Behrooz Astaneh  Behrooz Astaneh (born 1964) is the founder of an academic Master of Science course of medical journalism in the Middle East and has presented more than 750 workshops. Behrooz Astaneh was born on 1964 in Shiraz, Iran. He graduated in medicine from Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. He then continued his studies on medical journalism at the University of Westminster in London, UK. He designed specific academic training courses for medical editors. He has also focused on disseminating the essentials of publication ethics among regional editors by presenting various workshops in this field and also performing two international congresses on publication ethics in Shiraz, Iran in 2011 and 2014. He is the only Iranian Council member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). He is the vice president of Eastern Mediterranean Association of Medical Editors (EMAME), and the vice president of the Iranian Society of Medical Editors. His distinguishing feature is presenting more than 750 workshops at national and international levels on various aspects of medical editing, publishing and publication ethics.