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 |
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|
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
|