<div></div> <div>The president of the Academy of Sciences of IR Iran has appointed Prof. Mohammad Reza Shams Aredekani as the new Secretary of the Academy.</div> <div></div> <div> </div> <div></div> <div>Prof. Shams Ardekani is the Professor of Pharmacy at Tehran University of Medical Sciences. He has been the Associate Fellow of the Academy since 2010 and also a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences of IR Iran.</div> <div></div> <div> </div> <div></div> <div>Prof. Shams Ardekani’s major academic achievements and administrative positions:</div> <div></div> <div>- President, Iranian Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists</div> <div>- President, Iranian Society of Pharmacognosy</div> <div>- Secretary, The Academy of Sciences of IR Iran, (2001-2005) & (2015-2016)</div> <div>- Secretary, Joint Secretariat of the Academies of IR Iran</div> <div>- Secretary, Committee of Islamic and Iranian Culture and Civilization</div> <div>- Head, Center of Medical Culture, Ethics and Heritage, Ministry of Health, Treatment and Medical Education</div> <div>- Dean, School of Persian Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences</div> <div>- Director General, Traditional Medicine Office, Ministry of Health, Treatment and Medical Education</div> <div></div> <div> </div> <div></div> <div> </div>