Mehrdad Hashemi | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | Best Researcher Award

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Prof. Mehrdad Hashemi | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | Best Researcher Award

Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University | Iran

Professor Mehrdad Hashemi is a renowned scholar in Molecular and Medical Genetics whose pioneering research has made transformative contributions to predictive, preventive, and personalized medicine. His scientific work focuses on the discovery of diagnostic and therapeutic biomarkers particularly non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs and miRNAs) with profound implications for early disease detection, molecular targeting, and precision therapy. Prof. Mehrdad Hashemi has authored 372 peer-reviewed publications indexed in Scopus, accumulating over 6,826 citations from 6,242 documents, and achieving a remarkable h-index of 41. His research portfolio includes 299 ISI-indexed papers, 342 Scopus-indexed papers, and 258 PubMed articles, encompassing 119 Q1 and 82 Q2 journals. He has led or completed 14 major research projects, contributed to 95 industrial and academic collaborations, and maintained 110 international research partnerships with leading institutions across the USA, UK, Canada, China, Germany, Australia, and beyond. His scholarly output also includes 3 internationally published books and 1 patent. Ranked among the World’s Top 1% and 2% Scientists in both ESI (2024) and Stanford (2024–2025) global rankings, Prof. Mehrdad Hashemi’s groundbreaking studies on exosomes, nanomedicine, gene regulation, and cancer therapeutics have advanced global understanding of disease mechanisms and innovative treatment modalities. He also contributes extensively as an editorial board member, peer reviewer, and thought leader in the field of molecular diagnostics and translational genetics.

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Featured Publications

  • Paskeh, M. D. A., Entezari, M., Mirzaei, S., Zabolian, A., Saleki, H., Naghdi, M. J., … & Hashemi, M. (2022). Emerging role of exosomes in cancer progression and tumor microenvironment remodeling. Journal of Hematology & Oncology, 15(1), 83. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13045-022-01296-0

  • Bolhassani, A., Javanzad, S., Saleh, T., Hashemi, M., Aghasadeghi, M. R., … & Sadat, S. M. (2014). Polymeric nanoparticles: potent vectors for vaccine delivery targeting cancer and infectious diseases. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 10(2), 321–332. https://doi.org/10.4161/hv.26796

  • Entezari, M., Hashemi, D., Taheriazam, A., Zabolian, A., Mohammadi, S., … & Hashemi, M. (2022). AMPK signaling in diabetes mellitus, insulin resistance and diabetic complications: A pre-clinical and clinical investigation. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 146, 112563. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopha.2021.112563

  • Hashemi, M., Moosavi, M. S., Abed, H. M., Dehghani, M., Aalipour, M., Heydari, E. A., … & Mirzaei, S. (2022). Long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) H19 in human cancer: From proliferation and metastasis to therapy. Pharmacological Research, 184, 106418. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phrs.2022.106418

  • Sadrkhanloo, M., Entezari, M., Orouei, S., Ghollasi, M., Rezaei, S., Hejazi, E. S., … & Hashemi, M. (2022). STAT3-EMT axis in tumors: Modulation of cancer metastasis, stemness and therapy response. Pharmacological Research, 182, 106311. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phrs.2022.106311