Strategic Plane

Mission

The main mission of the Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Center is to conduct interventional and observational studies at all three levels of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention in the field of cardiovascular diseases, with a multi-disciplinary approach based on the country's health priorities. We aim to operationalize the results of this research for various stakeholders, including policymakers, health service providers, and the public. To achieve this mission, we will utilize scientific cooperation with all relevant educational and research centers in this institute, other universities in the country, and international organizations.

Vision

This center intends to be the top research center for cardiovascular epidemiology in the country, leading research that provides evidence related to cardiovascular health and diseases for effective and equitable policymaking at various levels of the national health system, as well as at regional and global levels.

Values

The Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Center will always uphold the following values in performing its scientific and research duties:

• Respecting human dignity and spiritual, cultural, religious, and ethnic values.
• Adhering to research ethics at all stages of research, publication, and respecting intellectual property rights.
• Commitment to the principle of ensuring quality in research, correct data extraction, and striving to increase the quality of recorded data.
• Providing a safe environment for researchers to maintain and enhance the quality and quantity of scientific products.
• Transparency in implementing all research stages and publishing results to produce reliable evidence.
• Using up-to-date knowledge and globally accepted models in producing documents to obtain valid, comparable, and internationally compatible results.
• Avoiding any intellectual, value-based, ethnic, or national bias in conducting studies.
• Commitment to the principles of organizational culture and governance of professional ethics.
• Developing interdisciplinary, inter-sectoral, and inter-organizational collaborations.

Main Objectives

• Conducting interventional and observational studies at all three levels of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention in the field of cardiovascular diseases, with a multi-disciplinary approach.
• Connecting with clinical research centers to conduct macro-level research and align scattered studies.
• Using valid information registration systems to conduct studies with the maximum accessible sample size.
• Collaborating with research centers to optimize data quality and information registration systems.
• Striving to empower researchers to perform their professional duties and enhance their scientific and research capabilities.
• Conducting relevant clinical trials in the form of a CRO.
• Providing specialized research services to other scientific, research, and executive centers, such as research centers and the Ministry of Health.