User:Uniquex65/Mahdi Balali-Mood

Mahdi Balali-Mood (in Persian مهدی بلالی مود), born 6th September, 1942 in Birjand, (Mood) ; is a Prominent researcher, physician and clinical toxicologist.

He is the first president of Iranian Society of Toxicologyand founder of the MUMS Medical Toxicology Research Center (MTRC)Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad where he is now the current director of MTRC He is a member of Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences] and an elected fellow of Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS), January 1997 to date.

He is best internationally recognized for his research on medical aspects of chemical warfareagents

Education
PhD in Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology, Edinburgh University, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine UK, 1978-1981

MD, Tehran University of Medical Sciences(TUMS) 1963-1970

B.Sc. in Chemistry; Tarbiat Moallem University, 1960-1963

Official Positions
1) Professor of Medicine and Clinical Toxicology. Director, Medical Toxicology Centre, Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Iran, since 1989.

2) Visiting Professor, School of Clinical and Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Newcastle University, since May 2006. 3) President of the Iranian Society of Toxicology  (1991 – 2000 and 2002-2004 ). 4) Honorary advisor to the International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS), World Health Organisation since 1989.

5) President, Asia Pacific Association of Medical Toxicology, November 1994 to Nov, 2001,

6) Regional Secretary of former World Federation of the Clinical Toxicology and Poisons Control Centres, November 1994 to  2000.

7) Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Birjand University of Medical Sciences, April 2002 to date.

8) Vice-Chairman and member of the Scientific Advisory Board, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)  since March 2005.

9) Associate Editor for Chemical Hazards, Emerging health Threats Journal, 2006 to date.