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Pakistan
Medical
Research
Council
(PMRC), an autonomous research organization is in existence for
over four decades striving to under take its major functions of
promoting, organization and coordinating health research in the
country. The Council has established research centers (presently
13) in the public sector medical academic institutions with the
assumption that the major health research capacity lies in these
institutions and that by assisting and facilitating their health
research efforts the Council will fulfill its objective of
establishing the role of knowledge in improving the health
status of people of Pakistan.
PMRC
Research Centre, Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad was
established in the year 1982-83. the main objectives of the
Centre include provision of technical assistance to postgraduate
students from amongst the academic staff for development,
execution and write-up of their dissertation research work.
Research proposals are scrutinized by the institutional ethical
review committee before execution of the research work. Besides,
the Centre is also doing job of research orientation in
undergraduate (4th year) students while collaborating with
Community Medicine Department of the institute. This research
activity is followed by an undergraduate research competition
award ceremony in which the assigned research work done by the
young research students is acknowledged by conferring upon them
appreciation certificates by some dignitary.

The
holding of other co-research activities is an integral part of
Centre's functions. Every other month, it organizes a seminar on
important medical issue and research methodology workshops for
students from. time to time. The Centre has also embarked upon
publishing of its official Newsletter, namely 'Medical
Researcher' to project its research activities in the
institution along with other salient news and information from
local sister organizations.
The Centre
is progressing under the dynamic supervision and patronage of
Prof. Asghar Ali(Principal), Honorary Director and Prof. Riaz
Hussain (Prof. of Surgery), Honorary Principal Research Officer.
Whereas, Dr. Syed Jawad Husain is heading the Centre as its
Officer Incharge. The functions of the Centre are guided upon
by a local Advisory Committee constituted out of senior academic
members of the institution, teamed professors of the research
field and head of sister research organizations.
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