Pakistan Medical Research Council

 

Research Projects Funded by PMRC:

 

During the last three years Council received about 206 projects and funded 47 Research projects for the cost of Rs. 7.22 Million. This also includes 9 projects related to earthquake area.

 

      In 2007, total 19 projects were presented, which included 15 routine projects (each project within the range

      of Rs. 200,000/-) and 04 projects under Dr. S. J. Zuberi Research Grant (within the range of Rs.0.5

      Million). Total 12 projects were approved, which included 11 routine projects and 01 project under Dr. S.

      J. Zuberi Research Grant.

 

      The list of approved projects is as under: -

List of Routine Projects 

S.#

Title of Project

Principal Investigator

Duration

Total Cost

(Rs)

   1.                 

Budgetary imbalance in Health Care System of NWFP: 1990-2004

 

Prof. Dr. Naeem ur Rehman Khattak

 

01 year

 

200,000

     2.       

Efficacy of Aloe Vera as anti-diabetic agent in the management of Type-II diabetics.

Dr. Khatoon Akhtar Bano

 

01 year

 

196,500

     3.       

Antenatal screening of women for HIV/AIDS and syphilis infection.

Asia Batool

 

01 year

 

200,800

     4.       

Role of Metformin in polycystic ovarian syndrome

Dr. Haleema Yasmeen

 

01 year

 

101,000

     5.       

Community based rehabilitation of severely malnourished children

Prof. D.S. Akram

 

01 year

 

199,500

     6.       

Predictive value of Biochemical Markers as compared to biopsy for assessment of chronic liver damage in Hepatitis C infection

Brig. Dilshad Ahmed Khan

 

01 year

 

 

196,600

     7.       

Hospital based survey of road traffic injuries in Karachi

Prof. Rashid Jooma

 

3 months

 

200,000

     8.       

Metabolic syndrome in patients with acute myocardial infarction.

Dr. Naila Hamid

 

01 year

 

58,000

     9.       

Non invasive evaluation of Liver fibrosis in patients with Hepatitis B & C

Major Shahzad Ashraf

 

02 years

 

200,000

   10.      

Nutritional genetics of TNF-alpha and receptor genes and impact on the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease

Dr. Jawad Sajid Khan

 

03 years

 

197,000

   11.      

Systemic inflammation in Types 1, 2 and 3 COPD exacerbations.

Dr. Sibghah Zulfiqar

 

06 months

 

60,000

Total

1,809,400

1.81 M

 

 

Dr. S. J. Zuberi Grant

 

S.#

Title of Project

Principal Investigator

Duration

Total Cost

(Rs)

1.

To determine the frequency of Non alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) in Metabolic Syndrome (MBS) and to study the frequency on Non Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) in patients diagnosed to have NAFLD

Prof. Dr. Tasnim Ahsan

 

09 months

 

552,500