Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics
One of the four departments in the faculty, clinical nutrition department, beside teaching duties is designed to lead the research in clinical settings. The research is being done in this department is varied, based on the student’s theses and dissertations or faculties interests, including: gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, renal, endocrine diseases, cancers, weight management, etc. A variety of studies have been done on diabetes. Animal experimentations have also been carried out. The assessment of nutritional status of different population has been another area of interest.

Azita Hekmatdoost
MD, Ph.D. in Nutrition, Professor
Head of Department
Research interest: Clinical Nutrition and Diet Therapy in Gastrointestinal Diseases
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