persian.

Highly-Cited Researcher with h-index=43 and over 6950 citations to his work, September 2017
Member, editorial board of eight international journals (e.g. Journal of Biological Chemistryand Scientific Reports from Nature Publishing Group)
Patent Holder, two USA patents
Award Winner, 29 international and national awards including 10th (2004), 12th (2006), and 17th (2012) Annual Razi Research Award on Medical Science hosted by the Ministry of Health and Medical Education; 26th Kharazmi International Award (2013) hosted by the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology; 27th Annual Book of the Year of the Islamic Republic of Iran (2010); Academy of Medical Sciences of Iran (Dr. Hadavi’s Award in 2010, 2014); International Professor Yalda Award for Excellence in Medical Sciences (2015); Distinguished Iranian Scientist in Biotechnology (2015) and Islamic Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) Prize for research in the field of Biology (2010).
Prominent Researcher, Allameh Tabatabaei’s Award hosted by the Iranian vice Presidency for Science and Technology and National Elite Foundation, 2014
Winner, 2014 UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea International Prize for Research in the Life Sciences for improving the quality of human life with his stem cell research and its numerous applications in regenerative medicine, 2014