Emergency Medicine: Open Access
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ISSN: 2165-7548
+44 1223 790975
ISSN: 2165-7548
+44 1223 790975
Mahdi Balali-Mood
Director
Medical Toxicology Research Centre
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
Iran
Mahdi Balali-Mood obtained his BSc. (1st class Hon.) in chemistry in 1963 and MD in 1970 from Tehran University. After earning his PhD in Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology at Edinburgh University Medical School in 1981, he was working as a lecturer there until winter 1982, when he returned to Mashhad, where he was promoted to Associate Professor and Full Professor of Medicine and Clinical Toxicology at Mashhad University Medical Sciences in 1984 and 1988, respectively. Prof. Balali-Mood has served as a Clinical Toxicology Adviser to WHO since 1989. He was a founding member and President of Iranian Society of Toxicology (1970-2001) and also co-founder and President of Asia-Pacific Association of Medical Toxicology (1994-2001). Mahdi was elected as a permanent fellow of The World Academy of Sciences in 1997. He has collaborated with OPCW since 2004. Prof. Balali-Mood was awarded 16 prizes. He is author/editor of 452 articles, 39 chapters/books and 3 journals.
Toxicology