National Bioethics Committee for Research
Health Research Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Research Ethics Committee
The Research Ethics Committee (REC) reviews research on human subjects. All research (medical or social science) projects involving human subjects, whether as individuals or communities, including surveys, drug/device trial, the use of fetal material, embryos and tissues from alive or the recently dead done with
shall be reviewed and approved by the NBCR-REC before a study is started.
Routine review process
The duration of approval for a study shall be valid to a maximum period of one (1) year after which a re-approval is required. This will be standard for any study submitted irrespective of its duration whether one (1), five (5) or more years. Any change in conditions that could affect the rights/autonomy/welfare of subjects or serious adverse event during a study must be informed for approval to continue the study. See More...
REC Members
Dr. Saima Pervaiz Iqbal; Chairperson REC
Head of Community and Family Medicines, Shifa College of Medicine-Islamabad
Prof. Dr. Munir A. Saleemi
Associate Dean, University of Lahore.
Prof. Dr. Jamshed Akhtar
Head of the Dept. of Pediatric Surgery NICH Karachi.
Dr. Farkhanda Ghafoor
Ex Research Director PHRC
Prof. Dr. Saqib Mehmood
The University of Health Sciences,
Lahore
Prof. Dr. Nazli Hossain
Prof. of OBGYN & Dean
Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS),
Karachi
Prof. Dr. Marie Andrades
Jinnah Sindh Medical University (JSMU),
Karachi
Prof. Dr. Sualeha Siddiqui Shekhani
Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT),
Karachi.
Prof. Dr. Amjad Mehboob
Gajju Khan Medical College GKMCS
Swabi, KPK
Prof. Dr. Saira Afzal
Chairperson and Head of Community Medicine
King Edward Medical University
Lahore
Dr. Ejaz Ahmad Khan
Associate Professor Public Health,
Health Services Academy, Park Road,
Islamabad.
Prof. Dr. Abdul Rahman
Associate Prof. Community Medicine
Bolan Medical Complex
Quetta.
Dr. Ijaz Ahmad
Infectious Disease specialist
Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, H-8/4,
Islamabad.
Mrs. Sobiya Mohiyuddin Ayaz
Microbiologist,
Islamabad.
Fees Structure
National Bioethics Committee for Research (NBC-R), NIH (HRI),
Shahrah-e-Jamhuriat, G-5/2
Islamabad, Pakistan
Tel: +92-51-9224325, 9207386
Fax: +92-51-9216774
nbcpakistan@nih.org.pk