TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE (TAC)
The Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) of the Pakistan Medical Research Council (PMRC) has initially been constituted for a period of three years. The serving period of the Committee is by rotation for one year and it consists of 10 members (one-third Conveners of Expert Panels), including the Executive Director of the Council.
• THE TERMS OF REFERENCE (TOR) OF THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE (TAC):
1. To recommend to the Board through Executive Director for approval of research and development projects/programmes and strategic plans of the Council, along with the related budget estimates of these activities;
The Committee's recommendations shall be guided by review of the programmes and plans by experts in the specific fields under consideration;
2. To review outcome of research supported by the Council and utilization of the research by the health and related sectors;
3. To render advice and report on any technical matter referred to it by the Council;
4. To identify and recommend to the Board through Executive Director suitable candidates for appointment as Fellows, Scholars and Associates;
5. To develop and recommend to the Board appropriate policies for the support of the research activities undertaken by the Council, including policies relating to inter-institutional relationship;
6. To act as a primary medium of communication (liaison) between the Council and the research/academic community, informing the Board of issues, problems and research opportunities and in turn, helping to foster understanding within the research/academic community of the Council's aims and activities.
• MEETINGS OF THE TAC:
The meetings of TAC shall be convened as and when required by the Executive Director PMRC and shall be presided over by the Chairman, TAC.
• THE CHAIRMAN/CHAIRPERSON OF THE TAC:
The Chairman / Chairperson of the Committee shall be elected by the members of the Technical Advisory Committee.
LAST PMRC TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE (TAC)
( 2011-2014 )
MEMBERS: FOR THE PERIOD 2011 – JUNE 2012
Prof. Dr. Muhammad Saeed Shafi
Chairman Anatomy Department
Shifa College of Medicine
Pitras Bokhari Road, Sector H-8/4
Islamabad.
Brig. Dr. Syed Muhammad Imran Majeed
Consultant Cardiologist & Cardiac Electrophysiologist
Head of the Department of Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiologist
Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology (AFIC)
Rawalpindi Cantt.
Maj. Gen. Farooq Ahmad Khan
Commandant & Professor/Advisor in Pathology
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP)
Rawalpindi.
Prof. Dr. Tariq Baqai
Professor & Head of Department of Medicine
Islamic International Medical College
Al-Mizan, IIMC Trust Medical Complex,
274-Peshawar Road
Rawalpindi.
Dr. Faisal Sultan
Chief Executive Officer & Consultant Physician
Medicine and Infectious Diseases
Shoukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre
7-A, Block R-3, M.A. Johar Town, Town Ship
Lahore.
Prof. Dr. Syeda Bushra Iftikhar
Department of Community Medicine
Khyber Medical College
Peshawar.
Prof. Dr. Syed Atif Husnain Kazmi
Head, Department of Dermatology
King Edward Medical University/Mayo Hospital
Lahore.
Dr. Ansar Maxood
Consultant Dental Surgeon/Incharge Dental Department,
The Children’s Hospital, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS)
Islamabad.
Prof. Dr. Muhammad Iqbal Afridi
Head, Department of Psychiatry,
Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC)
Karachi.
Executive Director
Pakistan Medical Research Council
Islamabad.
MEMBERS: FOR THE PERIOD JULY 2012 – JUNE 2013
Prof. Dr. Syed Qamar Alam
Department of Basic Health Sciences
Section of Biochemistry
Shifa College of Medicine
Pitras Bokhari Road, Sector H-8/4
Islamabad.
Prof. Dr. Anjum Khawar
Head of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery
Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS)
Sector G-8/3
Islamabad.
Dr. Waqaruddin Ahmed
Senior Medical Officer/Centre Incharge
PMRC Research Centre
Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC)
Karachi.
Prof. Dr. Syed Muhammad Aslam Shah
Head, Department of General Surgery
Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS)
Sector G-8/3
Islamabad.
Prof. Dr. Fareesa Waqar
Head of Department of Obs./Gynae.
Islamic International Medical College
Al-Mizan, IIMC Trust Medical Complex,
274-Peshawar Road
Rawalpindi.
Prof. Dr. Shakila Zaman
Professor of Preventive Paediatrics
85-K, St. No. 77
Defence Housing Authority
Lahore.
Maj. Gen. Prof. Dr. Suhaib Ahmed
Deputy Commandant & Head
Department of Haematology & Genetics
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP)
Rawalpindi.
Dr. Muhammad Babar Imran (T.I)
Principal Medical Officer
Punjab Institute of Nuclear Medicine (PINUM)
Jail Road
Faisalabad.
Dr. Aamer Ikram
Consultant Microbiologist
Associate Professor & Biosafety Officer
Head of Department of Pathology
Combined Military Hospital (CMH)
Quetta.
Executive Director
Pakistan Medical Research Council
Islamabad.
MEMBERS: FOR THE PERIOD JULY 2013 – JUNE 2014
Maj. Gen (Retd) Prof. Dr. Muhammad Aslam
Principal/Professor of Physiology
Shifa College of Medicine
Pitras Bokhari Road, Sector H-8/4
Islamabad.
Dr. Meharunnissa Khaskheli
Assistant Professor of Obs./Gynae.
Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences (LUMHS)
Jamshoro.
Dr. Ahmad Ijaz Masood
Associate Professor
Head of Department of Radiotherapy & Oncology
Nishtar Medical College & Hospital
Multan.
Prof. Dr. Asad Aslam Khan (S.I)
Professor of Ophthalmology and Allied Vision Sciences
King Edward Medical University/Mayo Hospital
Lahore.
Prof. Dr. Muhammad Zaheer Abbasi
Consultant Paediatric Surgeon and
Professor of Pediatric Surgery
The Children’s Hospital
Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS)
Sector G-8/3
Islamabad.
Prof. Dr. Ghulam Sarwar Pirkani
Professor of Microbiology
Department of Pathology,
Bolan Medical College
Quetta.
Prof. Dr. Abdul Sattar Memon
Dean Surgery
Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences (LUMHS)
Jamshoro.
Dr. Abdul Matin (Co-opted)
Senior Scientific Officer
Institute of Biomedical & Genetic Engineering
KRL Hospital, 3rd Floor
24-Mauve Area, Sector G-9/1
Islamabad.
Brig. Prof. Dr. Akbar Waheed
Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Army Medical College
Abid Majeed Road
Rawalpindi.
Prof. Dr. Arshad Javaid
Head of Department of Pulmonology
Postgraduate Medical Institute (PGMI)
Lady Reading Hospital
Peshawar.
Executive Director
Pakistan Medical Research Council
Islamabad.