Roja Rahimi

Roja Rahimi is an Iranian pharmacologist who is a professor of traditional pharmacy at the University of Tehran. Her research has advanced understanding of herbal medicines. She was awarded the 2025 Bionorica Phytoneering Award.

Early life and education Rahimi was born in Shiraz. Her father was a civil engineer and her mother was a teacher. Rahimi earned her doctorate in traditional pharmacy at the Tehran University of Medical Sciences. She was a postdoctoral researcher in Iran, where she studied the pharmacological properties of medicinal plants used in Iranian traditional medicine.

Research and career Rahimi is a professor at University of Tehran. She is dean of the International College of the Tehran University of Medical Sciences.

Rahimi was awarded the Bionorica Phytoneering Award 2025. She has been recognised at the Razi Medical Sciences Festival and the Avicenna Festival.

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