Vice Chancellor National University of Medical Sciences Lt Gen WasimAlamgir HI(M), here Friday performed the groundbreaking of the construction work of NUMS Institute of Advanced Studies and Research a state of the artRs 3.488 billion project which would help the university remain abreast of the advancements and ever changing trends in the fields of medical research.
In his brief remarks on the occasion, the Vice Chancellor Lt Gen WasimAlamgir said that spread over an area of 3.99 acres, the main focus of the institute would be on research and development by establishing state of the art 64 x beds clinical trials unit, drug bioequivalence studies facility, biogenetics / tissue & bio bank and animal house.
Lt Gen WasimAlamgir said in the beginning of 19th century the basis of treatment was research which benefited the humanity, adding, the Muslim scientists played an important role in this regard.
Giving details the project director Brig Syed Muhammad Nasir Zaidi (Retd) said this institute comprises advanced research labs to support basic and applied research in Microbiology, Immunology, Genomics, Biotechnology, Nanomedicine and Phytochemistry and Natural Products. An animal facility for functional genomics studies and preclinical trials is also being established at the institute. A 64-bed clinical trial unit for Bioequivalence studies and clinical trials is also being established at the institute. This initiative will contribute to resolving the long-standing problem of substandard and spurious drugs in the country. Currently a faculty of sixty highly qualified PhD faculty inducted for NIASR are involved in various research projects related to biological sciences, psychology, public health and nutrition at the NUMS campus in Rawalpindi. The faculty has obtained multiple research grants have published their research in quality impact factor journals.
