Strategic Priorities of the Center in Three Goals and Domains
Domain: Knowledge Production
Goal:
Achieving a leading national position in the field of chronic diseases based on international indicators.
General Strategies:
- Enhancing the quantity of scientific and research outputs
- Improving the quality of research
- Increasing researcher productivity
Approaches:
- Developing a strategic research roadmap for the center
- Conducting fundamental and clinical research to advance the country’s technical knowledge and address the needs of the scientific and medical communities
- Collecting, organizing, and classifying documents, articles, and records related to chronic and hard-to-treat diseases
- Attracting the attention and cooperation of relevant research and executive centers within the country
- Establishing scientific collaboration with international research and educational institutions
Domain: Education and Capacity Building
Goal:
Achieving a leading position in professional education and capacity building related to chronic diseases based on national indicators.
General Strategies:
- Expanding interdisciplinary fields
- Promoting research-based education
Approaches:
- Identifying educational needs and priorities at general and specialized levels in related fields
- Encouraging, motivating, and employing elite faculty members and researchers in this research area and related sciences
- Establishing joint collaborations with domestic and international experts
- Utilizing modern educational technologies in the field of chronic and hard-to-treat diseases
- Building capacity for providing study and research opportunities
- Training researchers in the control and treatment of chronic and hard-to-treat diseases
- Developing and implementing professional and short-term training programs
- Establishing effective communication with relevant international organizations and institutions
Domain: Knowledge Application (Knowledge Translation and Transfer)
Goal:
Achieving a leading position in the country in knowledge translation and transfer.
General Strategies:
- Focusing on national priorities in research on chronic and hard-to-treat diseases
- Localizing technology in the diagnosis and treatment of chronic and hard-to-treat diseases
Approaches:
- Designing and developing innovative service delivery models in the field of chronic diseases with a focus on local research
- Building capacity for two-way communication with doctors and specialists in the field of chronic diseases
- Building capacity for two-way communication with service recipients
- Establishing a chronic and hard-to-treat disease network for patient follow-up and providing updated diagnostic and treatment strategies to healthcare centers and physicians
- Maintaining a strong presence in digital media and using it to achieve communication goals
- Delivering the latest scientific information produced in the field of chronic and hard-to-treat diseases to stakeholders through seminars, conferences, workshops, and mass media
- Supporting the design and registration of patents related to the diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of chronic diseases.