Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Center (ICRC) is a WHO collaborating center for research and training in cardiovascular diseases (CVD) control, prevention and rehabilitation for cardiac patients in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR).

ICRC initiated its activities in 1987 with aim of performing research on CVD prevention and health promotion for information for action. The central goal of ICRC is to utilize the existing technology to perform community-oriented biomedical research, produce applicable results, and contribute to furthering human knowledge in the realms of science. ICRC aims to assist academic and research centers, as well as other health care providers to conduct programs for prevention, control and treatment of CVD and their related risk factors.

Responsibilities and objectives:

- Performing research on CVD prevention and health promotion for information for action

- Utilizing existing technology to perform communityoriented biomedical research, produce applicable results, and contribute to human knowledge

- Assisting academic and research centers, as well as other health care providers to conduct programs for prevention, control and treatment of CVD and their related risk factors

Date of establishment: 1991

Date of approval.' 1994

Number of the academic staff members: 1

Address: Sedigh-e-Tahere Research Center, Khoram St., Jomhouri Sq., Isfahan, Iran

Tel.' +98 311 3377889,3359696,3359797,3359090,3377887-9

Fax: +98311 3373435

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Website: http://crc.mui.ac.ir