Strategic Goals of the Climate Change and Health Research Center , Dezful University of Medical Sciences
The Climate Change and Health Research Center, with the aim of providing scientific and systematic responses to the growing challenges posed by climate change and its impacts on human health, has developed a set of strategic goals. These goals align with the Center's mission to generate knowledge, empower human resources, foster scientific collaborations, and play an effective role in national and international policymaking.
G1: Research and Innovation: Conducting fundamental, applied, technological, and clinical research in the field of climate change and health.
G2: Capacity Building: Training researcher human resources in the field of climate change and health.
G3: Network Expansion: Fostering collaboration with national scientific, industrial, technological, research, legislative, and executive centers.
G4: Education and Scientific Cooperation: Scientific cooperation with related research and educational centers in other countries and international organizations, and its expansion.
G5: Creating a Policy-Making Platform: Achieving a position of evidence-based scientific participation in national macro decision-making and policy-making, as well as national development plans.
G6: Scientific and International Authority: Attaining a position of national and international scientific authority through scientific and technological networking at national and international levels.
Strategic Objectives of the Climate Change and Health Research Center, Dezful University of Medical Sciences
Maximax-SO Strategy: Leveraging Opportunities by Focusing on Strengths
- Expand research on climate change and health (aligned with G1).
- Increase the number of student theses (aligned with G2 and G1).
- Prioritize the formulated strategic plan for the center’s future activities (aligned with G3).
- Engage scientific elites and specialized personnel, and empower them in the field of climate change and health (aligned with G2).
- Develop research on the epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of climate change-related diseases (aligned with G3).
- Establish and launch national, regional, and transnational scientific networks (aligned with G3, G4, and G7).
Minimax-WO Strategy: Leveraging Opportunities to Mitigate Weaknesses
- Reduce the teaching load on research faculty members (aligned with G1 and G2).
- Increase funding acquisition for research on climate change and health (aligned with G1 and G3).
- Develop the center’s website (aligned with G4, G3, and G1).
- Identify and recruit efficient human resources (aligned with G3).
- Support researchers to enhance their research motivation (aligned with G2).
- Improve the skills of researchers and experts at the center (aligned with G2).
- Organize applied research projects (aligned with G1).
Maximin-ST Strategy (Utilizing Strengths to Mitigate Threats)
- Active participation in provincial, regional (Southwest Iran), national, and international meetings (aligned with G2 and G3).
- Revitalizing the role of researchers at foundational, health, and clinical levels (aligned with G4, G3, and G1).
- Striving for the center's independence (aligned with G4).
- Reporting the center's programs to relevant authorities (aligned with G3 and G4).
Minimin-WT Strategy (Minimizing Weaknesses and Threats)
- Enhancing the quality of the center's human resources (aligned with G2).
- Recruiting efficient researchers (aligned with G1 and G2).
- Optimizing communication with other research centers (aligned with G3 and G4).
- Streamlining the procurement of equipment and consumables (aligned with G1).
- Establishing an Industry Liaison Unit (aligned with G1).
