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 8 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)
( 2007-2010 )
MEMBERS: FOR THE PERIOD JUNE 2007 – MAY 2008
Prof. Dr. Ghazala Mahmud
Prof. and Head of the Department of Obs & Gynae
Quaid-i-Azam Postgraduate Medical College
Consultant and Visiting Surgeon (Obs & Gynae), PIMS, Islamabad
Head, Mother Child Health (MCH)
Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), Islamabad
Prof. Dr. Shakila Zaman
Professor & Director, Health Services Academy (HSA)
Park Road , Near National Institute of Health (NIH)
Chak Shahzad, Islamabad
Major Gen. M. Masudul Hasan Nuri
Professor of Cardiology
Army Medical College (AMC)
Rawalpindi
Prof. Dr. Rashid Jooma
Executive Director & Professor of Neurosurgery
Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC)
Rafiqui Shaheed Road ,
Prof. Dr. Dure-Samin Akram
Professor of Paediatrics
12-A/1, North Avenue , Phase-I
Defense Housing Authority (DHA)
Prof. Dr. Zafar Ali Syed
Professor of Pulmonology
House No.85-A/1, Street No.16,
Cavalry Extension, Shami Road ,
Lahore.
Prof. Dr. Syed Muhammad Awais (SI)
Pro-Vice Chancellor & Prof. of Orthopedic Surgery
King Edward Medical University & Mayo Hospital
Lahore
Prof. Dr. Najeeb ul Haq
Principal/ Dean, Faculty of Medicine
Peshawar Medical College
Opposite to PTCL Exchange, Warsak Road
Peshawar
Prof. Dr. Pervez Iqbal Paracha
Professor & Dean
Faculty of Nutrition Sciences, NWFP agricultural University
Peshawar
Executive Director
Pakistan Medical Research Council
Islamabad
MEMBERS: FOR THE PERIOD JUNE 2008 –MAY 2009
1. Brig. Zafar Ahmad Malik (Retd.)
Professor of Anesthesia
Foundation University Medical College , Rawalpindi
2. Brig. Abdul Khaliq Naveed
Professor & Head, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology.
Army Medical College , Abid Majid Road , Rawalpindi
3. Maj. Gen. Massood Anwar
Executive Director
National Institute of Health (NIH), Chakshahzad
Islamabad
4. Prof. Dr. Anwar-ul-Hassan Gilani
HEC Distinguished National Professor
Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
The Aga Khan University Medical College , Karachi
5. Dr. Farah Asad Mansuri
Associate Professor, CHS, Karachi Medical &
Dental College , Karachi
6. Prof. Dr. Syed Atif Hasnain Kazmi
Professor & Head, Department of Dermatology
King Edward Medical University , Mayo Hospital , Lahore
7. Prof. Dr. Haroon Rashid Chaudhry
Head, Department of Psychiatry
Fatima Jinnah Medical College , Lahore
8. Dr. Abdul Waheed
Deputy Chief/ Medical Officer
IRNUM University Campus, Peshawar
9. Dr. Fazal Ghani
Assistant Professor & Head, Department of Prosthodontics
Khyber College of Dentistry
University Campus, Peshawar 25120
Executive Director
Pakistan Medical Research Council
Islamabad
MEMBERS: FOR THE PERIOD JUNE 2009 – MAY 2010
1. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Aslam
Dean/ Professor of Physiology
Army Medical College , Abid Majid Road , Rawalpindi
2. Dr. Bashir Ahmed
Classified ENT Spec and Associate Professor of ENT
ENT Department, CMH, Rawalpindi
Associate Professor of ENT & Head of ENT Department
Army Medical College , Rawalpindi
3. Prof. Dr. Syed Aslam Shah
Professor & Head of the Surgery Department
Consultant Surgeon, Quaid-i-Azam Postgraduate Medical College
Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), Islamabad
4. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Anwar Waqar
Senior Professor of Cell & Molecular Biology &
HEC Distinguished National Professor
Dr. Panjwani Centre for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research
University of Karachi , Karachi
5. Prof. Dr. Amir Ali Shoro
Dean, Basic Medical Science & Head of Anatomy Department
Liaquat National Medical College , Stadium Road , Karachi
6. Prof. Dr. Tasnim Ahsan
Professor of Medicine, Medical Unit II
Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi
7. Professor Dr. Tahir Shafi
Prof. of Nephrology & Head of Division of Medicine
Shaikh Zayed Postgraduate Medical Institute, Lahore
8. Prof. Dr. Naeem-ur-Rehman Khattak
Prof. and Chairman, Department of Economics
& Dean Faculty of Social Sciences
University of Peshawar , Peshawar
9. Executive Director
Pakistan Medical Research Council
Islamabad