KUMS / Research Areas

Research Priorities of Environmental Health and Environmental Pollutants Research Committee

1. Purification and recycling of municipal, rural, and industrial wastewater for reuse in various cases of environmental health and environmental pollutants

2. Collection, transportation, and disposal of the municipal, hospital, industrial and agricultural waste to reduce pollution and recycle resources,surface and groundwater treatment for various drinking and industrial uses with emphasis on indigenous and modern technologies

3. The economic, social, environmental, and health impacts of haze and the provision of mitigation strategies

4. Physical, chemical, microbial, and radiological characteristics of haze and related solutions individually and in public environments

5. Impact of Kermanshah air pollution sources with emphasis on pollution of Kermanshah east industries and burning of residues

6. Preventive measures in controlling the province's environmental challenges

Research Priorities of Health and Management Research Committee on Health System

1. Challenges of providing specialized and sub-specialized medical services in Kermanshah province

2. Medical tourism challenges and opportunities in Kermanshah province to design an evidence-based model

3. Appropriate models to improve the quality of services provided in the health system

4. Investigation of the economic effects of unbalanced development and environmental threats

5. Implementation of health plan design and its effects on different sectors

6. Customer satisfaction with received public and private services

7. Quality of health care services

8. Evaluation of inequality and justice in health and health care utilization

9. Technology in different health areas

10. Evaluation of the effect of health sector evolution plan on the performance of health service providers

11. Cost analysis - effectiveness of health services

12. Quality of health services in training and non-training hospitals affiliated with Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences

13. Economic analysis of the health system

Research Priorities of Health Education and Health Promotion Research Committee

1. Knowledge, attitude, and practice of people towards diseases and health risk factors

2. Education and promotion of health; behavioral disease status and coping methods

3. Application of health education and health promotion models in different healthcare areas 

4. Role of health education in control of infectious diseases in the region

5. Design and psychometric evaluation of tools for studying behaviors such as high-risk, preventive, and therapeutic

6. Conducting evidence-based need assessment studies to design effective health interventions

7. Evaluation of programs for the prevention of communicable and non-communicable diseases (e.g., diabetes and AIDS)

8. Evaluation of prevention programs for high-risk behaviors (e.g., substance abuse and high-risk sexual behaviors)

9. Conducting medical education studies in various health fields

Research Priorities of Epidemiology and Disease Registry Research Committee

1. Epidemiology and design of health interventions in the prevention and control of common and endemic diseases

2. Epidemiology and registry of diseases

3. Epidemiology and prevention of home, occupational and road accidents

4. Prevention of non-communicable diseases and quantitative and qualitative health promotion

5. Epidemiology, etiology, and control of high-risk behaviors in youth by emphasizing education and change of attitude

6. Epidemiology, prevention, early diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of substance abuse

7. Epidemiology, early prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of diabetes

8. Epidemiology, prevention, treatment and rehabilitation ofosteoporosis

9. Epidemiology, etiology, prevention, early diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of Psychological disorders

10. Epidemiology, treatment, and rehabilitation of pulmonary diseases (with an emphasis on COPD and pulmonary tumors)

11. Epidemiology and control of common skin diseases

12. Data registration of prioritized diseases

13. Application of new epidemiology methods in recognition and prevention of infectious diseases

14. Methods for prevention, treatment, and control of emerging diseases

15. Water and foodborne communicable diseases

16. Determining the load of non-communicable diseases

17. Epidemiology and control of immune deficiency and autoimmune diseases

Research Priorities of the Occupational Health and Safety Research Committee

1. Biodegradable packaging

2. Production and processing of food

3. Preparation and evaluation of functional foods in food processing plants in Kermanshah province

4. Food safety

5. Musculoskeletal problems and their causes in different occupations

6. Evaluation of risk in environment and industry

7. Ergonomic studies in manufacturing and service systems

Research Priorities of the Nutrition and Food Technology Research Committee

1. Preparation and clinical assessment of functional foods in food processing plants in Kermanshah Province

2. Food safety

3. Biodegradable packaging

4. Production and processing of food