Pakistan Medical Research Council, Research Centre, Dow Medical College, Karachi.

      Staff position

 

  1. Dr. Sultana Habibullah                           Senior Medical Officer.
  2. Mr. Masood Hussain Rao                       Senior Research Officer.
  3. Mst. Sufia Usman                                   Research Officer.
  4. Mr. Faquir Mohammed Soomro             Super indent
  5. Mr. Nasir Mehmood                               Assistant
  6. Mr. Tanweer Akhtar                               UDC
  7. Mr. Kareem Bakhsh Barejo                    LDC
  8. Mr.  Mohammed Asim                           Naib Qasid
  9. Mr. Syed Nazim Ali                               Lab Attendant

 

 Projects submitted for funding

 

1 Prevalence and trends in shisha smoking among students of higher grades in Pakistan   PMRC

 

2 Factors affecting academic performance of public primary school children PMRC

 

3. Prevalence of Impaired Glucose Tolerance among 12-19 years age students in Karachi, at one point in time i.e. 2010.   WHO

      4. To assess the completeness of Tuberculosis notification (non-DOTS) from three

       major public sector children hospitals of Karachi to National TB control Programme,

       in 2009. WHO

 

Projects undertaken

  1. Seroprevalence of measles antibodies in children at school going age, in Pakistan (data collection Saddar town)

 

  1. Assessment of  the case  elements of case detection  in Government and NGO’s operated DOTS clinics working under the guidelines of National TB control Programme (NTP) in Karachi On –going

 

  1. Knowledge, attitude and practice of hand washing in some major public sectors hospitals of Pakistan (data entry)

 

Publication

 Habibullah S, Afsar S. Assessment of injection practice in public sector Expanded Programme of Immunization clinics in Karachi. PJMR 2010;49:1

    

     Accepted for publication.

  1. Rao MH. Evaluation of study design, type of article and statistical methods in

      selected Pakistani Medical Journals in last 10 years. PJMA

 

 

  Teaching

  1. Research Ethics lectures to MS students of Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation,DUHS,Karachi
  2. Biostatistics lectures to undergraduate medical students of Dow University of Health Sciences Karachi